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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
House passes contentious Ukraine, Israel, Taiwan aid package
The House advanced President Joe Biden's foreign aid request for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan six months after Congress first received the proposal.
Senate tosses impeachment case against Homeland Security Sec. Mayorkas
Senators voted separately to dismiss the two articles of impeachment, arguing that they were unconstitutional.
House to hold separate votes on Ukraine, Israel, Taiwan aid
The chamber will hold three separate votes on Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan aid bills that mirror legislation the Senate has already passed.
House to send Mayorkas impeachment articles to Senate, forcing a trial
Senators will be sworn in Wednesday as jurors, turning the chamber into the court of impeachment.
By Mary Clare Jalonick
Opinion
Congress should address recurring cases of cyber espionage at home
It should be focusing on improving the cybersecurity practices of the domestic actors who repeatedly allow this foreign hacking to occur.
By Reynold Schweickhardt
Tax Day reveals split in how Joe Biden, Donald Trump would govern
At the end of 2025, many of the tax cuts that Trump signed into law in 2017 will expire.
By Josh Boak and Jill Colvin, The Associated Press
Republicans pick defense hawk to usher spending bills
Republicans have selected a traditional defense hawk and Ukraine aid proponent as the new House appropriations chairman.
Take our poll: What issues in the 2024 elections matter most to feds?
Our latest reader survey asks feds what issues they’re tracking mostly closely come Nov. 5.
Deployed troops inhaled toxic air even while off-duty, study finds
Lung samples from service members they tested found traces of toxic vaporized metals and other hazardous items, well above that of non-deployed personnel.
Opinion
Lawmakers still benefitting from share trading in defense stocks
The potential for unethical stock trading may be worse for military corporations than any other, the authors argue.
By Craig Holman and Savannah Wooten