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US extends 25% semiconductor tax credit to chip and solar wafers

Mackenzie Hawkins
Oct 22, 2024 8:36 am - The Biden administration finalized rules for a 25% tax credit for semiconductor manufacturing projects, expanding eligibility for what is likely to be the largest incenti...
How Project 2025’s rightward vision became a flashpoint in this year’s election

By LISA MASCARO
Oct 22, 2024 7:38 am - For the past year, Project 2025 has endured as a persistent force in the presidential election, its far-right proposals deployed by Democrats as shorthand for what Donald Trump would potentially do with a second term at the White House.
Israeli strike destroys building near Beirut as Blinken presses for Gaza cease-fire

By FARNOUSH AMIRI, TIA GOLDENBERG and SARAH EL DEEB
Oct 22, 2024 7:33 am - The Israeli military leveled a building in a suburb of Beirut on Tuesday that it said housed Hezbollah “facilities,” sending smoke and debris into the air a few hundred yards from where a spokesperson for the militant group had just briefed journalists about a weekend drone attack that damaged the Israeli prime minister's house.
McDonald’s agreed to Trump event but says it isn't endorsing a presidential candidate

By DEE-ANN DURBIN
Oct 21, 2024 4:26 pm - McDonald’s Corp. agreed to host former President Donald Trump at a Pennsylvania store over the weekend but said it isn’t endorsing a candidate in the U.S. presidential race.
Liz Cheney helps Harris seek moderate votes as they paint Trump as a dangerous choice

By COLLEEN LONG and CHRIS MEGERIAN
Oct 21, 2024 2:52 pm - Kamala Harris teamed up with Liz Cheney on Monday to make a bipartisan appeal to Republican voters uneasy about Donald Trump, describing the former president as a malignant force that needs to be removed from American politics.
Should the minimum wage be lower for workers who get tipped? Two states are set to decide

By KAVISH HARJAI
Oct 21, 2024 8:53 am - Mel Nichols, a 37-year-old bartender in Phoenix, Arizona, takes home anywhere from $30 to $50 an hour with tips included. But the uncertainty of how much she's going to m...
Trump blasts FEMA as he surveys storm damage in North Carolina

By BILL BARROW
Oct 21, 2024 8:30 am - Surveying storm damage in North Carolina, former President Donald Trump on Monday blasted federal emergency responders whose work has been stymied by armed harassment and a deluge of misinformation, but he said he was not concerned that the aftermath of Hurricane Helene would affect election results in the battleground state.
White House says health insurance needs to fully cover condoms, other over-the-counter birth control

By AMANDA SEITZ
Oct 21, 2024 8:30 am - Millions of people with private health insurance would be able to pick up over-the-counter methods like condoms, the “morning after” pill and birth control pills for free under a new rule the White House proposed on Monday.
US defense chief visits Kyiv for talks on how to keep supporting Ukraine’s fight against Russia

By ILLIA NOVIKOV
Oct 21, 2024 8:05 am - U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin arrived in Kyiv on an unannounced visit Monday, hours after a Russian drone attack on the Ukrainian capital and as Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy pushes Western partners to keep providing military support for the war.
Lebanon assesses damage after Israel strikes Hezbollah-run financial institution

By SARAH EL DEEB and SAMY MAGDY
Oct 21, 2024 8:02 am - Lebanese were surveying the damage on Monday after overnight Israeli strikes hit nearly a dozen branches of a Hezbollah-run financial institution that Israel says is used to fund attacks but where many ordinary people keep their savings.

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