Government News
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The head of U.S. Special Operations Command is launching an ethics review of his commando forces because of recent incidents of bad behavior and criminal allegations against troops.
August 12, 2019 -
President Donald Trump has picked Joseph Maguire, the nation's top counterterrorism official, as acting national intelligence director
August 08, 2019 -
A federal employees union says recent comments by acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney confirm the Trump administration's "grand strategy" to cut the federal workforce by relocating agency offices out of Washington
August 06, 2019 -
The agreement permits the government to resume borrowing to pay its bills and sets an overall $1.37 trillion limit on agency budgets approved by Congress annually. It also ends automatic spending cuts and eliminates the prospect of an October government shutdown.
August 02, 2019 -
Thursday’s vote addressed a worrisome set of Washington deadlines as Trump’s allies and adversaries set aside ideology in exchange for relative fiscal peace and stability.
August 01, 2019 -
A top Air Force commander says mold has been found in nearly 1,200 dorm rooms at a military complex in San Antonio, leading to hundreds of military personnel being housed in hotels
July 31, 2019 -
Dan Coats is resigning next month as national intelligence director after often clashing with President Trump over Russian election interference
July 29, 2019 -
It took 7 months, but President Donald Trump finally has a Senate-confirmed secretary of defense, Army veteran Mark Esper
July 23, 2019 -
Republican and Democratic congressional leaders and President Donald Trump endorse a debt and budget agreement that fends off concerns over a possible government shutdown or a federal default
July 23, 2019 -
Eugene Scalia has a decades-long record of challenging Labor Department and other federal regulations, as well as a famous last name
July 19, 2019 -
Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta is resigning, adding to the lengthy list of departures from President Donald Trump's Cabinet
July 12, 2019 -
Mnuchin urges Congress to increase debt limit before recess to avoid unprecedented default on the national debt.
July 12, 2019 -
Trump abandons controversial bid to include a citizenship question on the 2020 census, directs agencies dig through existing databases.
July 11, 2019 -
A Senate committee has voted along party lines to approve President Donald Trump's nominee to run the Federal Aviation Administration
July 10, 2019 -
Pentagon says that acting Defense Secretary Mark Esper expects to be formally nominated for the top job very soon
July 09, 2019