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Posted inin Economy
Government

Wholesale Inflation in US Slowed Further Last Month, Signaling That Price Pressures Continue to Ease

Posted byby Ray Douglas
December 26, 2023
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2 min

Wholesale inflation in the United States was unchanged in November, suggesting that price increases in the economy’s pipeline are continuing to gradually ease. The...

Posted inin Government
News

State Agency Had Its Own ‘Legislative Privilege’ Policy in Place to Shield Certain Records

Posted byby Morris Barnett
December 24, 2023
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6 min

While two Thurston County Superior Court judges recently ruled that legislators do have the privilege to withhold some records, newly obtained documents show they...

Posted inin News
Policy

Can US Visa Bans Deter West Bank Violence by Israeli Settlers?

Posted byby Milton Carroll
December 23, 2023
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4 min

It could serve as a deterrent for some settlers, analysts say. But the new rule has loopholes that could allow evasion. Just two months...

Posted inin Government
Immigrant

Washington’s Center of Gravity on Immigration Has Shifted to the Right. Can the Parties Make a Deal?

Posted byby Marc Malone
December 22, 2023
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5 min

It was a decade ago that Capitol Hill was consumed by an urgency to overhaul the nation’s immigration system, fueled in no small part...

Posted inin Environment
Government

US Policy to Cut Greenhouse Gases May Boost Water Quality

Posted byby Lester Hernandez
December 21, 2023
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3 min

These three Purdue University researchers were co-lead authors of a recent paper on climate policy and water quality in the Proceedings of the National...

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News

‘Bidenomics’ is a Big Hit — Outside the US

Posted byby Kurt Reeves
December 20, 2023
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7 min

The president’s signature climate law, with its massive subsidies and push for domestic manufacturing, has leaders across the UK, Australia and Europe scrambling to...

Posted inin Afghanistan
Government

Report to Congress on Afghanistan and U.S. Policy

Posted byby Hubert Parker
December 18, 2023
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3 min

Over two years after the Taliban’s 2021 return to power, U.S. policymakers are still grappling with the reality of the group’s autocratic rule and...

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News

Biden-⁠Harris Administration Expands Use of Nature-Based Solutions to Better Protect Communities from the Impacts of Climate Change

Posted byby Darren Jensen
December 16, 2023
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5 min

Today, during the 28th United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change’s Conference of the Parties (COP28), the Biden-Harris Administration announced new actions to advance nature-based...

Posted inin Defence
Israel

Israel Must Comply With Laws of War Under US Weapons Assistance Policy, State Department Says

Posted byby Cody Potter
December 15, 2023
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2 min

Israel is no exception to U.S. policy that any country receiving its weapons must comply with the laws of war, the State Department said...

Posted inin Defence
Government

US Congress Rushes Toward Passage of Defense Policy Bill Supported by Biden

Posted byby Allen Sims
December 14, 2023
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2 min

U.S. President Joe Biden’s administration said on Tuesday it strongly supports swift passage of the National Defense Authorization Act, as Congress rushed to complete...