Category: infrastructure

Mississippi River Traffic Resumes Under Damaged Bridge

MEMPHIS, Tenn.—River traffic has reopened on the Mississippi River near Memphis, Tennessee, three days after it was closed when a crack was discovered in the Interstate 40 bridge that connects Tennessee and Arkansas, the U.S. Coast Guard said Friday. The Arkansas Department of Transportation, meanwhile, said a video taken by an inspector two years ago…


Bipartisan Bill Seeks to Harden Critical Infrastructure Against Cyberattacks

Rep. Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.) and a bipartisan group of House lawmakers on Friday introduced a bill meant to make America’s critical systems more resilient against cyberattacks, as parts of the country continue to reel from last week’s Colonial Pipeline ransomware attack. Slotkin, a former CIA analyst and Pentagon official, announced the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security…


NTD News Today Full Broadcast (May 12)

Fox host Larry Kudlow says U.S. adversaries are testing President Joe Biden and waiting to see what he’ll do about the recent cyberattack and fighting in the Middle East. Democrat lawmakers in Washington take steps to restrict access to homemade firearms. It’s the latest move in their gun control efforts.  Democrats and Republicans are talking…


House GOP Leader: Biden Infrastructure Plan Will Bring Inflation ‘Tax’ to Lower-Earning Families

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) said that President Joe Biden’s infrastructure proposals would create significant inflation, which would thereby act as a “tax” for people who make less than $400,000. Biden and his deputies have said they would not raise taxes on people making less than $400,000 per year. However, due to the sheer…


Biden to Meet GOP Senators for Infrastructure Talks on Thursday

President Joe Biden will hold a meeting next week with six GOP senators as he looks to build bipartisan support for his sweeping American Jobs Plan, the $2.25 trillion “infrastructure” package that Republicans have thus far panned as too pricey and packed with spending unrelated to fixing the nation’s roads and bridges. A White House…


Deep Dive (May 4): Disneyland Welcomes Visitors Back One Year Later

States across the country are opening up—some more than others. For those missing Mickey Mouse, they can now see, but not hug. Walt Disney’s original theme park reopened for the first time in over a year in Anaheim, California. Florida’s Governor Ron DeSantis, meanwhile, just signed a bill banning vaccine passports. He also announced that starting…


China Launches State Rival to SpaceX’s Starlink

The Chinese regime is positioning itself for the next iteration of the communications technology race with Western rivals by launching a national project to coordinate its major space actors. China’s first centrally administrated satellite internet company was inaugurated in Xiongan New Area, southwest of Beijing, on April 28, according to the state-owned China Daily. Han Zheng, the vice-premier…


Sen. Collins Says She Won’t Support 28 Percent Corporate Tax Rate Which Would Send Jobs Overseas

Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) on Sunday pushed back on the White House’s proposal to raise the corporate tax rate to 28 percent to pay for President Joe Biden’s $2.25 trillion infrastructure plan. Collins was commenting on a key feature of Biden’s mammoth plan, which would raise the corporate tax rate to 28 percent from the current 21…


Sen. Collins Says She Won’t Support 28 Percent Corporate Tax Rate

Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) on Sunday pushed back on the White House’s proposal to raise the corporate tax rate to 28 percent to pay for President Joe Biden’s $2.25 trillion infrastructure plan. Collins was commenting on a key feature of Biden’s mammoth plan, which would raise the corporate tax rate to 28 percent from the current 21…


Democrats, Republicans Still ‘Far Apart’ on Infrastructure Deal: Senator

Republican and Democratic lawmakers have not come to a compromise on an infrastructure deal, according to one GOP senator, who added that Democrats have remained focused on providing unions billions of dollars and other organizations. Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) told Fox News that some of the funding proposed by Democrats has little to do with…