by Shawn Meehan | May 21, 2024 | News
(The Center Square) – Nevada’s U.S. senators have introduced a bill to ban Yucca Mountain from being a nuclear waste repository. However, the legislators may have an uphill battle getting support from politicians and the public. The Jobs, Not Waste Act from...
by Shawn Meehan | May 21, 2024 | News
The Army canceled the Future Attack and Reconnaissance Aircraft (FARA) program, the service said in a statement released Thursday. The Defense Department had already spent $2 billion on this program as part of a major aviation overhaul. Army officials planned for the...
by Shawn Meehan | May 21, 2024 | News
Congress stands poised to deliver another $60 billion in aid to Ukraine atop the $111 billion in prior packages. President Biden has pushed for these bills and is expected to sign them. Just this latest figure is a staggering sum, enough to build 10 Columbia-class...
by Shawn Meehan | May 21, 2024 | News
Top American automaker Ford hemorrhaged over a billion dollars on electric vehicles (EV) in the first quarter, leading to massive losses per vehicle. Ford sold 10,000 vehicles in its EV Model e unit in the first three months of the year, losing $1.3 billion on the...
by Shawn Meehan | May 17, 2024 | Uncategorized
The Senate border bill would hand the FBI $204 million to help with the backlogged processing of DNA tests of migrants to determine if they are connected to crimes. The FBI has a 15-month backlog in this testing program. Known as the Combined DNA Index System (CODIS),...
by Shawn Meehan | May 15, 2024 | News
(The Center Square) – Wyoming is part of a croup of states suing the Biden administration over changes to Title IX. The coalition, which also includes Kansas, Utah, Alaska, and private parties, argues the new rules run counter to the “core principles of Title IX.”...
by Shawn Meehan | May 11, 2024 | News
The federal government funded a multilateral research project investigating how “populist” politicians allegedly sowed disinformation and eroded public trust during the COVID-19 pandemic. The National Science Foundation (NSF) paid out a grant to support research...
by Shawn Meehan | May 11, 2024 | News
George Washington University law professor Jonathan Turley said Friday that the judge in former President Donald Trump’s trial crossed “the line” with a suggestion to prosecutors. New York Judge Juan Merchan suggested that Former Trump Organization CFO Allen...
by Shawn Meehan | May 9, 2024 | News
(The Center Square) – A bipartisan group of 26 U.S. senators from 17 states are urging leaders of the U.S. Postal Service to delay execution of its strategic plan. “We call on you to pause planned changes to the U.S. Postal Service’s processing and delivery network...
by Shawn Meehan | May 7, 2024 | News
(The Center Square) – Maricopa County Attorney Rachel Mitchell explained the rise in fentanyl prosecutions on Tuesday, as state leaders make various announcements on National Fentanyl Awareness Day. The county attorney’s office said in a news release that there...
