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Medicine

Ford calls on Ottawa to end approvals for safe drug supply sites, review existing ones | CBC News

Ontario Premier Doug Ford calls for federal review of opioid sites and criteria for provincial support. [ more ]

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Canada news

Ottawa and Ontario announce deal to scrap Highway 413 impact assessment | CBC News

Ontario and federal government reach deal to drop federal assessment of Highway 413 project. [ more ]

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Canada news

'It has to go': Ontario premier slams federal carbon tax hike | CBC News

Premier Doug Ford strongly opposes the federal carbon tax hike.

Ford emphasizes the burden of the carbon tax on Ontario businesses and agricultural organizations. [ more ]

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Canada news

Ottawa agrees to scrap Highway 413 impact assessment pending judge approval | CBC News

Ontario reached a deal with the federal government to suspend assessment of Highway 413 under the Impact Assessment Act.

The Supreme Court of Canada found parts of the Impact Assessment Act unconstitutional for allowing federal decisions on provincial projects. [ more ]

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The Globe and Mail

New York City

Poilievre takes no position on hybrid work for federal public servants

Pierre Poilievre is ambiguous on the issue of public servants working three days in office.

The federal government's move to increase on-site work for public servants is causing tension with unions.

Remote work is seen as a critical aspect of workers' rights in Canada for improving work-life balance and other benefits. [ more ]

Washington Post

US news

U.S. says Boeing broke terms of settlement over 737 Max crashes

Boeing breached settlement terms with the federal government over 737 Max crashes. [ more ]

SmartCompany

Artificial intelligence

Responsible AI gets $39.9 million in the federal budget

Federal government allocating funds for AI-centered initiatives to ensure safe and responsible adoption, building on previous investments and focusing on policy development and regulation. [ more ]

#cybersecurity

Nextgov.com

3 weeks ago

Information security

Feds, military personnel compete in President's Cyber Cup Challenge

The President's Cyber Cup Challenge aims to foster cybersecurity talent within the federal government, promoting awareness and skills among the workforce. [ more ]

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Privacy professionals

Wyden bill requires new cyber standards in federal tech procurement

New bill by Sen. Ron Wyden requires cybersecurity standards for federal government collaboration tools.

Measure focuses on preventing hacks like the Chinese cyberattack on Microsoft email accounts of government officials. [ more ]

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Privacy professionals

White House advisory group says market forces 'insufficient' to drive cybersecurity in critical infrastructure

Market forces alone are insufficient to incentivize critical infrastructure cybersecurity.

Recommendations include new financial incentives and simplifying regulatory compliance. [ more ]

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US politics

Millions of Americans' personal data exposed in global hack

Millions of people in Louisiana and Oregon have had their data compromised in the sprawling cyberattack that has also hit the US federal government, state agencies said late Thursday.The breach has affected 3.5 million Oregonians with driver's licenses or state ID cards, and anyone with that documentation in Louisiana, authorities said.

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The Mercury News

3 weeks ago

NYC LGBT

Census Bureau soon will ask about sexual and gender identity

The U.S. Census Bureau is considering including questions about sexual orientation and gender identity in upcoming surveys, aiming for better recognition and allocation of resources for the LGBTQ+ community. [ more ]

Government Executive

3 weeks ago

Remote teams

Senators' latest telework legislation could imperil remote work

Federal workers may be required to spend at least 60% of their work hours on in-person work with limited telework allowed. [ more ]

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4 weeks ago

Europe politics

For German voters, immigration is main issue in EU elections DW 05/03/2024

Germany's federal government faces division over budget proposals due to disagreements on spending cuts and borrowing limits. [ more ]

#immigration-policy

New York Post

Left-wing politics

Biden has been shipping migrants to New York under Adams' nose

DHS allowed 386,000 migrants to fly into various cities via the Advanced Travel Authorization Program.

Biden's administration is facilitating the influx of migrants to cities through various programs, including flying migrants directly to locations like New York City. [ more ]

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US politics

How Republicans Learned to Love Tough Immigration Rhetoric

Texas law allows police to arrest suspected undocumented immigrants

Republican governors protest Biden Administration's border policies [ more ]

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#legislation

Truthout

Left-wing politics

New Bill Could Pave the Way Toward Banning Student Debt Cancellation

Activists alarmed by potential ban on student loan cancellation in FAA Reauthorization Act.

