The Justice Department said July 20 that UC San Diego’s medical school discriminated based on race in admissions. The available record does not include the full findings or any corrective-action agreement.
The Justice Department says it has resumed targeted Second Request investigations to expedite federal merger review, a procedural change that could affect scrutiny of major technology and other transactions.
New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez filed a federal lawsuit alleging that the Justice Department blocked or delayed the state’s investigation into Jeffrey Epstein and related matters.
The Energy Department has released a draft national transmission study that identifies constraints and future grid needs as data centers, factories and other large electricity users expand.
A new U.S. Geological Survey assessment estimates 4.2 billion short tons of reported coal reserves beneath federal lands and 356 billion short tons of additional available resources in the lower 48 states.
A Justice Department Inspector General audit of Indiana’s administration of federally funded victim-assistance grants includes three recommendations, but the available record does not disclose the questioned-cost total or establish criminal wrongdoing.
The FDA listed an early alert on July 24, 2026, involving a Boston Scientific percutaneous catheter and said it was collecting additional information.
The Farm Service Agency says final changes will raise reimbursement for certain livestock losses, remove a deduction for some tree and vine claims and make some 2024 and 2025 payments automatic.
The USPTO and National Academy of Inventors announced a five-year effort focused on intellectual-property education, commercialization and partnerships connecting U.S. research with economic and societal use.
The U.S. Trade Representative announced final tariffs on goods from 60 trading partners, saying their governments failed to prohibit and enforce bans on imports produced with forced labor.
A coalition of more than 24 states is challenging FEMA and DHS conditions tied to 2026 disaster-relief funding in a Rhode Island federal court.
The Labor Department announced $162 million in performance-based incentives for Registered Apprenticeship expansion and opened a related skills-training opportunity with an Aug. 17 deadline.
A presidential proclamation issued July 20 will impose an additional 50% duty on specified Canadian dairy products entering the United States beginning Aug. 19, 2026.
A Government Accountability Office review found that 19 of the 40 border-security metrics reported by DHS in its 2023 submission differed in scope or calculation from definitions set by federal law.
A White House proclamation issued July 20 imposes an additional 50% duty on specified Canadian dairy imports beginning Aug. 19, with federal agencies directed to update enforcement through the U.S. tariff schedule.
Verizon said it will sell 274 company-owned retail stores and eliminate about 500 additional corporate positions, affecting approximately 3,000 retail and corporate employees.
The National Weather Service is warning of overlapping severe weather hazards, including flooding, dangerous heat and critical fire weather, across several U.S. regions.
Donald Trump said on August 3 that negotiations with Iran could lead to reopening the Strait of Hormuz, while saying Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates urged him not to launch major new strikes.
A National Weather Service report documents one tornado warning and two severe thunderstorm warnings during a severe-weather episode across parts of southern Wisconsin on Aug. 5–6, 2026.
Indiana VA medical centers and clinics are scheduled to launch the Federal Electronic Health Record on Aug. 22, with online tools planned to return Aug. 24.
The Federal Communications Commission has set August 14, 2026, as the deadline for the relevant filing cycle in its national Broadband Data Collection process.
NASA says technicians have completed propellant loading for the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, moving the observatory into payload integration and other final preparations for a targeted August 30, 2026, launch from Florida.
