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HHS Secretary Becerra to visit Alabama in wake of IVF ruling
The ruling by the Republican-controlled Alabama Supreme Court has unexpectedly propelled the issue of IVF into the presidential campaign conversation.
By Amanda Seitz
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Biden names technology hubs in 32 states, Puerto Rico to help industry
The hubs are the result of a process the Commerce Department launched in May to distribute a total of $500 million in grants to cities.
Republican effort to undo VA abortion rule fails in Senate
The Senate rejected 51-48 the bid to scrap the expanded services.
Colorado Dem threatens to hold Pentagon nominees over Space Command HQ
The latest threat to Senate confirmation of Pentagon nominees is coming from President Joe Biden's fellow Democrats over the Space Command headquarters.
In U-turn, feds defend including undocumented in House count
The Alabama case is the last one pending over whether people in the U.S. illegally can be excluded from the apportionment count.
Governor urges Biden administration to keep Space Command, US lands agency in Colorado
Gov. Jared Polis is urging the Biden administration to keep the headquarters of two key U.S. government agencies in Colorado.
Once wary of feds, state election leaders now welcome help
After strained relations in 2016, state secretaries of state described to Fifth Domain how their relationship with the federal government has improved since the last presidential election.
By Andrew Eversden
NOAA chief thanks Alabama weather office in Dorian forecast
Acting administrator Neil Jacobs told a meteorology group Tuesday that a NOAA statement which criticized a local forecast office that contradicted Trump was meant to clarify “technical aspects” about Dorian’s potential impact.
NOAA scientist: agency likely broke science integrity rules
The agency’s top scientist called a Friday press release rebuking the Birmingham weather office for contradicting President Donald Trump “political” and the head of the National Weather Service said the Alabama office “did what any office would do to protect the public.”
Alabama city built on federal dollars feeling shutdown pinch
About 70 federal agencies are located at the Army’s 38,000-acre Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, Alabama. As the government shutdown drags into a third week, people and businesses that rely on some facet of Washington-backed spending for their livelihood are showing the strain.
Big shakeup coming to Senate Armed Services
Changing eight seats on the Senate Armed Services Committee — long seen as a powerful pulpit on national security issues — is an unusual level of upheaval.
By Joe Gould
Failure to launch? Trump’s Space Force faces Senate skeptics
If President Donald Trump wants his proposed Space Force to have a life beyond a campaign rally applause line, his administration will have to win over skeptics of both parties, especially in the U.S. Senate.
By Joe Gould