Debt Collective raises concerns over language prohibiting relief for certain student loans. [ more ]

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Intellectual property law

U.S. Chamber of Commerce Sues HHS Over Constitutional Defects in Inflation Reduction Act's Medicare Negotiation Program - ipwatchdog.com | Patents & Intellectual Property Law

"The only plausible explanation for the way the Inflation Reduction Act is structured is that the President and Members of Congress thought that it would be easier and more politically palatable..." - U.S. Chamber of Commerce
On June 9, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and several affiliate organizations filed a lawsuit in the Southern District of Ohio raising a series of constitutional challenges to provisions of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA).

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Canada news

Senate committee urges Cannabis Act overhaul to address exclusion of First Nations | CBC News

The federal health minister should amend the 2018 Cannabis Act to recognize First Nations' right to govern the possession, sale and distribution of cannabis on their lands, a Senate committee says.In a report tabled Wednesday afternoon, the standing Senate committee on Indigenous Peoples says many problems identified before legalization remain unaddressed, with some First Nations still blocked from the lucrative industry.

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US news

Congress Ended Pandemic Cash for Parents, but Some States Have Embraced the Idea

For a brief period during the coronavirus pandemic, the federal government gave most parents monthly cash up to $300 per child with no work requirements or restrictions on how the money could be spent.The experiment, through an expanded child tax credit, died last year after 12 months, when Republicans and Senator Joe Manchin III, the moderate West Virginia Democrat, refused to renew it.

Truthout

Left-wing politics

Nearly Every Major Move by GOP-Controlled House So Far Has Had an Anti-Climate Angle

From the debt ceiling to their latest tax plan, the GOP has been taking pot shots at the climate movement at every turn.House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, second from right, talks with an energy industry worker as Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy conducts a news conference after the House passed the Lower Energy Costs Act in the U.S. Capitol on March 30, 2023.

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Sports

Senate Opens Inquiry Into PGA Tour Deal with Saudi-Funded LIV Golf

The PGA Tour and LIV Golf have not yet closed a stunning partnership agreement announced only last week, but vows from Washington to slow or stop the deal or at least make it uncomfortable for golf executives crystallized on Monday, when the Senate opened an inquiry into the arrangement.Senator Richard Blumenthal, Democrat of Connecticut and the chairman of the chamber's Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, said Monday that he had demanded that both the PGA Tour and the Saudi Arabian-funded LIV give up a wide array of documents and communications tied to the agreement.

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#texas-law

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Law

Appeals Court Rules Against Texas in Clash Over Migrant Arrest Law

Federal appeals court ruled against Texas in the clash over migrant arrest law

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit's majority opinion upheld the injunction blocking the law [ more ]

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Law

Supreme Court temporarily blocks Texas law that allows police to arrest migrants

The U.S. Supreme Court halted a new Texas law on migrant arrests pending further review.

The law would significantly impact U.S.-Mexico relations and enforcement of federal immigration laws in Texas. [ more ]

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Public health

Video: Biden Signs Executive Order to Boost Women's Health Research

Biden prioritizes women's health research

$200 million investment in NIH for women's health research [ more ]

#migrant-crisis

Dailycaller

New York City

'Worst Government Blunder': Cuomo Rips Federal Government Over NYC Migrant Crisis

Andrew Cuomo criticizes federal government over migrant crisis

Cuomo describes the migrant crisis as the worst government blunder he has seen [ more ]

The Washington Times

5 months ago

NYC politics

New York City Mayor Eric Adams calls out Biden for 'abandoning' migrant issue

New York City Mayor Eric Adams criticizes President Biden for not addressing the influx of migrants into the city.

Adams believes that the federal government has abandoned the issue, and other mayors are joining him in expressing their concerns. [ more ]

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US politics

The House approves another short-term extension to avoid a shutdown. Senators are up next to vote

The House passed a short-term spending measure to avoid a federal government shutdown by extending funding for some agencies through March 8 and others through March 22.

House Speaker Mike Johnson expressed confidence in completing annual spending bills for federal agencies and avoiding further short-term extensions for the fiscal year. [ more ]

Los Angeles Times

California

Southern California Edison to pay $80 million over deadly 2017 Thomas fire

Southern California Edison agrees to pay $80 million for 2017 Thomas fire damages.

Utility reached settlement with the federal government without admitting wrongdoing. [ more ]

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US politics

I.R.S. Commissioner Warns Budget Cuts Would Add to Deficit

Proposed cuts to the IRS budget would cost the federal government more money in the long run.

