The United States Trade Representative, Ambassador Jamieson Greer has launched Section 301 investigations into acts, policies, and practices of 60 economies relating to the failure to impose a prohibition on the import of goods produced with forced labor. U.S. law has prohibited the importation of goods mined, produced, or manufactured in whole or in part with forced labor. However, the use of
Attorney General Pamela Bondi and Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy have announced that the Justice Department, on behalf of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), has filed suit to stop California from imposing an illegal electric vehicle mandate through what are effectively...
Two repatriation flights chartered directly by the European Commission landed in Polish capital Warsaw on Thursday, bringing back 303 European citizens who were stranded in the Middle East. This adds to the more than 70 flights coordinated by the EU's Emergency Response Coordination Center, which...
To ease the pressure affecting global energy markets and supply chains due to disruption in the Strait of Hormuz caused by Iran's attack on oil ships, the U.S. Treasury Department has authorized countries to buy sanctioned Russian oil and petroleum that have already been loaded on vessels bound for importing countries. The Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control, or OFAC, said on Thursday tha
A dangerous criminal who was on the run after murdering two female victims in the U.S. nearly two years ago, has been captured in Mexico within just two hours of being added to the FBI's Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list. Samuel Ramirez Jr., 33, of Federal Way, Washington, was arrested without incident...
The U.S. Central Command says the Air Force's refueling aircraft crashed in western Iraq on Thursday. "U.S. Central Command is aware of the loss of a U.S. KC-135 (Stratotanker) refueling aircraft. The incident occurred in friendly airspace during Operation Epic Fury, and rescue efforts are ongoing," it said in a press release, referring to the joint U.S.-Israeli military operation against Iran.
The UK Government has announced that it will remove tariffs for the manufacturing of 33 industrial goods used for offshore wind energy production from April 1. The measure will enable British manufacturers to produce components at a reduced cost and allow reinvestment for clean energy sector growth....
The Department of Justice has released the first-ever Department-wide corporate enforcement policy for criminal matters, promoting uniformity, predictability, and fairness in how it pursues white-collar cases to protect the public. Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche said the policy creates incentives...
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved expanded use of Wellcovorin (leucovorin calcium) tablets for the treatment of cerebral folate deficiency in adult and pediatric patients who have a confirmed variant in the folate receptor 1 gene (CFD-FOLR1). This action is part of the agency's efforts...
The District of Columbia National Guard has activated a new unit to coordinate military support to civil authorities and protect critical infrastructure in the nation's capital. The only brigade in the Army specifically designed for the mission, the 260th Special Purpose Brigade at the D.C. Armory...