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WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Treasury Department has announced it will not enforce a President Joe Biden-era small business rule intended to curb money laundering and shell company formation. Treasury said in a news release that it will not impose penalties now or in the future if companies fail to register for the agency’s beneficial [...]
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — President Donald Trump last week signed an executive order designed to boost the domestic copper industry by investigating the national security implications of imports and weighing tariffs as a response. From talk of acquiring Greenland and its vast mineral wealth to prodding Ukraine for minerals in exchange for help fending off [...]
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 [...]