Government News
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The Senate has confirmed a former ambassador and senior official at the Federal Aviation Administration as civilian leader of the Air Force
October 16, 2019 -
Federal appeals court will reconsider ruling from a three-judge panel that threw out lawsuit accusing the president of illegally profiting off the presidency through his Washington hotel.
October 16, 2019 -
Rep. Nita Lowey, who leads the powerful House Appropriations Committee and is a 31-year veteran of Congress, says she'll retire at the end of next year
October 10, 2019 -
Social Security says millions of retirees will get a modest 1.6% cost-of-living increase in 2020 _ and that comes to about $24 more a month more the average retired worker
October 10, 2019 -
A Defense Intelligence Agency official was arrested Wednesday and charged with leaking classified intelligence information to two journalists, including a reporter he was dating.
October 09, 2019 -
Trump trade adviser Peter Navarro said the proposal would keep the U.S. in the organization that it helped found.
September 25, 2019 -
Trump tweeted Wednesday that he has “worked long & hard” with O’Brien and that “he will do a great job!”
September 18, 2019 -
The House Oversight Committee says it is investigating whether Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao acted improperly to benefit herself or her family's shipping company
September 16, 2019 -
President Donald Trump has abruptly forced out John Bolton, his hawkish national security adviser
September 10, 2019 -
Federal authorities have arrested former officials of the Federal Emergency Management Authority and the former president of a major disaster relief contractor, accusing them of bribery and fraud as the territory struggled to recover from Hurricane Maria
September 10, 2019 -
Facebook says the U.S. Department of Homeland Security will be violating the company's rules if agents create fake profiles to monitor the social media of foreigners seeking to enter the country
September 03, 2019 -
The Justice Department's inspector general says former FBI Director James Comey violated FBI policies in his handling of memos documenting private conversations with President Donald Trump
August 30, 2019 -
Republican Sen. Johnny Isakson of Georgia says he'll retire at the end of 2019, citing what he calls 'health challenges.'
August 28, 2019 -
The Justice Department's immigration arm sent judges a morning news briefing that included a blog post from a virulently anti-immigration website
August 22, 2019 -
A preliminary estimate says it could take more than $5 billion to repair damage at a Navy weapons base from earthquakes that rocked the Southern California desert last month
August 14, 2019