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.
The U.S. Copyright Office has opened its 10th triennial review of DMCA access-control exemptions. Petitions for new or renewed exemptions are due Aug. 24, 2026.
The Supreme Court has scheduled summer order lists for Aug. 17 and Sept. 4, while emergency orders can be issued outside the regular calendar.
Ford recalled 565,691 Bronco and Bronco Raptor vehicles from model years 2021 through 2026 after identifying a wiring-harness defect that can create an engine-fire risk.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service finalized a revised critical-habitat designation for threatened Canada lynx across Colorado, Idaho, Montana and Washington.
The Social Security Administration says it plans to complete the nationwide transition to electronic Social Security and SSI payments during 2026, urging remaining paper-check recipients to update their payment information.
The National Park Service will waive entrance fees for U.S. citizens and residents on Aug. 25, 2026, during a week of nationwide programming marking the agency’s 110th birthday.
NHTSA issued an urgent July 9 warning for approximately 462,000 Kia Tellurides after identifying a risk that a power-seat motor may overheat and catch fire.
The Census Bureau’s June 2026 Monthly Wholesale Trade release was scheduled for Aug. 6 at 10 a.m., adding a new national data point on sales, inventories and inventory-to-sales information.
The FDA’s July 22 update reported 131 illnesses in 38 states in an ongoing Salmonella investigation involving moringa leaf powder and dietary supplements containing the ingredient.
