US equity funds receive big inflows on cool inflation, funding bill, and holiday rally
U.S. equity funds attracted significant inflows in the week to Dec. 25, recovering from a prior-week sell-off, buoyed by a ...
Lithium-ion battery legislation: Fire authorities stress need to revive federal effort after it's cut from government funding deal
Federal legislation that would have set standards for rechargeable lithium-ion batteries suffered a setback this month when ...
Congress stripped IRS of another $20 billion in government shutdown fight
Republican lawmakers have now clawed back half the investment the Biden administration made in the tax agency.
Four times Trump made life more complicated for House GOP in 2024
Donald Trump waded into many House Republican battles in 2024, at times lending both a helping hand and a smoking gun to leaders like Mike Johnson.
Democrats and Republicans have a common enemy: pornographic ‘deepfakes’
Ted Cruz and AOC are unlikely allies forcing Big Tech to take down nonconsenual images, but Elon Musk’s antics derailed their ...
Big changes are coming to NC election law next year. Here’s what to expect
Barring court intervention, Republicans will likely take control of all of North Carolina’s state and local election boards ...
State Department's 'Global Engagement Center' accused of censoring Americans shuts its doors
The State Department’s foreign disinformation center, accused by conservatives of censoring American citizens, shut its doors due to lack of funding this week.
US allocates $3B to ‘rip and replace’ Chinese technology at smaller telcos
A defense funding bill signed by U.S. President Joe Biden on Monday included $3 billion in funding to help telecom firms ...
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$2.1B in federal funding will help in Maui's wildfire recovery efforts
After spending months preparing, Maui County established a special program office within the Office of Recovery to oversee ...
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to failing to elect a House speaker quickly
On the first day of the new Congress, representatives will vote for the speaker of the House as Mike Johnson fights to keep ...
More than $100 billion in federal funding coming for Helene recovery and other disasters
Congress passed a bipartisan spending bill that will send more disaster relief funding to North Carolina and other states recovering from disasters.
Plan to rename brain injury program for late Rep. Bill Pascrell scrapped from funding bill
The plan to rename a federal brain injury program after the late Pascrell was scrapped, along with many other provisions, from federal funding bill.