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Facing a mid-April deadline to decide whether to extend a temporary suspension of sanctions it granted Venezuela last fall, the Biden administration is considering ways to impose new limits on oil sales by the government of President Nicolás Maduro without increasing the number of Venezuelan migrants, raising U.S. gas prices or . . .
A second-grade classroom at Klatt Elementary School in Anchorage in 2021. (Emily Mesner/ADN archive) JUNEAU — The U.S. Department of Education this week designated Alaska as “a high-risk grantee” because it said the state failed to fairly distribute COVID-19 relief to school districts. The 2021 American Rescue Plan Act . . .
The deal on a massive appropriations bill reached between Congress and the White House will include a ban on all direct U.S. funding for the main humanitarian agency operating in Gaza, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees, until March 2025, three sources with knowledge of the negotiations confirmed to CBS News. […]
Black immigration advocates are pleased that a highly-contested bipartisan border deal failed in the U.S. Senate. On Wednesday, the U.S. Senate tanked the Border Security and Combatting Fentanyl Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2024, in a 49-50 vote, coming short of the 60 votes needed to pass the legislation. Amy Fischer, advocacy director for the Americas with […]
A U.S. Army pilot shuts the door to a UH-60 Black Hawk at Yokota Air Base, Japan, June 3, 2019. (Brieana Bolfing/U.S. Air Force) YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan – Army helicopters will deliver supplies to an earthquake-devastated area of central Japan, the U.S. military said Tuesday, less than a week after Tokyo announced it was […]
Falling US petrol prices are boosting hopes that the worst wave of inflation in decades is fading, just as Joe Biden begins a campaign to convince sceptical voters that they are better off with a Democrat in the White House. The average cost of a gallon of regular gasoline could fall below $3 in the […]
A bill was recently introduced into the U.S. Senate to help cattle producers protect their herds from the devastating impacts of black vulture depredation. Companion legislation for the Black Vulture Relief Act was introduced into the U.S. House earlier this year. Charlie Besher, a Missouri cow-calf producer and chair of the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association’s […]
The Justice Department announced today that its Combating Redlining Initiative has secured over $107 million in relief for communities of color nationwide that have experienced lending discrimination by banks or other mortgage lending businesses. As a part of the $107 million, the Department also announced a $9 million agreement with Ameris Bank to resolve allegations […]
PINEBLUFF (KATV) — The Black Farmers & Agriculturalists Association (BFFA) met with hundreds of black farmers from Arkansas at the Pine Bluff Convention Center on Wednesday to receive information on financial assistance from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Congress has set aside $2.2 billion in financial assistance as part of the Inflation Reduction Act of […]
[1/2]The U.S. Federal Reserve building is pictured in Washington, March 18, 2008. REUTERS/Jason Reed/File Photo Acquire Licensing Rights Oct 2 (Reuters) – A clarification . . .