Government News
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President-elect Joe Biden is making his case for retired Army Gen. Lloyd Austin to be secretary of defense, urging Congress to waive a legal prohibition against a recently serving military officer running the Pentagon
December 08, 2020 -
President Donald Trump is threatening to veto a defense policy bill unless it ends protections for internet companies that shield them from being held liable for material posted by their users
December 02, 2020 -
With unemployment still high and a new economic slump possible this winter, President-elect Joe Biden has announced a liberal team of economic advisers
November 30, 2020 -
Republican Sen_ Lindsey Graham says he thinks President Donald Trump should attend President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration because it would be “good for the country.”
November 30, 2020 -
The Supreme Court is hearing arguments over whether the Trump administration can exclude people in the country illegally from the count used for divvying up congressional seats.
November 28, 2020 -
President-elect Joe Biden is tapping Obama-era officials for top national security positions
November 23, 2020 -
The General Services Administration has ascertained that President-elect Joe Biden is the “apparent winner” of the Nov. 3 election
November 23, 2020 -
President-elect Biden is turning to a veteran of the Department of Homeland Security to lead the agency amid widespread concern that it became overtly politicized.
November 23, 2020 -
A federal judge in New York has ruled that Acting Department of Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf assumed his position unlawfully.
November 14, 2020 -
President Donald Trump says he has fired Defense Secretary Mark Esper
November 09, 2020 -
The Supreme Court has ruled that the Trump administration can end census field operations early, in a blow to efforts to make sure minorities are properly counted in the crucial once-a-decade tally
October 14, 2020 -
Social Security recipients will get a modest 1.3% cost-of living-increase in 2021, but that might be small comfort amid worries about the coronavirus pandemic and its consequences for older people
October 13, 2020 -
The ruling by the three judges on the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco was a split decision for the Trump administration and a coalition of civil rights groups and local governments that had challenged the administration’s 2020 census schedule.
October 07, 2020 -
Military leaders who were in contact with Adm. Charles W. Ray, the vice commandant of the Coast Guard, have been tested, Pentagon spokesman Jonathan Hoffman said in a statement. None have exhibited symptoms or have so far tested positive.
October 06, 2020 -
A federal judge has stopped the 2020 census from finishing at the end of September
September 25, 2020