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.
President Trump has turned Canada into a punching bag. In response, a Canadian boycott on U.S. goods is gaining ground.
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.
President Trump says he has directed the Treasury Department to stop minting new pennies, citing the rising cost of producing the one-cent coin.
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.
China announced retaliatory tariffs on select American imports and an antitrust investigation into Google after Trump’s levy on Chinese products took effect.
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.
Trump pauses the refugee resettlement program this week as part of a series of executive orders cracking down on immigration.