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LOS ANGELES — A late-hour attempt to extend the life of California's last nuclear power plant has run into a predicament that will be difficult to resolve: a shortage of time. A state analysis this week predicted it will take federal regulators until late 2026 to act on an application to extend the operating run [...]
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden named Federal Reserve Vice Chair Lael Brainard as the new director of his National Economic Council, making the Ph.D. economist a key point person for coordinating policy, talking with business leaders and negotiating with Congress. Biden also nominated longtime adviser Jared Bernstein to be chair of the White House Council [...]
Millions of Americans mired in medical debt face difficult financial decisions every day — pay the debt or pay for rent, utilities and groceries. Some may even skip necessary health care for fear of sinking deeper into debt. To address the problem, an increasing number of municipal, county and state governments are devising plans to [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration earlier this week outlined how states and non-profit groups can apply for $27 billion in funding from a "green bank" that will provide low-cost financing for projects intended to cut planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions. The so-called Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund, created by Congress in the climate law approved last [...]
COLUMBUS — A battle for political control of the Ohio House has laid bare the risks the Republican Party faces as factions of its legislative supermajority square off more over tactics and the willingness to thwart long held institutional norms than policy. Six weeks ago, Republican Jason Stephens, a second-term representative from rural southern Ohio, [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — While President Joe Biden and his predecessor, Donald Trump, are preparing for a possible rematch in 2024, a new poll finds a notable lack of enthusiasm within the parties for either man as his party's leader and a clear opening for new standard-bearers. About a third of both Democrats and Republicans are [...]
NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump has called for parents to elect and fire school principals. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has banned instruction on sexual orientation and gender identity in kindergarten through third grade and Nikki Haley, the former U.N. ambassador who is expected to soon announce her White House candidacy, is among [...]
WASHINGTON — Postmaster General Louis DeJoy said there is new "energy, focus and improvement" across the Postal Service, and he touted upcoming electric delivery trucks as making the Postal Service a leader in carbon footprint reduction during an upbeat report to postal governors last week. The Postal Service made improvements consistent with a 10-year plan [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Hillary Scholten is among the Democrats who had a surprisingly good election night in November. She became the first Democrat in nearly a half century to win her western Michigan congressional district, bucking expectations about her party's prospects and helping limit the Republican majority in the U.S. House to just four seats. [...]
WASHINGTON — U.S. officials said improvements ordered by President Joe Biden to strengthen defenses against Chinese espionage helped to identify last week's spy balloon — and to determine that similar flights were conducted at multiple points during the Trump administration. White House National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan said that after Biden took office, the government [...]