News from July 2023
By Federal Newswire Report | Jul 14, 2023
Public transportation should be about bringing communities together, U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said in a news release last week
By Federal Newswire Report | Jul 14, 2023
Last week, the U.S. Department of Energy announced its intent to invest up to $1 billion in a demand-side initiative called Regional Clean Hydrogen Hubs (H2Hubs).
By Federal Newswire Report | Jul 14, 2023
A public school district in Wisconsin has entered into an agreement with the U.S. Department of Education to settle violations of Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972.
By Federal Newswire Report | Jul 13, 2023
During a keynote address Monday at the Berlin Summit for the Earth Virtualization Engines program, NVIDIA founder and CEO Jensen Huang told delegates that AI and faster computing will assist climate researchers in performing the miracles they need to accomplish to make advances in climate research.
By Federal Newswire Report | Jul 13, 2023
The federal government is investing $188 million to conserve thousands of acres of working forestland across the country, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced last month. The funding will support 34 projects in 22 states and one territory to sustain more than 245,000 acres of working forests.
By Federal Newswire Report | Jul 13, 2023
The Supreme Court of the United States recently addressed a case involving a challenge to North Carolina's congressional districting map.
By Federal Newswire | Jul 13, 2023
The US Federal Reserve System published a two page notice on July 12, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Federal Newswire Report | Jul 13, 2023
The recently released Air Travel Consumer Report (ATCR) reveals a consistently low cancellation rate below 2% for the first four months of 2023, reflecting significant improvement compared to previous years. However, severe weather during the July 4 holiday period caused an increase in delayed and canceled flights.
By Federal Newswire Report | Jul 13, 2023
Texas Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-TX) has been chosen by House Speaker Kevin McCarthy to lead a task force created to combat Mexican cartels and the fentanyl trade, Crenshaw announced July 6 in a release from his office.
By Federal Newswire Report | Jul 13, 2023
The U.S. Department of Energy recently announced $45 million to enhance domestic solar manufacturing.
By Federal Newswire Report | Jul 13, 2023
Moody's Corporation and Microsoft announced a new strategic alliance to provide financial services and international knowledge workers with cutting-edge data, analytics, research, collaboration and risk solutions.
By Federal Newswire Report | Jul 13, 2023
The nation's imprisoned population are again eligible for federal need-based college grants for low-income undergraduates which is a real game changer for inmates, the president of a New York-based nonprofit justice advocacy group said in a news release.
By Federal Newswire Report | Jul 13, 2023
U.S. Rep. Mark Green (R-TN) has expressed his sadness about the fate of migrants attempting to illegally cross the southern border into the United States as extreme heat in the region has caused dozens of deaths.
By Federal Newswire Report | Jul 13, 2023
A U.S. representative from Louisiana recently appointed to the new Task Force to Combat Mexican Drug Cartels has promised that the task force will show how to “restore law and order” at the U.S. border.
By Federal Newswire Report | Jul 13, 2023
Judge Jacqueline Scott Corley, a U.S. District Judge for the Northern District of California, refused to block Microsoft’s $69 billion purchase of the entertainment company Activision Blizzard. In a ruling on July 11, Corley denied the request for a preliminary injunction by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and allowed Microsoft to move forward with the deal, which was set to expire on July 18.
By Federal Newswire Report | Jul 13, 2023
Mind Network, a Web3 data security and privacy platform, announced on June 30 that it had closed a $2.5 million seed round, which attracted key investors such as Binance Labs, the venture capital and incubation arm of Binance.
By Federal Newswire Report | Jul 13, 2023
The Bureau of Indian Education has awarded an additional five-year contract for its Behavioral Health and Wellness Program which helps students and staff at bureau-funded schools and programs.
By Federal Newswire Report | Jul 13, 2023
Sen. Cynthia Lummis, R-Wyo., announced she and Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., are reintroducing their bipartisan Responsible Financial Innovation Act.
By Federal Newswire Report | Jul 13, 2023
China's emerging development of artificial intelligence (AI) regulations, often overlooked in the U.S., are "some of the world’s earliest and most detailed" and can be used to predict Chinese plans with AI that Western nations can use, says a paper by Matt Sheehan, a fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
By Federal Newswire Report | Jul 12, 2023
Congresswoman Michelle Steel, R-CA, has slammed China's organ harvesting practices and stressed the importance of preventing any involvement or complicity from the United States.
