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WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats have been sniping at each other in public since Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer helped pass a Republican spending bill that prevented a government shutdown, but the divisions in their party hardly began there. For months, Democrats have been struggling to coalesce behind a political strategy as they confront President Donald [...]
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Delaware is trying to protect its status as the corporate capital of the world amid fallout from a judge’s rejection of billionaire Elon Musk ‘s landmark Tesla compensation package, although critics say fast-tracked legislation will tilt the playing field against investors, including pensioners and middle-class savers. A Delaware House committee is [...]
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The pothole outside Timothy Taylor’s home was so deep, he could hear the clunk of cars hitting it from inside his house. The Portland, Ore., resident could sympathize with those drivers: He knew to avoid his own neighborhood pothole, but another one damaged his car’s suspension to the tune of $1,000. [...]
COULEE DAM, Wash. (AP) — Workforce cuts at federal agencies overseeing dams are threatening their ability to provide reliable electricity, supply farmers with water and protect communities from floods, industry officials warn. The Bureau of Reclamation provides water and hydropower to the public in 17 western states. Nearly 400 agency workers have been cut through [...]
COLUMBUS (AP) — The first television ads dropped last week in the Ohio governor’s race that’s still more than a year off. The early onslaught by a super PAC allied with Trump-backed gubernatorial candidate Vivek Ramaswamy drove home how quickly the former bellwether state ‘s ruling Republicans are seizing the spotlight and staking claims to [...]
McALLEN, Texas (AP) — The Trump administration has launched a review of organizations that provide temporary housing and other aid to migrants to determine if they may have violated a law used to prosecute smugglers. The Department of Homeland Security has “significant concerns” that federal grants used to address an increase of migration under former [...]
A bipartisan bill that incorporates and builds upon the recommendations of Gov. Mike DeWine’s School Bus Safety Working Group recently debuted in the Transportation Committee of the Ohio House of Representatives. House Bill 3, dubbed the School Bus Safety Act, is a comprehensive and carefully considered bill focused on advancing school bus safety statewide, according [...]
The Trump administration is halting a $1 billion program that helps preserve affordable housing, threatening projects that keep tens of thousands of units livable for low-income Americans, according to a document obtained by The Associated Press. The action is part of cuts and funding freezes at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. The [...]
BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union has announced retaliatory trade action with new duties on American industrial and farm products, responding within hours to the Trump administration’s increase in tariffs on all steel and aluminum imports to 25 percent. The world’s biggest trading bloc was expecting the United States tariffs and prepared in advance, but [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The House earlier this week passed legislation to avert a partial government shutdown and fund federal agencies through September, providing critical momentum as the measure now moves to the Senate, where bipartisan support will be needed to get it over the finish line. Republicans needed overwhelming support from their members to pass [...]