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Brandon DrenonBBC NewsReporting fromCapitol HillGetty ImagesThe US Senate is holding a marathon vote on a sprawling budget that is critical to President Donald Trump’s agenda, but the spending plan hangs in the balance after weeks of fraught negotiations.Republicans – who control both chambers of Congress – are split over how much to cut welfare programmes in order to extend tax breaks in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act.Meanwhile, Donald Trump’s former close aid Elon Musk has again attacked the legislation, which the president’s party is sprinting to pass by 4 July. If measures clear the Senate, it will have to…
Fire officials said one person was injured after jumping from the second floor. MINNEAPOLIS — One person was injured after jumping from the second-floor window to escape a fire at a boarded up apartment building Saturday morning in Minneapolis. According to the Minneapolis Fire Department, multiple people were inside the building at the time of the fire and, at one point, one of them jumped from an upper story window. Officials say the person was medically evaluated by HCMC paramedics and is in “stable” condition. Deputy Chief Rita Juran said crews are working to figure out if anyone else was…
Taylor Swift has forked out $13,000 on a huge friendship bracelet. Scott A Garfitt/Invision/AP Taylor Swift has forked out $13,000 on a huge, sentimental item, literally. The 14-time Grammy winner, 35, enlisted the help of her personal services company, Firefly Entertainment Inc., to purchase the 140-foot-long inflatable friendship bracelet that adorned the Caesars Superdome in New Orleans during her sold-out Eras Tour, local outlet 4WWL reports. According to the outlet, the Louisiana Stadium and Exposition District are expected to approve the transaction at a board meeting later this week. Firefly is responsible for collecting, shipping and delivering the item, according to…
One year later and emotions are still high. The Milwaukee Dancing Grannies lost four members of their community when a man drove through the Waukesha Christmas Parade in November 2021. He killed six people total that day and injured nearly 70 others. Walking in this parade again brings back memories from that fatal day. “Knowing that our fallen four are not here with us but then also going back to Waukesha knowing that that’s where their last steps were,” said Jean Knutson, Milwaukee Dancing Grannies co-leader. The group plans to honor its fallen members on Sunday. “We are carrying poster-size…
House fiscal hawks are looking at the math underlying Senate Republicans’ sprawling domestic policy legislation, and they don’t like what they see. As Senate Republicans try to muscle President Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” for final passage, they’re on track to violate a budget framework brokered between House fiscal hawks and Speaker Mike Johnson. Under that framework, if the GOP piles on tax cuts over $4 trillion, they’d need to match them dollar-for-dollar with additional spending cuts beyond the $1.5 trillion in the House-passed bill. “The Senate version adds $651 billion to the deficit — and that’s before interest costs,…
Weather: Commenters have noticed I like whining about the rain. I’m sorry, but I can’t change for you people. I am who I am. So I’m a little bummed about the showers and thunderstorms rolling in around 5 p.m. on the summer solstice. Expect rain on and off through the weekend. Seattle Police Negotiating With Barricaded Suspect: Police say when they responded to the call of domestic violence at a home in Washington Park this morning, they found a woman shot in the front yard. When they tried to take her from the scene to a hospital, a man fired from…
This story originally appeared in our Queer Issue on June 4, 2025. Photos by Madison Kirkman When I go out to low tides around Seattle, my gaydar pings incessantly. Am I imagining it? Is it wishful thinking? Or are there actually a lot of queer folks at low tides? I asked fellow queer low-tide enthusiasts, like Wendy Elisheva Somerson, who goes by Wes, if they also noticed this queer phenomenon. “Oh, yeah, I do,” they confirmed. “You’re not making it up. There is 100 percent a connection, and there are always gaggles of queers down there.” Nearshore worker and low-tide diehard, Orian…
The Supreme Court upheld Tennessee’s ban on gender-affirming puberty blockers, hormones, and surgery for anyone under 18. What does that mean? The impact of this case, US v. Skrmetti, will have a tremendous impact on trans kids and their families living in the 27 states that have banned trans care in some way. Families with the means are likely to move to states where this medical care is legal. Those who can’t afford it may have no choice but to stay. The implications are serious. It’s not good by any stretch of the imagination, but the ruling itself is narrow,…
Photos by Nat Grammer At the back of Southgate Roller Rink near the skate rental area, a group of scantily clad people removed a fiberglass tile from the ceiling. The stripper pole needed to fit somehow. Chantilly “Tilly” Tempo, the host of the first-of-its-kind Roll & Pole event, glided around to check on the progress, the light-up wheels of her skates reflecting off her white knee-high socks. She wore a brown and white gingham bra and skort and a pearl-studded ribbon swished from her ponytail. Tempo, which is her stage name, was stressed. She wanted this event to go well.…
Israel-Iran Conflict Update: Apparently, it’s over, and both countries are claiming to have “won.” As for the US’ involvement, that’s also done, and it was a big success, huge. Maybe. Marco Rubio and Trump are saying the US strike on Iran’s nuclear facilities was mission accomplished and the country is “much further away” from producing a nuclear weapon, but Trump is also acknowledging that damage “could be limited” while also saying everything was “obliterated.” Meanwhile, a preliminary classified report says the strike only set Iran’s nuclear program back a few months. I’m so tired. Everyone’s a liar. Trust no one.…