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
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development announced Thursday that it will change a rule that counts service-related disability benefits as income, often excluding veterans from housing restricted to low-income residents.
World & Nation
Trump pauses the refugee resettlement program this week as part of a series of executive orders cracking down on immigration.
Politics
Allies are struggling to save part of their security funding from the 90-day freeze ordered by President Trump, who also paused federal grants and loans inside the U.S.
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.
INDUSTRY UPDATES
CHAOS Industries, a technology company focused on building the next generation of defense and national security systems has announced the appointment of former U.S. Representative Will Hurd as chief strategy officer, according to a press release issued by CHAOS Industries.
The U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals has blocked a judge’s order to build temporary housing on the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs’ West Los Angeles campus by early next year, and set an accelerated schedule to hear the government’s appeal of the order.
In a move that has alarmed veterans, Brentwood School is asking an appeals court to toss out a judge’s ruling voiding a lease for veteran land where it maintains athletic facilities.
Business
A number of prominent companies have scaled back or set aside the diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives that much of corporate America endorsed after the Minneapolis police killing of George Floyd.