U.S. News
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The Peace Corps says it'll start sending volunteers overseas again in mid-March after it evacuated them from posts around the world two years ago due to the COVID-19 pandemic
March 03, 2022 -
Native Hawaiians revere water in all its forms as the embodiment of a Hawaiian god
March 03, 2022 -
Dozens of U.S. Navy officials have admitted to being bought off by a gregarious, rotund Malaysian defense contractor known as “Fat Leonard” who plied them with prostitutes, Cuban cigars and free stays at the Philippines’ Shangri-La hotel among other things
March 02, 2022 -
The ongoing aggression by Vladimir Putin and his Russian armed forces has provoked a nearly all-of-government response from the United States, no less than nations geographically closer to Ukraine. That includes the State Department.
March 01, 2022 -
The U.S. Treasury Department has concluded that more than 80% of the billions of dollars in federal rental assistance during the pandemic went to low-income tenants
February 25, 2022 -
California’s Fort Ord has been on the Environmental Protection Agency’s list of the most polluted places in the nation since 1990
February 23, 2022 -
Federal officials have come up with a list of potential replacement names for hundreds of geographic features in three dozen states that include the word “squaw.”
February 22, 2022 -
A federal appeals court has upheld a prison sentence of more than 13 years for a former Coast Guard officer accused of stockpiling weapons and plotting politically motivated killings inspired by a far-right mass murderer
February 22, 2022 -
The U.S. Navy’s Mideast-based 5th Fleet is planning the launch of a new joint fleet of unmanned drones with allied nations to patrol vast swaths of the region’s volatile waters as tensions simmer with Iran
February 21, 2022 -
President Joe Biden has signed a bill granting a three-week extension of government funding and allowing Congress more time to reach an overdue deal financing federal agencies through the rest of the fiscal year
February 18, 2022 -
The former director of Montana's wildlife agency has been confirmed to lead the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
February 18, 2022 -
Dozens of National Guard Army and Air Force troops in New Mexico have been stepping in to fill a shortage of teachers in schools
February 17, 2022 -
Government investigators say former U.S. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke misused his position to advance a Montana development project and lied to an agency ethics official about his involvement
February 16, 2022 -
A federal cybersecurity agency is reviewing a report that alleges security vulnerabilities in voting machines used by Georgia and other states
February 11, 2022 -
A U.S. appeals court has declined for now to allow President Joe Biden's administration to require COVID-19 vaccinations for federal employees
February 10, 2022