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WASHINGTON (AP) — Work in the Republican-led Senate to legitimize cryptocurrency by adding guardrails has drawn backing from some Democrats, underscoring growing support for the industry in the party. Divisions have opened over the bill, known as the GENIUS Act, with many demanding it prevent President Donald Trump and his family from directly profiting from [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s tariff plan would cut deficits by $2.8 trillion over a 10-year period, according to an analysis released last week by the Congressional Budget Office. The numbers were revealed in a letter sent to Democratic congressional leadership outlining how the Trump administration’s plan to impose wide-ranging tariffs on countries around [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump last week resurrected a policy of his first term, announcing that citizens of 12 countries would be banned from visiting the United States and those from seven others would face restrictions. The ban took effect today at 12:01 a.m., a cushion that may avoid the chaos that unfolded at [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Labor Department has cut back on the inflation data it collects because of the Trump administration’s government hiring freeze, raising concerns among economists about the quality of the inflation figures just as they are being closely watched for the impact of tariffs. The department’s Bureau of Labor Statistics, which produces the [...]
Borrowers who have defaulted on their federal student loans no longer will be at risk of having their Social Security benefits garnished, an Education Department spokesperson said. The government last month restarted collections for the millions of people in default on their loans. An estimated 452,000 people aged 62 and older had student loans in [...]
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said it will hire for “mission-critical field positions” amid warnings that the National Weather Service has been cut too sharply just as hurricane season arrives. An agency spokesperson said in a statement the positions will be advertised under a temporary reprieve from the federal government’s widespread hiring pause “to [...]
The sponsors of legislation that would require Ohio counties, townships and municipalities to adopt cybersecurity programs offered a first glance of the bill to House committee members this week. Reps. Haraz Ghanbari, R-Perrysburg, and Adam Mathews, R-Lebanon, said the bill is in response to the increased number of such attacks on cities, counties and other [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s bill making its way through Congress will cut taxes by $3.75 trillion but also increase deficits by $2.4 trillion over the next decade, according to an analysis released this week by the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office. The package would reduce federal outlays, or spending, by nearly $1.3 trillion over [...]
A specialized plane equipped with advanced sensors that the federal government deploys to chemical disasters could have helped authorities avoid needlessly blowing open five rail tank cars and burning their toxic contents after the 2023 East Palestine train derailment, a new report says. The report released earlier this week found the single-engine Cessna wasn’t called [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House earlier this week officially asked Congress to claw back $9.4 billion in already approved spending, taking funding away from programs targeted by the Department of Government Efficiency. It’s a process known as “rescission,” which requires President Donald Trump to get approval from Congress to return money that had previously [...]