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Interior staffer is first Jewish Biden appointee to quit over Gaza war
She is at least the fifth mid- or senior-level administration staffer to make public their resignation in protest of the White House policy.
What marijuana reclassification means for the United States
The Justice Department proposal would recognize the medical uses of cannabis, but wouldn’t legalize it for recreational use.
FEMA Administrator Criswell surveys damage in wake of Oklahoma tornado
The National Weather Service rated the tornado as an EF4 with wind speeds of up to 170 mph (274 kph).
Trump says he’d use the National Guard to deport migrants if reelected
The presumptive Republican presidential nominee didn't elaborate how he'd carry out deportation operations or what role the Guard would play in them.
US drug control agency to reclassify marijuana in historic shift
The move would acknowledge it has less potential for abuse than some of the most dangerous drugs but would not legalize marijuana outright.
Opinion
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
Opinion
Can the federal government be a standard bearer for responsible AI?
Malicious actors can “use access to bulk data sets to fuel the creation and refinement of AI and threaten national security."
By Jim Richberg
Net neutrality restored as FCC votes to regulate internet providers
The move effectively reinstates a net neutrality order the commission first issued in 2015 during the Obama administration.
By David Hamilton
Opinion
How the government came to embrace good-faith hacking of its networks
Federal agencies are inoculating public IT infrastructure by not only listening to the Internet’s Immune System, but proactively inviting healthy input.
By Casey Ellis
Congress sends Ukraine, Israel, Taiwan aid package to president’s desk
After months of delays, Congress passed a $95 billion package that includes funds to arm Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan.
Opinion
Power through fiscal year-end budgeting with AI, workflow automation
To execute their second-half blitz, federal managers must pore through mountains of data across thousands of programs.
By Mark Fedeli