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The legislation, which would weaken federal environmental reviews for certain semiconductor manufacturing projects, has divided Democrats. More than two years ago, President Biden signed a law that aimed to ramp [...]

Former President Donald J. Trump has called for clawing back unspent funds included in the Inflation Reduction Act, President Biden’s landmark climate bill. That could have adverse impacts in Ohio. [...]

The Democratic nominee says she wants to make raising a family more affordable. But she has provided few details on her proposals. The “care economy” — a broad set of [...]

The funding stems from the bipartisan CHIPS Act, which aims to bolster the production of critical semiconductors in the United States. The Biden administration will award up to $1.6 billion [...]

Food inflation was relatively unchanged in July. Still, the new data continued to reflect the significant slowdown that food price increases have seen in recent months. Overall, food prices in [...]

The announcement of CHIPS Act funding for a plant in Indiana means the United States will have attracted investment from the world’s top chipmakers The Biden administration said on Tuesday [...]

Food inflation accelerated slightly in June, offering little respite for households that have been strained by high grocery bills. Overall, food prices climbed 0.2 percent over the month, a slightly [...]

Biden administration officials hope the money will help propel technological innovation in areas that have historically received less government funding. The Biden administration awarded $504 million on Tuesday to a [...]

Some voters blame the American Rescue Plan for fueling price increases. But the growth it unleashed may be helping the president stay more popular than counterparts in Europe. The https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/06/business/economy/biden-economy.html [...]

Although food price gains have cooled, prices remain much higher than they were several years ago, squeezing consumers. Food inflation continued to moderate on an annual basis in May, providing [...]

Food inflation eased in April, providing some relief to grocery shoppers struggling to deal with higher costs. Overall, food prices were flat compared with the prior month, a slowdown from [...]

The grant is the latest federal award in a series stemming from the CHIPS and Science Act meant to ramp up domestic production of vital semiconductors. Federal officials will provide [...]

The United States will triple its domestic chip manufacturing capacity by 2032, the largest increase in the world, according to a report from the Semiconductor Industry Association. Billions in federal [...]

The Biden administration is spending billions to reconnect communities of color that have been fragmented by highways. Some projects have stirred debates over how to mend longstanding harms. Around 6:30 [...]

The $6.1 billion for Micron, to shore up the domestic supply of semiconductors, comes after a key union endorsement and passage of an aid bill central to the president’s foreign [...]

The grant to the memory chipmaker is the latest federal award aimed at boosting U.S. chip manufacturing. The Biden administration will give Micron up to $6.1 billion in grants to [...]

The federal grants will support Samsung’s new chip manufacturing hub in Taylor, Texas, along with the expansion of an existing site in Austin. The Biden administration will give up to [...]

The Justice Department said more than $1.4 billion in stolen relief funds have been seized or forfeited. But estimates of the total stolen run into the billions. More resources are [...]

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company plans to build an additional factory and upgrade another planned facility in Phoenix with the federal grants. The Biden administration will award up to $6.6 billion [...]

The Affordable Connectivity Program, a $14.2 billion federal effort to make internet service more affordable, is expected to run out of funding this spring. Phyllis Jackson, a retired administrative assistant [...]

A report found that large firms pressured suppliers to favor them over competitors. It also concluded that some retailers “seem to have used rising costs as an opportunity to further [...]

The award, announced by President Biden at a plant in Arizona, is the biggest the government has made under a new program that aims to rebuild the nation’s semiconductor manufacturing [...]

President Biden on Monday proposed several initiatives in his budget aimed at lowering housing costs at a moment when high interest rates and rapid inflation have made buying and renting [...]

Executives of companies with clean energy projects are facing questions about the potential for a rollback of the law and its incentives if a Republican wins. The United States has [...]

Food price increases eased slightly in December, providing moderate relief to consumers who have faced higher costs for groceries. Overall, food prices rose 0.2 percent over the month, the same [...]

