Government News
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By CALVIN WOODWARD Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The State Department’s internal watchdog has found that many department employees are not preserving emails for the public record as required by the government. That could mean…
March 12, 2015 -
By JENNIFER C. KERR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The government is taking the nation’s biggest satellite TV provider to court, accusing DirecTV of misleading millions of consumers about the cost of its programming. The…
March 12, 2015 -
By ALICIA A. CALDWELL and JOSH LEDERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Secret Service is conducting middle-of-the-night drone flights near the White House in secret tests to devise a defense against the unmanned aircraft,…
March 11, 2015 -
A National Weather Service employee accused of illegally accessing a restricted federal computer database containing information about the nation's dams, stealing information and lying to federal investigators will have charges against her dismissed if a judge approves the prosecution's request.
March 10, 2015 -
By JIM KUHNHENN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Targeting stagnant wages in an otherwise improving economy, President Barack Obama on Monday called on employers, educational institutions and local governments to develop a home grown high…
March 10, 2015 -
By ALICIA CHANG AP Science Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — After a nearly eight-year journey, a NASA spacecraft on Friday flawlessly slipped into orbit around Ceres in the first visit to a dwarf planet. The…
March 10, 2015 -
By JIM KUHNHENN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is focusing on high-tech jobs in his bid to make progress on stagnant wages in this country. Obama has obtained commitments from more than…
March 09, 2015 -
By ANNE FLAHERTY and NANCY BENAC Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — No, it’s not always a room filled with wires and glowing blue lights. It’s probably not even the size of your furnace. The personal…
March 06, 2015 -
By STEPHEN BRAUN and BRADLEY KLAPPER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The government will examine thousands of Hillary Rodham Clinton’s emails for public release — and for possible security lapses — after revelations she used…
March 06, 2015 -
By JACK GILLUM and TED BRIDIS Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A House committee investigating the Benghazi, Libya, attacks issued subpoenas Wednesday for the emails of Hillary Rodham Clinton, who used a private account exclusively…
March 05, 2015 -
By TALI ARBEL AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The head of the Federal Communications Commission is taking the defense of new Internet regulations on the road. Speaking at the Mobile World Congress wireless…
March 05, 2015 -
By ANICK JESDANUN AP Technology Writer NEW YORK (AP) — As a major wireless show continues this week in Barcelona, Spain, Apple is highlighting the capabilities of its iPhone cameras with a gallery of photos…
March 04, 2015 -
By ERICA WERNER and DAVID ESPO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Bitterly admitting defeat, the Republican-controlled Congress sent legislation to President Barack Obama on Tuesday that funds the Department of Homeland Security without any of…
March 04, 2015 -
By ERIKA KINETZ Associated Press SHANGHAI (AP) — China played down U.S. concerns that proposed anti-terror legislation would give the Chinese government sweeping power to police electronic communications and marginalize foreign companies fighting for a…
March 04, 2015 -
By ERIKA KINETZ Associated Press SHANGHAI (AP) — China played down U.S. concerns that proposed anti-terror legislation would give the Chinese government sweeping power to police electronic communications and marginalize foreign companies fighting for a…
March 04, 2015