The drones circled above the caves and crevices scattered along mountain trails in northern Utah, relaying real-time video to a search team on the ground looking for a missing hiker. Nineteen minutes later, they had their coordinates and brought the rescue exercise – a drill – closer to completion. “In an environment like this, it…
Enlarge symbolArrows point outwards David Dwayne Cassady, inmate in Georgia. Courtesy: Georgia Department of Corrections A man serving a life sentence in a Georgia prison for kidnapping and other crimes built two bombs that he mailed to an office building in the District of Columbia and to the federal courthouse and buildings in Anchorage, Alaska,…
U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks on the U.S. economy and his administration’s efforts to improve the American economy during his visit to Flex LTD, a factory that makes solar energy microinverters, in West Columbia, South Carolina, U.S., July 6, 2023 Revitalize manufacturing. Jonathan Ernst | Reuters President Joe Biden is struggling to convince inflation-weary…
At a private fundraising reception last year, the President of the United States introduced himself as follows: “My name is Joe Biden. I’m a friend of Esther Coopersmith.” Ms. Coopersmith’s name has been a calling card in Washington for seven decades. As one of the longest-serving hosts, best-connected diplomats and top fundraisers in the nation’s…
U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen testifies before a Senate Finance Committee hearing on the 2025 budget on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., March 21, 2024. Elizabeth Frantz | Reuters WASHINGTON – Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Thursday defended President Joe Biden’s 2025 budget proposal as Republican senators said they feared taxes on the middle class…
WASHINGTON – Billionaire 5H energy entrepreneur Manoj Bhargava allegedly maintained undeclared bank accounts worth hundreds of millions of dollars at Swiss bank Pictet, according to documents filed by Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden, D-Ore., in A managing partner of the bank in Geneva was quoted as saying in a letter sent on Wednesday. The…
Visitors enter the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum for the public reopening of the museum’s West End galleries on the National Mall in Washington, United States, October 14, 2022. Jonathan Ernst | Reuters The National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C., agreed to settle a lawsuit brought by a group of students, parents…
Former U.S. Vice President Mike Pence arrives to speak at the Republican Jewish Coalition’s Annual Leadership Summit in Las Vegas on October 28, 2023. Steve Marcus | Reuters WASHINGTON — Former Vice President Mike Pence said Friday that he will not support his former boss for president in the 2024 election. Pence announced the decision…
WASHINGTON – Labor unions, domestic manufacturers, business associations and other advocacy organizations announced a bipartisan coalition Wednesday to close an import loophole that is allowing billions of untaxed goods into the United States “The coalition we have assembled is evidence of the growing pressure to close the de minimis gap,” said Rep. Earl Blumenauer, D-Ore….
The first thing Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez told donors gathered at a recent wine and cheese fundraiser was the role she played in securing $600 million in federal funding to rebuild one of the region’s main arteries, the aging Route I-5, played bridge. “Bringing this grant home was a dogfight,” said Ms. Perez, 35, a…
