Government
After Cuts NOAA Approved to Fill Close to 450 Jobs
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration will hire as many as 450 people to shore up the National Weather Service after deep cuts this spring raised concern about dangerous understaffing, ...
Federal Judge Stops FEMA From Diverting Infrastructure, Disaster Mitigation Grants
A federal judge has granted the request of 20 states to block the Trump administration's attempt to terminate a multibillion-dollar grant program meant for states' infrastructure upgrades and ...
Every insurance claim tells a story, but rarely in a single document. Instead, that narrative unfolds across adjuster notes, medical...
Jury Decides Tesla Partly Responsible in Autopilot Crash Case; Must Pay $243M
A Miami jury decided that Elon Musk's car company Tesla was partly responsible for a deadly crash in Florida involving its Autopilot driver assist technology and must pay the victims more than $240 ...
Construction Projects Facing Delays Under Threat of ICE
Under a broiling Alabama sky a frustrated Robby Robertson, a construction site superintendent, surveys an 84,000 square foot, mostly built recreation center close to the Gulf coast port city of ...
Labor Department Proposes Over 60 Rule Changes in Push to Deregulate Workplaces
The U.S. Department of Labor is aiming to rewrite or repeal more than 60 "obsolete" workplace regulations, ranging from minimum wage requirements for home health care workers and people with ...
Nursing Homes Struggle With Trump’s Immigration Crackdown
Nursing homes already struggling to recruit staff are now grappling with President Donald Trump's attack on one of their few reliable sources of workers: immigration. Facilities for older adults and ...
DOGE Now Targeting SEC Policy, Eyes SPAC Rules, Sources Say
President Donald Trump's Department of Government Efficiency initiative has pushed the U.S. markets watchdog to loosen Wall Street rules around blank-check companies and confidential reporting by ...
Trump Can’t End FEMA But It Needs Reform, Says Obama’s FEMA Head
President Donald Trump has repeatedly said he intends to whittle down or phase out the Federal Emergency Management Agency, and last week he gave a rough timeline for that: "after hurricane season." ...