Tag Archives: Advances

It’s not done yet, but it’s getting there. On Friday, D.C. Council voted to advance the Commanders stadium deal to a second reading, followed by a vote. The vote is set for September 17. If it passes, the stadium moves to Mayor Muriel Bowser for final approval. Which she will give, given that she did the deal in the first …

Senate Banking advances first large, bipartisan housing package in a decade  Politico Ahead of Historic Housing Markup, Stakeholders Voice Support for ROAD to Housing Act of 2025  Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (.gov) Housing affordability is a major problem. Elizabeth Warren is helping lead a sweeping bipartisan effort to address it.  The Boston Globe Exclusive / Senate’s bipartisan housing bill …

A bill that would help regulate college sports and how athletes are compensated by schools made it through a House committee on Wednesday — a notable step on the way to it conceivably being put to a vote — while public criticism of the potential legislation also mounted. After years of lobbying for help from Congress by college sports leaders, …

Stargate advances with 4.5 GW partnership with Oracle  OpenAI Exclusive | SoftBank and OpenAI’s $500 Billion AI Project Struggles to Get Off Ground  The Wall Street Journal Trump’s AI vision takes shape as Oracle and OpenAI expand massive Stargate infrastructure project  Fox Business SoftBank and OpenAI’s Stargate aims building small data center by year-end, WSJ reports  Yahoo Finance Oracle to Supply OpenAI With 2 …

The Senate Judiciary Committee approved the appeals court nomination of Emil Bove, the former personal lawyer of President Donald Trump whose actions since joining the Justice Department have attracted widespread criticism. The panel voted on Thursday to advance Bove’s nomination out of Republican-led committee to the US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit as Democrats complained they weren’t allowed …

After hours of debate that culminated in a rebuke of the Trump administration’s efforts to restore Confederate names to military bases, the House Armed Services Committee voted late Tuesday to advance the annual must-pass defense policy bill that endorses a pay bump for service members. This year’s National Defense Authorization Act, or NDAA, which supports a 3.8% pay raise for …

Sixty years ago, NASA’s Mariner 4 captured groundbreaking views of the Red Planet, leading to a steady stream of advances in the cameras used to study other worlds. In 1965, NASA’s Mariner 4 mission brought Mars into American living rooms, where TV sets showed fuzzy black-and-white images of a cratered landscape. The spacecraft took 21 complete pictures — the first …