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NOAA’s budget is too small. That’s costing the US billions of dollars
With a fiscal year 2024 budget of $6.3 billion, the nation’s leading weather and climate agency remains significantly underfunded.
By Scott Rayder
US State Dept. clears UK’s $1B purchase of Joint Air-to-Ground Missile
The UK is one step closer to adding Joint Air-to-Ground Missiles to its weapons inventory.
By Jen Judson
Trump has gag order imposed over threatening post about Milley
The former president could face sanctions from a federal judge for future inflammatory comments.
Dems weigh batch votes to bypass Tuberville for remaining nominees
After the Senate confirmed three joint chiefs, Democrats are strategizing how to confirm the hundreds of other military nominees held up by Tuberville.
Three top military leaders confirmed after Senate deal
The Senate is expected to fill three vacancies on the Joint Chiefs of Staff — including the chairman post — after a surprise breakthrough Wednesday.
AUKUS agreement requires submarine production boost, Franchetti says
She laid out the submarine production rate needed for AUKUS at her Senate hearing, though her confirmation is uncertain.
90% of senior military posts could soon be caught in nominations fight
The number of senior posts held up in a political showdown is expected to more than double by year's end.
Senators could be forced to ram through some military nominations soon
Despite one senator's hold on 300-plus confirmations, Democratic leaders could advance some nominees individually.
In nod to ‘Oppenheimer,’ US vows to prioritize cleanup at nuclear lab
Ike White, who heads DOE’s Office of Environmental Management, said the release of “Oppenheimer” film makes it time to talk about the atomic age's legacy.
CQ Brown decries hold on nominations in hearing to head Joint Chiefs
Gen. CQ Brown, now Air Force chief of staff, appeared to draw broad support from senators considering his nomination to be the next Joint Chiefs chairman.
EPA retreats on Louisiana probes of cancer rates in Black communities
The Supreme Court will soon decide a major affirmative action case that could limit the agency’s authority to wield a key civil rights law.
By Michael Phillis