Feb 13 Court halts Pentagon cloud contract work with Microsoft By Joseph Pisani, Rachel Lerman, Associated Press A federal court has ordered the Pentagon to temporarily halt work with Microsoft on a $10 billion military cloud contract that Amazon was initially favored to win. Continue reading
Feb 07 Barr’s call for U.S. control of 5G providers quickly rebuked By Tali Arbel, Associated Press On Thursday, Attorney General William Barr said the U.S. government should consider taking a "controlling stake" in the European 5G suppliers Nokia and Ericsson. Continue reading
Feb 06 Trump administration moves ahead on shrinking Utah monuments By Brady McCombs, Associated Press The plans ensure lands previously off-limits to energy development will be open to mining and drilling despite pending lawsuits. … Continue reading
Jan 30 U.S. hits Iran with new sanctions, keeps some waivers in place By Deb Reichmann, Associated Press Brian Hook, U.S. envoy to Iran, said the U.S. would renew for 60 days sanctions waivers that permit Russian, European and Chinese companies to continue to work on Iran's civilian nuclear facilities without running afoul of U.S. sanctions. Continue reading
Jan 24 Trump touts new U.S. Space Force logo. Some see a resemblance to ‘Star Trek’ By Robert Burns, Associated Press The new U.S. Space Force is not Star Trek's Starfleet Command, but their logos bear a striking similarity. Continue reading
Jan 22 Trump administration approves Keystone pipeline on U.S. land By Matthew Brown, Associated Press The Trump administration has approved a right-of-way allowing the Keystone XL oil sands pipeline to be built across U.S. land. Continue reading
Dec 04 Watch 7:47 How cuts to food stamp program could increase ‘poor outcomes’ for the food insecure The Trump administration is making some major changes to the food stamp program, known as SNAP. On Wednesday, the U.S. Department of Agriculture finalized a new rule expected to end access to the benefit for nearly 700,000 people by enforcing… Continue watching
Sep 23 Watch 6:18 Judges weigh Trump’s family planning funding rule By PBS NewsHour A panel of appellate judges on Monday considered whether a Trump administration rule on federal funding for clinics that make abortion referrals may remain in place while legal challenges work their way through the courts. More than 900 clinics, many… Continue watching
Sep 20 Watch 6:53 Amid whistleblower reports, what’s the state of U.S.-Ukraine relations? Reports of a whistleblower complaint that might involve President Trump, potentially related to his conversations with the president of Ukraine, have raised myriad questions. Yamiche Alcindor has the latest details, and for a look at the geopolitical angle of the… Continue watching
Sep 18 Watch 6:35 Why Calif. Gov. Gavin Newsom thinks revoking emissions standards could be ‘catastrophic’ President Trump has announced that states will no longer be able to set their own fuel mileage and emissions standards, as they previously were empowered to do. California, for example, had an agreement with several automakers for voluntary adherence to… Continue watching