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DOT Orders States to Halt Work on $5 Billion EV Charging Network

DOT Orders States to Halt Work on  Billion EV Charging Network

The Department of Transportation (DOT) on Thursday sent a memo to all states, telling them to stop building new government-funded charging stations immediately. It’s one of the first major actions from President Trump’s newly appointed Transportation Secretary, Sean Duffy. The former Real World cast member has vowed to undo what he calls the “radical Green New Deal,” which he blames …

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Feds Halt the National Electric Vehicle Charging Program

Feds Halt the National Electric Vehicle Charging Program

The US Department of Transportation has ordered states to kill their implementation plans related to the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure program, according to a memo obtained by WIRED that was later made public. The decision appears to halt in its tracks a $5 billion program designed to fund state projects to install electric vehicle charging stations across the United States. …

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Ripple says XRP Ledger back online after hourlong network halt

Ripple says XRP Ledger back online after hourlong network halt

Ripple’s XRP Ledger has recovered from a network halt that prevented validations from being published for over an hour, Ripple’s chief technology officer confirmed. Network activity froze at block height 93927174 for 64 minutes before the blockchain was rebooted on Feb. 4 at 10:58 am UTC, XRPL’s explorer page shows. “It looked like consensus was running but validations were not …

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Israel Says UNRWA Has 6 Days to Halt Operations in East Jerusalem

Israel Says UNRWA Has 6 Days to Halt Operations in East Jerusalem

Israel told the United Nations on Friday that its relief agency known as UNRWA, a critical lifeline to two million Palestinians during the 15 months of war in Gaza, had six days to stop all operations in East Jerusalem. Israel’s ambassador to the U.N., Danny Danon, said in a letter addressed to the U.N. secretary general, António Guterres, “UNRWA is …

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Rubio Oversees Halt to Foreign Aid and Meets With Asian Diplomats on Day 1

Rubio Oversees Halt to Foreign Aid and Meets With Asian Diplomats on Day 1

Secretary of State Marco Rubio walked into the State Department on Tuesday for the first time in his new job, taking the reins of the main agency carrying out U.S. foreign policy at a time of violent global crises and as other nations begin engaging with President Trump. After greeting employees at a ceremonial gathering, Mr. Rubio went into a …

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