Category: US Senate

Sessions innocent of perjury charge

To The Daily : Sen. Jeff Sessions did not in any way, shape or form commit perjury. When the senator was on the Armed Services Committee, he met with the ambassador to Russia not during Donald Trump’s campaign.

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Senator Bill Nelson visited the Weiss School in Palm Beach Gardens to make the announcement that NASA has selected to use a satellite they built. Students at the school have spent years designing, building, and testing small satellites with the hopes one would go into orbit.

Bharara, Wall Street’s Cop, Among Prosecutors Asked to Quit

Wall Street enforcer Preet Bharara may be forced out as the U.S. attorney in Manhattan despite assurances he said he had received from the incoming Trump administration that he would remain in the job. Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Friday abruptly asked for the resignations of 46 U.S. attorneys, all those remaining who had served under former President Barack Obama.

House Passes NASA Bill, Cornyn Provisions to Set Goal of Astronaut Landing on Mars

U.S. Senator John Cornyn issued the following statement after the U.S. House of Representatives passed S. 442, the to require NASA to develop plans for the future of U.S. human space exploration, including setting the goal of landing an astronaut on Mars: “This bill’s passage demonstrates our nation’s strong commitment to the long-term goal of landing a human astronaut on Mars,” . “I thank my colleague Rep. Culberson for his work on this legislation, and I look forward to the President signing this bill into law so we can continue exploring the next frontier.”

House Passes NASA Bill, Cornyn Provisions to Set Goal of Astronaut Landing on Mars

U.S. Senator John Cornyn issued the following statement after the U.S. House of Representatives passed S. 442, the to require NASA to develop plans for the future of U.S. human space exploration, including setting the goal of landing an astronaut on Mars: “This bill’s passage demonstrates our nation’s strong commitment to the long-term goal of landing a human astronaut on Mars,” . “I thank my colleague Rep. Culberson for his work on this legislation, and I look forward to the President signing this bill into law so we can continue exploring the next frontier.”

The Latest: House intel chair ‘concerned’ about WikiLeaks

The Latest on the publication by WikiLeaks of what it described as thousands of pages of confidential files about CIA hacking activities : The chairman of the House intelligence committee says he is “extremely concerned” about WikiLeaks’ release of documents it says came from the CIA’s Center for Cyber Intelligence. The chairman of the Senate intelligence committee, Sen. Richard Burr, R-N.C., also has had no comment on the release.

Sessions’ path to remake Justice Department may be clearer

The political cloud over Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ decision to step back from any investigation touching the Trump campaign may have a silver lining for a law enforcement officer who appears preoccupied by violent crime, drugs and immigration. Now that Sessions will no longer oversee any investigation into the 2016 election, his path to continue a refashioning of the Justice Department may be even clearer.

Ag Secretary Keeping Busy For Remainder Of Term

He’s only got a bit more than 10 months left before a new governor takes office and could appoint someone else to the position. “I am going to remain pedal to the metal, full speed ahead in promoting Virginia agriculture and forestry,” he promised, “whether domestically or abroad.”

FCC helps Jewish community centers track down bomb threats – CNET

The facilities will be able to see blocked phone numbers to help track perpetrators calling in bomb threats, thanks to a waiver of privacy rules. Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department K-9 officers search the Jewish Community Center of Southern Nevada after an employee received a suspicious phone call that led about 10 people to evacuate the building on February 27, 2017 in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Atlanta and other cities eye test tracks for self-driving cars

Self-driving vehicles could begin tooling down a bustling Atlanta street full of cars, buses, bicyclists and college students, as the city vies with other communities nationwide to test the emerging technology. Atlanta would become one of the largest urban areas for testing self-driving vehicles if plans come together for a demonstration as early as September.

Blumenthal signals WiFi access for VA hospital

Patients at the U.S. Veterans Administration Medical Center here will soon have access to WiFi, at the urging of U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal . Blumenthal had urged VA officials to provide access after hearing from a Marine veteran and writer who was being treated for leukemia at the West Haven hospital , who felt the lack of Wi-Fi impeded his recovery and resulted in social isolation.

Atlanta, other cities eye test tracks for self-driving cars

Self-driving vehicles could begin tooling down a bustling Atlanta street full of cars, buses, bicyclists and college students, as the city vies with other communities nationwide to test the emerging technology. Atlanta would become one of the largest urban areas for testing self-driving vehicles if plans come together for a demonstration as early as September.

High school students to launch biology research into space

Govs. Mark Dayton of Minnesota and Dennis Daugaard… Addressing position needs this recruiting class was what Nebraska did with this recruiting class, and linebacker Andrew Ward fits that bill. Ward is a three-star linebacker ac… While his feud with New York Knicks owner James Dolan continues, Charles Oakley will suit up in the newly founded 3-on-3 league founded by rapper/entertaine… — President Trump is spending his third consecutive weekend away from Washington, D.C., at his luxury resort Mar-a-Lago in Florida.

