18 11, 2025

FEMA Chief Resigns After Six Months, Criticism Over Floods

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The Trump administration’s top official at the Federal Emergency Management Agency, David Richardson, resigned on Monday after about six months on the job. Richardson had no emergency management experience when he took on the role. He came to FEMA from …

18 11, 2025

CVS Settles for $18.2M Over California False Claims Act Violations

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CVS Pharmacy Inc. has settled alleged violations of the California False Claims Act with California Attorney General Rob Bonta and the United States Department of Justice. The settlement agreement requires CVS to pay $18.2 million. It resolves allegations that between …

18 11, 2025

Senator Opposes FCC Plan to Reverse Cyber Rules Adopted After Salt Typhoon Attack

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The top Democrat on the Senate Commerce Committee on Tuesday called on the Federal Communications Commission to abandon plans to rescind cybersecurity requirements adopted after the massive Salt Typhoon Chinese hacking incident that infiltrated U.S. telecom companies last year. Senator …

18 11, 2025

APCIA: House Judiciary Committee Must Pass Litigation Funding Disclosure Reforms

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The American Property Casualty Insurance Association (APCIA) continues to throw support behind two bills schedule for markup today by the House Judiciary Committee. Committee member Rep. Darell Issa, R-Calif., in February introduced the Litigation Transparency Act of 2025 (HR 1109) …

18 11, 2025

Estimate to Rebuild Baltimore’s Key Bridge Doubles to $5 Billion

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The price tag for rebuilding Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge is now more than double what officials estimated in 2024 right after the bridge was struck by a container shop and collapsed. The Maryland Transportation Authority (MDTA) yesterday updated the …

18 11, 2025

Fatigue Crack Caused a Keystone Pipeline Oil Spill in North Dakota, Operator Says

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A fatigue crack in the Keystone Pipeline led to an oil spill in North Dakota earlier this year that released thousands of barrels of oil onto farmland, according to the pipeline operator. In a quarterly report released Thursday, South Bow …

18 11, 2025

Firefighters Battle Blaze at Texas Decommissioned Power Plant

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Firefighters in southeastern Texas were battling a blaze at a decommissioned power plant that sent large plumes of smoke into the air on Sunday and local officials warned area residents to avoid the smoke. The fire broke out at the …

18 11, 2025

Property Cat Reinsurance MGA, Bobcat Re, Launched in US by Former K2 CAT Execs

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A new property-catastrophe reinsurance MGA, Bobcat Re, has been launched by a group of private investors, including former K2 CAT executives David Carson and James Sharpington as well as Glenn T. Jackson from Safepoint. Headquartered in Tampa and with an …

18 11, 2025

Cloudflare Resolves Global Outage That Disrupted ChatGPT, X

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A worldwide outage at the network of cybersecurity firm Cloudflare Inc. has been resolved after several hours of disruption on Tuesday. The outage had taken down the websites for everything from the chief US energy regulator, ChatGPT, the New Jersey …

18 11, 2025

Trump Administration Considers Moving FEMA to Texas, Report Says

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The Trump administration is weighing whether to relocate the Federal Emergency Management Agency to Texas and tap the state’s top emergency official to lead it, Politico reported Monday, citing two former senior FEMA officials. In February, Trump interviewed Nim Kidd, …