HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — The Biden-Harris Administration has announced a new rule that will reduce the number of firearms sold without a background check. Background checks will now be required at gun shows and online venues. The final rule is an implementation of the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act, an initiative seeking to reduce gun crimes []
The Biden administration is canceling student loans for another 206,000 borrowers as part of a new repayment plan that offers a faster route to forgiveness. The Education Department announced the latest round of cancellations Friday in an update on the progress of its SAVE Plan. More people are becoming eligible for student loan cancellation as they hit 10 years of payments, a new finish line for some loans that’s a decade sooner than what borrowers faced in the past. Casting a shadow over the...
More people are becoming eligible for student loan cancellation as they hit 10 years of payments, a new finish line for some loans that’s a decade sooner than what borrowers faced in the past.
In a move aimed at alleviating the burden of student loan debt for millions of Americans, the Biden administration has announced another round of student loan forgiveness, totaling $7.4 billion. This latest announcement comes as part of President Biden’s ongoing efforts to address the issue of student debt in the United States. The decision follows […] The post Biden Administration Announces $7.4 Billion in Student Loan Forgiveness first appeared on The Source.
Offshore wind turbine manufacturer Vestas has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with A.P. Moller-Maersk, Jeonnam Province, and Mokpo City for supply chain investment in South Korea’s offshore wind energy sector.
Thousands more firearms dealers across the U.S. will have to run background checks on buyers when selling at gun shows or other places outside brick-and-mortar stores.
Thousands more firearms dealers across the U.S. will have to run background checks on buyers when selling at gun shows or other places outside brick-and-mortar stores.
The White House is worried that Iran might strike a U.S. target as part of
FTC Chair Lina Khan has been the subject of several House probes as she ramps up antitrust enforcement.
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is advocating for a global coalition to support AI infrastructure development, including engaging with investors and government officials in the UAE and other countries to discuss the private sector's role in enhancing chip supply, energy, and data center capacity. read more
Using firm-level data from the global supply network, researchers from the Complexity Science Hub (CSH) quantified countries' exposure to production losses caused by firm defaults in other countries. According to their findings, wealthy nations are only exposed to supply chain disruptions from other high-income countries, while poor and developing nations are exposed to shocks from all countries.
The final rule will more than double the required efficiency level for the most common lightbulbs, from 45 lumens (the unit of measurement for light intensity) per watt to more than 120 lumens per watt