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On October 8 the Energy Department announced twelve Phase II awards worth $159 million under the Genesis Mission, its program to use AI to speed up scientific research at the national laboratories. Recipients include Commonwealth Fusion Systems, MIT, Harvard, …
On October 8 FEMA turned down Illinois’s request for federal help with damage from storms in August, across eight counties. Administrator …
CBO projects the Highway Trust Fund’s highway account will run out of money in fiscal 2028 and its transit account in 2027. Congress hasn’t …
The federal government spent $1.143 trillion on net interest in fiscal 2026, according to the Congressional Budget Office’s monthly review …
For three months in 2026, the US government collected less in customs duties than it paid back. Net customs receipts were minus $0.04 …
The Education Department’s inspector general has opened a review of how the department is carrying out its agreement to have the Labor …
Federal agencies reported $186 billion in improper payments for fiscal 2025. About $153 billion of that was overpayments. The rest is mostly …
Border Patrol made 8,870 apprehensions at the southwest border in August 2026. For fiscal 2026 through August the total was 89,760, putting …
The Transportation Department wants another $30 billion from Congress to finish rebuilding US air traffic control, on top of the $12.5 …
On September 29, 2026, Gen. Michael Guetlein told a Senate Armed Services subcommittee that an initial version of Golden Dome, the planned …
