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WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth earlier this week directed the active duty military to shed 20 percent of its four-star general officers as the Trump administration moves forward with deep cuts that it says will promote efficiency. Hegseth also told the National Guard to shed 20 percent of its top positions and directed [...]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin prosecutor cleared police officers from Columbus of any criminal liability in a fatal shooting last summer near the Republican National Convention. The officers were among thousands of officers from multiple jurisdictions providing extra security for the July convention in Milwaukee. According to a letter Milwaukee County District Attorney Kent [...]
DoorDash said that demand for deliveries remained strong in the first quarter. “We haven’t seen any changes in consumer behavior even if there are changes in consumer sentiment,” DoorDash co-founder and CEO Tony Xu said in a call with investors. “Food really is the most resilient category.” Total orders climbed 18 percent to 732 million, [...]
The U.S. Justice Department is doubling down on its attempt to break up Google by asking it to give up the underlying technology powering the company’s digital ad network. The proposed remedy joins a separate federal effort to separate the Chrome browser from its dominant search engine. The government’s latest proposal was filed in a [...]
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Flight delays and cancellations persisted at Newark Liberty International Airport this week, and the Federal Aviation Administration says some air traffic controllers were taking time off to destress from recent equipment and telecommunications outages. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer called for an investigation into the “chaos” sparked by an air traffic [...]
BANGKOK (AP) — An ethnic militia in southeastern Myanmar that has been sanctioned by the United States for alleged involvement in human trafficking and online scams has denied the accusations. The U.S. Treasury Department announced sanctions against the Karen National Army, or KNA, as well as its leader Col. Saw Chit Thu and his sons, [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve board is expected to keep its key short-term interest rate unchanged when it meets this week. Fed Chair Jerome Powell and many of the other 18 officials who sit on the Fed’s rate-setting committee have said they want to see how President Donald Trump’s new tariffs impact the economy [...]
The Environmental Protection Agency last week announced a reorganization as part of the Trump administration’s drive to reduce costs. Administrator Lee Zeldin announced changes that included creating a new unit within his office “to align research and put science at the forefront of the agency’s rulemakings.” He said the overall reorganization would boost efficiency and [...]
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Warren Buffett will remain with Berkshire Hathaway as chairman of the board when Vice Chairman Greg Abel takes over as CEO next year. The board of directors at the conglomerate voted Sunday to keep the legendary 94-year-old investor as head of the board, a decision that is expected to relieve investors [...]
A man who admitted being “addicted to speed” behind the wheel had totaled two other cars in the year before he slammed into a minivan at 112 mph in a Seattle suburb, killing the driver and three of the five children she was transporting for a homeschool co-op. After sentencing Chase Daniel Jones last month [...]