Tag: Government contracts
US persuades judge to stop pro-Trump border wall group
HOUSTON (AP) - The U.S. government persuaded a federal judge to prevent a private fundraising group from building its own wall next to the...
Portugal resists US appeal to bar Huawei from 5G network bid
LISBON, Portugal (AP) - Portugal won’t exclude Chinese companies from competing in a planned public tender for the country’s next-generation 5G wireless network, senior...
NATO’s aging eye in the sky to get a last overhaul
BRUSSELS (AP) - NATO and U.S. aircraft-maker Boeing agreed Wednesday on a $1 billion contract to refurbish the military alliance’s aging fleet of surveillance...
Snowden: Lawsuit targeting his book is selective enforcement
FALLS CHURCH, Va. (AP) - Former CIA contractor Edward Snowden says the government is unfairly singling him out in a lawsuit that seeks to...
Snowden: Lawsuit targeting his book is selective enforcement
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) - Former CIA contractor Edward Snowden says the government is unfairly singling him out in a lawsuit that seeks to block...
Trump intervenes in military justice cases, grants pardons
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump has pardoned a former U.S. Army commando set to stand trial next year in the killing of a...
Trump intervenes in military justice cases, grants pardons
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump has pardoned a former U.S. Army commando set to stand trial next year in the killing of a...
Esper defends as fair Pentagon contract disputed by Amazon
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper said Friday he was certain that the awarding of a $10 billion cloud-computing contract...
Amazon appeals $10B Pentagon contract won by Microsoft
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Amazon is protesting the Pentagon’s decision to award a $10 billion cloud-computing contract to Microsoft, citing “unmistakable bias†in the...
Malaysian ex-PM Najib ordered to enter defense in 1MDB case
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) - A Malaysian judge on Monday ordered former Prime Minister Najib Razak to enter a defense at his first corruption...