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Cuba says it killed 4 people aboard Florida-registered speedboat that opened fire on soldiers
HAVANA (AP) — Cuban soldiers killed four people and wounded six others aboard a Florida-registered speed boat that had entered Cuban waters and opened fire first on soldiers, the Cuban government said Wednesday.U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio told reporters that he was made aware of the incident with Cuban soldiers and that the U.S. is now gathering its own information to determine if the victims were American citizens or permanent residents.
“We have various different elements of the U.S. government that are trying to identify elements of the story that may... Read More
Feds announce $26.5 billion loan for electric power expansion in Georgia and Alabama
ATLANTA (AP) — Federal energy officials on Wednesday announced a record $26.5 billion loan to electric utilities in Georgia and Alabama, saying the loan will save customers money as the companies undertake a huge expansion driven by demand from computer data centers.A total of $22.4 billion will go to Georgia Power and $4.1 billion to Alabama Power. Both are subsidiaries of Atlanta-based Southern Company, one of the nation's largest utilities. The companies plan to use the cash to build new natural-gas fueled power plants, build new transmission lines and upgrade existing power... Read More
Vance says administration is pausing some Medicaid funding to Minnesota because of fraud concerns
WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President JD Vance announced Wednesday that the Trump administration would “temporarily halt” some Medicaid funding to the state of Minnesota over fraud concerns, as part of what he described as an aggressive crackdown on misuse of public funds.Vance, who made the announcement with Dr. Mehmet Oz, the administrator for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, said the administration was taking the action “in order to ensure that the state of Minnesota takes its obligations seriously to be good stewards of the American people’s tax... Read More
To sit or stand: Trump's challenge to Democrats a key moment in State of the Union address
About halfway through his State of the Union address, President Donald Trump sprung the moment on Democrats like a trap: Stand up if they believed that protecting Americans, not “illegal aliens,” was the government's first duty. It was blatant political theater — while also sealing the impression that he was giving a state of the disunion address.The invitation to audience participation may stand as the most remembered part of a L-O-N-G version of the annual presidential speech to Congress on Tuesday — certainly if Trump's Republican allies have their way.
World Trade Center's last office tower soon will get built and house American Express
NEW YORK (AP) — The World Trade Center's final office tower will start construction as soon as this spring and become American Express ' new headquarters, Gov. Kathy Hochul and the company said Wednesday, marking a milestone nearly 25 years after the Sept. 11 attacks destroyed the site.The 2 World Trade Center building will round out the long, tortuous redevelopment of the original 16-acre trade center property. There remains no construction date for a neighboring apartment building to replace another 9/11-damaged skyscraper.
But the 2 World Trade Center announcement... Read More
Top Stories
- Cuba says it killed 4 people aboard Florida-registered speedboat that opened fire on soldiers
- Vance says administration is pausing some Medicaid funding to Minnesota because of fraud concerns
- Bill and Hillary Clinton, battle-tested, gear up for another Washington fight
- Power outages, piles of snow vexing parts of Northeast in snowstorm aftermath
- FBI searches Los Angeles school district headquarters and the superintendentâs home
- Larry Summers will resign from teaching at Harvard during review of Epstein ties, university says
- Iran accuses Trump of 'big lies' ahead of Geneva talks in face of major US military deployment
- Nvidia and other tech stocks lead Wall Street higher, erasing their losses for the week
- Rubio defends US ouster of Venezuela's Maduro to Caribbean leaders unsettled by Trump policies
- Surgeon general nominee faces sharp questions about vaccines, birth control and qualifications
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