Trump’s got a very Trumpian plan to fight off bad poll numbers The federal government still retains some credibility in the eyes of the public, despite the concerted efforts of President Donald Trump and his allies in the executive branch. And as things go badly in his second term — the economy is faltering, prices…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Approval of the way President Donald Trump is managing the government has dropped sharply since early in his second term, according to a new AP-NORC poll, with much of the rising discontent coming from fellow Republicans. The survey from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research was conducted after Democrats’ recent…
By Bo Erickson and Courtney Rozen WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Donald Trump has repeatedly tested the boundaries of executive power since his return to office and is exploring uncharted legal territory with threats to carry out mass firings during the federal government shutdown, legal experts and lawmakers said. The Republican president this year has aggressively pursued…
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The risk of a partial U.S. government shutdown beginning next week is rising as congressional Democrats and Republicans hit an impasse over how to continue to fund the federal government. A shutdown could affect financial markets by limiting the operations of financial regulators and delaying the publication of key economic data. Invest in…
“Humiliating” artificial intelligence tools that generate sexually explicit content of children are in the sights of the federal government. While Communications Minister Anika Wells warned it’s impossible to eliminate the problem of abusive technology “in one fell swoop”, the government has vowed to work with industry on how best to restrict access to “nudify” and…
By Julie Steenhuysen CHICAGO (Reuters) -U.S. health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.‘s changes to federal vaccine policy are prompting medical organizations and several states to formulate their own vaccine recommendations for the fall respiratory illness season, concerned many healthy children and pregnant women could lose access to preventive shots. This push for an alternative standard…
A startup created by Google parent company Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOG, GOOGL)) is stepping into the broadband spotlight as it goes after a share of the federal government’s $42.5 billion Broadband Equity Access and Deployment program. The company, Taara, says in a blog post that its wireless Lightbridge technology can beam high-speed internet over the air, offering…