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WASHINGTON (AP) — Shoppers increased their spending in February after a pullback the previous month. Retail sales rose 0.2 percent in February, a rebound after a drop of 1.2 percent in January, the Commerce Department said earlier this week. Sales rose at grocery stores, home and garden stores, and online retailers. Sales fell at auto [...]
McALLEN, Texas (AP) — The Trump administration has launched a review of organizations that provide temporary housing and other aid to migrants to determine if they may have violated a law used to prosecute smugglers. The Department of Homeland Security has “significant concerns” that federal grants used to address an increase of migration under former [...]
The Trump administration last week announced that it will reconsider the reach of the Clean Water Act and is expected to further limit the wetlands it covers, building on a Supreme Court decision two years ago that removed federal protections for some areas. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin said at agency headquarters in Washington [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Inflation slowed last month for the first time since September and a measure of underlying inflation fell to a four-year low, according to a new federal government report. The consumer price index increased 2.8 percent in February from a year ago, the report from the Labor Department showed, down from 3 percent [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — During the past two decades, China has grown to be the dominant player in shipbuilding, claiming more than half of the world’s commercial shipbuilding market, while the United States’ share has fallen to 0.1 percent, posing economic and national security challenges for the U.S. and its allies, according to a report released [...]
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Facing projections of spiking energy demand, some states are seeking ways to build new power plants faster as policymakers say they’re increasingly concerned about protecting their residents and economies from rising electric bills, power outages and other consequences of falling behind Big Tech in a race for electricity. Some states are [...]
PORT SULPHUR, La. (AP) — The planned expansion of a massive liquified natural gas facility in southeast Louisiana is a beacon for American energy policy that doubles down on oil and gas exports under President Donald Trump, two members of his cabinet told a crowd of cheering workers last week. “The prior administration had a [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court justices last week heard arguments in a case about restart plans to temporarily store nuclear waste at sites in rural Texas and New Mexico. Some justices said they are concerned about safety issues and the lack of progress toward a permanent solution. A plan to build a national storage [...]
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — The number of states imposing sales taxes on groceries has shrunk over the years, and the number may decrease further in the coming months as lawmakers hear complaints about high prices for eggs and other household staples. Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders earlier this week unveiled the details of her [...]
NEW YORK (AP) — Target earlier this week said it plans to invest anywhere from $4 billion to $5 billion this year in new store expansions, speeding up its online delivery and shortening its production cycle. The company said it plans to add 20 new stores this year, and it expects to add $15 billion [...]