Hollywood Inc.
USC’s School of Cinematic Arts hosted a cohort of African filmmakers this summer as part of a State Department program for film diplomacy.
World & Nation
The U.S. military has conducted coordinated airstrikes against Islamic State operatives in Somalia.
A lawsuit by a group of Palestinians in Gaza and American relatives accuses the State Department of giving Israel a pass when it comes to a U.S. law.
Artificial Intelligence & Technology
EVgo Inc. has announced via a press release the closing of its $1.25-billion guaranteed loan facility from the U.S. Department of Energy Loan Programs Office under its Title 17 Clean Energy Financing Program to support EVgo’s forthcoming efforts to build convenient, reliable public charging infrastructure for electric vehicles.
California
President Trump, in his first days in office, has released a series of executive orders that will reshape the country’s immigration system. We lay out the key changes.
Trump pauses the refugee resettlement program this week as part of a series of executive orders cracking down on immigration.
Politics
Federal law enforcement and swing-state election officials both reported bomb threats to polling stations Tuesday, saying they believed the threats originated in Russia.
The U.S. State Department has announced new sanctions on Russian state media, accusing a Kremlin news outlet of working hand in hand with the Russian military and running fundraising campaigns to pay for sniper rifles, body armor and other equipment for soldiers fighting in Ukraine.
The former Wisconsin congressman has promised safer Boeing planes, less regulation and help for U.S. companies developing self-driving cars.
Climate & Environment
The Republicans charge the California Air Resources Board with ‘a failure to provide complete transparency’ about consumer costs stemming from new environmental policies under discussion.