BANGKOK (AP) — China’s state security agency says it is cracking down on alleged smuggling of rare earths minerals that it says threaten national security. The move comes weeks after Beijing and Washington agreed to make it easier for American firms to obtain from China those materials, which are critical for manufacturing and computer chip [...]

WASHINGTON (AP) — All solar and wind energy projects on federal lands and waters must be personally approved by Interior Secretary Doug Burgum under a new order that authorizes him to conduct “elevated review” of activities ranging from leases to rights of way, construction and operational plans, grants and biological opinions. The enhanced oversight on [...]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Make American Coke Great Again? President Donald Trump last week said that Coca-Cola has agreed to use real cane sugar in its flagship soft drink in the United States at his suggestion — though the company didn’t immediately confirm such a move. Any switch from high-fructose corn syrup in Coke sold in [...]

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The Trump administration last week revoked federal funding for California’s high-speed rail project, adding uncertainty about how the state will make good on its long-delayed promise of building a bullet train to shuttle riders between San Francisco and Los Angeles. The U.S. Transportation Department announced it was pulling back $4 billion [...]

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate last week passed about $9 billion in federal spending cuts requested by President Donald Trump, including reductions to public broadcasting and foreign aid, moving forward on one of the president’s top priorities. The 51-48 vote came after Democrats sought to remove many of the proposed rescissions during 12 hours of [...]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Travelers giddy about being able to keep their shoes on while walking through TSA checkpoints at the airport again may have something else to look forward to: changes to how much liquid they can carry. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem last week said during a conference hosted by “The Hill” that she [...]

The American government this week placed a 17 percent duty on most fresh Mexican tomatoes after negotiations ended without an agreement to avert the tariff. Proponents said the import tax will help rebuild the shrinking United States tomato industry and ensure that produce eaten in the U.S. also is grown there. Mexico currently supplies about [...]

BANGKOK (AP) — Nvidia’s CEO Jensen Huang says the technology giant has won approval from the Trump administration to sell its advanced H20 computer chips used to develop artificial intelligence to China. The news came in a company blog post, and Huang also spoke about the coup on China’s state-run CGTN television network in remarks [...]

The Trump administration is suing the state of California to block animal welfare laws that it says unconstitutionally helped send egg prices soaring. A group that spearheaded the requirements pushed back, however, blaming bird flu for the hit to consumers’ pocketbooks. The lawsuit, filed in federal court in California, challenges voter initiatives that passed in [...]