World Bank says the global is economy is growing steadily, but not fast enough to help ease poverty
WASHINGTON (AP) — The global economy is growing steadily in the face of war, protectionist trade policies and high interest rates. It just isn’t growing fast enough to bring relief to the world’s poorest, the World Bank
A South Dakota tribe lifts its ban on Gov. Kristi Noem ahead of her hearing to join Trump’s cabinet
FLANDREAU, S.D. (AP) — One tribe in South Dakota lifted its order banning Gov. Kristi Noem from its territories just days before the Republican was set to appear before a U.S. Senate committee on her nomination to
FDA OKs sales of Zyn nicotine pouches, citing health benefits for adult smokers
WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal health officials on Thursday backed the public health benefits of nicotine pouches, authorizing Philip Morris International’s Zyn to help adult smokers cut back or quit cigarettes. The Food and Drug Administration OK’d 10
Fed should stay independent, Trump’s pick for US Treasury Secty says
(Reuters) – The Federal Reserve should stay independent, Trump’s pick to be U.S. Treasury Secretary told a Senate panel on Thursday. “I think on monetary policy decisions, the FOMC should be independent,” Scott Bessent told the U.S.
Toyota’s truck division Hino to pay $1.6 billion as part of emissions scandal
A Toyota division that manufactures trucks will pay more than $1.6 billion and plead guilty to violations related to the submission of false and fraudulent engine emission testing and fuel consumption data to regulators and the illicit
Trumps tasks congressman with writing executive order he could issue to halt offshore wind
President-elect Donald Trump tasked a New Jersey congressman and vocal critic of offshore wind with writing an executive order he could issue to halt wind energy projects. Offshore wind is a major part of transitioning to an
US announces nearly $23 billion in loans to energy utilities across 12 states
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Energy Department’s loan office on Thursday announced $22.92 billion in conditional financing for several energy utilities across a dozen states. The financing, if finalized, will come through the energy infrastructure reinvestment program
Trump’s pick to lead EPA says agency not required to regulate carbon emissions
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Trump’s pick to lead the Environmental Protection Agency said on Thursday that he believes climate change is real and a threat but that the agency he is poised to lead is just authorized, not
JD Vance’s Ohio hometown struggles with how to recognize the incoming vice president
MIDDLETOWN, Ohio (AP) — It was a month after her son’s election as vice president of the United States and JD Vance ‘s mother wondered why the city of his birth had yet to recognize him. “I
Anti-AIDS program in peril after US finds nurses in Mozambique provided abortions
By Simon Lewis and Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The flagship U.S. aid program on HIV/AIDS is in jeopardy, a senior Republican warned on Thursday, after U.S. officials said four nurses in Mozambique performed abortions that are
