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But it might be too late to matter by the time House investigators get their hands on the documents. While the Treasury Department has not outlined a timeline for when it plans to release the returns—saying only in a statement that it plans to comply with lawmakers’ request—Democrats have fewer than two months left in the House majority, and just 15 working days left on the congressional calendar. Without a majority, Democrats won’t be able to do much with the returns when they receive them....

“This is a hostile act by Saudi Arabia and the UAE, designed to hurt the United States and our allies and to help Russia, despite President Biden’s overtures,” Malinowski wrote on Twitter on Thursday. “If Saudi Arabia and the UAE want to help Putin keep oil prices high, they should look to him for their defense,” he added in a later tweet. On Wednesday, Saudi Arabia and Russia announced they had agreed to cut oil production by 2 million barrels a day to raise prices....

Republicans have largely backed former President Donald Trump’s assertion that Russian President Vladimir Putin’s decision to launch a full-scale invasion of Ukraine last week would have “never” happened if he were still in office. On Tuesday, Representative Jim McGovern (D-Mass.) blasted Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) over pinning blame for the invasion on Biden’s policies during a House hearing on a bill to expand health care benefits for veterans....

House Budget Committee Chairman Rep. John Yarmuth, D-Ky., said if the bipartisan talks fail, “it’s full steam ahead” on a package the committee is preparing for President Joe Biden’s proposals of the American Jobs Plan and the American Families Plan to develop infrastructure for roads and highways as well as resources for U.S. families. The Democrats’ package could be ready for consideration as soon as July. Special reconciliation rules would allow for the possibility of the package being passed without Republicans having a say....

The survey, conducted by All In Together, a nonprofit dedicated to advancing women’s civic leadership, found that the majority of the 1,000 respondents believed a Democrat can beat Trump, but gave the current president a 9-point edge when asked to predict the outcome if “the Democratic nominee is a woman.” Still, respondents said they would vote for a female candidate and 58 percent said that “the increase in female candidates has been a good thing for the country....

But before dawn on Tuesday, the Cavs were able to pull off a stunner of a trade, one completed entirely with Irving’s future in mind. In the bungling Eastern Conference, the playoffs are still possible, and the Cavaliers — only three games out of the postseason picture — have not given up hope on that goal. So when it came time to give away the non-guaranteed contract of center Andrew Bynum on Tuesday morning, Cleveland stealthily sent him to Chicago for Bulls hero Luol Deng, giving the team the quality small forward it had been lacking all season....

Copenhagen Police were investigating the incident early Friday and had not yet identified the person or people responsible, according to news outlet Agence France-Press (AFP). “We can confirm that The Little Mermaid has been vandalised some time before 9:00 am this morning,” police told AFP in a statement. “An unknown person has written the words ‘Racist Fish’ on it. We are investigating the case.” Newsweek reached out to Copenhagen Police for additional comments but did not receive a reply in time for publication....

The “Gypsy King” dropped Wilder twice before finishing him via seventh-round TKO to complete a thorough beating at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas on Saturday night. With the victory, Fury (30-0-1, 21 KIs) snatched the WBC and The Ring heavyweight titles, adding the hardware to his own lineal title. After scoring two knockdowns earlier in the fight, Fury punctuated his dominant performance by smothering Wilder (42-1-1, 41 KOs) against the ring post with punches until referee Kenny Bayless recognized the request from Wilder’s corner to stop the fight and ended it right there in the seventh round....

The Home Office has confirmed that 13 people were on board its chartered plane that took off at around 2 am, 37 fewer than originally planned following legal challenges brought at the eleventh hour. Model Naomi Campbell, actress Thandie Newton, author Bernardine Evaristo, and historian David Olusoga were among a host of prominent Black figures who had called on airlines not to operate the mass deportation flight. In an open letter, addressed to the bosses of multiple airlines including Hi Fly, Titan Airways and TUI U....

