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Labor Department Helps States Prevent Unemployment Insurance Fraud
They are giving states controls, tools and strategies to identify and combat unemployment insurance fraud.
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People arrive at the recently opened Google building in New York, Feb. 26, 2024.
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Google, Justice Department Make Final Monopoly Arguments
Is the internet search engine an illegal monopoly propped up by more than $20 billion spent each year by the tech giant to lock out competition?
May 3, 2024
Pioneer Natural Resources Midland headquarters office is shown on Jan. 13, 2021, in Midland, Texas.
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Exxon Mobil $60 Billion Deal with Pioneer Gets FTC Nod
But the former CEO of Pioneer was barred from joining the new company's board of directors.
May 3, 2024
A 2023 Ford Mustang Mach-E charges, Friday, March 8, 2024, at an electric vehicle charging station in London, Ohio.
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U.S. Loosens Some Electric Vehicle Battery Rules
Potentially making more EVs eligible for tax credits.
May 3, 2024
This June 6, 2019, file photo shows the U.S. Treasury Department building at dusk in Washington.
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New U.S. Sanctions Against Russia Target Weapons Development, Ban Uranium Imports
The actions target Russia's military-industrial base, chemical weapons programs and people and companies in countries that help Russia acquire weapons components.
May 2, 2024
People arrive before the start of a naturalization ceremony at the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Miami Field Office in Miami, Aug. 17, 2018.
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Lottery Bids for H-1B Visas Plunge
The U.S. made changes to target fraud and abuse from those "gaming the system."
April 30, 2024
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Elon Musk arrives at the 10th Breakthrough Prize Ceremony at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles, April 13, 2024.
Supreme Court Rejects Musk Appeal Over Social Media Posts That Must Be Approved by Tesla
April 30, 2024
A person walks past an art installation outside a United Nations conference on plastics on April 23, 2024, in Ottawa, Ontario.
5 Takeaways from Global Negotiations on Treaty to End Plastic Pollution
April 30, 2024
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Chinese Nationals Accused of Trying to Illegally Export U.S. Semiconductor Tech
April 29, 2024
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Philips to Pay $1.1B to Resolve Lawsuits Over Defective Breathing Machines
April 29, 2024
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Ford Being Investigated for Crashes Involving Blue Cruise Partially Automated Driving System
The NHTSA has opened an investigation of the crashes, both involving Mustang Mach-E electric vehicles.
April 29, 2024
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Tribes Want U.S Appeals Court to Weigh In on $10B SunZia Energy Transmission Project
Supporters say SunZia will bolster the agenda for cutting greenhouse gas emissions.
April 26, 2024
The Bayer AG corporate logo is displayed on a building of the German drug and chemicals company in Berlin, Monday, May 23, 2016.
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Missouri House Backs Bayer's Legal Shield
The weedkiller maker is facing thousands of cancer-related lawsuits.
April 25, 2024
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Large Retailers Generate a Lot of Pollution
And states are starting to regulate it.
April 25, 2024
The Federal Trade Commission building in Washington, Jan. 28, 2015.
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Federal Rule Bars Most 'Noncompete' Agreements
The FTC says roughly one in five workers are now subject to such restrictions.
April 24, 2024
This photo provided by the Center for Biological Diversity shows a Tiehm's buckwheat plant near the site of a proposed lithium mine in Nevada, May 22, 2020.
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U.S. Advances Review of Nevada Lithium Mine Amid Concerns Over Endangered Wildflower
It could become the third lithium mine in the U.S.
April 23, 2024
U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen speaks during the AmCham China Fireside Chat held at the Baiyun International Conference Center (BICC) in southern China's Guangdong province, Friday, April 5, 2024.
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Thai Plastics Firm Will Pay $20 Million to Settle with U.S. Over Iran Sanctions Violations
There were 467 "egregious" violations.
April 22, 2024
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Biden Announces $7 billion in Federal Solar Power Grants
Solar is gaining traction as a key renewable energy source that could reduce the nation's reliance on fossil fuels.
April 22, 2024
This July 8, 2004, photo provided by the United States Geological Survey shows Fish Creek through the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska, managed by the Bureau of Land Management on Alaska's North Slope.
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Biden Administration Restricts Oil and Gas Leasing in 13 Million Acres of Alaska's Petroleum Reserve
The decision is part of a yearslong fight over whether and how to develop the vast oil resources.
April 19, 2024
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White House Moves to Make Conservation, Industry Equal on Public Lands
Critics called the measure a backdoor way to exclude mining, energy and agriculture from government acreage.
April 19, 2024
Financial Cyber
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Alarming Trends Reinforced in Ransomware Attack of Semiconductor Mfr.
Experts assess the fallout from the Dark Angel attack on Nexperia.
April 19, 2024
An airplane flies over a sign on Boeing's 737 delivery center, Oct. 19, 2015, at Boeing Field in Seattle.
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Boeing in Spotlight as Congress Calls Whistleblower to Testify About Plane Defects
The whistleblower's lawyer says Boeing has ignored the engineer's concerns and prevented him from talking to experts about fixing the defects.
April 17, 2024
'Ghost guns' are displayed at the headquarters of the San Francisco Police Department in San Francisco, Nov. 27, 2019.
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2 Top U.S. Gun Part Makers Agree to Temporarily Halt Sales in Philadelphia
The companies are accused of making and selling untraceable, self-manufactured weapons commonly known as "ghost guns."
April 12, 2024
Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond stands during the playing of the national anthem at the inauguration ceremonies, Jan. 9, 2023, in Oklahoma City.
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Oklahoma Sues Natural Gas Companies over Price Spikes During 2021 Winter Storm
Alleging they fraudulently reduced gas supplies to send prices soaring during Winter Storm Uri.
April 11, 2024