State

• LaHood, Ways and Means GOP Demand Answers on Dems’ Push for IRS Invasion into Americans’ Bank Accounts

  • Published in Lincoln Daily News October 20, 2021
    Democrats raise proposed IRS bank reporting threshold to $10,000 from $600

Dozens of parents sue 145 schools, Pritzker and ISBE over COVID quarantine, mask mandates

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• Heavy workload expected next week as lawmakers cancel Thursday session

• GOP lawmakers say Democrats are rejecting anti-crime measures

• Legislator pushes bill to allow inmates to vote from prison

• Republicans continue to demand lawmakers check governor’s COVID authority

• Public speaks out on proposed congressional maps

• Metra announces flat ticket prices through 2022

Nation

Human remains found in Florida park amid search for Gabby Petito's fiance -FBI

Partial human remains were found on Wednesday in a Florida wilderness area where authorities were searching for Brian Laundrie, the fiance of Gabby Petito, a young woman who vanished on a road trip with Laundrie.

• Asylum seekers allege abuse by U.S. border authorities -report

• Former Giuliani associate's campaign finance trial nears close

• Former U.S. president Donald Trump launches 'TRUTH' social media platform

• U.S. coronavirus vaccine donations reach 200 million doses

• U.S. FDA clears Moderna, J&J COVID-19 boosters, backs use of different vaccine for boost

Government, Politics, Campaigns  & Elections

White House tells Democrats that corporate tax hike unlikely in current bill

The sun sets behind the U.S. Capitol building in Washington, U.S., October 6, 2021. REUTERS/Leah Millis/Files

• Biden pushes infrastructure in Pennsylvania as Democrats try to seal deal

• Factbox-Biden, Democrats $2 trillion spending plan: What is in, what is cut?

  • U.S. Republicans say fixing supply chain is more urgent than social spending

  • U.S. Senator Manchin denies media report he could leave Democrats

• U.S. Senate Republicans block voting rights bill as Democrats' patience wears thin

• U.S. Democrats scramble to hammer out climate legislation ahead of Glasgow talks

• U.S. House edges toward contempt charges against Trump aide Bannon

• U.S. Democrats, Republicans spend heavily in Virginia ahead of governor election

International

Late monsoon floods kill more than 150 in India and Nepal

Members of National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) evacuate stranded people following heavy rains at Chhara village in Nainital district, in the northern state of Uttarakhand, India, October 20, 2021. National Disaster Response Force/Handout via REUTERS

• N.Korea questions U.S. intent after fresh offer to meet

• Britain warns China against dangerous military moves around Taiwan

• Are we safe? Killing of UK lawmaker makes colleagues nervous

• NATO to agree master plan to deter growing Russian threat

• For Afghan Hazaras, where to pray can be life and death choice

• Pakistan foreign minister makes first trip to Kabul since Taliban takeover

• South Korea's Moon vows 'Korea space age' after rocket test falters

• EU leaders set to rebuke Poland for challenging their integration

ODD & Extraordinary

Indian barber siblings turn heads into canvasses by giving unusual haircuts

Rajwinder Singh Sidhu, 29, a barber, shaves the hair of a customer in the shape of Mickey Mouse inside his shop in Dabwali town, in the northern state of Punjab, India, October 12, 2021. Picture taken October 12, 2021. REUTERS/Sunil Kataria

Science, Medicine, Technology & Environment

G20 split over coal, 1.5 degree climate limit ahead of Rome summit -sources

A demonstrator holds up a sign as he attends a Fridays for Future climate strike in Milan, Italy ahead of Glasgow's COP26 meeting. Picture taken on October 1, 2021. REUTERS/Flavio Lo Scalzo/File Photo

• California, Hoopa Valley Tribe try to save salmon and a way of life