Government And Institutions

Thea Kendler, President Biden's nominee to be the Department of Commerce's assistant secretary for export control, was serving on the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) prosecution team of Meng Wanzhou, Chinese telecommunications company Huawei’s CFO.

The FAA order pertains to a type of 5G slated to go live Jan. 5. It would restrict pilots from operating automatic landing and other cockpit systems commonly used in poor weather, to avoid possible interference from 5G in the spectrum range known as the C-band.

Apple Inc. last week notified 11 U.S. State Department employees in Uganda that their iPhones were hacked, and investigators have linked the attack to a tool developed by NSO Group, an Israeli technology company that was blacklisted by the Biden administration, according to a person familiar with the matter.

The U.S. Treasury named 12 countries to monitor in a mostly positive report to Congress about trading partners in the post-pandemic global economy.

The Food and Drug Administration is laying the groundwork for the rapid review of Omicron-targeted vaccines and drugs if they turn out to be needed, according to people familiar with the matter.

Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody is launching a statewide task force to take on organized retail theft in an effort to bridge the gap between retailers, law enforcement and prosecutors as businesses in states across the nation report nearly a 70% increase in theft over the past year.

The FTC asked Walmart, Amazon, Kroger, C&S Wholesale Grocers, Associated Wholesale Grocers, McLane, Procter & Gamble, Tyson Foods and Kraft Heinz to turn over "detailed information" within the next 45 days to help the agency study the disruptions "causing serious and ongoing hardships for consumers and harming competition in the U.S. economy."

Amid the holiday season, the agency is urging anyone who is setting up laser-light displays to make sure their creations are aimed toward their home and not at the sky, in order to protect pilots who have reported being distracted and even temporarily blinded from such incidents every year, the FAA said.

Australia will introduce legislation to make social media giants provide details of users who post defamatory comments, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Sunday.

Republican politicians are criticizing the Biden administration's decision to increase royalty rates for oil and gas leases on federal land.

The Interior Department on Friday released a long-awaited report outlining its recommendations for oil and gas companies drilling on federal lands, and called for hiking fees but not banning leases altogether

A majority of the cases involved passengers attempting to consume their own alcohol aboard the flight, which is against federal law.

The TSA has been stepping up hiring efforts around the country in order to be well prepared for the volume of travelers, which will be "notably higher" than what has been seen in recent weeks.

President Biden has tapped the Fed's Jerome Powell and Lael Brainard for top roles.

The sale of the largest U.S. tolling company to a Singapore-based firm is drawing security concerns

Transport Workers Union President John Samuelsen brought his concerns before the House Homeland Security Committee on Tuesday, saying a no-fly list must be established to quell the "increasing risk of workplace assault" that workers are facing across the nation.

Sen. Bill Hagerty, R-Tenn., expressed his "shock" Thursday that the upper chamber is being asked to consider Biden's "radical" nominee for Comptroller of the Currency, Saule Omarova.

OSHA has suspended the implementation and enforcement of its COVID-19 vaccine mandate for employers with 100 employees or more after it was ordered to do so last week by a federal court

On Sunday, more than 2.1 million people were screened at airport checkpoints across the nation, 10% fewer people than were screened on the same day two years ago, according to Transportation Security Administration spokesperson Lisa Farbstein.

Pfizer has submitted an application to the FDA seeking emergency use authorization of its new antiviral pill for treating COVID-19