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Senator: Washington selects 4 Amtrak routes for expansion priorities

Dec. 05, 2023 19:06 PM EST

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The Federal Railroad Administration has selected four routes serving Ohio and other states as priorities for Amtrak expansion, Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown of Ohio said Tuesday. The routes are Cleveland-Columbus-Dayton-Cincinnati, Cleveland-Toledo-Detroit,...

Biden promises a better economic relationship with Asia, but he's specifically avoiding a trade deal

Nov. 16, 2023 10:33 AM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is nurturing economic ties this week with Asia, but he is not signing any trade deals at a regional summit in San Francisco. This fact — no trade deals — reveals much about the status of U.S. politics, the evolving global economy and the...

Bankman-Fried's trial exposed crypto fraud but Congress has not been eager to regulate the industry

Nov. 03, 2023 20:15 PM EDT

PALM SPRINGS, Calif. (AP) — The conviction of former cryptocurrency mogul Sam Bankman-Fried for stealing at least $10 billion from customers and investors is the latest black mark for the cryptocurrency industry, but in Washington, there seems to be little to no interest in pushing through...

Biden faces more criticism about the US-Mexico border, one of his biggest problems heading into 2024

Oct. 07, 2023 08:07 AM EDT

MIAMI (AP) — The ad sounds like something out of the GOP 2024 playbook, trumpeting a senator’s work with Republicans to crack down on the flow of fentanyl and other illegal drugs into the U.S., getting tough on Chinese interests helping smugglers, and noting how he "wrote a bill signed by...

Editorial Roundup: United States

Sep. 25, 2023 15:57 PM EDT

Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: Sept. 23 The Washington Post on the U.S. feeding children in 2023 The children’s names rarely make the news. They are the millions of kids in Somalia, Libya, Mali, Haiti, Afghanistan,...