February 21, 2024
President Joe Biden will sign an executive order designed to implement new cybersecurity requirements for the nation’s port owners and operators amid growing concerns that hackers could roil crucial supply chains. The order will give the US Coast Guard new …
March 22, 2022
President Joe Biden warned Monday about new indications of possible Russian cyberattacks, pumping up the volume on weeks of growing concern about a possible Kremlin-ordered response to crushing sanctions over the invasion of Ukraine. Biden reiterated those warnings, prompted by …
July 9, 2021
President Joe Biden will sign a sweeping executive order designed to promote competition across American industries, calling on regulators to increase scrutiny of technology companies, drug prices, shipping and more. The president’s action will prompt the federal government to set …
March 6, 2020
President Donald Trump signed a $7.8 billion emergency coronavirus spending bill on Friday after the number of infections continued to rise and stocks tumbled. The amount of money provided in the legislation far exceeds Trump’s original request — $1.25 billion …
August 17, 2018
President Donald Trump said Thursday he wants the U.S. government to sue pharmaceutical companies that manufacture opioids as part of his efforts to halt an epidemic of drug addiction. Trump said he’d like to bring a federal lawsuit, rather than …
February 6, 2017
President Donald Trump will order a sweeping review of the Dodd-Frank Act rules enacted in response to the 2008 financial crisis, a White House official said, signing an executive action Friday designed to significantly scale back the regulatory system put …
December 8, 2015
Two health-care startups will work with the White House to boost the number of Americans who obtain insurance through marketplaces created under Obamacare. ZocDoc Inc. and Oscar Health Insurance Corp. are providing free Internet advertising that will target the uninsured, …
June 18, 2015
Millions of Americans could lose their insurance if the U.S. Supreme Court rules against President Barack Obama on his healthcare law. And with the decision due in the next two weeks, the government has no backup plan. The court will …
June 9, 2015
The U.S. Supreme Court probably shouldn’t have accepted a lawsuit challenging Obamacare’s health insurance subsidies, President Barack Obama said, calling it an “easy case.” “Frankly it probably shouldn’t have even been taken up,” Obama said Monday at a news conference …
April 2, 2015
President Barack Obama signed an executive order Wednesday allowing the use of economic sanctions for the first time against perpetrators of destructive cyber-attacks and online corporate espionage. That will let the Treasury Department freeze the assets of people, companies or …