Labor Department awards $203M in grants for job services for low-income seniors
Sept. 20 (UPI) -- The Labor Department Friday said $203 million in grants are being awarded to provide job training and career services to low-income…
Legendary department chain announces exact date it will close doors to ‘huge’ branch forever
A LEGENDARY department chain has revealed the exact date it will close its doors on a "huge" branch for good.House of Fraser is pulling down…
Interior Department announces grants to restore, protect waterfowl habitats, wetlands
The Interior Department announced on Tuesday that they will give more than $46.2 million in grants to conserve or restore 91,425 acres of wetland and…
State Department not investigating killing of US citizen Aysenur Eygi | Israel-Palestine conflict
NewsFeedUS State Department Spokesman Vedant Patel on Monday said the department is not conducting its own investigation into the killing of US citizen Aysenur Ezgi…
‘1000-Lb. Sisters’ star Amy Slaton arrested after alleged camel bite
Amy Slaton Halterman, the “1000-Lb. Sisters” star who was arrested Monday after visiting a Tennessee zoo, was reportedly carried out of the safari park on…
Journalist presses State Department for answers on arms sales to Israel | Israel-Palestine conflict
NewsFeedA journalist pressed US State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller on the UK’s decision to suspend some arms sales to Israel, asking how the US has…
Catholic diocese sues U.S. over religious-worker green cards
For more than a year, religious organizations have lobbied Congress and the Biden administration to fix a sudden procedural change in how the government processes…
Opinion: The ideas in Project 2025? Reagan tried them, and the nation suffered
Project 2025, the Heritage Foundation’s conservative playbook that would overhaul much of the federal government under a second Trump administration, has sparked fear and concern…
Steelworkers: U.S. Department of Commerce’s decision to double duties on Canadian softwood lumber is pure protectionism
Article contentBURNABY, British Columbia, Aug. 17, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The United Steelworkers union (USW) is calling out the U.S. Department of Commerce’s decision to…
Kratom regulation bill quietly dies in California
A California bill that would have imposed regulations on kratom products was quietly shelved Thursday following a clash between advocacy groups focused on the burgeoning…
Former State Department director questions support for Netzah Yehuda | Israel-Palestine conflict
NewsFeed“It really calls into question how much value the department gives to the lives of Palestinian-Americans.” Former State Department human rights official Charles Blaha says…
Lazar Dukic dies while swimming in CrossFit Games in Texas
An athlete died Thursday while swimming in a lake on the first day of competition at the CrossFit Games in Fort Worth, Texas, organizers of…
Labor Department awards $800K for workers to aid in wildfire recovery in New Mexico
The U.S. Department of Labor on Monday announced an initial award of $800,000 to support workers needed in the cleanup and recovery activities in response…
‘Pendulum has swung’: Supervisors signal shift on Men’s Central Jail
In the summer of 2019, justice reformers celebrated because the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors scrapped a controversial $1.7-billion plan to replace the county’s…
Justice Department sues TikTok for allegedly violating child privacy laws
The legal pressure on TikTok just got more intense.The U.S. Department of Justice on Friday sued TikTok and its Chinese parent ByteDance for allegedly breaking…
Justice Department, FTC sue TikTok, allege violations of children’s privacy laws
Tiktok CEO Shou Zi Chew speaks with the press after meeting with Sen. John Letterman, D-Pa., at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., in March.…
2 ex-FBI officials settle with Justice Department over leaked texts
WASHINGTON — Two former FBI officials have settled lawsuits with the Justice Department, resolving claims that their privacy rights were violated when the department leaked to…
Justice Department: TikTok collected U.S. user views on abortion, religion
WASHINGTON — In a fresh broadside against one of the world’s most popular technology companies, the Justice Department has accused TikTok of harnessing the capability to…
Commerce Department recommends $575 million for more coastal climate change resilience
Commerce Secretary Gia Raimondo Friday recommended $575 in funding for 19 projects to boost coastal climate resiliences. The funds will come from the Inflation Reduction…
Human smuggling operation cracked by Justice Department
A secondary border wall separating the United States and Mexico continues to be constructed at the border near Otay Mesa, California, on Tuesday, March 12,…