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WASHINGTON — The heads of the House and Senate Commerce committees reached an agreement on a data privacy bill this week that would override state laws limiting what information corporations can gather on private individuals. It also would give consumers... Read More

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate is considering legislation to stop judge shopping after a Texas federal judge rejected pleas to revise his jurisdiction’s method for assigning cases. The threat to use legislation to force federal judges to follow a case... Read More

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration is awarding up to $6.6 billion in grants to the Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, the largest maker of the most advanced microchips in the world, to help support construction of the company’s first major hub... Read More

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration on Friday announced new safeguards intended to bolster job protections for career civil servants. The new rule was issued through the U.S. Office of Personnel Management, which said on its website the measure both “clarifies... Read More

WASHINGTON — Several agricultural groups representing hundreds of thousands of farmers are calling on the Environmental Protection Agency to swiftly grant the biofuel sector an emergency waiver for E15 sales. In a March 26 letter to EPA Administrator Michael Regan,... Read More

WASHINGTON — Maritime experts told a congressional panel Friday that the March 26 collapse of Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge served as an example of potentially devastating risks confronting U.S. ports. The collapse after collision with a cargo ship temporarily... Read More

LEBANON, N.J. — A 4.7 magnitude earthquake shook New York City and much of New Jersey on Friday, with anecdotal reports suggesting the shaking was felt as far away as Boston, Philadelphia and Stamford, Connecticut. The quake, which occurred at... Read More

BINGHAM COUNTY, Idaho — The Clearway Energy Group, an independent clean energy company based in San Francisco, announced Thursday that its first project in Idaho, Cedar Creek Wind, has begun commercial operations. The 152 MW wind farm, for which there... Read More

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden will visit the site of the Baltimore bridge that collapsed after it was rammed by a fully loaded cargo ship and is expected to reaffirm his commitment to rebuild the structure and reopen the Port... Read More

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden on Thursday warned Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to swiftly implement new steps to protect civilians and aid workers in Gaza or face the curtailment of U.S. support for Israel’s ongoing war effort against Hamas.... Read More

FORT PIERCE, Fla. — The federal judge overseeing former President Donald Trump’s classified documents case on Thursday rejected his bid to dismiss the case based on the Presidential Records Act. In a court filing last month, attorneys representing the former... Read More

WASHINGTON — No Labels, the centrist political group, said Thursday that it is abandoning plans to back a third-party “unity” ticket in the 2024 presidential election. “No Labels has always said we would only offer our ballot line to a... Read More

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden will host Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida at the White House next Wednesday for a state visit intended to underscore the strength of the alliance between the two nations, the White House said on Thursday.... Read More

WASHINGTON — The Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday approved the drug Zevtera for the treatment of adults with certain bloodstream infections, those with acute bacterial skin and skin structure infections, and adult and pediatric patients 3 months to less... Read More

BOSTON — A state advisory panel has unanimously endorsed Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey’s plan to pardon tens of thousands of state residents convicted of misdemeanor cannabis charges. Healey unveiled the sweeping pardon proposal last month, explaining that she was heeding... Read More

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden on Wednesday announced that as a result of administration efforts, three of the four largest inhaler manufacturers will cap the cost of their products at $35 per month for most patients. “Twenty-seven million Americans have... Read More

WASHINGTON — A Senate committee sent letters to three private equity firms Monday demanding information about how they staff emergency departments of hospitals they own. The Senate is investigating whether health care is suffering to increase profits for investors. The... Read More

LOVELAND, Colo. — Rep. Lauren Boebert underwent emergency surgery Wednesday morning for a blood clot in her leg and has been diagnosed with May-Thurner syndrome, a rare vascular condition that affects a vein in the pelvis, her reelection campaign announced.... Read More

BALTIMORE — Owners of the cargo ship that brought down Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge last week in a collision filed a petition in federal court Monday that would limit their liability to $43.6 million, which is roughly the value... Read More

WASHINGTON — Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks, R-Iowa, on Monday was named the new chair of the nearly three-year-old Conservative Climate Caucus. Miller-Meeks is taking over leadership of the group from Rep. John Curtis, R-Utah, who helped found the caucus in June... Read More

NEW ORLEANS, La. — The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management has published a notice of “area identification” in the Federal Register for the first series of proposed sales under the new National Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Program.... Read More

WASHINGTON — As NBC News was dealing with the aftermath of hiring and then firing former Republican National Committee Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel, prominent figures in journalism and academia spoke on what they see as concerning trends reshaping the media landscape... Read More

Trillions of evolution’s bizarro wonders, red-eyed periodical cicadas that have pumps in their heads and jet-like muscles in their rears, are about to emerge in numbers not seen in decades and possibly centuries. Crawling out from underground every 13 or... Read More

WASHINGTON — The Environmental Protection Agency announced tough new tailpipe emission standards Friday for heavy duty vehicles in another bid by President Joe Biden to reduce greenhouse gases. Although the announcement was welcomed by environmentalists, the trucking industry condemned it... Read More

TRENTON, N.J. — A federal judge on Friday struck down New Jersey’s long-standing practice of listing candidates favored by political bosses more prominently on state ballots than primary opponents running without the parties’ blessing. For years, the practice has greatly... Read More

COLUMBIA, S.C. — A three-judge panel in South Carolina ruled that this year’s congressional races in the state can be carried out using a map they have already held is unconstitutional. In what surely must be an exceptional ruling, the... Read More

WASHINGTON — In 2022, Democrats faced a nail-biter when it came to maintaining their majority in the Senate. They held on in contests that got surprisingly tight in the end in Arizona and Nevada and managed to flip a seat... Read More

BELMONT, Calif. — At first the idea sounds about as un-Silicon Valley as one can get. After all, the basic concept underlying radar was proven in 1886, when a German physicist named Heinrich Hertz showed that radio waves could be... Read More

PHOENIX, Ariz. — A 46-year-old Ohio man has been sentenced to 30 months in prison for sending death threats to an Arizona election official. The sentencing of Joshua Russell, of Bucyrus, Ohio, came after he pleaded guilty to one count... Read More

ORLANDO — The company that runs Walt Disney World reached a settlement Wednesday with appointees of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis who were exerting controversial regulatory control over the huge tourism complex. The settlement resolves some of the disputes that arose... Read More