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U.S. Government — GAO — Reports & Decisions

Broadband Deployment: Agencies Should Take Steps to Better Target Underserved Areas and Consider Sustainability

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What GAO Found Since 2020, four federal agencies administered the bulk of federal funding for broadband deployment through the nine programs GAO reviewed. These were the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), and Departments of Agriculture and the Treasury. For example, NTIA oversees the over $42-billion Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment…

Washington

Developmental disabilities program for WA families to be cut, but not ended

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Washington state officials are keeping a longstanding program seen as vital to parents of children with developmental disabilities, but cutting its funding, ending weeks of unease about its future.  The state Department of Social and Health Services is trimming the Parent to Parent program by 10%, but won’t eliminate it as was feared this summer.…

Washington

Ninth Circuit win for Nevada over Kalshi sets up potential Supreme Court showdown

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The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals delivered a win for Nevada’s regulated sports betting industry Friday when a three-judge panel ruled that sports bets accepted by Kalshi are likely not swaps as determined by the Commodity Exchange Act.   The court rejected the arguments of prediction markets Kalshi, Crypto.com, and Robinhood, which asserted that federal law…

Science & Space — NASA — News, Missions & Technology

Launch of the Roman Space Telescope

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APOD Science APOD APOD: 2026 August 31 –… Today’s APOD Archive Submissions Index Search Calendar RSS Education About Discuss   APOD Astronomy Picture of the Day Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. To view this…