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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 [...]
MIAMI (AP) — Hundreds of federal employees who lost their jobs in Elon Musk’s cost-cutting blitz are being asked to return to work. The General Services Administration has given the employees — who managed government workspaces — until the end of the week to accept or decline reinstatement, according to an internal memo obtained by [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Tech giant Oracle will spearhead United States oversight of the algorithm and security underlying TikTok’s popular video platform under the terms of a deal laid out this week by federal authorities. The final details still need to be completed among several joint venture partners that will include Oracle, investment firm Silver Lake [...]
A federal judge ruled this week that a nearly complete offshore wind project halted by the Trump administration can resume. Work on the nearly completed Revolution Wind project for Rhode Island and Connecticut has been paused since Aug. 22 when the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management issued a stop work order for what it said [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — An emerging TikTok deal with China will ensure that American companies control the algorithm that powers the app’s video feed and Americans will hold a majority of seats on a board overseeing United States operations, the White House has said. A central question to the tug of war between Washington and Beijing [...]
The Ohio Department of Commerce’s Division of Industrial Compliance has launched a new online customer portal designed to streamline operations and improve service for its customers, whether they want to apply for a building permit, request an inspection or pay a fee. The new customer portal represents an upgrade in how the division serves its [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump last week signed a proclamation that will require a $100,000 annual visa fee for highly-skilled foreign workers and rolled out a $1 million “gold card” visa as a pathway to United States citizenship for wealthy individuals, moves that face near-certain legal challenges amid criticism he is sidestepping Congress. If [...]