The house is scheduled to vote on a short- term budget deal this afternoon. House GOP leaders do not have enough votes to pass the stopgap measure. This short-term spending bill would fund the government through February 16th, and extend the Children's Health Insurance Program for six years. We discuss why Speaker Ryan hasn't been able to whip up enough votes.
And from the Aziz Ansari fallout to Ellen Pompeo's groundbreaking $20 million payday, we talk about all the latest entertainment news.
Plus, are the Winter Olympics ushering in a new era of cooperation between North and South Korea? The two countries will march together at the opening ceremonies, and compete together in a unified ice hockey team. We'll talk about that and all the latest sports news.
An independent watchdog within the IRS reports that while taxpayer services have vastly improved, the agency is still too slow to resolve identity theft cases. And National Taxpayer Advocate Erin Collins says those delays are “unconscionable.” Erin M. Collins said in the report released Wednesday that overall the 2024 filing season went smoothly, though IRS delays in resolving identity theft victim assistance cases are worsening. It took nearly 19 months to resolve self-reported identity theft cases as of January, and Wednesday's report states that now it takes 22 months to resolve these cases.
Amazon.com Inc. surpassed $2 trillion in market value for the first time in afternoon trading on Wednesday. The push higher for Amazon’s stock market valuation comes a little more than a week after Nvidia hit $3 trillion and briefly became the most valuable company on Wall Street. Nvidia’s chips are used to power many AI application and its valuation has soared as a result. Amazon has also been making big investments in AI as global interest has grown in the technology. Most of the company’s focus has been on business-focused products.
Climate change doesn’t just mean more extreme weather – it also leads to billions of dollars in lost productivity, tourism, and stresses infrastructure.
