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On Monday, the White House formally proposed a new minimum tax on billionaires. The proposal is sure to generate fierce opposition from Republicans and others and would include a minimum rate for all Americans with a wealth of more than $100 million. If enacted, the minimum rate would be 20% of this group’s total annual income. Unrealized gains — such as unsold stocks and bonds — would be included in the total. In a statement announcing the provision that comes as part of its budget… Source link

Nate Diaz wants out of the UFC. The longtime MMA star publicly asked the UFC and president Dana White to release him from his contract on Twitter on Saturday. “I would like to request to be released from the UFC,” he wrote. “I apologize for asking online but you don’t give me a fight ASAP I got s**t to do.” Diaz has one last fight left on his current contract with the UFC. According to ESPN’s Brett Okamoto, Diaz and the UFC have been trying to extend his deal, but they have failed… Source link

After a prolonged back and forth, Congress passed a $1.5 trillion government spending bill last week but dropped from the final package $22.5 billion in pandemic relief that Democrats wanted to include. On Tuesday, the same day as President Joe Biden signed the 2,741-page bill into law, his aides warned that the omission could “have severe consequences as we will not be equipped to deal with a future surge.” The U.S. could soon run out of funding for COVID responses such as booster shots,… Source link

On Wednesday afternoon, just hours before Vladimir Putin launched a long-planned attack on Ukraine, a top White House official joined Yahoo Finance Live to preview the planned sanctions against Russia. Daleep Singh, White House Deputy National Security Advisor for International Economics, underlined that the plan will be wide-ranging — and that crucial American economic allies will be on board to make the measures stick. His comments echo those made by White House press secretary Jen Psaki Source link

ZHANGJIAKOU — There comes a moment in the life of every gunslinger when the competition’s just too young and too fast. They come for your crown and your name, and if you stick around too long, you’ll lose both. For Shaun White, the moment he realized his time was done came last November in Austria. He watched younger snowboarders pulling off tricks that were beyond the reach of his 35-year-old body. His knee hurt, his ankle hurt, his back hurt. Exhausted and defeated, sore all over, he… Source link

The Biden administration is preparing to release a government-wide strategy to regulate cryptocurrencies as early as February, with the market in the over the Federal Reserve’s fight against inflation. According to an administration official, the forthcoming National Security Council (NSC) memorandum will task federal agencies to assess the risks and opportunities that crypto poses, and delve into the details of a central bank digital currency. The move will also review the impact of… Source link

What to expect from Lance Lynn in 2022 originally appeared on NBC Sports Chicago Lance Lynn and the White Sox showed exactly how they felt about one another in July, when Lynn inked a two-year, $38 million contract extension. Lynn was just months into his first season with the White Sox, but the right-hander told reporters, “There’s no point in me going into free agency if you know where you want to be.” Meanwhile, the White Sox had two starting pitchers named All-Stars in 2021, Lynn and… Source link

What to expect from Tim Anderson in 2022 originally appeared on NBC Sports Chicago Chicago White Sox fans have watched Tim Anderson develop into one of the game’s preeminent shortstops. And nothing about that changed in 2021. Anderson was again excellent. His batting average — .240 at the end of the 2018 season and now expected to soar well north of .300 on an annual basis — wasn’t as high as his batting-title-capturing .235 from two years prior, or even as high as it was during the… Source link

Google offers many ambient sounds from the Google Assistant, including one for white noise that might help block out noise to make it easier to sleep or study. But the company seemingly changed its white noise sound last week, and many have expressed frustration with the update, as reported by 9to5Google. The change has been disruptive for a lot of people, as documented in this Google Nest community thread with more than 150 replies. Some described the new white noise as quieter or

by: Darcie Loreno, Nexstar Media Wire Posted: Jan 17, 2022 / 03:24 PM MST / Updated: Jan 17, 2022 / 03:24 PM MST (WJW) – Google is honoring Betty White on what would have been her 100th birthday Monday with a surprise for those who search her name. The search results in a shower of rose petals and a message stating: “Thank you for being a friend,” along with her birth year and the year in which she died. Source link