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Sarah Silbiger/Getty Images The Senate on Wednesday voted 52-42 to restore regulations on methane gas leaks in oil and gas production that the Trump administration had loosened last summer. Three Republicans — Sens. Susan Collins (Maine), Lindsey Graham (S.C.), and Rob Portman (Ohio) — voted with the Democrats to overturn former President Donald Trumps rule using the Congressional Review Act, a 1996 law that lets Congress kill recently adopted regulations. Curbing methane emissions is a key...

First Thing: Joe Biden unveils plan to overhaul US social infrastructure Molly Blackall Good morning. The White House has announced a $.18tn plan to overhaul the US’s social infrastructure, from childcare, to education and health. Key aspects of the American Families Plan include: A national childcare programme. Health insurance subsidies. Tax cuts for low and middle-income workers. A national family leave program – the US is the only wealthy nation that does not have a fede...

Last modified on Mon 26 Apr 2021 06.17 EDT Good morning. The film director Chloé Zhao made history at the Oscars last night, becoming the first woman of colour – and only the second woman ever – to be named best director. Zhao won for Nomadland, starring Frances McDormand as a woman who lives out of her van, as she interacts with real-life nomads. McDormand took home her third best actress Oscar for the role. Breaking with the tradition set by most ceremonies over the past year, the Oscars...

First Thing: progressive wins in peculiar circumstances at 2021 Oscars Molly Blackall Good morning. The film director Chloé Zhao made history at the Oscars last night, becoming the first woman of colour – and only the second woman ever – to be named best director. Zhao won for Nomadland, starring Frances McDormand as a woman who lives out of her van, as she interacts with real-life nomads. McDormand took home her third best actress Oscar for the role. Breaking with the trad...

Daniel Strauss. (Photo: Supplied) Just like on the bright yellow cover of his best-selling new book, Daniel Strauss looks friendly and casual in a fitted black T-shirt. The businessman and entrepreneur can now add successful author to his long list of accolades.  Daniel, 39, is originally from the small town of Keimoes situated on the Orange River halfway between Upington and Kakamas in the Northern Cape. Married to former Miss South Africa and Miss World, Rolene Strauss,...

Sunburn — The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics — 4.15.21 Heres your morning briefing of what you need to know in Florida politics. Another poll shows Florida voters think Big Tech is a big bully that needs to be put in its place. A survey conducted by Mason-Dixon Polling & Strategy found that 59% of Florida voters want the Legislature to move forward with bills that would limit the power and influence of companies such as Facebook, Twitter, Google and Amazon. Voter ...

Bruce Whitfield interviews Daniel Strauss, author of The Billionaire Mindset: Secrets of a Successful South African Entrepreneur.

Happy Thursday, There’s been a whirlwind of voting rights stories over the last week. Republicans continue to advance a wave of restrictions in statehouses across the country while there is mounting pressure in Washington for Democrats to do away with the filibuster to pass significant federal voting rights legislation. This is an indication of how voting rights has only emerged as an escalating issue after the 2020 election. Here’s a look at...

Good morning. As the US approaches the grim milestone of half a million Covid-19 deaths, Dr Anthony Fauci, the country’s top infectious diseases expert, lamented the “historic” and “really horrible” death toll. Speaking on CNN’s State of the Union show on Sunday, Fauci said decades from now people would be talking about this “terribly historic milestone in the history of this country”. He also said it was possible that Americans would be wearing...

How racist is Germanys police? Whats rotten in the Singen police precinct? "If a ministry requires two days to ascertain whether or not handcuffs were placed on a child, you do then ask yourself: Whats rotten in the Singen police precinct?" the familys lawyer, Mehmet Daimagüler, told DW. He says that Tiziano related how one of the officers, after asking his name, said that he belonged to the "gypsies," and that people "know them." "Racism and discrimination have no place in the state police of...