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WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Agriculture Department predicts record egg prices could rise more than 40 percent this year, as the Trump administration offered the first new details last week about its plan to battle bird flu and ease costs. With an emphasis on farms tightening their measures to prevent bird flu’s spread, Agriculture Secretary [...]
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright said it’s critical that the nation be out in front when it comes to artificial intelligence, and that means having reliable and affordable sources of electricity to meet the growing demands of the technology sector. Wright made the comments earlier this week before touring Sandia National [...]
Home Depot broke a two-year slump in same-store sales during the fourth quarter as customer demand improved in a housing market that has been buffeted by elevated mortgage rates and a scarcity of homes available for purchase. Revenue for the Atlanta company climbed to $39.7 billion from $34.79 billion in the previous quarter. Analysts polled [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — New FBI Director Kash Patel has told senior officials that he plans to relocate up to 1,000 employees from Washington to field offices around the country and move an additional 500 to a large bureau facility in Huntsville, Ala., according to a person with knowledge of the discussions. The plans were communicated [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican senators pushed a $340 billion budget framework to passage late last week. The hours-long “vote-a-rama” rambled along in a crucial part of the budget process, as senators considered one amendment after another, largely from Democrats trying to halt it. Republicans, however, used their majority to push the package to approval on [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The leaders of four labor unions last week called on President Donald Trump to boost American shipbuilding and enforce tariffs and other “strong penalties” against China for its increasing dominance in that industry. The presidents of the United Steelworkers, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, International Brotherhood of Boilermakers and International Association of [...]
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Since his election, President Donald Trump has repeatedly expressed support for a long natural gas pipeline in Alaska — comments that have drawn fresh attention to a project that’s floundered for years despite support from state leaders. Trump mentioned the pipeline at a news conference with Japan’s prime minister earlier this [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump last week signed an executive order formally creating a National Energy Dominance Council and directed it to move quickly to increase already record-setting domestic oil and gas production. Trump’s administration also announced it has granted conditional export authorization for a huge liquefied natural gas project in Louisiana, the first [...]
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Nevada’s governor last week signed legislation allowing the state to suspend a law requiring cage-free eggs in hopes of getting residents some relief at the checkout counter, where a dozen eggs costs an average of nearly $5 because of the lingering bird flu. Yet it is not quite that simple, which [...]
Restaurants are struggling with record-high egg prices, but their omelets, scrambles and huevos rancheros may be part of the problem. Breakfast is booming at eateries. First Watch, a restaurant chain that serves breakfast, brunch and lunch, nearly quadrupled its locations over the past decade to 570. Eggs Up Grill has 90 restaurants in nine southern [...]