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On 31 August 2026 the White House budget office told federal agencies to make Login.gov the default way Americans sign in to government services. Memo M-26-18 gives agencies two years to offer Login.gov on every public-facing site in scope, and one year for …
On 15 September 2026 the United States sent EU lawmakers a paper warning that it “will review all potential response measures” if the EU …
Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act expired at midnight on 12 June 2026. Congress had extended it twice in short bursts …
The United States has no federal AI law, and the administration’s main AI fight in 2026 is with American states that wrote their own. Across …
On 24 September, six weeks before the midterms, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency released its 2026 Election …
Between October 2025 and May 2026, the federal government spent $722.7 billion on net interest and $630.9 billion on national defence, …
On 2 September a new Office of Personnel Management rule on reductions in force took effect. When agencies lay off staff, performance …
The UKUSA agreement was signed in March 1946, between Britain and the United States. Canada joined in 1948, Australia and New Zealand in …
On 22 September the White House said Marco Rubio is now the permanent national security adviser, after 16 months as acting adviser. He stays …
The US federal debt limit stands at $41.1 trillion. The July 2025 budget reconciliation law raised it by $5 trillion. That bought about two …