People typically have to wait for three to five months on average to get retirement checks under the current paper-based system, according to DOGE. The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) plans to roll out a paperless, fully digital retirement application system across the government starting next month, OPM said in a May 7 memorandum to
The news comes as Jared Isaacman’s nomination for NASA administrator advances to the Senate floor for a final vote. The Trump administration is once again reviving the National Space Council as it pushes forward with its government and private sector-focused ambitions in low Earth orbit, on and around the moon, and on Mars. Founded by
The US attorney for New Jersey said Ras Baraka committed trespass offenses and ignored warnings. Newark Mayor Ras Baraka was taken away in handcuffs Friday for trespassing at a federal detention facility for illegal immigrants in the city, said U.S. Attorney for New Jersey Alina Habba. In a statement posted to X on Friday, Habba
At least six of the Columbia students arrested for storming a Columbia University library on Wednesday are repeat offenders, including one student who demanded humanitarian aid from the university, a Washington Free Beacon review found. They had already been arrested and disciplined for their involvement in earlier campus building raids or in last spring’s encampments.
CISA is the U.S. government’s leading agency for protecting the country from cybersecurity threats. The acting director specified threats posed by China. WASHINGTON—The acting director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) testified to Congress on May 8 about efforts to counter cyberattacks by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in the United States. Bridget
The state’s highest court reversed a lower court ruling that declared unconstitutional a 2022 law banning the magazines. Washington state’s Supreme Court ruled on Thursday to uphold a ban on detachable ammunition magazines that hold more than 10 rounds, with a majority of judges on the court saying the ban does not violate the Constitution
The case highlights how Americans have grown increasingly wary of Chinese purchases of U.S. land over national security concerns. A small Michigan town, Green Charter Township, took its fight against a Chinese-owned battery plant to the Sixth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Ohio on May 8. The case highlights growing unease on the local,