Anonymous ID: 98fdac May 21, 2021, 5:03 p.m. No.13722762   🗄️.is 🔗kun

WASHINGTON — Efforts to strike a bipartisan deal on an infrastructure package are in jeopardy after Senate Republicans rejected a $1.7 trillion counteroffer Friday from President Joe Biden's administration exposing wide gaps that remained in negotiations.

 

The setback, following weeks of talks that accelerated in recent days, raises major doubts over Biden's goal to pass a sweeping infrastructure bill with support from both Democrats and Republicans. 

 

In his counteroffer cutting an original $2.3 trillion package, Biden proposed minor concessions to remove funding for research and development, supply chains, manufacturing and small businesses. Yet it would keep tax increases that Republicans have said they won't support under any circumstances.

 

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More: Biden pushes U.S. electric vehicle revolution — a sticking point in GOP infrastructure talks

 

Other changes in Biden's American Jobs Plan counterproposal include reducing $100 billion for broadband expansion to $65 billion, matching the amount outlined in a $586 billion plan from Senate Republicans, and reducing funds for roads and bridges.

 

"In our view, this is the art of seeking common ground," White House press secretary Jen Psaki said at Friday's press briefing. "This proposal exhibits a willingness to come down in size, giving on some areas that are important to the president … while also staying firm in areas that are most vital to building our infrastructure and industries of the future."

 

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/infrastructure-talks-hit-snag-as-republicans-reject-bidens-reduced-17-trillion-counteroffer/ar-AAKfnKA

Anonymous ID: 98fdac May 21, 2021, 5:05 p.m. No.13722774   🗄️.is 🔗kun

More fun in Baltimore, no one seems to care

 

Man critically injured in Downtown Baltimore shooting, police say

By PHILLIP JACKSON

 

BALTIMORE SUN

 

MAY 21, 2021 AT 4:53 PM

 

Baltimore police are investigating an incident that left a man critically injured from a gunshot downtown, police said Friday afternoon.

 

About 1:21 p.m., Central District patrol officers responded to the 200 block of W. Lexington St. for a report of a shooting, police said.

 

The injured man was taken to an area hospital, where he was listed in critical condition. Homicide detectives were also notified due to the man’s injuries, according to police.

 

Anyone with information is asked to contact detectives at 410-396-2100.

 

https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/crime/bs-md-ci-cr-man-injured-shooting-baltimore-20210521-gu5kzmvr3jftlfnmjdtkvwdg3e-story.html

Anonymous ID: 98fdac May 21, 2021, 5:06 p.m. No.13722784   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>2795 >>2796 >>2902 >>3124 >>3226 >>3311

Epstein guards to skirt jail time in deal with prosecutors

 

MICHAEL BALSAMO, Associated Press

 

Updated: May 21, 2021 5:02 p.m.

 

WASHINGTON (AP) — The two Bureau of Prisons workers tasked with guarding Jeffrey Epstein the night he killed himself in a New York jail have admitted they falsified records, but they will skirt any time behind bars under a deal with federal prosecutors, authorities said Friday.

 

The prison workers, Tova Noel and Michael Thomas, were accused of sleeping and browsing the internet instead of monitoring Epstein the night he took his own life in August 2019.

 

They were charged with lying on prison records to make it seem as though they had made required checks on the financier before he was found in his cell. New York City’s medical examiner ruled Epstein’s death a suicide.

 

https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Epstein-guards-to-skirt-jail-time-in-deal-with-16195282.php

Anonymous ID: 98fdac May 21, 2021, 5:09 p.m. No.13722804   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>2844

Biden gives conditions for meeting with Kim Jong Un and hopes Mideast cease-fire holds

 

During a press conference at the White House, President Biden answered a question from CBS News chief White House correspondent Nancy Cordes about his conditions for meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. The president also spoke about his relationship with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and he expressed his hope that a cease-fire holds between Israel and Hamas. Watch Mr. Biden's responses.

 

https://www.cbsnews.com/video/biden-gives-conditions-for-meeting-with-kim-jong-un-and-hopes-mideast-cease-fire-holds/