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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Federal nuclear regulators have licensed a multibillion-dollar complex to temporarily store tons of spent fuel in New Mexico from commercial nuclear power plants around the nation. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued its decision last week about the proposed project in southeastern New Mexico. Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham and the state’s congressional [...]
NEW YORK (AP) — The hot jobs market has been defying a weakening economy and confounding the Federal Reserve for months, but now shows signs of cooling. The latest set of employment data from the government shows that job openings fell in March to their lowest level since April 2021. Layoffs rose to 1.8 million, [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is proposing new limits on greenhouse gas emissions from coal- and gas-fired power plants, its most ambitious effort yet to roll back planet-warming pollution from the nation's second-largest contributor to climate change. A rule scheduled to be unveiled last week by the Environmental Protection Agency could force power plants [...]
WASHINGTON — The Justice Department said this week that it had disrupted a long-running Russian cyberespionage campaign that infected computer networks in dozens of countries, including in the United States, and resulted in the theft of sensitive information from governments. Prosecutors linked the spying operation to a unit of Russia's Federal Security Service, or FSB, [...]
President Joe Biden said earlier this week his administration will write new regulations that will require airlines to compensate air travelers and cover their meals and hotel rooms if they are stranded for reasons within the airline's control. The compensation would be in addition to ticket refunds when the airline is at fault for a [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The federal agency that regulates pipelines announced new rules last week aimed at reducing leaks of methane, a potent greenhouse gas, from a network of nearly 3 million miles of natural gas pipelines that crisscross the country. The proposal by the Transportation Department’s Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration would significantly improve [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Should TikTok be banned? Should younger children be prevented from engaging with social media? Can the government make sure private information is secure? What about new artificial intelligence interfaces? Or should users be regulating themselves, leaving the government out of it? Tech regulation has been gathering momentum on Capitol Hill amid concerns [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate approved a measure last week that would reinstate tariffs on solar panel imports from several Southeast Asian countries after President Joe Biden paused them in a bid to boost solar installations in the United States. Lawmakers also approved a separate plan to undo federal protections for the lesser prairie chicken, [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Officials from the United States and Mexico have agreed on new immigration policies meant to deter illegal border crossings while also opening up other pathways ahead of an expected increase in migrants following the end of pandemic restrictions this week. Homeland Security adviser Liz Sherwood-Randall last week met with Mexico President Andres [...]
CHICAGO (AP) — Some cities already struggling to shelter thousands of migrants are calling for federal help, concerned that an expected increase in the number of people entering the country when pandemic-era asylum restrictions end on the United States-Mexico border May 11 will further strain their budgets and resources. Chicago has long pledged to welcome [...]