Opinion: ‘Our phones have gone quiet’ — shutdown paralyzes federal homebuying programs

The government shutdown has had a dire and growing impact on the housing sector, with USDA and HUD-184 loans frozen, ...

Important government service quietly suspended during shutdown

Consumers are facing many hidden consequences due to the government shutdown. At midnight on October 1, 2025, the U.S.

CBP Searched a Record Number of Phones at the US Border Over the Past Year

The total number of US Customs and Border Protection device searches jumped by 17 percent over the 2024 fiscal year, but more invasive forensic searches remain relatively rare.

Phinge Announces Proposal to Combat Billions in Government Waste, Fraud, and Abuse with Proactive, Hardware-Verified Netverse App-Less Platform

Phinge® Corporation, creator of the upcoming Netverse® hardware-verified technology platform, today detailed a proposal for federal agencies to dramatically reduce waste, fraud, and abuse (WFA) in ...
Grand Island Independent

Request made for government cell phone records

As part of Sunshine Week, The Independent's parent company, GateHouse Media, asked its newspapers to request cell phone records from city officials through the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA).
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MP says government will do more to ban smartphones in schools

Basingstoke's MP has said the government will be doing more to ban mobile phones in schools. Luke Murphy was a panellist at the University of Winchester’s Education Question Time hosted by Victoria ...