In a move that surprised no one, President Obama vetoed legislation that would have permitted construction of the Keystone XL pipeline.

The Federal Aviation Administration did something rather remarkable on Sunday: they proposed a new set of drone rules. For years, drone hobbyists and businesses have been left in limbo, flying in unregulated skies and wondering whether they were unintentionally breaking the law. In 2012, Congress mandated that the FAA offer new rules for small unmanned aircraft by 2015, and breaking with expectations, the FAA actually delivered.

Four months after President Obama asked the Federal Communications Commission to adopt strict net neutrality measures, the agency has come up with a plan. FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler announced that he will submit a proposal to the agency's commissioners later this month that would impose tighter regulations on how broadband providers can manage their traffic.

Think the Sydney/Melbourne commute is bad? This week, the US Department of Transportation released Beyond Traffic, a report the agency describes as a 'draft framework' for the future of transportation in the United States. And as it stands, our future looks pretty bleak.

President Obama wants to give NASA's missions a big boost. Monday afternoon, NASA Administrator Charles Bolden updated America on the state of its space agency, noting that the Obama administration is proposing an $18.5 billion budget for NASA for the 2016 fiscal year. That's about $500 million more than the agency received for 2015.

The National Security Agency still has the authority to collect wide-ranging metadata about your phone calls, at least for now. A controversial bill aimed at reforming the intelligence agency failed to pass the U.S. Senate on Tuesday, with some arguing that it went too far in curtailing the NSA's powers, and others contending it didn't go far enough.