Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., a key vote on President Joe Biden’s domestic spending agenda, arrives to chair a hearing, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Dec. 2, 2021. J. Scott Applewhite/AP Photo Sen. Joe Manchin told a radio host he was “ostracized” after killing Biden’s Build Back Better Act.The West Virginia Democrat maintained that he thought…
Monthly Archives: July 2022
The German capital of Berlin has started turning off spotlights on historic monuments such as the Charlottenburg Palace. Paul Zinken/Picture Plliance/Getty Images German capital Berlin is turning off 1,400 spotlights highlighting historic monuments and buildings. Munich and Hanover are taking similar steps, including limiting heating ahead of winter. Germany is facing an energy crisis as…
Twitter Blue is now $2 more expensive per month. Twitter isn’t completely free. There is a version, called Twitter Blue, which launched last year in several countries, that offers extra features for users willing to pay $2.99 per month. However, Twitter is now telling subscribers, as first reported by Matt Navara, that it’s increasing the…
The US federal courts’ document filing system was attacked by three hostile foreign actors, House Judiciary Committee Chair Jerrold Nadler has told fellow lawmakers. According to Politico, Nadler made the first public disclosure of the cyberattack at a committee hearing on oversight of the Justice Department’s National Security Division (NSD). The attack happened as part…
Susan Collins Greg Nash-Pool/Getty Images Sen. Susan Collins thinks Democrats’ politicking could cost them votes on a same-sex marriage bill. The Republican told HuffPost that Democrats’ climate deal could tank bipartisan support in other areas. “I just think the timing could not have been worse and it came totally out of the blue,” Collins said….
Lawmakers on the House January 6 committee will air the inquiry’s findings during a public hearing Thursday. Kent Nishimura / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images The Jan. 6 and Watergate hearings have “some very important” things in common, a Nixon expert said. Historian Ken Hughes told Insider both hearings helped convince a sect of…
Ancient Practice Tattoos are an ancient cultural practice, and it is still prevalent currently. They were used in coming-of-age ceremonies and also in ceremonial rituals. But today, it’s used as an expression of the self. The individuality of an expressive form of art leads to many different types and styles of tattoos. Some of the…
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge People frequently express their amazement that Twitter is free, but for some people, it isn’t — Twitter Blue launched last year in several countries, tacking on a few extra features for anyone willing to pay $2.99 per month. Today the service told subscribers it’s increasing the price (via…
The company’s really pushing Shorts right now. | Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge YouTube is trying to make it even easier for creators to turn their longer videos into Shorts formatted for the platform’s TikTok competitor, by adding a new “Edit into a Short” tool to its iOS and Android app. It’ll let…
Whether plastics are bearing pathogen populations dense enough to actually be dangerous and whether they are carrying them to new areas are difficult questions to answer. Deposit Photos This article was originally featured on Hakai Magazine, an online publication about science and society in coastal ecosystems. Read more stories like this at hakaimagazine.com. The plastics had only been…