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WASHINGTON (AP) — The new Sentinel nuclear warhead program is 81 percent over budget and is now estimated to cost nearly $141 billion, but the Pentagon is moving forward with the program, saying that given the threats from China and Russia it does not have a choice. The Northrop Grumman Sentinel program is the first [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — A majority of Americans oppose a federal abortion ban as a rising number support access to abortions for any reason, a new poll finds, highlighting a situation for candidates who oppose abortion rights as the November election draws closer. Around 6 in 10 Americans said they think their state should generally allow [...]
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration said this week it was providing $504 million in implementation grants for a dozen technology hubs in Ohio, Montana, Nevada and Florida, among other locations. The money would support the development of quantum computing, biomanufacturing, lithium batteries, computer chips, personal medicine and other technologies. The Democratic administration is trying to [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration earlier this week proposed a rule to address excessive heat in the workplace, as millions of people around the country have recently been under high heat advisories. If finalized, the measure would protect an estimated 36 million workers from injuries related to heat exposure on the job — establishing [...]
The U.S. Justice Department is pushing Boeing to plead guilty to criminal fraud in connection with two deadly plane crashes involving its 737 Max jetliners, according to several people who heard federal prosecutors detail a proposed offer. Boeing will have until the end of the week to accept or reject the offer, which includes the [...]
COLUMBUS (AP) — It was March 2022 and Senate candidate J.D. Vance was standing under hot lights in a Cleveland television studio debating four fellow Republicans on whether the United States should support a no-fly zone over Ukraine, not a month into its grinding war with Russia. "Absolutely not," Vance said. "I'm in the minority [...]
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — With many jobs expected to eventually rely on generative artificial intelligence, some states are trying to help workers improve their tech skills before the skills become outdated and get outfoxed by machines that are becoming increasingly smarter. Connecticut is working to create what proponents believe will be the country's first Citizens [...]
A California law that went into effect on Monday requires credit card networks such as Visa and Mastercard to provide banks with special retail codes that can be assigned to gun stores in order to track their sales. New laws will do the exact opposite, however, in Georgia, Iowa, Tennessee and Wyoming by banning the [...]
SEATTLE (AP) — The federal government has acknowledged its role during the past century in building and operating dams in the Pacific Northwest to the detriment of Native Americans whose villages were inundated and sources of food reduced, while bringing electricity, irrigation and jobs to nearby communities. In a new report, the Biden administration said [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is taking an election year step to offer relief to potentially hundreds of thousands of immigrants without legal status in the United States, aiming to balance his own crackdown on the southern border earlier this month that upset advocates and many Democratic lawmakers. The White House earlier this week [...]