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How federal weather agencies have been impacted by staffing cuts.
Privatization would diminish a central role the federal government has played in weather forecasting since the 1800s, which ...
The big winners if Social Security is privatized would likely be Wall Street brokers and fund managers. As lawmakers debate budgeting issues, the subject of Social Security privatization naturally ...
A PFAS study near a planned desalination site raises concerns after revelations that a competing water project backer funded the testing, prompting questions of bias.
How the CBO gets to these figures is at the center of a long-running debate in Washington, because these estimates often become the tip of the spear in partisan warfare.
The U.S. privatization debate has foundered Opponents of privatization say it hasn't always worked out so well for the countries that have done it.
Federal authorities say they will discontinue some weather data, but they are delaying the original plan to do so by one month.
Hurricane forecasters and scientists rely on weather data collected and processed by Department of Defense satellites. The Navy has decided to stop sharing the data.
Seattle meteorologists Cliff Mass and Ted Buehner weigh in on a viral debate between Joe Rogan and U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders over climate change.
The U.S. privatization debate has foundered Opponents of privatization say it hasn't always worked out so well for the countries that have done it. They point, for example, to a 2023 report from the ...
Republican leaders barely scaled a key procedural hurdle to bring up the bill, but Democrats delayed its consideration and it was unclear whether the G.O.P. had the votes to pass it.
Vital hurricane-tracking satellites are expected to go dark just weeks into the Atlantic storm season — and NOAA blasted the media for fueling panic behind the shutdown while clarifying that ...