Tag: Government policy
New SBA head plans changes at agency; focus now is COVID-19
NEW YORK — The new head of the Small Business Administration says she expects to make changes at the agency that she says will...
Whiskey makers face worsening hangover from trade dispute
LOUISVILLE, Ky. —
A hangover from Trump-era tariff disputes could...
Turkey’s president fires central bank governor by decree
ISTANBUL — Turkey’s president has fired the central bank governor, who in his four months in office had won the praise of investors for...
COVID tax break could open door to student loan forgiveness
The tax break on college debt cancellations in the COVID-19 relief package signed last week by President Joe Biden has removed a potential roadblock...
UN report documents mass violations of Libya arms embargo
CAIRO — A U.N. report has sketched a grim picture of conflict-wrecked Libya, accusing several foreign governments of turning the oil-rich country into a...
Emergency sites for migrant children raising safety concerns
McALLEN, Texas — The U.S. government has stopped taking immigrant teenagers to a converted camp for oilfield workers in West Texas as it faces...
Emergency sites for migrant children raising safety concerns
McALLEN, Texas — The U.S. government has stopped taking immigrant teenagers to a converted camp for oilfield workers in West Texas as it faces...
In a first, US pipeline agency weighs climate change impacts
WASHINGTON — For the first time, a federal energy board is weighing how a proposed natural gas pipeline would affect greenhouse gas emissions, one...
Biden meets with UN Security Council members to talk climate
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden told the permanent representatives of the U.N. Security Council on Thursday that the United States will join the international...
House OKs Dems’ immigration bills for Dreamers, farm workers
WASHINGTON — The House has voted to unlatch a gateway to citizenship for young Dreamers, migrant farm workers and immigrants who’ve fled war or...
