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WASHINGTON (AP) — A new Biden administration rule announced late last week aims to speed up asylum processing at the southern border for a limited group of people believed to have committed serious crimes or who have terrorist links and ultimately more quickly eject them from the country. The change comes as the administration has [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress and the Biden administration are considering what, if anything, should be done to tighten restrictions on donor-advised funds, an increasingly popular way for donors to set aside money to spend on charitable causes. Driving the debates are questions about whether the country's ultrawealthy are abusing the immediate tax deductions they receive [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — As pro-Palestinian demonstrations escalate on college campuses around the country, critics of President Joe Biden’s handling of the Israel-Hamas war suggest this summer's Democratic National Convention could be hit by protests and scenes of chaos. Already, 65-plus organizations in Chicago and elsewhere have formed a coalition to "March on the DNC" when [...]
WASHINGTON — An independent review of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.'s workplace culture describes an environment that fostered "hostile, abusive, unprofessional or inappropriate conduct," and questions whether the agency's chairman is credible to lead the agency through a cultural transformation. The report released by law firm Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton outlines incidents of stalking, [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The go-broke dates for Medicare and Social Security have been pushed back as an improving economy has contributed to changed projected depletion dates, according to the annual Social Security and Medicare trustees report released earlier this week. Federal officials warn that policy changes are needed lest the programs become unable to pay [...]
ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia's congressional delegation introduced legislation last week to protect some of the ancestral lands of the Muscogee tribe as a national park and preserve. The proposed Ocmulgee Mounds Park and Preserve would be Georgia's first national park. The area along the Ocmulgee River downstream from Macon in central Georgia includes mounds and [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States last week imposed new sanctions on hundreds of companies and people tied to Russia's weapons development program, more than a dozen Chinese entities accused of helping Moscow find workarounds to earlier penalties and individuals linked to the death of Kremlin opposition leader Alexei Navalny. The actions by the departments [...]
NEW YORK — Even as many Americans say they learn about the 2024 election campaign from national news outlets, a disquieting poll reveals some serious trust issues. About half of Americans, 53 percent, say they are extremely or very concerned that news organizations will report inaccuracies or misinformation during the election. Some 42 percent express [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden's administration is indefinitely delaying a long-awaited menthol cigarette ban, a decision that is opposed by anti-smoking advocates but could avoid a political backlash from black voters in November. In a statement last week, Biden's top health official gave no timeline for issuing the rule, saying only that the administration [...]
SANTA ROSA, Calif. (AP) — Temporary farmworkers will have more legal protections against employer retaliation, unsafe working conditions, illegal recruitment practices and other abuses under a new Labor Department rule. Each year, about 300,000 migrant workers, mostly from Mexico, take seasonal jobs on American farms. The new rule, which takes effect June 28, will target [...]