Tag: National
Minimum wage hike all but dead in big COVID-19 relief bill
Alan FramThe Associated PressFour days after the chamber’s parliamentarian said Senate rules forbid inclusion of a straight-out minimum wage increase in the relief measure,...
NASA releases Mars landing video: ‘Stuff of our dreams’
Marcia DunnAP Aerospace WriterNASA released the first high-quality video Monday, Feb. 22, of a spacecraft landing on Mars, a three-minute trailer showing the enormous...
Unfriended no more: Facebook to lift Australia news ban
Rod McGuirkThe Associated PressFacebook announced Tuesday, Feb. 23, that it would lift a ban on Australians viewing and sharing news on its platform after...
SBA prioritizes smallest of small businesses in the Paycheck Protection Program
WASHINGTON – Building on a month of results, the Biden-Harris administration and the U.S. Small Business Administration are taking steps with the Paycheck Protection...
ANALYSIS: NATO faces conundrum as it mulls Afghan pullout
Kathy GannonThe Associated PressAfter 20 years of military engagement and billions of dollars spent, NATO and the United States still grapple with the same,...
Mexico to require appeals on social media account blocking
The party of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador presented for public comment a proposed set of regulations on Twitter, Facebook and other social media...
Biden to slowly allow tens of thousands seeking asylum into US
Elliot SpagatThe Associated PressThe Biden administration Friday, Feb. 12, announced plans for tens of thousands of people who are seeking asylum and have been...
SBA reaches $200B milestone in Economic Injury Disaster Loan program to small businesses and...
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Small Business Administration reached a milestone Friday, Feb. 12, in the success of the COVID-19 Economic Injury Disaster Loan program, which has provided...
Coordinated deplatforming of Parler under question as arrest numbers highlight Facebook’s role in Capitol...
Michael GinsbergDaily Caller News FoundationFacebook was the social media network most used to organize the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, an analysis of Department of...
Biden quietly nixes Trump-era rule combating Chinese Communist-funded ‘propaganda’ centers
Benjamin ZeisloftCampus ReformThe Trump administration attempted to enact a policy that would force American universities to reveal cooperation with chapters of the Confucius Institute....