The industry has used its muscle to prevent federal, state and local governments from penalizing companies that park freight trains across roads for hours or days.
Category: Senate
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Other Sports Faced Congress’s Glare. Now Golf Will Get Its Turn.
A Senate hearing on Tuesday is just one part of Washington’s scrutiny of the PGA Tour’s deal with Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund.
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Randall Stephenson’s Exit From PGA Tour Casts Pall on Saudi Deal
In resigning from the body’s board, Randall Stephenson said he could not support the group’s potential tie-up with its Saudi-backed rival.
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Lawmakers Seek More Long-Distance Flights From Reagan National Airport
Dozens of lawmakers are seeking to loosen a law that limits long-distance flights to and from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport. For some of them, success could mean a shorter commute.
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LIV Golf Resists Senate Request for Greg Norman’s Testimony on Saudi Deal
Less than two weeks before a planned hearing about a transaction that could reshape golf, lawmakers are struggling to assemble a witness list.
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PGA Tour and LIV Golf Seek to Drop Litigation Against Each Other
Although the tour’s deal with the Saudi wealth fund has not closed, the request to a federal judge was a milestone in golf’s surprise détente.
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U.S. National Debt Tops $32 Trillion for First Time
The milestone follows a recent congressional showdown over lifting the debt ceiling. Another spending fight looms this year.
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Accenture Will Invest $3 Billion to Expand Its A.I. Offerings
The consulting firm is the latest to invest heavily in artificial intelligence, even as big businesses grapple with the potential fallout from the technology.
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Golf’s Titanic Deal Stokes Anger on Capitol Hill
American lawmakers and officials are studying the pact between the PGA Tour and Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund.
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Senate Opens Inquiry Into PGA Tour Deal with Saudi-Funded LIV Golf
The PGA Tour and LIV have been asked to provide documents and communications tied to the agreement announced last week.
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How Apple and David Beckham Beat Saudi Arabia in the Race for Messi
A complex arrangement, involving Apple, to bring the soccer star to Miami shows how to trump the free-spending kingdom — and how hard that may be to duplicate.