The Treasury Department will begin conducting emergency cash-conservation steps on Monday to avoid busting the federal borrowing limit after a two-year suspension of the debt ceiling expired at the end of July. Economists say those so-called extraordinary measures will allow Treasury to pay off the government’s bills without floating new debt for two to three
Last Updated: 02/08/21 1:14pm Weightlifter Laurel Hubbard is the first transgender athlete to compete at the Olympics after being selected by New Zealand Laurel Hubbard, the first openly transgender athlete to compete at an Olympic Games, has failed to register a lift in the final of the women’s super-heavyweight weightlifting in Tokyo. Hubbard, 43, had
Entering Monday, Jade Carey was the only member of the U.S. women’s gymnastics team without a medal to her name. By the end of the day, she had joined her teammates as medal winners and took advantage of her golden opportunity. Carey won a gold medal for Team USA while participating in the floor exercise
The U.S. men’s basketball team will face a familiar foe in its next Olympic contest. After finishing 2-1 in the group stage, Team USA will take on Spain in what should be an entertaining quarterfinal matchup. The Americans have played against Spain in each of the past three Olympic Games, including battles for the gold medal in 2008
Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg via Getty Images DURING the coronavirus pandemic, we have all become amateur epidemiologists, readily discussing R numbers, herd immunity and test sensitivity in everyday conversation. Now, with the virus still nowhere near eliminated, we would do well to concern ourselves with the principles of viral evolution too. It is a widespread misconception that
Trevor Milton, founder and former-CEO of Nikola Corp., exits the Manhattan Federal Courthouse following an appearance in New York City, U.S., July 29, 2021. Eduardo Munoz | Reuters Federal officials used charges against Nikola founder Trevor Milton to send a warning to Wall Street about two of its hottest areas of growth: special purpose acquisition
