Governor Greg Abbott today announced the creation of a leadership team to secure Texas as the permanent home of the United States Space Academy. Representative Greg Bonnen M.D. of Friendswood, Chair of the House Appropriations Committee, will lead the team. “Texas is the home of America’s human spaceflight program,” said Governor Abbott. “No state can match what […]
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United States: Department of War Issues Legal Waiver to Authorize Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP) Disclosures to PURSUE
In direct alignment with President Trump’s mandate for comprehensive transparency on Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP), the Department of War (DOW) today announced the issuance of a targeted legal waiver. This waiver establishes an authorized, legally protected disclosure mechanism for current and former personnel to provide UAP-related National Defense Information (NDI) to designated representatives of the […]
United States: DOJ’s Fraud Division, SBA, and SBA OIG Target $245M in COVID Loan Fraud Enforcement Activity as State Partnerships Continue Expanding
On Sept. 14, the Justice Department’s National Fraud Enforcement Division along with the Small Business Administration (SBA) and the SBA Office of Inspector General, as part of a Heartland Fraud Surge announced the results of Operation No Doze, a surge of criminal enforcement actions targeting fraud in SBA’s small business COVID-era loan programs. During the […]
United States: Abbott Agrees to Pay Over $384M to Settle Allegations Related to Contaminated Infant Formula
Abbott Laboratories (Abbott), an Illinois-based healthcare company that manufactures and sells infant formula and nutritional therapy products, has agreed to pay $384,999,040 to resolve allegations that it caused false claims to be submitted between Jan. 1, 2018, and Dec. 31, 2022, to federal and state programs arising from its failure to manufacture certain powder infant […]
United States: Six Charged in California, Kansas, and Louisiana for Illegally Voting, Fraudulent Voter Registration, and Identity Fraud
Last week, an individual in California was arrested and two others were charged for paying people on Skid Row in downtown Los Angeles to sign petitions using stolen identities of registered voters to qualify initiatives on ballots in California elections. Two aliens living in Kansas, and Louisiana were charged for illegally voting. And an individual […]
Richards pledges to rebuild PAM
Newly-returned People’s Action Movement (PAM) Political Leader Dr. Shawn Richards has pledged to rebuild and modernise the party while calling for greater national unity and a shift away from political division. Delivering an address on Monday following his return to the leadership of the historic political organisation, Richards described the development as a “moment of […]
Increasing optimism for geothermal production after successful drilling rig inspection
By Vernan George – St. Kitts-Nevis Observer Premier of Nevis Mark Brantley says drilling of geothermal production wells could begin as early as October or November, following a successful inspection of the drilling rig in Iceland. Speaking on the Government at Work programme on Thursday, September 4, Brantley said representatives from the Nevis Electricity Company Limited (NEVLEC) […]
ECCB warns of rising debt, fiscal pressure
The economy of St. Kitts and Nevis expanded by 2.1 per cent in 2025, but declining Citizenship by Investment (CBI) revenues, widening fiscal deficits and rising public debt are creating significant challenges for the Federation’s medium-term economic outlook. The findings are contained in the Eastern Caribbean Central Bank’s (ECCB) June 2026 Economic and Financial Review, […]
Antigua PM want banks to do more to stimulate local econnomy
ST. JOHN’S, Antigua, Sept 14, CMC Prime Minister Gaston Browne has criticised the local banking sector for not making “enough loans available” so as to stimulate the domestic economy. Speaking on his weekly radio programme, Browne told listeners that the banks operating here are “not stepping up to the plate” and “are not making enough […]
ST. LUCIA-Government announces increased prices for petroleum products
CASTRIES, St. Lucia, Sept 14, CMC – The St. Lucia government says while it will continue to provide subsidies on petroleum products to cushion the impact of higher international prices on consumers, it has had no choice but to adjust the retail price for these products. In a statement, the Office of the Prime Minister […]