Washington CNN — US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Sunday announced $100 million in disaster relief aid for Turkey and Syria as the countries grapple with the aftermath of…
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Tech’s Biggest Companies Discover Austerity, to the Relief of Investors
“You don’t need much good news for the stocks to outperform,” Mr. Mahaney said. But shares of several of those companies dropped in after-hours trading on Thursday evening after they…
US Secret Service accuses Chinese government-linked hackers of stealing $20 million in Covid relief
CNN — Chinese government-linked hackers have stolen at least $20 million in US government coronavirus relief funds, a US Secret Service spokesperson told CNN Monday – the first time the…
Sean Hannity Gripes That His Low-Wage Staffers Will Receive Student Loan Relief
Conservatives and Fox News hosts were up in arms over Biden’s announcement Wednesday that certain borrowers earning less than $125,000 annually may be forgiven up to $20,000 in student loan…
Inflation Reduction Act to Rewrite Embattled Black Farmer Relief Program
WASHINGTON — A $4 billion program to help Black and other “socially disadvantaged” farmers that never got off the ground last year amid legal objections will be replaced with a…
Climate hawks breathe sigh of relief after more than a decade of fighting for climate legislation
In a 50-50 Senate and more than a decade later, Markey and the rest of his Democratic colleagues voted to pass the Inflation Reduction Act — by far the largest…
French Lawmakers Set to Approve Inflation Relief Package
PARIS — The French Parliament was set to approve an inflation relief package on Thursday that aims to prop up citizens’ purchasing power of and help them deal with soaring…
Netflix Loses Nearly 1 Million Subscribers and Breathes a Sigh of Relief
Disaster has been averted at Netflix. The streaming giant said in its earnings report on Tuesday that it lost nearly one million subscribers in the second quarter. That’s the largest…
Biden Administration Retreats on Threat to Withhold Arizona Relief Funds
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration backed off its threat to withhold pandemic aid money from Arizona after accusing the state this year of misusing the funds to undercut school mask…
Relief Eludes Many Renters as Fed Raises Interest Rates
Already, new home construction has dropped sharply as borrowing costs climb, declining 14.4 percent in May to the lowest rate in more than a year. Early data suggest that apartment…