One injured after gunfire near George Floyd Square on first anniversary
At least one person suffered non-life-threatening injuries after gunshots were reported near the spot where George Floyd was killed one year ago, a spokesperson for the Minneapolis Police Department said Tuesday
The Associated Press earlier reported that as many as 30 shots were heard a block away from the intersection, known as George Floyd Square, causing bystanders to duck for cover
On June 16 in Geneva, Biden will meet with Russian Leader Putin
Issues in the summit meeting are expected to include the ransomware attack on Colonial Pipeline and U.S. sanctions over the Kremlin’s treatment of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny
The announcement comes less than a week after the Secretary of State Antony Blinken and his Russian counterpart, Sergey Lavrov held a cautious face-to-face talk in Iceland
Democrats and GOP partner on bill targeting China as U.S. hurts from chip shortage
The United States Innovation and Competition Act of 2021 challenges Beijing’s growing technological power by supporting U.S. chipmakers and science research
The wide-ranging, 1,400-page piece of legislation, slated to cost about $200 billion, is expected to pass the Senate within weeks
The bill is the end result of bipartisan input from at least six Senate committees and reflects the many fronts in the U.S.-China rivalry, as well as the urgency of a global semiconductor shortage
It would appropriate $52 billion to U.S. chip making efforts and $81 billion to overhauling the National Science Foundation
Business groups form union to oppose all tax hike proposals by Democrats
More than two dozen groups representing U.S. businesses and employers unveiled a new coalition to fight against virtually every Democratic plan to raise taxes on self-described “job creators.”
The coalition of 28 industry groups argues that hiking taxes on corporations will hamper the U.S. economy in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.
The alliance emerges in direct opposition to President Joe Biden, who is pushing trillions of dollars in spending on a slew of economy-overhauling projects, to be paid for in large part by raising rates on corporations and the richest Americans
By K Buenavista
Mr. Buenavista is a writer that specializes in breaking down complex topics into easy to understand formats that appeal to a wide range of news seeking readers, without missing the important details. He handles a majority of the daily news reporting at Easy-Ad, and has written on many other websites. He resides in Southern California.
