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.
World & Nation
The Biden administration releases a ‘road map’ for maintaining defenses against infectious diseases, as President-elect Trump vows to dismantle some of them.
The Pentagon says the United States will send a Terminal High Altitude Area Defense battery and troops to Israel to bolster defenses against Iran.
President Trump says he has directed the Treasury Department to stop minting new pennies, citing the rising cost of producing the one-cent coin.
The U.S. missile defense base, which is being integrated into NATO’s defenses, was originally planned under U.S. President George W. Bush.
The city of Monterey confirms that Pete Hegseth, Donald Trump’s pick for Defense secretary, was investigated over an sexual assault allegation there in 2017.
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.
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.
Ukraine will be given what it requires ‘to fight for its survival and security,’ U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III says in a speech in Kyiv.
A plane-load of deported migrants lands at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, in the first step of an expected surge in the number of migrants sent to the U.S. Navy base there.