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NLRB General Counsel Touts Casehandling First Approach, Informs Field About Further Priorities
August 26, 2026 Today, General Counsel Crystal S. Carey released GC Memorandum 26-04, which provides further guidance about her key enforcement and legal policy priorities. In the memo, General Counsel Carey touts the progress made under her leadership in reducing the historic backlog of aged cases. Elaborating on the memo and her tenure, Carey said:…
Meta to pay 47 states up to $17.1B in landmark child safety settlement
Meta, the owner of Facebook and Instagram, on Wednesday agreed to pay 47 states, the District of Columbia, and a handful of U.S. territories, up to $17.1 billion in penalties over claims that its social media platforms are addictive and a danger to children. As part of the settlement, Meta also pledged to make changes…
NASA Johnson Pilots Chase Moon’s Shadow for Eclipse Science
During the Aug. 12 total solar eclipse over Europe, scientists aimed to study a long-standing mystery: why the Sun’s outer atmosphere, the corona, is far hotter than its visible surface. Capturing the data they needed meant being in exactly the right place at exactly the right time. Pilots from NASA’s Johnson Space Center flew the WB-57F high altitude research aircraft from Ellington Field in Houston to Iceland,…
NSF launches three new Science and Technology Centers with $90M investment in transformative research
The U.S. National Science Foundation is investing $90 million over five years to support three new NSF Science and Technology Centers (NSF STC). These centers will advance American leadership in science and technology, strengthen the nation’s STEM…
LIVE: California Attorney General Rob Bonta on Meta settlement
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LIVE: WHO’s Africa Regional Committee hold briefing on Ebola outbreak
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Department of Defense—Missile Defense Agency—Purpose Availability of Amounts Appropriated for Homeland Defense Radar-Hawaii
After the Department of Defense (DOD) obligated funds to develop the Homeland Defense Radar – Hawaii (HDR-H) program, it began moving excess radar…
LIVE: Ontario Premier Doug Ford speaks after Canada issues retaliatory tariffs against US
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Florence Standish: The nurse who helped build VA Care in Asheville
Early VA nursing history is highlighted through nurse Florence Standish, whose leadership at Army Hospital No. 19 shaped early Veteran care in Asheville.
Secretary Rubio meets with Mexican Foreign Secretary Roberto Velasco
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NASA Sets Spacewalk for Station Maintenance, Live Coverage Planned
NASA will provide coverage as two astronauts step outside the International Space Station on Tuesday, Sept. 1, to replace a spacecraft navigational aid and complete several maintenance tasks in support of space station operations. Watch live coverage beginning at 7 a.m. EDT. The spacewalk is expected to start at approximately 8:30 a.m. and last about…
FTC Announces 2027 Telemarketer Fees to Access the National Do Not Call Registry
The Federal Trade Commission today announced new fees for telemarketers to access phone numbers on the National Do Not Call (DNC) Registry for Fiscal Year 2027 which begins on October 1, 2026.View Press Release