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
Communities in the Central Valley are on heightened alert as President Trump looks to follow through on his promises of historic mass deportations.
World & Nation
China announced retaliatory tariffs on select American imports and an antitrust investigation into Google after Trump’s levy on Chinese products took effect.
President Trump says he has directed the Treasury Department to stop minting new pennies, citing the rising cost of producing the one-cent coin.
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.
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.
Politics
President-elect Donald Trump says he will nominate former White House aide Brooke Rollins to be his agriculture secretary.
Trump pauses the refugee resettlement program this week as part of a series of executive orders cracking down on immigration.
The head of the U.N. AIDS agency says the number of new HIV infections could jump more than six times by 2029 if U.S. withdraws support for AIDS program.
Michael Gates, Huntington Beach’s longtime city attorney and an aggressive foe of California’s liberal politics, joins the civil rights division of the U.S. Department of Justice.