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WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican senators pushed a $340 billion budget framework to passage late last week. The hours-long “vote-a-rama” rambled along in a crucial part of the budget process, as senators considered one amendment after another, largely from Democrats trying to halt it. Republicans, however, used their majority to push the package to approval on [...]
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Trump administration is targeting California’s high-speed rail project, with federal transportation officials announcing an investigation and possible withdrawal of about $4 billion in federal funding. Voters first approved $10 billion in bond money in 2008 for a project designed to shuttle riders between San Francisco and Los Angeles in less [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The leaders of four labor unions last week called on President Donald Trump to boost American shipbuilding and enforce tariffs and other “strong penalties” against China for its increasing dominance in that industry. The presidents of the United Steelworkers, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, International Brotherhood of Boilermakers and International Association of [...]
NEW YORK (AP) — Lithium and other elements that the United States needs for military, energy and other applications could become harder to obtain if the Trump administration goes ahead with tariffs and other protectionist policies aimed at China, according to analysts. China refines more than 90 percent of the global supply of so-called “rare [...]
A push to ban sugary drinks, candy and more from the federal government program that helps low-income families pay for nutritious food has been tried before — but it may soon get a boost from new Trump administration officials. Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the newly confirmed Health and Human Services secretary, and Brooke Rollins, the [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — To whittle down the federal budget, the GOP-controlled Congress is eyeing work requirements for Medicaid. It’s also considering paying a shrunken, fixed rate to states. All told, during the next decade, lawmakers could try to siphon billions of dollars from the nearly-free health-care coverage offered to the poorest Americans. Weeks before Congress [...]
After spending heavily to help elect President Donald Trump and other crypto-friendly lawmakers, analysts say the industry is emboldened, impatient and eager to cement its influence in politics and mainstream financial systems. “Time is critical,” said Ji Hun Kim, president and acting CEO at the Crypto Council for Innovation, at a recent House committee hearing [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The new head of the Environmental Protection Agency said he will try to rescind $20 billion in grants awarded by the Biden administration for climate and clean-energy projects. In a video posted on X, Administrator Lee Zeldin said the EPA would revoke contracts for a still-emerging “green bank” that is set to [...]
COLUMBUS (AP) — Republican Ohio Sen. Kristina Roegner, a veteran state lawmaker with fiscal oversight experience and a background in finance, announced last week that she is running for state treasurer. Roegner, 56, of Hudson, is just finishing up 14 years in the Ohio General Assembly — four terms in the Ohio House and two [...]
COLUMBUS (AP) — A bill banning diversity, equity and inclusion programs at Ohio’s public colleges and universities and stripping certain collective bargaining and tenure protections from faculty cleared the Republican-led Ohio Senate last week, over the objections of more than 1,000 students, educators and others. Senate Bill 1 would make schools promise not to influence [...]