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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese earlier this week signed a critical-minerals deal at the White House as the United States eyes the continent’s rich rare-earth resources at a time when China is imposing tougher rules on exporting its own critical minerals abroad. The two leaders described the agreement [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is giving domestic automakers additional relief from tariffs on auto parts, extending what was supposed to have been a short-term rebate until 2030. It’s part of a proclamation Trump signed last week that also made official a 25 percent import tax on medium and heavy duty trucks, starting Nov. [...]
BEIJING (AP) — China accused the U.S. National Security Agency of carrying out cyberattacks on its national time center, saying any damage to related facilities could have disrupted network communications, financial systems and power supply. The Ministry of State Security alleged that the American agency had exploited vulnerabilities in the messaging services of a foreign [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Food and Drug Administration has announced the first round of experimental drugs that will receive drastically expedited reviews at the agency, part of an effort to prioritize medicines the Trump administration deems as “supporting U.S. national interests.” The nine medicines announced by the FDA include potential treatments for vaping addiction, deafness, [...]
Efforts to reform college sports remain uncertain, with the two most-thorough attempts each struggling to find enough backing in Congress due to their different priorities. The SCORE Act, introduced in July with a hint of bipartisanship, would give the NCAA a limited antitrust exemption — targeted to shield the nation’s largest overseer of college sports [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The ongoing government shutdown is delaying the announcement of the annual Social Security cost-of-living adjustment for tens of millions of beneficiaries until Friday. It was originally scheduled for Oct. 15. Now it’s timed to the September Consumer Price Index, which also has not been released. The Social Security Administration adjusts its benefits [...]
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said he will withhold $40 million from California because it is the only state that is failing to enforce English language requirements for truckers. An investigation launched after a deadly Florida crash involving a foreign truck driver who made an illegal U-turn on Aug. 12 found what Duffy called significant failures [...]
Since the federal government shutdown began Oct. 1, the Federal Aviation Administration has reported air traffic controller shortages in cities across the country, from airports in Boston and Philadelphia, to control centers in Atlanta and Houston. Flight delays have spread to airports in Nashville, Dallas, Newark and more, and already there has been an increase [...]
HONG KONG (AP) — China’s Commerce Ministry said it was banning dealings by Chinese companies with five subsidiaries of South Korean shipbuilder Hanwha Ocean in the latest swipe by Beijing at President Donald Trump’s effort to rebuild the industry in America. The ministry also announced that it was investigating a probe by Washington into China’s [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States directly purchased Argentine pesos last week and finalized a $20 billion currency swap line with Argentina’s central bank, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said in a social media post, a rare move aimed at stabilizing turbulent financial markets in the cash-strapped Latin American ally. “U.S. Treasury is prepared, immediately, to [...]