National & World Headlines
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More than a dozen military families in Hawaii spark trial over 2021 jet fuel leak that tainted waterA trial for a mass environmental injury is starting more than two years after a jet fuel leak in Pearl Harbor's drinking water poisoned thousands of people.
April 29, 2024 -
A new report indicates that the Fraud Enforcement Task Force filed criminal charges against more than 3,500 people.
April 12, 2024 -
I speak with Bruce McClintock, Senior Policy Researcher and lead of RAND's Space Enterprise Initiative, about how well the U.S. is working with it's allies.
March 26, 2024 -
Senate passes $1.2 trillion funding package in early morning vote, ending threat of partial shutdownThe second of two large spending packages keeps agencies funded for the rest of 2024. The bill now goes to President Joe Biden to be signed into law.
March 23, 2024 -
Lawmakers have introduced a $1.2 trillion spending package that sets the stage for avoiding a partial government shutdown for several key federal agencies.
March 21, 2024 -
Negotiators from Congress and the White House are scrambling to complete work on funding government agencies for the fiscal year and avoid a partial shutdown.
March 18, 2024 A unanimous Supreme Court has ruled public officials can sometimes be sued for blocking their critics on social media, an issue that first arose for the high court in a case involving then-President Donald Trump. Justice Amy Coney Barrett wrote for the court Friday, saying officials who use personal accounts to make official statements may not be free to delete comments about those statements or block critics altogether. But Barrett wrote that “state officials have private lives and their own constitutional rights.” The cases forced the court to deal with the competing free speech rights of public officials and their constituents in a rapidly evolving virtual world.
March 15, 2024-
In today's Federal Newscast, the Secret Service is warming up plans for one of the biggest sporting events in the world.
March 14, 2024 -
After weeks of testing, an electronic system for filing returns directly to the IRS is now available for taxpayers from 12 selected states.
March 12, 2024 -
House passes $460 billion package of spending bills. Senate expected to act before shutdown deadlineThe Senate is expected to take up the legislation before a midnight Friday shutdown deadline. And lawmakers are negotiating a second package of six bills.
March 06, 2024 - Congress approves short-term extension to avoid shutdown, buy more time for final spending agreement
The bill now goes to President Joe Biden to be signed into law. The short-term extension is the fourth in recent months.
February 29, 2024 -
Congressional leaders have announced a tentative agreement to prevent a government shutdown, for now.
February 28, 2024 -
Congressional leaders emerged from an “intense” Oval Office meeting with President Joe Biden speaking about avoiding a partial government shutdown.
February 27, 2024 -
I spoke with Ellis Brazeal and Brett Richards, both of whom are legal professionals within the space industry for the firm Jones Walker about the new race to get back to moon.
February 14, 2024 -
The Pentagon has completed its review of Defense Secretary’s Lloyd Austin’s failure last month to quickly notify the president and other senior leaders about his hospitalization for complications from prostate cancer surgery.
February 08, 2024