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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]