Drones and unmanned aircraft will become a component of many businesses and government organizations. The evolution of complementary technologies like fifth-generation wireless (5G), AR and computer vision is expected to drive drone market growth and improve drone communication and intelligence. As both ...
Is a government shutdown going to happen? Maybe — and maybe not. There is often a scramble on Capitol Hill to put together a last-minute funding package to keep the government open just before a deadline, at least temporarily. But shutdowns have happened, most recently six years ago, ...
Hundreds of thousands more would be furloughed and sent home, with their paychecks delayed until there is a resolution. The impact of the shutdown depends on how long it lasts. Here are some of the federal government's functions that will and won't be impacted by a lapse in funding: ...
the government has held suspected enemy agents without access to civilian courts, often without access to lawyers or a defense, seeking instead to try them before military tribunals or detain them indefinitely without trial. For example, during the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln detained suspect...
vowing to seize power. Hitler's Nazis similarly relied on a militia, known as the “Brownshirts.” Both men eventually imposed single-party rule and encouraged violence in the streets. They used soldiers, but also fomented civilian unrest that pit loyalists against political opponen...
If there is a government shutdown after tonight the U.S. military’s military operations overseas and domestically will continue, but U.S. military service members won’t be paid during that time. Some 1.3 million active-duty service members would still be required to work, but without pay ...
The current secretary is Janet Yellen, a former chair of the Federal Reserve. What does the Treasury secretary do? As the chief financial officer of the federal government, the treasury secretary would be Trump's top adviser on economic and fiscal policy. The Treasury Department oversees the U...
May and June 2013: Edward Snowden releases classified US Government files relating to clandestine government tracking of internet data for security intelligence purposes. 2014: Web 3.0 term coined by Gavin Wood. While Web 3.0 is still evolving and isn't a canonical, universally accepted definition ...
Congress has until midnight Friday to come up with a way to fund the government, or federal agencies will shutter. 2 of 4 | The Capitol in Washington, is framed by early morning clouds, March 19, 2024. Congress
Burhan has also spoken of setting up a transitional government, raising the potential for two rival administrations jockeying for support as their forces battle — entrenching Sudan’s effective partition. “Once again, Sudan is heading towards fragmentation and disintegration, a stage more dangero...