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WASHINGTON (AP) — The State Department is proposing a requirement that applicants for business and tourist visas post a bond of up to $15,000 to enter the United States, a move that may make the process unaffordable for many. In a notice in the Federal Register this week, the department said it would start a [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Redistricting usually happens after the once-a-decade population count by the U.S. Census Bureau or in response to a court ruling. Now, Texas Republicans want to break that tradition — and other states could follow suit. Democrats in Texas’ House left the state to prevent the vote on a redistricting plan that would [...]
MINNEAPOLIS — In a period when retail beef prices are at an all-time high and consumers are still willing to pay, South Dakota rancher Calli Williams would love to cash in. Yet it’s not so simple. Williams and her husband, Tate, raise about 70 cow-calf pairs near Letcher in southeastern South Dakota, roughly 18 miles [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The nation’s economy expanded at a 3 percent annual pace from April through June, bouncing back from a first-quarter drop. Still, analysts say details of the report suggest that consumers and businesses are wary about the economic uncertainty arising from President Donald Trump’s tariff policies. “Headline numbers are hiding the economy’s true [...]
NEW YORK (AP) — As a child, Heidi Barley watched her family pay for groceries with food stamps. As a college student, she dropped out because she couldn’t afford tuition. In her twenties, already scraping by, she was forced to take a pay cut that shrunk her salary to $34,000 a year. This summer, however, [...]
NEW YORK (AP) — When Amrita Bhasin, 24, learned that South Korean products might be subject to a new American import tax, she decided to stock up on Korean brand sheet masks she uses a few times a week. “I did a recent haul to stockpile,” she said. “I bought 50 in bulk, which should [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has announced a trade framework with Japan, placing a 15 percent tax on goods imported from that nation. “This Deal will create Hundreds of Thousands of Jobs — There has never been anything like it,” Trump posted on Truth Social, adding that the United States “will continue to always [...]
General Motors’ profit declined 35 percent in its second-quarter, but the automaker topped expectations and stuck by its full-year financial outlook that it lowered in May. GM CEO Mary Barra also said in a letter to shareholders earlier this week that the automaker is attempting to “greatly reduce our tariff exposure,” citing $4 billion of [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump last week signed into law new regulations for a type of cryptocurrency, a milestone for an industry that has spent heavily to strengthen its legitimacy and political might. The GENIUS Act sets initial guardrails and consumer protections for stablecoins, which are tied to assets such as the American dollar [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is granting two years of regulatory relief to coal-fired power plants, chemical manufacturers and other similar industries as he seeks to reverse Biden-era regulations he considers overly burdensome. Trump last week issued a series of proclamations exempting a range of industries that he calls vital to national security. The [...]