Food stamp administrators worry about food box proposalWASHINGTON: Hawaii's food stamp administrator says he was stunned when he first heard that the US Agriculture Department wanted to replace some cash benefits with a pre-assembled package of shelf-stab...
EU hopes for clarity from crunch US trade talksTop EU trade officials will hold crunch talks with their US counterparts in Brussels on Saturday hoping to get "clarity" on President Donald Trump's controversial new steel and aluminium tariffs. Trum...
Trump steel tariffs may leave these US steelworkers joblessFARRELL: Mick Lang has been a steelworker for nearly 40 years and voted for businessman Donald Trump in the hopes he would bring about a renaissance for the long-suffering US steel industry. Now he wo...
Indigenous, environmental leaders protest Canada pipelineVANCOUVER: Indigenous leaders are calling on people to raise their voices Saturday to stop a $5.7 billion pipeline ($7.4 billion Canadian) expansion project that pumps oil from Canada's tar sands to t...
Money’s not the main issue as lawmakers tackle spending billWASHINGTON: Money's not really the holdup in talks on a huge $1.3 trillion spending bill that's making its way through Capitol Hill. It's battles over abortion and President Donald Trump's US-Mexico b...
Panasonic considers selling security camera factory in China: NikkeiTOKYO: Panasonic Corp is considering selling a Chinese plant that makes security cameras in a deal it hopes will fetch over $450 million, the Nikkei reported on Saturday. Panasonic is looking to close...
US working to spare Australia tariffs: TrumpThe United States is working to exempt ally Australia from its newly unveiled foreign steel and aluminum tariffs, President Donald Trump said Friday, tying the effort to a security agreement. Major US...