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Today we look at the future of child tax credits, the effects of Havana Syndrome, and why we might be entering "sad girl Autumn."
Here's the latest on that and everything else we're watching this Thursday morning. Democrats are calling for childcare tax credits, brought in as a temporary pandemic measure, to be protected and kept as part of President Joe Biden's social spending bill for at least five more years.
But amid political gridlock, there are concerns over the legislation's future and for the Democratic majority if they fail to pass it.
Despite concerns that these payments could cause taxpayer dollars to go to waste or discourage people from seeking or returning to work, early data returns appear to show that the extra monthly income has had little effect on the labor market.
"I was able to take the kids on a trip to the beach for a couple days, because we hadn't gone anywhere since the pandemic, but a lot of it has gone to clothes for them, housing bills and just about everything else in our budget," said Warren Copeland, 59, who has one child in college and four at home who are on the autism spectrum
Critics maintain, however, that the changes to the child tax credit could create fiscal, economic and administrative hardships in the long term if made permanent.
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Summer is over. Temperatures have dropped. And as the pumpkin spice lattes have returned, so, too, has the concept of "Sad Girl Autumn."
At least, that's according to social media users who went into an internet frenzy after Adele released a 21-second snippet of her new single, "Easy on Me," just after indie rock artist Mitski released the music video for "Working for the Knife" and Taylor Swift announced that the re-recorded version of "Red" is coming a week earlier than anticipated.
The slew of female artists releasing music with themes related to nostalgia, sadness and introspection has prompted many people to get in their feels in time for "Sad Girl Autumn."
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