Published by Nikki Ratay on Wed, 12/23/2020 - 3:00am
Washington – Top Capitol Hill negotiators sealed a deal Sunday on a $900 billion COVID-19 economic relief package, finally delivering long-overdue help to businesses and individuals and providing money to deliver vaccines to a nation eager for them.
Published by Nikki Ratay on Wed, 12/23/2020 - 12:00am
Wilmington, Del. – President-elect Joe Biden's transition team expressed frustration Friday with the level of cooperation they're getting from political appointees at the Department of Defense, saying there has been “an abrupt halt in the already limited cooperation there.”
Published by Nikki Ratay on Tue, 12/22/2020 - 3:00am
Little Rock, Ark. – One in every five state and federal prisoners in the United States has tested positive for the coronavirus, a rate more than four times as high as the general population. In some states, more than half of prisoners have been infected, according to data collected by The Associated Press and The Marshall Project.
Published by Nikki Ratay on Tue, 12/22/2020 - 2:00am
Washington – Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin is poised to become the top Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee, making him a key ally of Joe Biden as the president-elect navigates an increasingly partisan climate and some of the most contentious policy areas in Congress.
Published by Nikki Ratay on Tue, 12/22/2020 - 1:00am
Washington – The Senate has confirmed an Indiana prosecutor to replace Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett on a federal appeals court based in Chicago.
Published by Nikki Ratay on Tue, 12/22/2020 - 12:00am
The U.S. Senate considered but failed to take action on the Daniel Anderl Judicial Security and Privacy Act of 2020 last week.
The legislation would enhance the security protections for federal judges nationwide, according to a release from the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts.
Published by Nikki Ratay on Mon, 12/21/2020 - 2:00am
The federal government must pay some landowners along the lower Missouri River for flooding damage caused by changes the Army Corps of Engineers made to the river to protect endangered species.
Published by Nikki Ratay on Sun, 12/20/2020 - 4:00am
Chicago – For the first time in history, the U.S. government has carried out more executions in a year than all states that still conduct executions, according to an annual report on the death penalty released Wednesday.
Published by Nikki Ratay on Sun, 12/20/2020 - 3:00am
Washington – U.S. government agencies and private companies rushed this week to secure their computer networks following the disclosure of a sophisticated and long-running cyber-espionage intrusion suspected of being carried out by Russian hackers.
Published by Nikki Ratay on Sun, 12/20/2020 - 2:00am
Governments and major corporations worldwide are scrambling to see if they, too, were victims of a global cyberespionage campaign that penetrated multiple U.S. government agencies and involved a common software product used by thousands of organizations. Russia, the prime suspect, denies involvement. Cybersecurity investigators said the hack’s impact extends far beyond the affected U.S.