U.S. House fails to reauthorize 20-year-old bipartisan bill to fund rural schools, communities
Schools in 30 of Oregon’s 36 counties – and schools in other Western states – will receive less federal funding in 2025 after the U.S. House of Representatives failed to reauthorize a 24-year-old bill ...
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Jonah Goldberg: The trouble with Musk’s debut as a budget negotiator
In the wake of a successful effort to kill a year-end spending bill and replace it with more limited legislation to keep the government open, Elon Musk declared victory last week on X (formerly ...
US allocates $3B to ‘rip and replace’ Chinese technology at smaller telcos
A defense funding bill signed by U.S. President Joe Biden on Monday included $3 billion in funding to help telecom firms ...
US allocates $3B for ‘rip and replace’ program to replace Chinese technology at smaller telcos
A defense funding bill signed by U.S. President Joe Biden on Monday included $3 billion in funding to help telecom firms ...
Inside the RFK bill stunner: Fighter jets and a promise to a D.C. nemesis
One by one, D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser and her allies tackled objections from the bill’s chief opponents to carve out a last ...
A running list of Elon Musk's wins and losses in Washington since Trump's election
The billionaire businessman has racked up some wins, and a few losses, since becoming a major MAGA power player.
As Americans, we can’t let unelected sidekicks like Musk run our country | Opinion
The voters did not hire Elon Musk, and no amount of spin will wipe away the fact he almost drove the government into shutdown ...
US Agency Focused On Foreign Disinformation Shuts Down
A leading US government agency that tracks foreign disinformation has terminated its operations, the State Department said Tuesday, after Congress failed to extend its funding following years of ...
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Space Oddity: At 70, is the Baikonur Cosmodrome Nearing Retirement?
The septuagenarian space port proves as reliable as ever, but geopolitics and funding mean that its future at the forefront ...
The spending bill that averted a shutdown shrank from more than 1,500 pages to just 100—here’s what was cut
The spending bill that cleared Congress didn’t include pharmacy benefit manager reforms, a pay raise for lawmakers, and a ...
Congress was set to get a modest raise. Then Elon Musk stepped in.
Elon Musk's tanking of a government funding bill also helped kill a modest increase in congressional salaries.