Government News
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The Pentagon said it's streamlined the approval process for urgent use of National Guard forces in the District of Columbia.
December 30, 2021 -
The Biden administration has affirmed a Trump administration interpretation of high-level radioactive waste that is based on the waste’s radioactivity rather than how it was produced.
December 29, 2021 -
A federal judge in Oklahoma has ruled against the state in its lawsuit challenging the vaccine mandates for members of the Oklahoma National Guard.
December 28, 2021 -
President Joe Biden has signed the National Defense Authorization Act into law, authorizing $768.2 billion in military spending, including a 2.7% pay raise for service members, for 2022
December 28, 2021 -
A U.S. Navy warship remains in port at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay in Cuba, with about two dozen sailors — or nearly a quarter of its crew — testing positive for COVID-19, according to U.S. defense officials
December 27, 2021 -
Warning that extremism in the ranks is increasing, Pentagon officials are issuing detailed new rules prohibiting service members from actively engaging in extremist activities
December 20, 2021 -
U.S. officials say all of the military services have now begun disciplinary actions and discharges for troops who have refused to get the mandated coronavirus vaccine, with as many as 20,000 unvaccinated forces at risk of being removed from service
December 16, 2021 -
The Air Force has discharged 27 people for refusing to get the COVID-19 vaccine, making them what officials believe are the first service members to be removed for disobeying the mandate to get the shots
December 14, 2021 -
The Senate has passed a stopgap spending bill that avoids a short-term shutdown and funds the federal government through Feb. 18 after leaders defused a partisan standoff over federal vaccine mandates
December 02, 2021 -
The federal government could be heading for a temporary shutdown
December 01, 2021 -
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin says no member of the National Guard will be allowed to participate in drills or other training required to maintain their status in the Guard unless they are vaccinated against COVID-19 or are given an exemption.
November 30, 2021 -
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has rejected a request by Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt that his state’s National Guard be exempt from a Pentagon requirement that all military members be vaccinated against COVID-19
November 29, 2021 -
President Joe Biden is nominating Shalanda Young to lead the White House Office of Management and Budget
November 24, 2021 -
President Joe Biden has signed an executive order aimed at limiting turnover for federal service contract workers by offering them right of first refusal when a contract changes hands
November 18, 2021 -
The Pentagon will increase housing payments for troops in key areas and look into ways to combat hunger across the force.
November 17, 2021