David Pinney, who also worked at the El Nuevo Rodeo club in Minneapolis, told CBS Evening News that Chauvin and the man he is accused of murdering “bumped heads” while on shifts together. “It has a lot to do with Derek being extremely aggressive within the club with some of the patrons, which was an issue,” Pinney said. Pinney added that he is sure that Chauvin would have recognized Floyd as he kept his knee on his neck for several minutes while the 46-year-old called out “I can’t breathe” last month....

While most people protect their skin in the summer, dermatologists want everybody to know their risk factors and take proactive measures year-round. “Skin cancer is the most common cancer in the human body. There are more skin cancers in the USA in one year than all other cancers combined,” Jill Stewart Waibel, MD, a dermatologist with Baptist Health’s Miami Cancer Institute, tells Verywell. “Daily use of physical sun protection to sun-exposed areas of the body such as the face, neck, and hands is essential every day of the year....

Reds 11/10 for top 4 The attacking midfielder was the subject of significant interest from Barca in the summer transfer window, with Coutinho identified as one of several candidates to replace Neymar after his switch to Paris Saint-Germain. Coutinho attempted to force a move himself, making it clear to Liverpool that his desire was to leave for Camp Nou, but the Premier League club held firm to keep their man....

One of the amazing things about technology is that it has the power to widen access to whatever domain to which it is applied. As the gatekeepers to higher knowledge, higher education’s reluctance to adopt technology in a timely manner has had the inverse effect of restricting access for many people. While the outside world has quickly evolved, for the last several hundred years, higher education has entailed almost exclusively traditional, paid, in-class education....

Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, multiple variants of the virus have developed. One of these variants is P.1, which was discovered in four travelers from Brazil as they were screened at an airport in Japan in January 2021. Where Gamma Has Spread The P.1 variant, also known as the Gamma variant, has now spread to at least 68 countries worldwide, including the United States. It is the dominant strain of COVID-19 in Brazil....

And it’s tying the fashion industry in knots. The economic lockdown imposed as part of the effort to curb spread of the coronavirus has changed shopping patterns, altered the retail landscape and could permanently change the fashion industry. “The COVID-19 crisis manifests itself through a series of supply chain and demand shocks,” Steve Lamar, president and CEO of the American Apparel & Footwear Association in Washington, told Newsweek. “We’ve had disruptions in production and transportation....

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued guidance on September 9 expanding access to COVID-19 vaccine(s). This decision was possible as part of the Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness Act (PREP Act), which provides additional protection during a public health emergency. “This action builds upon our administration’s progress toward delivering a safe, effective, and widely-available vaccine by 2020,” Admiral Brett P. Giroir, MD, assistant secretary for health, said in a press release....

Here we look at 10 states that reported the most number of deaths per 100,000 people in the last seven days, according to the latest report Monday from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Death data below is from the CDC and JHU, while the population data is from the U.S. Census Bureau. Average death tolls reflect a seven-day average of fatalities, according to Worldometer. North Dakota Deaths per 100,000 in last 7 days: 2....

Shakuntala Gaikwad, of Mudhale village, tested positive for coronavirus “a few days ago,” according to local news. On May 10, family members took Gaikwad to a Baramati hospital after her condition worsened. Gaikwad was declined a hospital bed and as the family waited outside in a private vehicle, the woman became unconscious, leading the family to believe that she had passed away. Gaikwad’s family drove what they believed was her dead body back home and immediately began planning for a cremation....

The peer reviewed study was published in the European Journal of Clinical Investigation on January 5, and analyzed coronavirus case growth in 10 countries in early 2020. The study compared cases in England, France, Germany, Iran, Italy, Netherlands, Spain and the U.S. – all countries that implemented mandatory lockdown orders and business closures – to South Korea and Sweden, which instituted less severe, voluntary responses. It aimed to analyze the effect that less restrictive or more restrictive measures had on changing individual behavior and curbing the transmission of the virus....

During the first six months of 2021, 71 law enforcement officials in the U.S. died from COVID-19 compared to 76 in the same time period in 2020, according to data compiled by the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund. The total figure for coronavirus-related deaths in 2020 was 241, which makes the virus the major reason for fatalities among law enforcement. As of Monday, 132 members of law enforcement agencies are known to have died of COVID-19 this year, according to the Officer Down Memorial Page....