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The Transportation Department's Inspector General has opened an investigation into the Federal Aviation Administration's approval of Boeing's 737 Max planes, the 174

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The Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills will have second grade students learn cursive letters. The state mandated that all districts must include cursive in the curriculum for the upcoming school year. "I know we have the internet and things of the sort, but I think it's a good habit to teach them old skills," said Nehemiah Oatis, a Killeen parent.When state educational standards opted against requiring cursive, many districts dropped penmanship. Temple ISD includes cursive in their lesson plans, but will begin teaching it to their students a year earlier than before. Belton ISD, however, does not currently include it in their lesson plans. "It’s important that our kids are able to communicate through the written word and through the spoken word," said Elizabeth Giniewicz, executor director of elementary curriculum for Temple ISD.Some argue that in the digital era, cursive is not necessary. But supporters say there are a number of benefits, including hand-eye coordination and developing fine motor skills. "It helps make those connections and the fluid strokes and all of the lettering so your brain just develops appropriately," said Giniewicz. 1174

The Senate Tuesday voted overwhelmingly 90 to 8 to confirm President Donald Trump's pick for secretary of defense, Mark Esper, giving the Pentagon its first permanent chief since James Mattis stepped down in January.While he received broad bipartisan backing, several Democratic presidential hopefuls including Sens. Kirsten Gillibrand, Kamala Harris, Cory Booker and Elizabeth Warren voted against Esper who had been Army Secretary and had briefly served as the acting secretary of defense after Trump's initial pick to replace Mattis, Patrick Shanahan's nomination dramatically imploded last month.Following his confirmation vote Trump is expected to formally appoint Esper later on Tuesday and a Pentagon spokesman told reporters a swearing in ceremony is expected Tuesday evening.Esper, a former army officer and West Point classmate of Secretary of State Mike Pompeo also worked as a senior staffer on Capitol Hill.Though he received broad bipartisan support he has received some criticism from at least one Democratic lawmaker over his ties to Raytheon, a major defense contractor, where he worked as a lobbyist.The unprecedented length of time without a permanent secretary of defense had been cited as a problem by both Republican and Democrat lawmakers as well as veterans of the defense department.A large number of senior roles at the Pentagon continue to lack permanent appointees.Esper had to step down as acting secretary following his formal nomination due to regulations. Secretary of the Navy Richard V. Spencer has been performing the acting role as Esper went through the confirmation process, making him the third consecutive acting defense secretary since Mattis resigned. 1705

The Trump administration is proposing tariffs on up to .4 billion worth of French imports — including Roquefort cheese, handbags, lipstick and sparkling wine — in retaliation for France’s tax on American tech giants like Google, Amazon and Facebook.The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative charged Monday that France’s new digital services tax discriminates against U.S. companies. The trade office will accept public comments on the tariffs, which could hit 100%, through Jan. 6 and hold a hearing Jan. 7.The French tax is designed to prevent tech companies from dodging taxes by putting headquarters in low-tax European Union countries. It imposes a 3% annual levy on French revenues of digital companies with yearly global sales worth more than 750 million euros (0 million) and French revenue exceeding 25 million euros.The U.S. also criticized the French tax for targeting companies’ revenue, not their profits, and for being retroactive.The decision to pursue tariffs “sends a clear signal that the United States will take action against digital tax regimes that discriminate or otherwise impose undue burdens on U.S. companies,” U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer said.His agency investigated the French tax under Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974 — the same provision the Trump administration used last year to probe China’s technology policies, leading to tariffs on more than 0 billion worth of Chinese imports in the biggest trade war since the 1930s.Lighthizer warned that the U.S. is also exploring whether to pursue Section 301 investigations into digital taxes introduced by Austria, Italy and Turkey.The decision to target France got bipartisan endorsement from Iowa Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley and Oregon Democratic Sen. Ron Wyden. In a joint statement, they assailed the French digital tax as “unreasonable, protectionist and discriminatory.”The tech trade group ITI said it welcomed the administration’s decision and urged continued negotiations on international taxes under the auspices of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development.The tariff announcement is likely to increase tension between the United States and Europe. The U.S. is already readying tariffs on .5 billion in EU imports over illegal subsidies for the European aircraft giant Airbus. The World Trade Organization on Monday 2367

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