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U.S. homebuilding fell to a nine-month low in June and permits declined for a third straight month as the housing market struggles with a lack of properties for sale. Fred Katayama reports.
U.S. homebuilding fell to a nine-month low in June and permits declined for a third straight month as the housing market struggles with a lack of properties for sale. Fred Katayama reports.
Illustration by Elizabeth Brockway/The Daily BeastIf you were a rioter at the United States Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, you may have felt the whole world was with you—or the part of the world that supported what you did.President Trump himself had urged you to march to the Capitol Building. A crowd walked alongside you down Pennsylvania Avenue. People chanted with you about attacking Mike Pence, crashed through the police lines with you, helped you to break windows and march through the building.Af
Photo Illustration by Thomas Levinson/The Daily Beast/Getty/Dr. Jeff Gunter For US SenateWhen he launched his campaign for U.S. Senate in Nevada last year, Jeff Gunter presented himself as a gritty frontiersman and a diehard MAGA Republican.Gunter’s opening video depicts him stepping into a Ford F-150 pickup truck—cowboy boots and all—admiring the bucolic western landscape in a burgundy button-down as he talks about his credentials. And in case you had somehow forgotten which state’s Senate seat
Anatolii Stepanov/AFP via Getty ImagesKHARKIV, Ukraine—After months of infighting on Capitol Hill, President Joe Biden has finally been able to sign off on a huge new $61 billion military aid bill for Ukraine. Delays to the bill, which got bogged down in the Republican-controlled House of Representatives, were widely blamed for impacting Kyiv’s ability to defend itself from Russian advances. After its passage last week, some members of the House waved Ukrainian flags while others cheered in cele
UK-listed drugmaker Indivior plans to seek shareholder approval next month for a primary listing in the United States, the company said on Thursday, which would add it to a growing list of firms leaving the London stock market. Indivior had, in February, announced its intent to shift its listing by the middle of the year to the U.S., which, it argued, reflected its growth opportunities as its proprietary treatments are U.S.-centred and U.S.-based investors account for nearly 50% of its overall shareholder base. The list of UK-based companies that have already listed in the United States includes ARM, the UK's biggest chip company, as well as building supplies firm CRH and plumbing equipment company Ferguson.
The Bute House Agreement brought the Green Party into government for the first time anywhere in the UK
Photo Illustration by Thomas Levinson/The Daily Beast/GettyLast Wednesday, dozens of students skipped class to gather outside a Payson, Utah, middle school for hours and chant, “We the people, not the animals!”—a protest launched over the dramatic accusation that their classmates were running wild as “furries” and attacking other students without consequence.Much of the hysteria, however, has been blown out of proportion.Footage from the scene showed them hoisting signs declaring, “Compelled spe
Bristol Bears star Simi Pam admits she considered walking away from rugby after a serious ankle injury derailed her international dreams.
Photo Illustration by Luis G. Rendon/The Daily Beast/Getty ImagesThe first stages of the trial of the People of New York State vs. Donald J. Trump have been illuminating in a variety of ways. They have made it absolutely clear that this trial is not the legal non-event Republicans and drinkers of conventional wisdom-flavored Kool Aid said it was.It is not a case about “paperwork” or “bookkeeping.” It is not a bland little nothingburger of arcane, hard-to-prove white-collar crime. It is not just
Former president’s historic ‘hush money’ election interference trial is underway in New York
Disruption has hit the morning rush-hour on Thursday after a train crashed into an obstruction near Watford. Trains to and from Euston are among those affected. National Rail warns trains are having to run at reduced speeds on the line towards Milton Keynes Central.
Exclusive Savanta survey for the Mile End Institute at Queen Mary University of London put the Labour mayor on 46 per cent, with his Tory challenger on 33 per cent, a lead of 13 points
Haematology patients in Poole will soon be sent to Bournemouth under streamlining plans.
The Israeli army said any suggestion of its responsibility for the mass graves was ‘baseless’ and ‘unfounded’
The decision came after first minister Mr Yousaf called an emergency meeting of the Scottish cabinet to address growing tensions between the Scottish Greens and the SNP
The firm said expenses would be higher this year as it spends heavily on artificial intelligence.
U.S. stock futures fell early Thursday as disappointing corporate earnings and elevated bond yields looked set to stall the market rebound. Futures on the Nasdaq 100 fell 1.2%, S&P 500 futures declined 0.6% and Dow Jones Industrial Average dipped 0.2% ahead of the open. Stocks were mixed Wednesday as bond yields rose–the S&P 500 was flat, the Dow edged lower and the Nasdaq Composite eked out gains.
US President Joe Biden has approved an extra $61bn of military aid to help Ukraine fight Russia.
Sussex Police said the courts had opened in Hastings, Eastbourne, Brighton and Worthing.
Photo Illustration by Luis G. Rendon/The Daily Beast/ABCThe Grey’s Anatomy fandom has never lacked for controversial characters. In fact, Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital seems to hire specifically for that quality. That said, I must ask: Have we ever seen a character redemption arc as pronounced as Amelia Shepherd’s (Caterina Scorsone)? Once perhaps the worst character wandering this hospital’s hallowed, absolutely uninsurable halls, she’s spent 13 seasons and counting becoming one of its most comp
Courtesy of Sony Pictures ClassicsEveryone remembers their first brush with death. Whether you’re 5 or fortunate enough to be 75, coming face-to-face with your own mortality for the first time is an experience that remains permanently seared into your mind; you can remember where you were, what you were thinking, and, probably, being engulfed in a new kind of sadness that you don’t quite understand.That’s certainly the case for Malik (Blake James Cameron) and Eric (Gian Knight Ramirez), the two