Jan 19, 2024

Federal officials are aiming to improve disaster assistance

Flooding in downtown Jackson, Kentucky, in July 2022. Michael Swensen/Getty Images

The Federal Emergency Management Agency is changing rules to simplify and speed up assistance; last year, existing home sales were at their lowest since 1995; Apple to grant third-party digital wallet providers access to its one-tap mobile payment system, E.U. says; Congress narrowly averts partial shutdown with stopgap funding bill.