National & World Headlines
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Congress has passed a two-day stopgap spending bill to avert a partial government shutdown this weekend
December 18, 2020 -
The Pentagon has endorsed a new slate of initiatives to expand diversity within the ranks and reduce prejudice, including in recruiting, retention and professional development across the force
December 18, 2020 -
In today's Federal Newscast, President-elect Joe Biden begins to set expectations for how his administration will handle cybersecurity.
December 18, 2020 -
President-elect Joe Biden says he had chosen North Carolina regulator Michael S. Regan as his nominee to lead the Environmental Protection Agency and New Mexico Rep. Deb Haaland as his pick for interior secretary.
December 18, 2020 -
President-elect Joe Biden says he has chosen North Carolina regulator Michael S
December 17, 2020 -
In today's Federal Newscast, the big-six veterans service organizations are calling on President Trump to immediately fire his VA secretary.
December 17, 2020 -
In today's Federal Newscast, a bipartisan group of six Senators want the FBI and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency to submit a report to Congress about the impact of the SolarWinds cyber attack on agencies.
December 16, 2020 -
President-elect Joe Biden is nominating his former rival Pete Buttigieg as secretary of Transportation and intends to choose former Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm as Energy secretary.
December 15, 2020 -
Attorney General William Barr, one of President Donald Trump’s staunchest allies, is departing amid lingering tension over the president’s baseless claims of election fraud and the investigation into President-elect Joe Biden’s son
December 15, 2020 -
U.S. government agencies and private companies rushed Monday to secure their computer networks following the disclosure of a sophisticated and long-running cyber-espionage intrusion suspected of being carried out by Russian hackers
December 14, 2020 -
Hackers broke into the networks of the Treasury and Commerce departments as part of a global cyberespionage campaign revealed just days after a leading cybersecurity firm said it had been breached in an attack that industry experts said bore the hallmarks of Russian tradecraft
December 14, 2020 -
President Donald Trump has signed a temporary government-wide funding bill into law, averting a federal shutdown at midnight and buying Congress time for on-again, off-again talks on COVID-19 aid
December 11, 2020 -
The Senate has approved a wide-ranging defense policy bill, sending it to President Donald Trump, despite his threat to veto it because the bill does not clamp down on big tech companies he claims were biased during the election
December 11, 2020 -
In today's Federal Newscast, veterans service organizations and others have mixed reactions to President-elect Biden's pick to lead the Department of Veterans Affairs.
December 11, 2020 -
An investigative report by the Veteran Affairs Department's internal watchdog has taken a look at what VA Secretary Robert Wilkie did when he was confronted with a sexual assault allegation at the flagship medical center in the nation's capital
December 10, 2020