4+ day, 10+ hour ago   (532+ words) A spokesperson for Kirtland Air Force Base defended the use of greetings like “have a blessed day” after a religious freedom group denounced the practice. Mandatory Air Force policy requires leaders and service members to “ensure their words and actions…...

4+ day, 22+ hour ago   (1230+ words) Rising stars in the Democratic Party are promoting their tech modernization teams in a post-DOGE political landscape. Mayor Zohran Mamdani went to Coney Island to announce the city’s new Public Interest Technology Crew, or PIT Crew. (Katie Godowski/MediaPunch/IPx)…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (524+ words) Multiple people, including practicing Christians, had complained that guards at a New Mexico base were greeting them with religious phrases. By Angie Orellana Hernandez September 4, 2026 05:04 p.m. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth signaled Friday that he would challenge a nonprofit’s attempt to halt…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (1178+ words) Local officials tell NOTUS they haven’t seen investment dollars pour in. But they’re welcoming the coming changes to the tax program. There’s no comprehensive federal tracking of the impact of opportunity zones, but outside research has shown the program yielding…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (823+ words) By Martin Austermuhle and Zara Norman September 2, 2026 06:31 a.m. D.C.’s restrictive gun laws have come under legal assault over the past 18 months, leaving local officials concerned that the city’s persistent gun violence could get worse. There have been legal challenges to D....

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (471+ words) By Anna Kramer and Eric Katz September 2, 2026 06:00 a.m. With limited insight into the Trump administration’s plans for the Interior Department, and recent reassignments affecting some of the agency’s top experts, current and former staff are seeing signs of a dramatic shakeup…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (855+ words) Recent cases have challenged prohibitions on assault rifles, high-capacity magazines and felons owning guns. September 2, 2026 05:09 a.m. In June 2025, Lorenzo Redman was sentenced to 18 months in a D.C. prison after he was convicted of possessing a gun as a felon. His public defender…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (1263+ words) How data center developers are spending their way into communities. Part of OpenAI’s Project Stargate is a 2.2 million-square-foot, $43 billion data center, in Saline Township, Michigan. (Jacob Hamilton/Ann Arbor News via AP) September 1, 2026 05:47 a.m. In a few years, the city of…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (818+ words) WMATA estimates it would cost $1 billion to build a second Metro station at the new Commanders stadium, and it wouldn’t even be ready in time for the team’s projected move in 2030. (D.C. Office of Planning) By Martin Austermuhle and…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (719+ words) Staffers from Germany’s Die Linke party travelled to New York last year to learn from the DSA’s campaign as they try to win a mayor’s race in Berlin. September 1, 2026 05:02 a.m. BERLIN — A mayor’s race. A Muslim candidate from the…...