The nation’s freight railroad companies are going to be able to try relying more on technology and inspect their tracks in person less often after the federal government last week approved their waiver request. The Association of American Railroads trade group asked for the relief from inspection requirements that were written in 1971 because railroad [...]
NEW YORK (AP) — Paramount has gone hostile in its bid for Warner Bros. Discovery, challenging Netflix, which reached a $72 billion takeover deal with the company last week. Paramount earlier this week said that it is going straight to Warner Bros. shareholders with a bid worth about $74.4 billion, or $30 per share in [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is bringing back dozens of Education Department staffers who were slated to be laid off, saying their help is needed to tackle a mounting backlog of discrimination complaints from students and families. The staffers had been on administrative leave while the department faced lawsuits challenging layoffs in the agency’s [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Social Security Administration says it is planning to reduce visits to its field offices in half next year, a move that advocates for the agency fear signals more office closures are coming. Field offices have long been community-based branches that serve as the public face of the Social Security Administration and [...]