Why one senator is quizzing Yellen about robots taking U.S. jobs

To say Sen. Heidi Heitkamp didn’t like the answer she received from Federal Reserve Chairwoman Janet Yellen on the issue of automation taking away jobs is a bit of an understatement. Heitkamp, a North Dakota Democrat who sits on the Senate Banking Committee, asked Yellen at a hearing Tuesday about whether the central bank has studied the issue – she referenced a Bank of England study that showed up to 80 million U.S. jobs at risk – and how to draw attention to it.

Best of Rossie: a time to mourn and reassess

BEST OF ROSSIE: A time to mourn and reassess Television showed the explosion again and again until the senses cried for relief. Check out this story on pressconnects.com: http://press.sn/2kebwKj Rossie leaves behind a huge legacy: columns that are etched into the memories of generations of newspaper readers and a contingent of reporters, writers and editors.

Tillamook UAS Test Range Utilizes New High Altitude COA

As part of an unmanned flight test for NASA and the FAA, Near Space Corporation successfully flew a drone from the edge of space to operate as a surrogate test bed for technologies supporting new Suborbital Reusable Launch Vehicles currently under development. The September 26th test, conducted for NASA’s Flight Opportunities program, was the first of many flights that will be taking advantage of a unique FAA High Altitude Certificate Of Authorization .

Editorial: Views from Ohio

When astronaut Eugene Cernan left the surface of the moon after a very active Apollo 17 lunar expedition in 1972, he knew he was the last man on the moon, at least for a while. Cernan, who died Monday at age 82, didn’t have the all-American persona of John Glenn, the first American to orbit the Earth, nor the luck of being first, such as Alan Shepherd as the first American in space or Neil Armstrong as the first man to walk on the moon.

Mnuchin Backs Fed Independence and Signals Reform Isn’t Priority

In written questions by senators following his confirmation hearing on Thursday, Mnuchin was asked about his thoughts on “politicizing decisions made by the Federal Reserve Board of Governors and the benefits of an independent central bank.” “The Federal Reserve is organized with sufficient independence to conduct monetary policy and open market operations,” Mnuchin responded to Senator Bill Nelson, a Florida Democrat.

John Brennan Fast Facts

Was considered a shoo-in for the position of CIA director after President Barack Obama’s election in November 2008. Brennan dropped out of the running for the job after being criticized for supporting the enhanced terrorist interrogation techniques in use since September 11, 2001.

Perry ‘can’t answer’ whether Trump plans DOE cuts

Two Democratic members of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee asked Perry at his confirmation hearing to confirm a report that morning in The Hill regarding cuts to physics, computing, energy efficiency, fossil energy and more at DOE. “I think all of us, having been in the business we’ve been in for the years that we have, know that there are always a lot of statements.

Live updates: Trump nominees talk science

Nelson asked whether Ross would support NOAA’s scientific integrity policy, which lays out how agency scientists can clearly communicate scientific results without political interference. “I support the dissemination of valid information to the public,” Ross said.

Hidden figures: What Trump’s AG pick Jeff Sessions wants to keep in the shadows

As the Senate hearings for Jeff Sessions’ nomination as attorney general ran into their second day, I kept thinking about the movie “Hidden Figures,” which my wife Judith and I saw three days earlier. The film is based on a book by Margot Lee Shetterly about three African-American women in the early 1960s who lived in the segregated South while working on NASA’s first manned space missions.

Russian hackers could go after Congress next a ” and not just to read their email

Members of the Senate Intelligence Committee on Tuesday took turns questioning top intelligence officials, who say investigative agencies found compelling evidence of Russian cyber-hacking throughout the 2016 election cycle. Senate Intelligence Committee member Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., during the committee’s hearing Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2017, on Russian intelligence activities.

Trump denies, denounces reports on Russia ties: ‘a disgrace’

Trump, Vice President-elect Mike Pence and incoming White House press secretary Sean Spicer were defiant as they denounced reports that Russia had obtained compromising personal Opening his first news conference since the election, President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday responded to suggestions that U.S. intelligence agencies leaked unsubstantiated reports to the media about his relationship with Russia, calling it a “tremendous blot on their record if they did that.”

US Intel: Russia hacked Republican groups during election

Democratic groups and figures weren’t the only ones targeted in Russia’s suspected campaign to influence last year’s U.S. election. Russian cyberspies also targeted computers from state-level Republican groups and stole information from local voter registration records, FBI director James Comey said.