The Agriculture Department has warned that millions of eligible pregnant and postpartum women and their children could risk missing out on nutrition assistance if Congress does not increase funding. For [...]

Lawmakers approved $5 billion for states to build a network of fast chargers two years ago. Although some states have made progress in recent weeks, most have not yet awarded [...]

Gains in food prices continued to ease in November, providing some relief to consumers at the grocery store. Overall, food prices rose 0.2 percent over the month, a modest slowdown [...]

A nonpartisan watchdog found that some farmers received more than $3 million in federal crop insurance subsidies and that much of the program’s funds were paid to insurance companies for [...]

Food inflation continued to ease in October compared to a year ago, as prices for some products like fresh vegetables, cereal and coffee declined. But the price of food picked [...]

More Americans are buying heat pumps, an environmentally friendly alternative to furnaces and air-conditioners that can significantly lower monthly energy bills. But the pace of installations has slowed in the [...]

A temporary pay raise for federal wild-land firefighters is set to end next month. Officials have said that more workers will quit if lawmakers fail to pass a permanent increase. [...]

Food prices, one of the most tangible signs of inflation for consumers, continued to moderate in September. Overall, food prices rose 0.2 percent in September from the month before. That [...]

Inflation is down from its peak last year, but some companies are still announcing hefty price increases for goods and services. On Wednesday, the Walt Disney Company announced several price [...]

Two years after the federal government approved $350 billion in emergency funding for states and localities to respond to the public health crisis, much of the funds have not been [...]

White House and Wall Street estimates suggested the economy could withstand a brief shutdown, with risks mounting the longer it lasts. https://www.nytimes.com/live/2023/09/29/us/government-shutdown Federal government shutdowns have become so common in [...]

Along the southeastern edge of Oklahoma, where expansive cattle ranches and empty storefronts dot the landscape, the lack of high-speed internet service has become a daily frustration for residents. Wanda [...]

Food inflation continued to ease in August, providing relief for consumers who have been strained by costly grocery bills. Overall food prices climbed 0.2 percent in August from the prior [...]

As much as 15 percent in unemployment benefits paid during the pandemic could have been fraudulently obtained, according to a Government Accountability Office report. More generous unemployment benefits doled out [...]

No one knows for certain what the Federal Reserve will decide to do about interest rates at its June meeting, but investors have spent weeks speculating on the outcome. Ahead [...]

Prices at grocery stores and restaurants rose 0.2 percent last month from April, an increase after prices remained flat the two months before. Food prices for Americans rose in May, [...]

Prices at grocery stores and restaurants ticked up 0.2 percent last month from April, an increase after prices remained flat the two months before. Hanna Hensley, 29, an assistant high [...]

School districts in the Northeast are used to handling snowstorms, but wildfire smoke? Not so much. And they had various responses to the crisis. Some canceled outdoor after-school activities or [...]

Pandemic aid was supposed to help students recover from learning loss, but results have been mixed. When the pandemic shut down schools across the country, the federal government responded with [...]

A deal to limit government spending in exchange for suspending the debt ceiling has further fueled concerns that the law’s ambitious goals could be harder to achieve. A renewed focus [...]

The Federal Reserve’s preferred inflation gauge, the Personal Consumption Expenditures index, climbed 4.4 percent in April, a slight increase from March. A measure of inflation most closely watched by Federal [...]

In the Federal Reserve’s last meeting, “several” participants thought rates may have moved high enough to get inflation under control. Federal Reserve officials were unanimous in their decision to raise [...]

Strengthened by billions of federal dollars, semiconductor companies plan to create thousands of jobs. But officials say there might not be enough people to fill them. Maxon Wille, an 18-year-old [...]

President Biden selected Shalanda Young and Steve Ricchetti to talk directly with aides to Speaker Kevin McCarthy in an attempt to avoid default. One of the biggest developments out of [...]

House Republicans’ debt limit bill, the party’s opening bid in a fight they have picked with President Biden over raising the nation’s borrowing limit, would cut spending and roll back [...]