National & World Headlines
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A Bureau of Land Management preferred alternative for a proposed large-scale wind energy farm in southern Idaho would shrink the size by nearly half.
June 10, 2024 -
Retired four-star admiral Robert Burke, who served as vice chief of naval operations, faces federal charges including bribery and conspiracy.
May 31, 2024 -
The top-ranking Republican on a Senate committee that oversees the military is calling for a “generational investment” in America’s defense.
May 29, 2024 -
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has undergone a medical procedure at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center and has resumed duty after temporarily transferring power. He is continuing to deal with bladder issues that arose in December following his treatment for prostate cancer. The Pentagon says the procedure Friday was successful, elective and minimally invasive, “is not related to his cancer diagnosis and has had no effect on his excellent cancer prognosis.” Austin has returned home, and the Pentagon says no changes in his official schedule are anticipated, including his participation in Memorial Day events.
May 24, 2024 -
The Environmental Protection Agency warns that cyberattacks against water utilities around the U.S. are becoming more frequent and more severe.
May 20, 2024 -
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. Chairman Martin Gruenberg is sitting for a second day of grilling on Capitol Hill, this time at the Senate Banking Committee,
May 16, 2024 -
The Supreme Court's rejected a conservative-led attack that could've undermined the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
May 16, 2024 -
The Small Business Administration released its annual scorecard measuring how well federal agencies meet their small business contracting goals each year.
May 14, 2024 -
President Joe Biden on Monday issued an order blocking a Chinese-backed cryptocurrency mining firm from owning land near a Wyoming nuclear missile base, calling its proximity to the base a “national security risk.” The order forces the divestment of property operated as a crypto mining facility near the Francis E. Warren Air Force Base. It also forces the removal of certain equipment owned by MineOne Partners Ltd., a firm that is partly owned by the Chinese state. The move was made in coordination with the U.S. Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States.
May 13, 2024 -
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