The Transportation Department said the proposed regulations would make it easier to hold airlines accountable for mishandling passengers’ wheelchairs.
Category: United States Politics and Government
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Biden Calls Chinese Electric Vehicles a Security Threat
The president ordered an investigation into auto software that could track U.S. drivers, part of a broader effort to stop E.V. imports from China.
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FAA Gives Boeing 90 Days to Develop Plan to Address Quality-Control Issues
The announcement came after the agency’s administrator met on Tuesday with Boeing officials, including the company’s chief executive, to discuss safety.
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An Emboldened F.T.C. Bolsters Biden’s Efforts to Address Inflation
With few unilateral options and little hope of legislation from Congress, the president’s early investment in competition policy could pay a political dividend.
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Biden Targets a New Economic Villain: Shrinkflation
Liberals prodded the president for years to blame big corporations for price increases. He is finally doing so, in the grocery aisle.
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A Biden Accuser Was Discredited. Right-Wing Media Is Undeterred.
Revelations that Alexander Smirnov, an F.B.I. informant, was a serial fabulist were downplayed on air and online by those who continued to insist the president should be impeached.
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Menthol Cigarette Bans Can Reduce Smoking Rates, Study Finds
As public health groups pressure the Biden administration to impose a ban on menthol cigarettes, research suggests similar moves in other countries have led to lower smoking rates.
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Silicon Valley Venture Capitalists Are Breaking Up With China
Under intensifying scrutiny from U.S. lawmakers, top firms have pulled back from investing in Chinese start-ups.
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Biden Hardens Protection Against Cybersecurity Threats to Ports
An executive order expands powers to the Department of Homeland Security amid increased fears of a conflict with China.
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Wall Street Is Already Placing Bets on the Biden-Trump Rematch
Traders and strategists are thinking about all the ways that November’s election could alter the mood in markets.