Government And Institutions

The current controversy over the U.S. Postal Service's lack of resources and Postmaster General Louis DeJoy's cost-cutting measures are based on suspicion that service changes are meant to impair mail-in voting, but the USPS 2019 annual report to Congress shows that in reality, they are nearly at the point of insolvency.

The Department of the Interior on Monday approved an oil and gas leasing program within Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, the sprawling home to polar bears, caribou and other wildlife.

South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem rejected the federal government's offer of an additional $300 in weekly unemployment benefits and touted her state's economic recovery amid the coronavirus pandemic.

The cause of the fire that ignited nearly 3,000 tons of ammonium nitrate at Beirut’s port remains unclear.

CoreCivic and GEO Group -- which operate prisons around the nation -- stand to lose ground in a multibillion-dollar industry if Democrat Joe Biden ousts Trump and delivers on his promise to end the use of private facilities. 

An Emmy-award winning Hollywood producer with longtime ties to the NRA has emerged as a major figure in the New York attorney general's case/

All of the cleaners were recalled by the manufacturer or distributor after testing positive for methanol.

Rudy Giuliani slammed New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio for violent crime spree in New York City where the son of the NYPD’s head of counterterrorism was reportedly robbed in broad daylight.

Kodak’s $765 million loan agreement with the U.S. government to produce pharmaceutical ingredients was put on hold on Friday.

The Trump administration appears to have walked back its plan to require states to chip in for enhanced unemployment benefits after outcry from governors, including Gavin Newsom of California, Andrew Cuomo of New York and Arkansas' Asa Hutchinson.

The U.S. government's road safety agency is investigating complaints of fires in a power and charging port in some Chrysler Town and Country minivans.

The EPA is preparing to adopt new rules that would rescind regulations for methane-gas emissions.

Gilead says it has gone into hyperdrive creating remdesivir, the first treatment shown to be effective against the highly contagious virus that has infected more than 4.8 million Americans, killing more than 160,000.

The FDA is investigating a salmonella-related illness that has infected nearly 400 people in 34 states.

The coronavirus pandemic continues to hit the U.S. Postal Service hard, as the beleaguered agency already reported a $2.2 billion loss from March to June.

There have been 450 murders in the city this year through Aug. 2, a 55% rise from the year-earlier period, according to Chicago police data.

Rep. Jim Banks raised concerns about the CIO in February.

Gilead will charge U.S. hospitals $3,120 for the average patient with commercial insurance.

Investment adviser David Eichhorn says only 50.3 million first-time jobless claims have been made since shutdown orders in mid-March.

The company's SARS-CoV-2 investigational vaccine, Ad26.COV2.S, will be provided at a "global not-for-profit basis for emergency pandemic use," the pharmaceutical giant said.