The Office of Management and Budget on Thursday announced changes to how the federal government asks about people’s race and ethnicity, including in the US census. Under the new standards, scheduled to publish Friday, the government will collect race and ethnicity information using a single…
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A US Army general said the age of the towed artillery cannon may be coming to an end and suggested the prioritization of other, more mobile options.The general’s comments on towed artillery, systems like the M777 howitzer, come as these weapons are being used in the war in Ukraine. Artillery…
Lots of consumers like streaming music. Lots of musicians complain about streaming — they say it doesn’t generate nearly as much revenue for them as they deserve and need.So here’s a proposal to help fix that: a tax that would increase American consumers’ music streaming bills by 50% — meaning…
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States will partner with Mexico to explore semiconductor supply chain opportunities, the State Department said on Thursday, as the Biden administration pushes to reduce reliance on China and Taiwan for the technology. The collaboration will take place as part of the U.S. CHIPS Act, a…
By Brad Brooks (Reuters) -The collapse of Baltimore’s Key Bridge has highlighted what engineers say is an urgent need to better protect the piers holding up spans over shipping channels as the size of cargo ships has grown in recent decades. Federal authorities continue an investigation into why a massive…
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View MoreA federal court said Thursday that it will allow a US House election in South Carolina for Republican Rep. Nancy Mace’s seat to proceed under a map it had previously declared unconstitutional. In a brief order, the judges in the case said they had little choice, given a fast-approaching deadline to prepare for the primary election for the state’s down-ballot contests. Last year, the three-judge panel held that the state’s GOP-controlled Legislature had “exiled” more than 30,000 Black residents from the coastal 1st Congressional District, which is anchored in Charleston County, in what the court called a “bleaching” to benefit Republicans.…
President Joe Biden on Thursday will join Barack Obama and Bill Clinton, the only living two-term Democratic presidents, aiming to use their star power to woo big-pocketed donors as Biden…
Speaker Mike Johnson informed Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer that the House will send the impeachment articles against Department of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas to the Senate on April 10,…
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View MoreThe Social Security Administration has issued a final rule that will prevent food assistance from reducing payments to certain beneficiaries.The change applies to Supplemental Security Income,…
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