Last week, President Donald Trump announced more than $180 million in grants to strengthen educational and trade programs for the mining industry. These investments are designed to bolster the American workforce and accelerate critical mineral production. The federal government is focused on building technology innovation hubs, forging project-focused partnerships between students and industry, developing new […]
The Government Accountability Office recently released a report charging that workers in the app-based industry had one of the highest use rates of government assistance programs. The insinuation was that app-based workers need assistance programs because they earn too little. The report has it backward. App-based work is not the source of financial uncertainty — […]
Utility profits are soaring on the backs of captive electric ratepayers while policymakers fail to act on common-sense policy guaranteed to reduce consumers‘ electric bills. If America knows one thing, it’s that competition reduces costs, increases innovation, and delivers better value to consumers. Competition is baked into our country’s DNA and is a foundational principle […]
America is in an AI race that will shape our economy, our national security, and our future. But you cannot win a race by giving some competitors the rules and leaving everyone else guessing. The White House has finalized its new AI safety framework, but it does not plan to publicly release the framework or […]
EXCLUSIVE — Meta, the tech giant behind Facebook and Instagram, announced Wednesday morning that it is entering into a first‑of‑its‑kind national partnership with North America’s Building Trades Unions, which represents 3 million construction workers. Now, the future of Meta’s AI data centers is tied to the men and women who build them. This very unique […]
When it comes to the topic of immigration, there’s an honest truth we need to reckon with: We already have de facto amnesty. Millions of people are living in the shadows, employers ignore the current rules, and law enforcement — which varies wildly from administration to administration — too often goes after the wrong targets. […]
The Los Angeles Lakers have reportedly been sold to Bob Iger and Josh Kushner for more than $12 billion, a record for any NBA team in history and a total that is believed to be among the highest valuations of any North American sports franchise. The deal, first reported by ESPN, is worth an estimated...
The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) criticized changes to the U.S.’s vaccine policy for children on Wednesday. “@WHO is concerned that recent changes to US immunization policy are not aligned with decades of evidence that show when children are most vulnerable to disease, when vaccines provide the strongest protection, how many doses are...
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is assuring Americans that they should feel confident eating fresh produce again, seeking to ease concerns over the nation’s food supply after a cyclospora outbreak linked to iceberg lettuce spread across more than a dozen states. “We have the safest food supply in the world,” acting FDA Commissioner Kyle...