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WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House is moving forward with a deal that would allow the federal government to take a small equity stake in a Canadian company that is developing one of the world’s largest lithium mines in northern Nevada, a government official said. The Department of Energy and Lithium Americas, developer of the [...]
In the absence of stronger federal regulation, some states have begun regulating apps that offer AI “therapy” as more people turn to artificial intelligence for mental-health advice. Analysts say the laws, all passed this year, don’t fully address the fast-changing landscape of AI software development, however. App developers, policymakers and mental-health advocates also say the [...]
The federal Bureau of Prisons said it is canceling a collective bargaining agreement with its workers and stripping them of union rights. Director William K. Marshall III told the agency’s nearly 35,000 employees that the union, the Council of Prison Locals, had become “an obstacle to progress instead of a partner in it.” The contract, [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said last week he will put import taxes of 100 percent on pharmaceutical drugs, 50 percent on kitchen cabinets and bathroom vanities, 30 percent on upholstered furniture and 25 percent on heavy trucks starting on Wednesday. While Trump did not provide a legal justification for the tariffs, he stated [...]
In an effort to recruit and train new instructors, the Ohio Traffic Safety Office has launched two programs to support driving schools across Ohio. The Instructor Development Grant and New Instructor Incentive are designed to increase capacity at licensed driving schools as a new law takes effect today requiring new drivers under age 21 to [...]
SHANGHAI (AP) — The head of a congressional delegation visiting China said he backed renegotiating the rules governing the global economy to take into account China’s rise and that of other countries such as India and Brazil. Rep. Adam Smith, a Democrat from Washington state, told the mayor of Shanghai last week that the United [...]
The Trump administration wants to redistribute $2.4 billion it pulled from California’s high-speed rail project to help pay for a new $5 billion program announced earlier this week to fund rail projects designed to boost passenger rail traffic nationwide. The new program will put a priority on projects in areas with higher rates of birth [...]
MIAMI (AP) — Hundreds of federal employees who lost their jobs in Elon Musk’s cost-cutting blitz are being asked to return to work. The General Services Administration has given the employees — who managed government workspaces — until the end of the week to accept or decline reinstatement, according to an internal memo obtained by [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Tech giant Oracle will spearhead United States oversight of the algorithm and security underlying TikTok’s popular video platform under the terms of a deal laid out this week by federal authorities. The final details still need to be completed among several joint venture partners that will include Oracle, investment firm Silver Lake [...]
A federal judge ruled this week that a nearly complete offshore wind project halted by the Trump administration can resume. Work on the nearly completed Revolution Wind project for Rhode Island and Connecticut has been paused since Aug. 22 when the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management issued a stop work order for what it said [...]