Government News
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The two blue beams known as the Tribute in Light are rising from lower Manhattan on the 19th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks
September 11, 2020 -
A group of states suing over service cuts at the Postal Service is asking a federal judge to immediately undo some of them, saying the integrity of the upcoming election is at stake.
September 10, 2020 -
Two days after a federal judge ordered the U.S. Census Bureau to stop temporarily winding down operations for the 2020 census, the statistical agency says it's refraining from laying off some census takers and it's restoring some quality-control steps
September 08, 2020 -
It’s an arcane law that people in Washington alternately regard with love, hate or indifference.
August 27, 2020 -
The president made the announcement on Twitter, praising Wolf’s leadership of an agency that plays a major role in the key Trump administration policy areas of immigration and crime.
August 25, 2020 -
A congressional watchdog agency has found that the top two Trump administration officials in the U.S. Department of Homeland Security were improperly appointed to the posts under federal law
August 14, 2020 -
The authority had been planning on replacing those workers with contractors who rely heavily on foreign workers under the H1-B visa program for highly skilled workers.
August 07, 2020 -
Stephen Akard announced his resignation just two days after Democrats issued subpoenas for several of Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s top aides to answer questions about the shakeup in the watchdog’s office.
August 05, 2020 -
The U.S. Census Bureau is cutting its schedule for data collection for the 2020 census a month short
August 04, 2020 -
The House Oversight Committee has invited the new postmaster general to appear at a hearing next month to examine operational changes to the U.S. Postal Service that are causing delays in mail deliveries
August 03, 2020 -
Democrats are condemning President Donald Trump’s appointment of a staunch loyalist to a senior Pentagon post
August 03, 2020 -
Trump told reporters he was removing the authority’s chair of the board and another member of the board and threatened to remove other board members.
August 03, 2020 -
Only one of their bodies was found, despite an intense days-long search involving helicopters and boats ranging from inflatables to a Navy destroyer.
August 03, 2020 -
The Pentagon is banning displays of the Confederate flag on military installations, using a carefully worded policy that doesn’t mention the word ban or that specific flag.
July 17, 2020 -
The policy was described by officials as a creative way to bar the flag's display without openly contradicting or angering President Trump.
July 17, 2020