FTA Returns MBTA Oversight to Massachusetts After Four Years
- Oversight ends: FTA returns safety control to Massachusetts after four years triggered by 2022 incidents like the Orange Line fire.
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A Republican election fraud investigator in Missouri refused orders to create a fabricated whistleblower complaint for a federal judge, routing it...
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GAO finds the Coast Guard has completed 36 of 49 reform actions but still lacks timelines, feedback tools, and a performance plan to measure cultural...
Patients and advocates rallied at the Michigan Capitol against proposed cannabis law revisions that could restrict access.
The new executive order redefines federal policy by presuming accessibility for hunting and fishing on most federal lands, opening specific monuments...
The House Financial Services Committee advanced H.R. 10184, a CFPB reform package addressing funding sources, congressional oversight, and cost-benefit requirements.
Carrollton's Ethics Commission voted to investigate the city's proposed hyperscale data center project after receiving complaints about the deal and...
Industry leaders including Anthropic's Dario Amodei, OpenAI's Sam Altman, and Elon Musk are urging slowdowns and guardrails due to existential risks....
A new dossier claims a five-year coordinated campaign has targeted Jewish civic institutions in Canada through regulatory complaints aimed at revoking...
Georgia voters will pick between state Rep. Tanya Miller and state Sen. Brian Strickland to succeed Chris Carr as attorney general.
Health insurance coverage remained relatively unchanged in 2025, with 26.7 million Americans (7.9%) uninsured, countering Democratic predictions of...
Federal agencies face intense September pressure to spend every remaining budget dollar or risk losing future allocations from Congress. The article...
Two parallel lawsuits seek to overturn Wisconsin's congressional maps by asking the state Supreme Court to remand the cases to a three-judge panel that rejected the challenges last spring, with new maps targeted for 2028.