Recovering from natural disasters is slow and bureaucratic. New FEMA rules aim to cut the red tape
[ad_1] WASHINGTON — Anyone who has lived through a natural disaster and then applied to the federal government for assistance
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Stock market today: Global stocks track Wall Street gains and Japan’s inflation slows
[ad_1] HONG KONG — World markets mostly advanced Friday after Wall Street recouped most of the week’s earlier losses and
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States expand low-interest loan programs for farms, businesses and new housing
[ad_1] JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — On the first business day of the new year, Missouri Treasurer Vivek Malek began accepting
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Yellen says current US economic growth ‘vindicates’ Biden’s COVID-19 pandemic stimulus spending
[ad_1] WASHINGTON — Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen is pushing back against Republican criticism of the Democrats’ big coronavirus pandemic response
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Sanders forces senators into test vote on military aid as Israel-Hamas war grinds on
[ad_1] WASHINGTON — In a notable test Tuesday, Sen. Bernie Sanders forced colleagues to decide whether to investigate human rights
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Democrats target GOP strongholds Texas and Florida with Senate majority on the line
[ad_1] WASHINGTON — Democrats hoping to hold their slim Senate majority after November are looking for upsets in two unlikely
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Republicans push back on Biden plan to axe federal funds for anti-abortion counseling centers
[ad_1] WASHINGTON — In a new twist to the fight over abortion access, congressional Republicans are trying to block a
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New test of water in Mississippi capital negative for E. coli bacteria, city water manager says
[ad_1] JACKSON, Miss. — The day after Mississippi health officials told residents in the state’s capital that dangerous bacteria could
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St. Paul makes history with all-female city council, a rarity among large US cities
[ad_1] ST. PAUL, Minn. — When St. Paul City Council President Mitra Jalali looked out at her fellow council members
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South Carolina Republicans back trans youth health care ban despite pushback from parents, doctors
[ad_1] COLUMBIA, S.C. — Pleas from transgender children’s pediatricians and parents to keep allowing such kids to receive hormone therapies
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