Tag: United States government
US extends face-mask requirement on planes until September
WASHINGTON — If you’re traveling on a plane, train or bus, don’t put that face mask away yet.
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Biden’s agenda: What can pass and what faces steep odds
<p>WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden laid out a long list of policy priorities in his speech to Congress — and some are more politically...
GM spending on Mexico electric vehicle plant angers US union
<p>DETROIT — An announcement by General Motors that it would invest more than $1 billion at a Mexican factory that will build electric vehicles...
Mexico mayoral candidate runs despite DEA alert, warrant
<p>MEXICO CITY — A candidate for President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s Morena is running for mayor of a cartel-plagued city in southern Mexico —...
Prosecutor probed over Capitol riot interview leaves post
NEW YORK — The former acting U.S. attorney in Washington, who was under investigation over an interview to CBS’ “60 Minutes” about the Jan....
Officials in Switzerland push back at Biden ‘tax haven’ barb
GENEVA — Swiss authorities are taking issue with U.S. President Joe Biden's comment that many companies use Switzerland, and two other territories, as tax...
A look at how US corporations manage the tax system
<p>WASHINGTON — As American corporations have generated an ever-smaller share of federal tax revenue, the burden has fallen more heavily on individuals, through the...
US halts Mexico shrimp imports on sea turtle concerns
<p>MEXICO CITY — Mexico said Friday it will try to regain U.S. certification for shrimp exports, after the country lost its registration because of...
US intel agencies sharply cut surveillance during pandemic
WASHINGTON — The number of targets of secretive surveillance in national security investigations fell sharply last year in part because of the coronavirus pandemic...
GM spending on Mexico electric vehicle plant angers US union
DETROIT — An announcement by General Motors that it would invest more than $1 billion at a Mexican factory that will build electric vehicles...