RISING: Top Stories for October 17

Government shutdown continues into Day 17

US Army Corps of Engineers promises more efficient infrastructure work

This week we celebrate the U.S. Army Engineer Regiment! The U.S. Army Engineer Regiment is a proud and storied branch of the United States Army that builds, fights, and protects. Its origins date to 1775 when the Continental Congress organized an army with a chief engineer and two assistants. Today’s Engineer regiment consists of more than 84,000 engineer Soldiers and more than 40,000 Civilians. Working to support our Soldiers, Airmen and Guardians both at home and on the battlefield, as well as

Our story began more than 200 years ago when Congress established the Continental Army with a provision for a chief engineer on June 16, 1775. The Army established the Corps of Engineers as a separate, permanent branch on March 16, 1802, and gave the engineers responsibility for founding and operating the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. Since then, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has responded to changing defense requirements and played an integral part in the development of the country. W

Did you see the patriotic projections on the Washington Monument to celebrate the new year and kick off #America250 events? Construction of this tribute to George Washington began in 1848 and experienced several delays due to funding disruptions and the U.S. Civil War. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers took over construction in 1879, raising the monument from 150 feet to 555 feet in just five years. In December 1884, workers completed the monument by placing a 3,300-pound marble capstone topped with

United States Army Corps of Engineers v. Hawkes Co., Inc., 576 U.S. 1129, 136 S.Ct. 1807, 195 L.Ed.2d 77 (2016): Case Brief Summary

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers opens floodgates at dams across the Ozarks