By Bob Pepalis | Oct 18, 2022
Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the United States is deeply concerned by the reports of worsening conflicts in the Tigray region in Northern Ethiopia, particularly around Shire.
By Bob Pepalis | Oct 17, 2022
In the first nine months of 2022, the United States experienced 15 natural disasters that did $1 billion or more in damage, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) reports.
By Bob Pepalis | Oct 17, 2022
Rep. Austin Scott (R-GA) said that although Biden's National Security Strategy acknowledges the threat that China poses, his administration has taken little actual action to confront that threat.
By Bob Pepalis | Oct 17, 2022
Anthropologist Brent Stoffle began his career at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Southeast Fisheries Science Center in part because he was tired of the cold and snow in New Jersey.
By Bob Pepalis | Oct 17, 2022
The U.S. Department of Labor published a final rule to update the H-2A application and temporary labor certification procedures and to improve the protection of agricultural workers.
By Bob Pepalis | Oct 15, 2022
Researchers with the U.S. Department of Commerce National Institute of Standards and Technology built computer hardware that resembles the human brain but need superconducting electronics to keep it from grinding to a halt.
By Bob Pepalis | Oct 14, 2022
Former President Donald Trump said the United States government must stop China from willfully allowing fentanyl to be sold to Mexican cartels who smuggle it into the U.S., ultimately leading to thousands of American overdoses.
By Bob Pepalis | Oct 14, 2022
The Arctic region is crucial to America's foreign policy, economic growth and national security and so is also an area of renewed focus for the Biden Administration, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said.
By Bob Pepalis | Oct 14, 2022
Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo said the United States added robust commitments to strengthen U.S. signals intelligence safeguards in the Enhancing Safeguards for United States Signals Intelligence Activities Executive Order.
By Bob Pepalis | Oct 13, 2022
A China analyst and author said Australia, the United States and other countries need sunlight, legislation, capability and deterrence to keep the Chinese Communist Party’s undue influence out of their countries.
By Bob Pepalis | Oct 13, 2022
The United Kingdom and the United States opened a comprehensive dialogue on technology and data, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo and UK Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Michelle Donelan.
By Bob Pepalis | Oct 13, 2022
Sen. Angus King (I-ME) supports forming a China Grand Strategy Commission to address the growing threats from China, which would lay out a comprehensive approach to how to deal with those threats while avoiding a war.
By Bob Pepalis | Oct 13, 2022
Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh met with a group of immigrant workers and worker activists in Washington, D.C., to discuss the significance of protecting these employees and fostering ties among people who care about their welfare.
By Bob Pepalis | Oct 13, 2022
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics' September 2022 Employment Situation Report showed the U.S. economy gained 263,000 jobs last month, growth that was "widespread" across industries and demographics, according to Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh.
By Bob Pepalis | Oct 12, 2022
A Massachusetts courier service that allegedly misclassified drivers as independent contractors must pay $575,000 in back wages and liquidated damages to the 62 drivers.
By Bob Pepalis | Oct 12, 2022
Port Freeport outside of Houston, Texas, had a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration system installed to enhance efficient and safe marine navigation.
By Bob Pepalis | Oct 12, 2022
Secretary of State Antony Blinken condemned Russia's brutal missile and drone strikes on Ukraine Oct. 10, saying the Kremlin hit “targets without military purpose throughout Ukraine.”
By Bob Pepalis | Oct 11, 2022
The U.S. State Department and Department of the Treasury announced they will impose sanctions on seven Iranian leaders who are said to be responsible for human rights abuses or censorship.
By Bob Pepalis | Oct 11, 2022
To better prepare for the projected demand for more than 200,000 more nursing professionals in the next decade, the U.S. Department of Labor is offering $80 million in grant funding for nurse-training programs.
By Bob Pepalis | Oct 10, 2022
Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Baquer Namazi, a wrongfully detained Iranian American, was released from Iranian custody and was reunited with his family in Abu Dhabi Oct. 5.
