In a move that aims to safeguard communities across the United States from the increasing threats of climate impacts and other hazards, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has announced the designation of nearly 500 Community Disaster Resilience Zones. These newly designated zones grant priority access to federal funding aimed at fortifying these areas against…

An indictment may be on its way for Hunter Biden, and Maui continues to recover from a devastating wildfire that hit nearly one month ago. These stories and more highlight The Morning Rundown for Thursday, Sept. 7. Special counsel to seek Hunter Biden in September According to a court filing from special counsel David Weiss,…

Congress is returning to Washington with less than a month to avoid a government shutdown. It has to pass 12 spending bills but doesn’t have enough time, so party leaders like Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., expect to pass a short-term bill to keep the government open while they negotiate a permanent solution for…

Enrique Tarrio, the former leader of the Proud Boys, was set to be sentenced for seditious conspiracy related to the Jan. 6 Capitol riots on Tuesday, Sept. 5. He was one of four Proud Boys members who were convicted of sedition back in May. The other three received sentences of 15-18 years in prison last…

Congress returns to Capitol Hill with a chock-full agenda, and a community in mourning following a mass shooting gets a little relief. These stories and more highlight The Morning Rundown for Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2023. Congress returns to Capitol Hill, looks to avoid shutdown Lawmakers were set to return to Capitol Hill Tuesday as Congress…

It’s September. That means Congress has until the end of the month to pass 12 appropriations bills; otherwise the government will shutdown Oct. 1 at midnight. However, there’s a big divide between what conservative members in the House of Representatives are willing to spend and everyone else.  It goes back to May when Republicans and the…

The truth is out there — and it may be found on a government’s agency website. Mulder and Scully can quit looking at the skies for answers and now just log onto AARO.mil. That’s the website of the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office, the office that the Department of Defense launched in 2022 as part of…

The United States government has filed a legal challenge to a planned expedition to the remains of the Titanic. While the challenge comes just months after the Titan submersible imploded on its way to the remains, the planned expedition is unrelated. This case involves RMS Titanic Inc., the Georgia-based firm that owns the salvage rights…

House Republicans went after President Joe Biden for using pseudonyms in a number of emails. Now, the National Archives revealed there are approximately 5,400 such emails, files and records.  The pseudonyms used were Robin Ware, Robert L. Peters, and JRB Ware. Each pseudonym had its own email address — robinware456@gmail.com, JRBWare@gmail.com and Robert.L.Peters@pci.gov.  The Southeastern…