Government And Institutions

Dollar Tree Inc. has agreed to a settlement with the Occupational Safety and Health Administration that comes with work safety-related requirements and fines totaling over $1 million.

The SEC's five-member panel will vote on the changes, proposed last year, aimed at increasing transparency, fairness and accountability in the $20.4 trillion private funds industry.

The Federal Aviation Administration plans to meet with airport officials at 90 major airports through September as part of its ongoing effort to prevent close calls.

Given the high demand for passports, U.S. travelers planning global adventures should start now: Current U.S. passport processing times are 10-13 weeks. Expedited plans will cost extra.

Swiss bank UBS has agreed to pay more than $1.4 billion in a settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice over alleged misconduct leading up to the 2008 financial crisis.

The FAA is letting airlines continue to operate slimmer schedules at major New York City and Washington-area airports due to ongoing air traffic controller staffing shortages.

The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office's latest budget review found the federal deficit more than doubled to $1.6 trillion in the first 10 months of FY2023 compared to a year ago.

The commission has been examining Amazon practices including whether it favors its own products over competitors’ on its platforms and how it treats outside sellers on Amazon.com.

The FCC hit the enterprise with the 'record-breaking' penalty of $299,997,000 for auto warranty scam robocalls made in 2021, the agency said in a Thursday press release

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has opened an investigation into reported issues with the power steering on Tesla Model 3 and Model Y vehicles.

The Internal Revenue Service has launched a plan for allowing taxpayers the ability to file more returns and correspond with the agency digitally in a push to go paperless.

Fitch Ratings said Tuesday it has downgraded the United States' long-term foreign-currency issuer default rating to "AA+" from "AAA," drawing pushback from Treasury Secretary Yellen.

Harvard Physicist Avi Loeb discusses the impact extraterrestrial data could have on the evolution of artificial intelligence and why the government should be transparent

Chicago's City Council is considering raising the tax rate on real estate for properties worth more than $1 million to fund housing units for homeless people.

The White House on Thursday announced a first-ever "Hazard Alert" for heat as record-breaking temperatures sweep across the U.S., putting workers at risk for heat-related injury or death.

Traveling to Europe just got a bit more complex. Now, some people will need to pay for visas in order to visit certain European countries as soon as next year.

Kentucky Rep. Thomas Massie took the Biden administration's Department of Energy to task over new proposed regulations for water heaters.

The manufacturer Eli Lilly & Co. announced that the drug donanemab modestly slows the progression of Alzheimer's disease, with egulatory action expected by the end of the year.

Following the Federal Trade Commission opening an investigation into ChatGPT creator OpenAI, artificial intelligence companies can expect further actions from regulators.

While the evidence of an association between the consumption of aspartame and cancer in humans is "not convincing," global health experts agree that more research needs to be done.