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- Senate Armed Services Committee Ranking Member Roger Wicker, R-Miss., meets with reporters during a news conference at the Capitol in Washington, Jan. 11, 2024. The top Republican on a Senate committee that oversees the U.S. military is making an argument for aggressively increasing defense spending over negotiated spending caps. Sen. Roger Wicker, a Mississippi Republican, is releasing a plan for a “generational investment” that seeks to deter coordinated threats from U.S. adversaries like Russia, Iran and China. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
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Key Republican calls for 'generational' increase in defense spending to counter US adversaries
By STEPHEN GROVES - Associated Press
Wed,05/29/24-4:02AM , 618 Reads
WASHINGTON (AP) — The top-ranking Republican on a Senate committee that oversees the military is calling for a “generational investment” in America's defense, saying aggressive and significant spending increases are necessary to deter coordinated threats from U.S. adversaries such as Russia, Iran and China.
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- Instructor Mayra Ocampo, left, collaborates with Isabel Valencia in her living room on a lesson plan Valencia will teach her daughter in Pueblo, Colo., Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2024. Home visit programs have provided a lifeline for families, especially those for whom access to qualify early education is scarce or out of reach financially. The programs, which are set to expand with new federal support, are proven to help prepare children for school but have reached relatively few families. (AP Photo/Eric Lars Bakke)
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Quality early education can be expensive or hard to find. Home visits bring it to more families
By EMILY TATE SULLIVAN OF EDSURGE
Tue,05/28/24-9:32PM , 139 Reads
PUEBLO, Colo. (AP) — Standing in her living room, Isabel Valencia sets up her makeshift tennis serve with the materials on hand: a green balloon for a ball and a ruler affixed to a paper plate for a racket.
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Business events scheduled for the coming week
By ASSOCIATED PRESS
Fri,05/24/24-12:47PM , 572 Reads
Business events and economic reports scheduled for the coming week.

All times are Eastern.

MONDAY, May 27

U.S. stock and bond markets are closed for Memorial Day.

TUESDAY, May 28

WASHINGTON — The Conference Board releases the Consumer Confidence Index for May, 10 a.m.

THURSDAY, May 30
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- Culix Wibonele poses for a portrait on Monday, April 29, 2024, in Lawrenceville, Ga. Wibonele is a certified nursing assistant working in long-term care. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)
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Despite surging demand for long-term care, providers struggle to find workers
By JOSH KELETY/AP AND ERIC SCICCHITANO/CNHI NEWS
Fri,05/24/24-9:13AM , 329 Reads
The hardest part of Culix Wibonele’s first job in long-term care was not getting injured.
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