President Donald Trump has nominated Texas State Senator Brian Birdwell to be an assistant secretary of defense. According to a notice released by the White House, Birdwell will succeed Christopher Joseph Lowman as assistant
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The Department of Homeland Security said it has conducted over 515,000 deportations and arrested 485,000 undocumented immigrants under the leadership of President Donald Trump and DHS Secretary Kristi Noem, a 2025 Wash100
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The Small Business Administration has released a state-level analysis detailing the effects of the ongoing federal government shutdown, which has suspended the agency’s core 7(a) and 504 lending programs and disrupted access
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The Department of Veterans Affairs is conducting market research on the Genesys Cloud Customer Experience using Magnify Framework Infrastructure as a Service. According to the department’s request for information issued on SAM.gov
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The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office hosted the 43rd Trilateral Conference with the European Patent Office and the Japan Patent Office at its Alexandria, Virginia, headquarters on Oct. 21. What Was the Purpose
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Pete Hegseth, secretary of the Department of Defense and a 2025 Wash100 Award winner, has issued a memo requiring DOD staff to secure prior clearance with the office of the assistant secretary of
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The Department of Homeland Security has begun using funds from the One Big Beautiful Bill Act to pay Coast Guard and law enforcement personnel during the ongoing government shutdown, Roll Call reports. Homeland
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Sens. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, and Martin Heinrich, D-N.M., have introduced a bill aimed at advancing domestic nuclear fuel recycling research and assessing the potential benefits of recycling spent nuclear fuel. Cruz’s office
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The Trump administration announced a series of agreements with Australia to drive innovation, advance defense capabilities and strengthen supply chain cooperation. How Will the Critical Minerals Framework Strengthen Supply Chains? The White
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Reps. Mark Alford, R-Mo., and Hillary Scholten, D-Mich., have introduced the AI for Main Street Act, a bipartisan bill that mandates the Small Business Administration’s Small Business Development Centers, or SBDCs, to guide
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