Alaskan Spaceport to Host Secretive Commercial Launch Soon

Alaska Aerospace Corp., which operates Pacific Spaceport Complex Alaska on Kodiak Island, said the launch period for the flight of the unidentified vehicle runs from March 27 to April 6. It did not specify when during the day the launch would take place. A " Local Notice to Mariners " issued by the U.S. Coast Guard March 14 included a notice about a rocket launch planned from PSCA, giving a window of March 26 to April 6. The notice included two caution areas, one in waters immediately south of the spaceport and the other several hundred kilometers to the south-southwest, that mariners should stay clear of during launch operations.

Illustration on Federal contracting by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

President Obama has been out of office for 14 months now, but his ability - and that of his allies still in government - to steer gargantuan federal contracts to his friends seems not to have diminished. Earlier this month, the Pentagon announced it was looking to purchase cloud computing services for its 3.4 million users and their 4 million devices.

Senate passes bill to penalize websites for sex trafficking

The U.S. Senate passed legislation on Wednesday aimed at penalizing website operators that facilitate online sex trafficking, chipping away at a bedrock legal shield for the technology industry. The U.S. Capitol building is lit at dusk ahead of planned votes on tax reform in Washington, U.S., December 18, 2017.

Tech backlash: a Maybe Silicon Valley needs to be taken down to sizea

Demonstrators at a rally Saturday in opposition to white supremacists and the postponed right-wing "March on Google" protest of James Damore's firing that was originally planned the same day. Once upon a time, there was a beautiful land filled with bright minds and gleaming prospects.

Happy St Patrick’s Day – here are 10 great things the Irish have done for us

It's that time of year again when we celebrate all things Irish but there is a lot more to Irish achievement than shamrocks, Guinness and Jedward. Ireland has been making a positive impact around the globe for centuries and there's no better time to celebrate some of those real Irish accomplishments than just ahead of St Patrick's Day.

With 99 percent of precincts reporting, Pennsylvania special…

Democrat Conor Lamb and Republican Rick Saccone battled to the wire Tuesday night in a tighter-than-tight congressional election that pitted the strength of President Donald Trump in blue-collar America against the energy and anger of the political left. The contest in the Pittsburgh-area district has drawn national attention as a bellwether for the midterm elections in November for control of Congress.

NASA’s acting chief Robert Lightfoot to retire in April

Washington, March 13 : NASA's acting chief Robert Lightfoot is set to retire at the end of April, even as US President Donald Trump's permanent choice to lead the space agency remains stuck in Congress, the media reported. Lightfoot, who started in 1989 at the Marshall Centre in Huntsville, Alabama, as a test engineer, has been the acting administrator since the beginning of the Trump administration in January 2017 for nearly 14 months.

Pakistani swears in new senators, including Hindu woman

Krishna Kumari, center, newly elected Senator of the Pakistani Hindu Community, arrives at the Parliament with her family members in Islamabad, Pakistan, Monday, March 12, 2018. Pakistan swore in newly elected members of the Senate, including for the first time a woman from the marginalized Hindu minority, as allegations swirled that some senators had bribed their way to become lawmakers.

Christopher Liddell, ex-Microsoft and GM executive, is strong…

Christopher Liddell, ex-Microsoft and GM executive, is strong candidate to become Trump's new economic guru Christopher Liddell, an ex-Microsoft and General Motors executive, is currently the White House's director of strategic initiatives. Check out this story on USATODAY.com: https://usat.ly/2GiTFL2 Christopher Liddell is under strong consideration to become President Trump's next economic adviser, replacing Gary Cohn, who announced his resignation last week.

Mark Warner: The country is ‘woefully unprepared’ for cyber threats

Whether it's an attack on the banking infrastructure or disinformation campaigns on social media, the United States is "woefully unprepared" to combat cyber attacks and disinformation campaigns, Senator Mark Warner said on Saturday. Speaking at the SXSW festival, Warner said it's time to consider the liability of tech platforms and software makers.

Legal experts say White House has expanded use of executive privilege without actually invoking it

President Trump with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, left, and House Speaker Paul D. Ryan at a Republican retreat on Feb. 1. President Trump with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, left, and House Speaker Paul D. Ryan at a Republican retreat on Feb. 1. When President Trump 's former campaign manager, Corey Lewandowski , appeared in January before the House Intelligence Committee investigating Russian political interference, he refused to answer questions about his conversations with Trump after he was fired by the future president in June 2016. The Republicans running the panel responded not with a subpoena, which Congress can use to compel testimony.

Republican Andrew Zelt drops out of race against Rep. Duncan Hunter

Republican Andrew Zelt has ended his campaign for a seat held by Rep. Duncan Hunter, R-Alpine. Andrew Zelt, the first Republican to mount an intra-party challenge against Rep. Duncan Hunter of Alpine for this year's midterm elections, is ending his campaign.

Madam Speaker: A famous first joins the national collection

Today we welcomed a new first into our collection, with objects donated by Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi, who in 2007 became the first woman to serve as Speaker of the United States House of Representatives. Gavel Nancy Pelosi received and used at the 2007 ceremony in which she was sworn in as the first woman to serve as Speaker of the House of Representatives.

FBI paid Geek Squad staff to be informants, documents show – CNET

Employees with Best Buy's Geek Squad repair unit were paid by the FBI to pass information on to its agents, documents show. Agents paid managers in the retailer's device repair unit to pass along information about illegal content discovered on customers' devices, according to documents posted online by the Electronic Frontier Foundation.

Senate Democrats Have a Plan To Save Net Neutrality

Republican-led Federal Communications Commission formally published a rule reversing long-standing and vital protections of the internet known as net neutrality . The FCC's new rule would let big corporations restrict how consumers access their favorite websites by forcing them to buy internet access in packages, paying more for "premium" service, as with cable television.