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U.S.-Mexico: Capture The Trade Opportunity
Business Facilities
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June 18, 2025
Trade movement across the U.S.-Mexico border remains a cornerstone of North American commerce, though it faces mounting challenges stemming from shifting trade policies, infrastructure constraints, and geopolitical tensions. Despite these...
U.S. Supreme Court Instructs Courts to Provide "Substantial Deference" to Agencies in NEPA Cases
JD Supra - California
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June 18, 2025
In Short The Situation: On May 29, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court decided Seven County Infrastructure Coalition v. Eagle County, clarifying the standards for judicial review of challenges to agency action under the National Environmental Policy Act...
VASE Ghana Estates Empowers Diaspora with Real Estate and Cultural Tours
Africa.com
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June 18, 2025
Vincencia Adusei, the visionary behind VASE Ghana Estates, is empowering Ghana’s diaspora to shape their homeland’s future through a transformative real estate project and an immersive cultural tour. The flagship Dichemso Vista, a 60-unit...
U.S. Housing Starts Pull Back Sharply In May
RTTNews
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June 18, 2025
The Commerce Department released a report on Wednesday showing a steep drop by new residential construction in the U.S. in the month of May. The report said housing starts plunged by 9.8 percent to an annual rate of 1.256 million in May after...
NYC mayoral race: Cuomo caters to real estate developers while rents...
People's World
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June 18, 2025
Tenants and members of the Upstate Downstate Housing Alliance demand New York's then-Gov. Andrew Cuomo and state legislators pass universal rent control legislation in June 2019. Now, six years later, Cuomo is running for New York City mayor and...
U.S. Stocks Move Mostly Higher Despite Ongoing Middle East Conflict
RTTNews
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June 18, 2025
Stocks have moved mostly higher during trading on Wednesday, regaining ground following the weakness seen in the previous session. The major averages have all moved to the upside but remain well off last week's highs. Currently, the major averages...
RWE continues to support U.S. energy dominance with nearly 4 gigawatts of energy projects under construction
The Bulletin - Kansas
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June 17, 2025
Onsite construction currently underway on 29 projects totaling 3.9 gigawatts of onshore wind, solar and battery energy storage systems (BESS) across 11 U.S. states RWE's domestic investments created more than 5,000 U.S. jobs in 2024 alone,...
Bipartisan bill aims to strengthen U.S. ports and create manufacturing jobs
Mississippi Gulf News
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June 17, 2025
Rep. Mike Ezell, U.S. Representative for Mississippi's 4th District | Twitter WebsiteRep. Mike Ezell, U.S. Representative for Mississippi's 4th District | Twitter Website Congressmen Mike Ezell and Troy A. Carter, Sr. have introduced a new...
PNC Multifamily Capital Announces $208 Million Affordable Housing Fund, Increasing Access to Affordable Housing Across the U.S.
WFMZ - Pennsylvania
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PITTSBURGH, June 18, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- PNC Bank, N.A., a tax credit syndication leader, today announced the closing of Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) Fund 98, which is investing more than $208 million in the development and...
Texas Instruments Invests $60B in U.S. Chip Expansion
WebProNews
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June 18, 2025
In a bold move signaling a significant shift in the semiconductor landscape, Texas Instruments, a long-standing partner of Apple, has announced a staggering $60 billion investment to expand its chip production capabilities within the United...
Upside down U.S. flag displayed on mountain peak above Tahoe
Tahoe Daily Tribune - California
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MEYERS, Calif. – Two climbers were met with an upside down U.S. flag after summiting Flagpole Peak above the Echo Lakes on Tuesday, June 10. Although unclear what the intent behind this display is, an upside down flag is meant to signal dire...
The U.S. minted 1,000 new millionaires a day last year, UBS report says
CBS News
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The U.S. minted 1,000 new millionaires each day last year, according to a new report from investment bank UBS. The nation outpaced other countries in wealth growth during 2024, with more than 379,000 people becoming U.S. dollar millionaires for...
Ukrainian union leader comments on U.S. left
International Viewpoint
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From an external vantage point, the United States today appears as a nation with hyper-concentrated capital alongside an expanding social vacuum. It is precisely in such conditions that movements arise – not merely as reactions to injustice, but...
Head-to-head traffic continues on U.S. 63 and I-70 next week
KOMU 8 - Missouri
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Rehabilitation work on the northbound U.S. 63 bridge over I-70 is set to begin on June 25. This will shift head-to-head traffic on U.S. 63 between Broadway and Vandiver Drive. All through traffic will be shifted onto southbound lanes and narrowed...
Trump: ‘Nobody knows’ whether U.S. will join Israel attack on Iran
New York Daily News
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June 18, 2025
President Donald Trump Wednesday refused to say if he has decided to order an attack on Iran to help Israel destroy the Islamic republic’s nuclear program. Talking to reporters at an unrelated White House event, Trump was tight-lipped about if or...
It's the fastest-growing city in the U.S. Will a North Texas highway expansion help the traffic?
WFAA 8 - Texas
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June 18, 2025
The first phase of the project is expected to be complete by early 2029. Webber Construction was awarded the contract in December. MCKINNEY, Texas — Construction is officially underway on a major highway expansion project aimed at easing...
Former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Brink will run for Congress
The Odessa Journal
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There will be an abundance of alternatives to Russian gas on the global market in the coming years, which means the European Union will easily replace the remaining supplies from Russia, according to Patrick Pouyanné, CEO of France’s...
Orlando Democrat Josh Weil to run for U.S. Senate, wants to raise funds for other Dems
Orlando Weekly - Florida
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June 18, 2025
click to enlarge Although Josh Weil came up 14 points short to Republican Randy Fine in a special congressional election in Northeast Florida earlier this year, he stunned political observers by raising more than $15 million in a district that had...
A History of U.S.-China Cooperation on Development Aid
Asia Society
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June 18, 2025
By: Konrad Lee While development aid is an often-overlooked aspect in bilateral relations and geopolitics, international development cooperation is a prominent foreign policy tool for China, as was foreign aid for the United States before the...
Massachusetts Construction Workers Earn 5th Most in U.S.
HomeNewsHere.com - Massachusetts
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The U.S. construction industry is navigating a period of heightened uncertainty in 2025, marked by shifting trade policies, restrictive immigration enforcement, and persistently high interest rates. New tariffs on imported steel and aluminum have...