In the halls of power, but not tonight. On capitol hill, lawmakers are in crunch talks to avoid a Government Shutdown, that is live pictures coming to you there from capitol hill. The republicans, who hold a slim majority in the house of representatives, are at a deadlock, with members on the right of the party demanding wide ranging spending cuts. Time appears to have run out to pass all the bills necessary in time for the start of the new fiscal year, on october 1. The question now is whether lawmakers can pass a Stopgap Measure to buy more time. If they dont succeed, all non essential functions of the federal govenrment will shut down, with Nonessential Workers places on furlough. The last shutdown, between December 2018 and january 2019, lastest 35 days, the longest ever in us history. Republican House Speaker kevin mccarthy, has not ruled out avoiding the shutdown by making a deal with democratic lawmakers. But conservative republicans have threatened to oust him as speaker if he
Youre very welcome. We begin with a Space Mission that could help explain the origins of Life On Earth. A Nasa Capsule Containing Rock and dust from the surface of an asteroid has successfully touched down in the utah desert. Its the largest ever sample from an asteroid that has made it to earth, and its an achievement nearly 20 years in the making. American scientists first pitched the idea to nasa in 2004. It wasnt until their third attempt in 2011 that the project was finally approved by nasa. 5 years later in 2016, scientists launched 0siris rex into space. On december 3, 2018, the capsule arrived at asteroid bennu. 0siris rex collected a sample from bennu in october of 2020. Then on may 10, 2021, 0siris rex began itsjourney Back To Earth leading us to this weekends events. On sunday, it successfully landed back here on earth. Recovery teams are now assessing the capsule s condition, before transporting it to clean rooms near salt lake city. It will be disassembled there, and the s
The Florida Senate on Wednesday passed a suite of bills aimed at “deregulation” of public schools, with one measure undergoing a significant change that nixed a provision related to the state’s third-grade literacy policy after it was heavily criticized by former Gov. Jeb Bush.
As the Lok Sabha reconvened at 2:30 pm after an earlier adjournment, sloganeering from the opposition benches continued and Speaker Om Birla tried to calm them down. Shah said he was unable to understand why the opposition was not allowing a discussion to take place as the government was ready for it