Pentagon software buying process shifts towards more access
By Mike Stone WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Department of Defense is shifting how it buys software eyeing greater access to commercial and non-traditional software providers as the Pentagon hopes to rapidly modernize its weapons and business
Ukraine supporters focus on hope and resilience as US relations sour and war carries on
The theme of “hope” was chosen long before this year’s deterioration of Washington-Kyiv relations, but participants at an international Ukrainian studies conference said that hope is needed more than ever — not only in Ukraine but in
Car being pulled from Columbia River might have belonged to Oregon family that vanished in 1958
A crane resumed dredging on the Columbia River on Friday as it tired to clear a way to pull out a station wagon that is believed to have belonged to an Oregon family of five who disappeared
States sue President Trump’s administration over mass firings of probationary federal workers
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Maryland and 19 other states are suing multiple federal agencies, contending President Donald Trump’s administration has illegally fired thousands of federal probationary workers. Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown is leading the coalition of
Mexican cartel leader’s son is sentenced to life in prison for role in major drug trafficking plot
WASHINGTON (AP) — The son of a Mexican drug cartel boss has been sentenced to life in prison for his own leadership role in one of the country’s largest and most violent narcotics trafficking organizations. Rubén Oseguera,
US okays higher-power cellphone service for Musk’s Starlink despite objections
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Federal Communications Commission on Friday said it would allow Starlink, a unit of Elon Musk’s SpaceX, to operate a direct-to-cell service with T-Mobile at higher power levels despite objections
FAA to step up small plane scrutiny after close-call between Southwest plane, business jet
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Federal Aviation Administration said Friday it taking steps to address safety issues involving general aviation and business jets after a serious Feb. 25 near-miss incident in Chicago. The FAA said it will initiate
DEIA terminations begin at US Office of the Director of National Intelligence, lawyer says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Officials involved in diversity, equality, inclusion and accessibility programs at the U.S. Office of the Director of National Intelligence have been ordered to resign or be fired, the lawyer for two of the officials
Flabbergasted Wisconsin elections officials to depose Madison workers over uncounted ballots
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin election officials voted Friday to force Madison city workers to sit for depositions as they try to learn more about how nearly 200 absentee ballots in November’s election went uncounted. The uncounted
Out of the lab and into the streets, researchers and doctors rally for science against Trump cuts
WASHINGTON (AP) — Researchers, doctors, their patients and supporters ventured out of labs, hospitals and offices Friday to stand up to what they call a blitz on life-saving science by the Trump administration. In the nation’s capital,
