Administration Proposes NDAs For Federal Employees This Week

 

Washington. The Office of Personnel Management filed a notice in the Federal Register on Tuesday proposing a standardized nondisclosure agreement for both new and existing federal employees. OPM said the draft NDA would require employees to safeguard non-public information, document obligations, and explicitly preserve disclosures authorized by law. The agency...

California declares emergency after Garden Grove chemical threat

 

GARDEN GROVE, California, May 26, 2026 — California is under a presidential emergency declaration after an overheating chemical storage tank at a GKN Aerospace facility in Garden Grove forced the evacuation of about 40,000 residents across six Southern California cities. Governor Gavin Newsom secured the declaration from President Donald Trump...

Federal Court Blocks Alabama Map, Restores Two Districts

 

Washington — On Tuesday a federal district court temporarily blocked Alabama from using the congressional map adopted by state lawmakers in 2023, finding the plan intentionally discriminated against Black voters and violated the 14th Amendment; the judges ordered the state to use a court-selected map featuring two majority-Black districts that...

Supreme Court Dismisses Florida Suit Over Licenses

 

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed Florida's original lawsuit seeking to sue California and Washington over issuing commercial driver's licenses to undocumented truck drivers, a case filed after a fatal crash last year involving driver Harjinder Singh, who held licenses from California and previously from Washington. Florida's Republican attorney...

Court Lets Flores Discrimination Case Proceed in Federal Court

 

Washington. The Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to review the NFL’s appeal, allowing Brian Flores’ racial discrimination lawsuit to proceed in federal court instead of through league arbitration overseen by Commissioner Roger Goodell. Flores filed the suit in February 2022 against the NFL and the Miami Dolphins, New York Giants...

Washington debates Pentagon, SpaceX Starlink wartime pricing

 

During the recent U.S. military campaign against Iran, Pentagon officials and SpaceX executives clashed over how much the Defense Department should pay for Starlink satellite service used to guide American LUCAS suicide drones, according to a Reuters report. SpaceX argued the drones were effectively using an aviation-level tier and pressed...

Washington launches new strikes on Iran amid talks

 

The United States conducted new airstrikes on targets in southern Iran on Tuesday while President Donald Trump said negotiations to end the three‑month Iran war were “proceeding nicely.” Oil markets reacted with sharp volatility: West Texas Intermediate futures fell 5.1% to $91.73 per barrel, while Brent crude in Asian trading...

PG&E spends millions opposing Steyer in California race

 

SACRAMENTO: Pacific Gas & Electric has spent at least $13.5 million this year to oppose gubernatorial candidate Tom Steyer, according to state campaign filings, and other major utilities have contributed to committees backing the anti-Steyer effort. Steyer, a billionaire and former hedge fund founder turned environmental advocate, has repeatedly accused...

Trump amplifies envoy's praise, boosts India–US ties further

 

Washington, DC. On Monday evening President Donald Trump reposted a message from US Ambassador to India Sergio Gor on Truth Social after Gor posted on X late Sunday that Trump had called and praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying 'I love Prime Minister Modi' and that the United States and...

President Trump scheduled for Walter Reed medical exams Tuesday

 

Washington. President Donald Trump is scheduled to visit Walter Reed National Military Medical Center on Tuesday for annual medical and dental examinations, the White House said following an announcement on May 11. The 79-year-old president will undergo routine preventative evaluations, marking the fourth publicly disclosed medical exam since he resumed...