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US plans to impose new visa restrictions on Chinese and Hong Kong officials after security verdicts

HONG KONG — The United States has expressed its deep concerns about the convictions of 14 pro-democracy activists in Hong Kong under a Beijing-imposed national security law, saying it's taking steps to impose new visa restrictions on mainland Chinese and Hong Kong officials responsible for the implementation of the sweeping legislation. U.S. State Department spokesperson [...]

By |2024-06-05T14:40:04-04:00Tuesday, June 4, 2024|

Democrats urge Justice Department to prosecute alleged collusion and price-fixing by oil industry

WASHINGTON — Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and 22 other Democratic senators are calling on the Department of Justice to "use every tool" at its disposal to prevent and prosecute alleged collusion and price-fixing in the oil industry. In a letter last week to Attorney General Merrick Garland and other officials, the Democrats said a [...]

By |2024-06-04T15:54:26-04:00Monday, June 3, 2024|

Key Republican calls for ‘generational’ increase in defense spending

WASHINGTON — The top-ranking Republican on a Senate committee that oversees the military is calling for a “generational investment” in America’s defense, saying aggressive and significant spending increases are necessary to deter coordinated threats from United States adversaries such as Russia, Iran and China. Mississippi Sen. Roger Wicker, who serves on the Senate Armed Services [...]

By |2024-06-03T12:25:04-04:00Friday, May 31, 2024|

Ranked-choice voting on multiple state ballots

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Alaska's new election system — with open primaries and ranked voting — has been a model for those in other states. Used for the first time in 2022, the changes are attributed to the election of the first Alaska Native to a seat in Congress. They could be short-lived. Opponents of [...]

By |2024-05-31T13:03:19-04:00Thursday, May 30, 2024|

Biden administration canceling student loans for another 160,000 borrowers

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is canceling student loans for another 160,000 borrowers through a combination of existing programs. The Education Department announced the latest round of cancellation this week, saying it will erase $7.7 billion in federal student loans. With the latest action, the administration said it has canceled $167 billion in student [...]

By |2024-05-28T11:44:25-04:00Friday, May 24, 2024|

U.S. poised to preserve heavy tariffs on imports

WASHINGTON — As president, Donald Trump imposed a 25 percent tariff on foreign steel, which hurt Clips & Clamps Industries, a Michigan auto supplier — raising its materials prices, making it harder to compete with overseas rivals and costing it several contracts. Jeff Aznavorian, the company president, thought he might enjoy relief once Joe Biden [...]

By |2024-05-24T11:16:33-04:00Thursday, May 23, 2024|

Busiest southern border crossing sites change as migration patterns shift

JACUMBA HOT SPRINGS, Calif. (AP) — On many nights, hundreds of migrants squeeze through poles in a border wall or climb over on metal ladders. They gather in a buffer zone between two walls with views of the night lights of Tijuana, Mexico, waiting hours for Border Patrol agents while volunteers deliver hot coffee, instant [...]

By |2024-05-22T14:00:57-04:00Tuesday, May 21, 2024|

Biden proposes ending new federal leases in coal region

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — The Biden administration last week proposed an end to new coal leasing from federal reserves in the most productive coal mining region in the country as officials seek to limit greenhouse gas emissions from the fuel. The Bureau of Land Management proposal would affect millions of acres of federal lands and [...]

By |2024-05-22T14:01:05-04:00Tuesday, May 21, 2024|

Senators urge $32B in emergency spending on AI after finishing review

WASHINGTON (AP) — A bipartisan group of four senators led by Majority Leader Chuck Schumer is recommending that Congress spend at least $32 billion over the next three years to develop artificial intelligence and place safeguards around it, writing in a new report that the U.S. needs to “harness the opportunities and address the risks” [...]

By |2024-05-20T14:27:14-04:00Friday, May 17, 2024|

Biden hiking tariffs on many Chinese products

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration has announced plans to slap new tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles, advanced batteries, solar cells, steel, aluminum and medical equipment — an election year move that's expected to increase friction between the world's two largest economies. The tariffs come in the middle of a campaign between President Joe Biden [...]

By |2024-05-20T14:28:19-04:00Thursday, May 16, 2024|
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