Energy Secretary Says US, Saudi Arabia on Pathway to Civil Nuclear Agreement

‘For a U.S. partnership and involvement in nuclear here, there will definitely be a 123 agreement,’ the energy secretary said. Saudi Arabia and the United States will sign a preliminary agreement of cooperation as the kingdom intends to create a civil nuclear industry, Energy Secretary Chris Wright told reporters on April 13 in the Saudi

Appeals Court Allows Layoffs But No Dismantling of Consumer Bureau

The order scales back portions of an injunction from a federal judge that sought to block the dismantling of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. An appeals court ruled on April 11 that the Trump administration could proceed with laying off workers at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau but could not fully abolish the agency. The

Man Deported in Error by US Is Secure in El Salvador Prison: Official

A State Department official said that Kilmar Abrego Garcia is ‘detained pursuant to the sovereign, domestic authority of El Salvador.’ The man the United States government has acknowledged erroneously deporting, Kilmar Abrego Garcia, is alive in a prison in El Salvador, a U.S. State Department official said in a new court filing. “It is my

Economic Giants Collide

The much-vaunted Special Relationship between Britain and the United States hasn’t always been so special. Leaving aside the American Revolutionary War and the War of 1812, economic and political relations between the world’s two leading Anglo powers have often been tumultuous. In the second half of the 19th century, for example, American protectionism clashed head-on

Bill Gates Version 1.0

Before Jeff Bezos could create Amazon, or Mark Zuckerberg could create Facebook, or Larry Page and Sergey Brin could create Google, someone had to build the foundation of modern technology that now dominates every aspect of our lives. And in Source Code: My Beginnings, Bill Gates—one of the Founding Fathers of the software revolution that