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WASHINGTON (AP) — Mexico sent 26 high-ranking cartel figures to the United States this week in the latest major deal with the Trump administration as American authorities ratchet up pressure on criminal networks smuggling drugs across the border. Those handed over to U.S. custody include Abigael González Valencia, a leader of “Los Cuinis,” a group [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump this week extended a trade truce with China for another 90 days, delaying a showdown between the world’s two biggest economies. Trump posted on his Truth Social platform that he signed the executive order for the extension and that “all other elements of the Agreement will remain the same.” [...]
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Amid rising electric bills, states are under pressure to insulate household and business ratepayers from the costs of feeding Big Tech’s energy-hungry data centers. Analysts say it’s not clear that any state has a solution and the actual impact of data centers on electricity bills is difficult to pin down. Some [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said last week he will nominate a top economic adviser to the Federal Reserve’s board of governors for four months, temporarily filling a vacancy while continuing his search for a longer-term appointment. Trump said he has named Stephen Miran, the chair of the White House’s Council of Economic Advisers, [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency last week terminated a $7 billion grant program that was intended to help pay for residential solar projects for more than 900,000 lower-income U.S. households. The funding, part of Democratic President Joe Biden’s Solar for All program, was awarded to 60 recipients, including states, tribes and regions for [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump last week said that he will impose a 100 percent tariff on computer chips. “We’ll be putting a tariff of approximately 100 percent on chips and semiconductors,” Trump said in the Oval Office while meeting with Apple CEO Tim Cook. “But if you’re building in the United States of [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Department of Homeland Security said it is removing age limits for new hires at the agency responsible for immigration enforcement, as it aims to expand hiring after a massive infusion of cash from Congress. The department said in a news release that it would waive age limits for new applicants so [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal health regulators are warning doctors and patients about safety issues with two separate Boston Scientific heart devices recently linked to injuries and deaths. The Food and Drug Administration issued two alerts last week about electrical problems tied to the company’s heart-zapping defibrillator systems and a separate issue with a heart implant [...]
A new federal rule proposed earlier this week would make it easier for companies to use drones over longer distances out of the operator’s sight without having to go through a cumbersome waiver process. The federal government had already approved 657 waivers to allow companies such as Amazon and major utilities to do this in [...]
TORONTO (AP) — President Donald Trump raised the tariffs on Canadian goods to 35 percent last week, but a key exemption for Canada and Mexico shields the vast majority of goods from the elevated duties. Goods that comply with the 2020 United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement that Trump negotiated during his first term are excluded from the [...]