The Senate passed a five-year FAA reauthorization Thursday night with overwhelming bipartisan support — except from the Virginia and Maryland delegations, who are furious about an expansion of flights at Reagan National Airport. The Senate cleared the major reauthorization 88-4. But the DMV senators held up the separate weeklong extension bill out of frustration about…
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Banks breaks from the Senate GOP’s well-heeled candidate trend
There are several Republicans running for the Senate who have sizable net worths and can self-fund to help counteract Democrats’ big financial advantage. Then there’s Jim Banks. The Indiana Republican fits a different profile as he seeks the Senate seat vacated by Sen. Mike Braun (R-Ind…
McConnell and GOP give Netanyahu backup as aid tension spikes
As Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Israel will “stand alone” if it has to, leading congressional Republicans are pressuring President Joe Biden to rule out withholding weapons to the allied country — regardless of any invasion into the Gaza city of Rafah. “We should not be telling them how to protect themselves,” Senate Minority Leader…
‘Failing act of political theater’: Greene ostracized after Johnson ouster push
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene was never hugely popular among her more centrist colleagues. After forcing a vote on ousting Speaker Mike Johnson, even droves of conservatives seem to have abandoned her — leaving the Georgia firebrand with next to no allies in the House. “People are calling me saying: ‘Please…
Greene’s rebellion sparks new talk of consequences for House GOP rebels
After Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s doomed referendum on Speaker Mike Johnson’s leadership, a growing number of her GOP colleagues are pushing bigger consequences for her and other rebels. Those Republicans are proposing to build specific punishments into conference rules that would be triggered if hardliners keep breaking ranks against leadership…
Western Australian adrenaline rush
I don’t know which was worse. That my life just flashed before my eyes, or that it it was such a short and miserable flashback…
CoreWeave, a $19B AI compute provider, opens European HQ in London with plans for 2 UK data centers
CoreWeave has formally opened an office in London that will serve as its European headquarters and home to two new data centers. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only…
AI chip startup DEEPX secures $80M Series C at a $529M valuation
The Series C funding, which brings its total raise to around $95 million, will go toward mass production of the startup’s inaugural products © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only…
Infighting among fintech players has caused TabaPay to ‘pull out’ from buying bankrupt Synapse
A dust-up between Evolve Bank & Trust, Mercury and Synapse has led TabaPay to abandon its acquisition plans of troubled banking-as-a-service startup Synapse. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only…
Apple’s ‘Crush’ ad is disgusting
The problem is not the media, but the message. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only…