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Congress reached agreement on more than $100 billion in emergency relief funding for victims of a series of disasters, including hurricanes Helene and Milton and the Baltimore bridge collapse.

WASHINGTON — The United States should proceed cautiously as officials consider new natural gas export terminals, Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm said Dec. 17.

President Joe Biden’s administration is set to initiate a trade investigation into Chinese semiconductors in the coming days, as part of a push to reduce reliance on a technology that U.S. officials believe pose national security risks.

Mullings, who has been at the helm of the truck stop and travel center trade group since 2004, described the decision as difficult but said she is confident in Natso’s future.

WASHINGTON — While Republicans capped 2024 with a presidential victory, the Biden administration has been rushing to advance as many infrastructure and microchip projects as it can.

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump is poised to order changes meant to encourage domestic oil and gas development immediately after his Jan. 20 inauguration.

While economists expect the Fed to lower rates on Dec. 18 for a third straight meeting, they are now penciling in just three more quarter-point cuts in 2025.

The Delaware DMV is inviting private companies to apply to become providers of third-party commercial driver license skill tests before the state launches this new capability next spring.

If insufficient progress is made on a deal by early Dec. 18, the board of union IG Metall is prepared to hold a vote at the end of the week to pave the way for 24-hour walkouts.

U.S. diesel prices rose modestly by 3.6 cents to an average of $3.494 per gallon, according to U.S. Energy Information Administration data released Dec. 16.