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The U.S. Supreme Court has scheduled oral arguments for April in South Dakota's case seeking to collect sales taxes from out-of-state internet retailers. South Dakota is asking the high court to review whether retailers can be required to collect sales taxes in states where they lack a physical presence.
In this Feb. 23, 2018, photo, President Donald Trump gives a thumbs up after speaking at the Conservative Political Action Conference In Oxon Hill, Md. Trump sought in a week's worth of rhetoric to show that he is outdoing his predecessor, if not all of history.
The Latest on a congressman from Iowa's failure to disclose an internet marketing company that he helped form in 2016 : A congressman from Iowa says he made an "administrative oversight" by failing to disclose his ownership of a company that uses his chief of staff in a false testimonial for its services. Republican Rep. Rod Blum said in a statement Wednesday that he has amended his personal financial disclosure form to list his role as director of Tin Moon Corp. He said he would also list the company as an asset valued at $700.
But exactly how that technology will influence the enterprise sector remains to be seen. Fiery public debates have swirled in the tech community around whether new advancements involve tactical adoptions for enterprise, like a personalized, improved retail experience, or whether these developments signal the coming of the robot apocalypse.
Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin speaks Feb. 6, 2018, on Capitol Hill. The Department of Veterans Affairs says the agency's chief of staff has stepped down after an investigation found she had doctored emails to justify Shulkin's wife accompanying him on an European trip at taxpayer expense.
In his red Marine Navajo code talker garrison cap, Thomas Begay, 92, sits with his son Ronald during a ceremony to honor veterans of the World War II battle for Iwo Jima. He's believed to be the last of the code talkers who fought with the 5th Marine Division on Iwo Jima.
Former Vice President Joe Biden is tiptoeing toward a potential run in 2020, even broaching the possibility during a recent gathering of longtime foreign policy aides. Huddled in his newly opened office steps from the U.S. Capitol, Biden began a planning meeting for his new diplomacy center by addressing the elephant in the room.
Steve Bannon, President Donald Trump's former chief strategist, arrives for questioning by the House Intelligence Committee as part of its ongoing investigation into meddling in the U.S. elections by Russia, at the Capitol in Washington, Feb. 15, 2018. Steve Bannon, President Donald Trump's former chief strategist, arrives for questioning by the House Intelligence Committee as part of its ongoing investigation into meddling in the U.S. elections by Russia, at the Capitol in Washington, Feb. 15, 2018.
So much for cleaning up the swamp - and for that matter, Congressional oversight on it. A day after the VA's inspector general detailed misuse of public resources and efforts to manipulate records to cover it up by David Shulkin and his office, the House Veteran Affairs Committee shrugged it off as "bad optics."
Cassava is vital to the food security of millions of Africans who eat some form of the root crop daily. Although cassava breeders are making progress, they still face significant challenges in developing disease-resistant varieties that also increase overall yield and respond to the needs of smallholder farmers and processors.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation's Internet Crime Complaint Center and the Better Business Bureau are reminding people this Valentine's Day to watch out for "Romance Scammers." According to the FBI, romance scams result in the highest amount of financial losses compared to other online crimes.
Federal regulations may be hampering innovation in the Department of Energy's national laboratories, through which the government invests in energy, science and weapons research, according to a new report from American Action Forum. The national laboratories grew out of U.S. funded research into the atomic bomb.
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, which has a checkered history of supporting development of new launch vehicles, is planning to start a competition offering prizes for responsive launch systems . The DARPA Launch Challenge won't be formally announced until April, but Fred Kennedy, director of DARPA's Tactical Technology Office, said it is part of an effort to harness growing commercial capabilities to address threats to national security space assets.
Mulvaney, a former tea party congressman, flubbed a response at a Senate hearing Tuesday that made it sound like he was opposed to the very budget he came to testify in favor of. Senior panel Democrat Patty Murray of Washington asked Mulvaney, "If you were in Congress would you have voted for this budget that you're presenting?" Budget Director Mick Mulvaney testifies before the Senate Budget Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2018, on President Donald Trump's fiscal year 2019 budget proposal.
The Trump administration wants NASA out of the International Space Station by 2025 and to have private businesses running the place instead. Under Trump's 2019 proposed budget, U.S. government funding for the space station would end by 2025.
The Trump administration wants NASA out of the International Space Station by 2025, and private businesses running the place instead. Under President Donald Trump's 2019 proposed budget released Monday, U.S. government funding for the space station would end by 2025.
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If the US government plans to stop funding the International Space Station at the end of 2024, there's a big question: what happens next? Hand the keys over to the private sector, apparently. The Washington Post has obtained a NASA document outlining a plan to privatize the ISS as part of a Trump administration budge request.
'I was pretty sure I was going to die': Canadian snowboarder, 24, defies odds and wins Olympic bronze medal less than a year after crashing into a tree in a horrific near-death backcountry accident Kentucky hairdresser shoots and kills his mom and dad, then his girlfriend and her mother before turning the gun on himself in 'horrific' quadruple murder suicide Outback Steakhouse waitress is fired after complaining on Facebook that a church group left no tip on a $735 carry-out order PICTURED: Youngest victim of Russian air tragedy, five, and her mother, 32, who were among 71 killed after plane crashes minutes after take-off as witnesses watched 'burning craft fall from the sky' Sex addict who battled porn addiction from the age of TWELVE reveals how she'd host parties four nights a week to sleep with men and spend all day in bed watching X-rated footage Parents call for a BOYCOTT of the ... (more)
SpaceX launched its Falcon Heavy rocket from Kennedy Space Center on Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2018 and landed two of the side boosters at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. At 3:45 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 6, SpaceX's Falcon Heavy rocket blasted off for the first time from pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center.