US School Districts Rush to Spend Pandemic Relief Funds as Deadline Looms

Districts can request additional time to spend down the money if the U.S. Department of Education approves the expenditure. Many school districts across the nation could be required to return millions of dollars to the U.S. Treasury if they don’t spend their remaining post-COVID relief grant money within 30 days, according to federal data. Georgetown

Key Takeaways From Harris and Walz’s First Joint TV Interview

Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris and her running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, held a joint interview with CNN on Thursday. The interview was Harris’s first unscripted sit-down with a journalist since she became the Democratic nominee. Here are some of the key takeaways from the interview. Original News Source Link – Epoch

US Trade Chief Hails New Canadian Tariffs on Chinese EVs, Steel, Aluminum

Trade Representative Katherine Tai said the decision is ‘an important step toward ensuring workers and businesses can compete fairly’ in certain industries. U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai applauded Canada on Thursday for its decision to slap high tariffs on some Chinese imports. In a statement released by her office, Tai said Ottawa had taken “an

Top Biden-Harris Climate Official Gets Off Easy After Conflict-of-Interest Violations

Joseph Goffman, a senior Biden-Harris administration official who crafted some of the EPA’s most high-profile climate initiatives targeting the manufacturing and automobile sectors, repeatedly violated financial conflict-of-interest rules, his agency’s top watchdog said in a scathing report published this week. Goffman was found to have owned tens of thousands of dollars in companies directly associated