A Tax Cheat, a Disbarred Attorney, and an Attempted Firebomber: Meet the Folks Trying to Collect on Texas' Abortion Bounty Law

What do these three people have in common: a disbarred Arkansas attorney under federal house arrest for tax evasion; another disbarred attorney, this one from Illinois, who lost his license for harassing and threatening other lawyers; and an attempted fire bomber from Kansas who served time in federal prison for conspiracy? Here’s the answer: All three of them have heeded […]

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At Covid Summit, Biden Sets Ambitious Goals for Vaccinating the World

WASHINGTON — President Biden, declaring the coronavirus an “all-hands-on-deck crisis,” set out ambitious goals on Wednesday for ending the pandemic and urged world leaders, drug companies, philanthropies and nonprofit groups to embrace a target of vaccinating 70 percent of the world by next year. But the course that Mr. Biden charted, at a virtual Covid-19 summit meeting that he convened […]

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Kwarteng admits ‘difficult winter’ ahead as energy bills soar

Business secretary says vulnerable customers will be protected, as he distances himself from universal credit cut Last modified on Tue 21 Sep 2021 04.28 EDT Kwasi Kwarteng has said it “could be a very difficult winter”, with families facing rising energy bills, as he sought to distance himself from the added burden of the cut to universal credit. The business […]

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