More than two yearsafter Congress voted to establish the National Museum of the American Latino, proponents worry that funding resistance from two Latino lawmakers could stall the project.
Driving the news: On July 19, theU.S. House Committee on Appropriations approved a funding bill that would bar the use of taxpayer money for the the museum until at least September 2024.
New Mexico residentsexposed to radiation from the world's first atomic bomb explosion and Navajo miners who later worked with uranium during the Cold War may finally get reparations after generations of people with health problems.
Driving the news: The U.S. Senate voted Thursday to include New Mexico and Navajo Nation residents in the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act — a federal law scheduled to sunset next year — as part of its version of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA).
The United Kingdom now finds itself at the epicenter of global tensions between energy security and lofty climate goals, which are playing out ahead of the COP28 conference in Dubai.
Driving the news: Prime minister Rishi Sunak announced plans on Monday to issue more than 100 new oil and gas drilling licenses in the North Sea, along with approvals for carbon capture and storage sites and hydrogen projects.
NATO has raised more than €1 billion from certain member nations for a fund that will invest in deep tech startups, including those that developing technologies that could have military or defense applications.
Why it matters: This appears to be the first-ever "multi-sovereign" investment fund.
Investing in stocks or opening retirement savings accounts has long been elusive for many Latinos, but social media and podcasts that offer culturally relevant financial coaching are turning that on its head.
Why it matters: U.S. Latinos' economic power is growing, yet they are less likely than their non-Hispanic white counterparts to have savings, retirement and non-retirement investment accounts.
The global embrace of lightly regulated capitalism over the last 40 years created a regulatory void the Chinese government has filled with an authoritarian form ofeconomic coercion, I write in my new book “Beijing Rules.”
Why it matters: China's economic toolkit could help Beijing push the world toward an era of “embedded illiberalism” dominated by political loyalties enforced through market access and an international system severed from its democratic roots.
Put aside your politics and look at the world clinically, and you'll see the three areas many experts consider existential threats to humanity worsening in 2023.
A massive wildfire in California's Mojave National Preserve that exploded in size and spilled into Nevada over the weekend is threatening wildlife and Joshua tree forests.
The big picture: The wind-driven York Fire is California's largest wildfire this year. It's burning uncontained across some 77,000 acres and was one of64 large fires burning across nine states as of Monday.
U.S. passport holders used to embarking on European vacations without much additional paperwork will soon see that change.
Driving the news: New travel rules announced by the EU dictate that travelers from 60 visa-free countries will need to get a new authorization via the European Travel Information and Authorization System (ETIAS) starting in 2024.
Mossad director David Barnea secretly visited Washingtonnearly two weeks ago for talks with senior White House and CIA officials about the Biden administration’s efforts to reach an agreement with Saudi Arabia that would include normalization between the kingdom and Israel, two U.S. sources told Axios.
Driving the news: The Israel-Saudi normalization issue is only a small part of the Biden administration's efforts. The Israeli government wants to give its input on potential U.S.-Saudi bilateral agreements the two countries are discussing that would likely affect Israel's security, including possible U.S. support for a Saudi civilian nuclear program with uranium enrichment and potential U.S. arms sales to Riyadh.
Phoenix endured its 31st straight day of temperatures of at least 110°F Sunday, as a California wildfire spread into Nevada and another blaze threatened border communities in Washington state and Canada.
