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President Joe Biden speaks the about the long-delayed cleanup of Great Lakes harbors and tributaries polluted with industrial toxins at the Shipyards, Thursday, Feb. 17, 2022, in Lorain, Ohio. Cleanup will accelerate dramatically with a $1 billion boost from Biden's infrastructure plan. (AP Photo/Ken Blaze)

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Biden signs stopgap spending bill averting shutdown
By ZEKE MILLER AND ALAN FRAM - Associated Press
Fri,02/18/22-1:48PM , 104 Reads
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Friday signed a bipartisan bill to extend government funding for three weeks to give Congress more time to reach an overdue deal financing federal agencies through the rest of the fiscal year, the White House announced.
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Residents watch the inauguration of current President Daniel Ortega, for is fourth consecutive term, on a giant screen set up at a park in the Julio Buitrago neighborhood of Managua, Nicaragua, Jan. 10, 2022. The Biden administration is considering trying to expel Nicaragua from a lucrative regional free trade pact to retaliate against Ortega’s crackdown on his opponents. (AP Photo/Andres Nunez, File)

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US mulls booting Nicaragua from trade pact over crackdown
By JOSHUA GOODMAN AND CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN - Associated Press
Fri,02/18/22-10:36AM , 198 Reads
MIAMI (AP) — The Biden administration is considering trying to expel Nicaragua from a lucrative regional free trade pact — or allocate its valuable sugar quota to another country in Central America — to retaliate against President Daniel Ortega's crackdown on his opponents, according to a U.S. official.
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In this photo provided by the New York Stock Exchange, trader Timothy Nick works in his booth on the trading floor, Friday, Feb. 18, 2022. Stocks fell in afternoon trading on Wall Street Friday as major indexes head for their second weekly loss in a row after another bout of turbulence shook market. (Allie Joseph/New York Stock Exchange via AP)

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Stocks fall again, handing Wall Street another losing week
By DAMIAN J. TROISE AND ALEX VEIGA - AP Business Writers
Thu,02/17/22-11:27PM , 270 Reads
Stocks capped a week of volatile trading on Wall Street with a broad sell-off Friday that left the major indexes with their second straight weekly loss.
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A logo of the German car manufacturer Mercedes Benz is pictured in Berlin, Germany, on June 25, 2021. European governments are contemplating new sanctions against Russia if it invades Ukraine – and it’s going to be complicated. Sanctions would aim to maximize the pain for the Kremlin, its key banks and energy companies but also avoid jeopardizing the continent’s Russian-dependent energy supplies or inflicting too much damage on European companies with strong ties to Russia. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn, File)

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European companies' Russian ties could make sanctions tough
By DAVID MCHUGH AND COLLEEN BARRY - Associated Press
Wed,02/16/22-7:57AM , 213 Reads
FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Europe is contemplating sanctions against Russia if it invades Ukraine — and the work is far from simple.
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