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Fetterman, filibuster and political math

U.S. Sen. John Fetterman is siding with Democrats — at least this week. There are some issues nailed into the Republican platform, like tax cuts and deregulation. There are some knitted into the fabric of the Democrats, like healthcare and the environment. But there are others that have less to do with party than they do with math. Whoever is in the majority hates the filibuster. The process is a way for senators in the minority to slow the momentum of legislation. It is dramatic but rarely successful. It generally takes 60 of the Senate’s 100 votes to end a filibuster ...

Horoscope: Thursday, July 30

One spark starts a much bigger chain of events: exciting, fortuitous and transformative. Aries (March 21-April 19) Your predictive guesses are more accurate than not. Use that today. Let it cue your preventative measures. As good as you are at solving problems in the moment, you get even better results if you prevent them before they happen. Taurus (April 20-May 20) Every group has someone setting the direction. Today’s advantage comes from understanding that vision and helping move it forward. You don’t have to be the loudest voice to become an indispensable one. Gemini (May ...

Friendship appears affected by faux pas

Dear Annie: Recently, I had a major social misstep that has essentially pushed one of my best friends out of my life. During the week of my birthday, I had a mid-30s crisis; a string of bad memories from dating and bad luck with women hit me and put me in a very emotionally weakened state of mind. In front of this friend, I was reduced to what felt like a whimpering fool, complaining about my bad luck with dating and women. Two days later, I was back to my normal self and saw her at my birthday dinner with friends. During the dinner, she was distant from me, which was fine, and I gave ...

Meclizine fails to reduce vertigo

Dear Dr. Roach: I got vertigo for the first time; not knowing what was happening, I went to the hospital fearing that it could be an aneurysm or a stroke. The hospital told me it’s “just” vertigo, showed me the Epley maneuver, and prescribed meclizine for me to take for three days. A follow-up visit to my primary care doctor a couple days later confirmed the hospital’s diagnosis and treatment. Since the hospital visit a month ago, I’ve had vertigo two or three times a week. Some episodes are so severe that I get nauseated and vomit, and it often takes me out for a full day ...

Attacks escalate between US, Iran

The U.S. military says it’s launching strikes on Iranian targets in response to Tehran’s attack on American forces a day earlier. U.S. Central Command said the strikes are “a powerful response to yesterday’s attempted Iranian attack” and that they began Wednesday evening, in a post on social media. It’s a further escalation after a period of calm, with the U.S. saying it had intercepted strikes from Iran a day earlier and carried out separate strikes alongside Saudi Arabia on Tehran-backed militias in neighboring Iraq. U.S. President Donald Trump had vowed to retaliate ...

Fauci invokes Fifth Amendment in Senate hearing

WASHINGTON — Dr. Anthony Fauci on Wednesday repeatedly invoked the Fifth Amendment and declined to answer dozens of questions from senators in a Republican-led committee hearing about his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic. The decision, at least for now, shielded Fauci from answering questions that could expose him to accusations of lying under oath. Though he received a pardon in early 2025 from Democratic President Joe Biden, some Republicans pursuing a yearslong campaign for his arrest had suggested he could still face charges for any perjury committed during Wednesday’s ...