New York state government to monitor its use of AI under a new law
New York state government agencies will have to conduct reviews and publish reports that detail how they're using artificial ...
More than $100 billion in federal funding coming for Helene recovery and other disasters
Congress passed a bipartisan spending bill that will send more disaster relief funding to North Carolina and other states ...
Police group praises bill to give public sector retirees full Social Security benefits: 'deserved and earned'
Law enforcement groups praised the passage of a bill that would restores Social Security benefits to former public sector ...
Trump says Bill Gates asked to meet in apparent message to Musk
In a message that appeared to be intended as a private communication to Elon Musk, President-elect Donald Trump said in a ...
Congress passes bill to allow public workers, including teachers, to collect social security benefits
Congress has passed a bill that would allow public workers who receive a pension to also collect social security benefits.
Republicans will still have to deal with the debt ceiling in 2025. Here’s what you need to know
Although President-elect Donald Trump wanted to start 2025 without having to worry about the debt ceiling, he did not get his wish.
China sanctions 7 companies over US military assistance to Taiwan
The Chinese government has placed sanctions on seven companies in response to recent U.S. announcements of military sales and aid to Taiwan, the self-governing island that China claims as part of its ...
'Willing to take that risk': Republicans want Trump to have vast control over government spending
Some GOP lawmakers want to repeal the Impoundment Control Act, a Watergate-era bill designed to prevent presidents from ...
Revellers can now check their drugs at Victoria's first pill-testing service at the Beyond the Valley festival
The four-day music festival, which kicked off on Saturday at Barunah Plains, is taking part in drug-testing trials for the ...
Panic-selling as hated tax hits new record after Rachel Reeves Budget
Panic selling has seen Brits fork out a Capital Gains Tax (CGT) bill of more than £1 billion as they raced to sell off assets ...
Hui, protests, kōtahitanga, and a new Kuini - A historic year for Māoridom
A hīkoi, a haka, and the rise of a new generation - RNZ unpacks a contentious and momentous year for Māoridom.
A look at the Social Security Fairness Act’s passage out of Congress
Social Security began as a safeguard “against the hazards and vicissitudes of life,” said former U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, who on August 14, 1935, signed the ‘Social Security Act’ into law ...