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CHICAGO (AP) — President Donald Trump’s transportation department has been pulling back grants already announced for recreational trails and bicycle lanes, telling local officials their projects fail to promote road capacity or are “hostile to motor vehicles.” The department recently sent letters to local governments in at least six states — Alabama, California, Connecticut, Illinois, [...]
The Census Bureau plans to use postal workers as census takers in at least two locations during field tests next year for the 2030 census, which will determine political power and federal funding. The statistical agency said in a notice to be published this week that it will test and assess the feasibility of using [...]
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — The United States will grant $675,000 for crucial demining programs in Cambodia, the U.S. Embassy said, after a freeze on foreign assistance raised doubts about the future support for mine clearance in the Southeast Asian nation. An estimated 4 million to 6 million land mines and other unexploded munitions littered [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House is moving forward with a deal that would allow the federal government to take a small equity stake in a Canadian company that is developing one of the world’s largest lithium mines in northern Nevada, a government official said. The Department of Energy and Lithium Americas, developer of the [...]
In the absence of stronger federal regulation, some states have begun regulating apps that offer AI “therapy” as more people turn to artificial intelligence for mental-health advice. Analysts say the laws, all passed this year, don’t fully address the fast-changing landscape of AI software development, however. App developers, policymakers and mental-health advocates also say the [...]
The federal Bureau of Prisons said it is canceling a collective bargaining agreement with its workers and stripping them of union rights. Director William K. Marshall III told the agency’s nearly 35,000 employees that the union, the Council of Prison Locals, had become “an obstacle to progress instead of a partner in it.” The contract, [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said last week he will put import taxes of 100 percent on pharmaceutical drugs, 50 percent on kitchen cabinets and bathroom vanities, 30 percent on upholstered furniture and 25 percent on heavy trucks starting on Wednesday. While Trump did not provide a legal justification for the tariffs, he stated [...]
In an effort to recruit and train new instructors, the Ohio Traffic Safety Office has launched two programs to support driving schools across Ohio. The Instructor Development Grant and New Instructor Incentive are designed to increase capacity at licensed driving schools as a new law takes effect today requiring new drivers under age 21 to [...]
SHANGHAI (AP) — The head of a congressional delegation visiting China said he backed renegotiating the rules governing the global economy to take into account China’s rise and that of other countries such as India and Brazil. Rep. Adam Smith, a Democrat from Washington state, told the mayor of Shanghai last week that the United [...]
The Trump administration wants to redistribute $2.4 billion it pulled from California’s high-speed rail project to help pay for a new $5 billion program announced earlier this week to fund rail projects designed to boost passenger rail traffic nationwide. The new program will put a priority on projects in areas with higher rates of birth [...]