For every $100 million taken from the IRS, the deficit grows by $600 million over 10 years. [ more ]

#homelessness

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East Bay (California)

FEMA puts California on the hook for $300 million in pandemic homelessness costs

California officials are frustrated with the federal government for reneging on promised funding to cover the costs of sheltering homeless individuals in hotel rooms during the pandemic.

Cities and counties in California are now facing a significant funding gap and scrambling to find alternative ways to cover the costs of sheltering homeless individuals.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has limited reimbursements for hotel stays to 20 days between June 2021 and May 2023, leaving cities and counties potentially responsible for more than $300 million. [ more ]

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East Bay real estate

The Bay Area is set to receive more than $190 million in new federal homelessness funding. Is it enough?

The federal government is allocating $191 million to Bay Area counties to combat homelessness, part of a larger nationwide investment.

The funding is based on how well county agencies are working together to end homelessness, but advocates say it is not enough to address the crisis. [ more ]

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Coronavirus

Scientists rely on private funding to push long COVID research forward

The federal government no longer views long COVID with urgency

Private donors are funding research and promoting collaboration [ more ]

#biden-administration

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US politics

The jobs boom is hitting the federal sector, too

The federal government added 11,000 jobs in January, in line with recent trends under the Biden administration.

Federal employment reached its highest level in at least 20 years, with the most non-census hiring in any 12-month period over the same time period. [ more ]

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Law

For many migrants being bused from New York City to other towns, hostility awaits.

Juan Carlos, recently arrived in Albany, N.Y. after being bused to various cities in the US.He is from Nicaragua, and volunteers with local non-profits in the city as a way to get to know the community and find work.Lexi Parra for NPR Johnson Coronel hopes Albany, N.Y., is the end of the line.He's 26 years old.

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US politics

DeSantis signs record Florida budget, a campaign-ready spending plan boosted by federal dollars

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Thursday signed his state's budget, a $117 billion spending plan filled with priorities that have already become fodder for the Republican's 2024 presidential campaign.There's $12 million in there to continue the flights carrying migrants from border states to blue jurisdictions for a second year.

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#texas

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US politics

No, Texas Can't Secede, and the Border Fight Is About Politics More Than Policy

Texas cannot secede from the United States, but Governor Greg Abbott is escalating rhetoric about the state's independence

Abbott's claims of invasion and self-defense are part of a fight against the federal government's immigration policies [ more ]

New York Post

US politics

Greg Abbott declares Texas' right to self-defense 'supersedes federal statutes' as he battles Biden admin over razor wire at border

Texas Governor Greg Abbott asserts that the state's right to self-defense supersedes federal statutes regarding border security.

Abbott argues that the failure of the federal government to protect Texas from an invasion gives the state the constitutional authority to defend itself. [ more ]

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Los Angeles Times

Los Angeles

He opened a medical pot dispensary in California. The feds spent 16 years prosecuting him

Charles Lynch has been pursued by the federal government for running a medical marijuana dispensary for almost 17 years.

The case involves conflicting state and federal marijuana laws, with Lynch and his lawyers arguing it is a pointless exercise that has cost taxpayers millions of dollars. [ more ]

#international-students

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Education

Two post-secondary organizations express 'significant concern' over international student cap | CBC News

Colleges and Institutes Canada and Universities Canada have expressed concern about the federal government's decision to cap the number of student permits for the next two years.

The organizations argue that the cap could have significant consequences for both Canadian and international students.

The federal government's intention in implementing the cap is to prevent students from attending institutions that are allegedly under-resourced. [ more ]

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Education

Cap on student visas could wreak financial havoc on Ontario universities, colleges: officials | CBC News

Ontario universities and colleges are concerned about the federal government's plan to reduce the number of international students granted permission to study in Canada.

The cap on study permits will put a strain on the budgets of many universities, which are already facing financial difficulties. [ more ]

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Education

Ottawa planning to reduce volume of international students in certain provinces: source | CBC News

The federal government is considering reducing the number of international students in certain provinces due to issues with housing stock.

Discussions between the federal government and provinces about limiting student numbers and tightening regulations have been unfruitful. [ more ]

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Canada news

Pride Toronto repaying over $505K after federal grant controversy | CBC News

Pride Toronto is repaying over $505,000 in grant funding after an audit found the organization could not prove completion of projects.

KPMG discovered that documentation was lacking for expenditures from 2017 to 2021. [ more ]

Fox News

5 months ago

NYC politics

Andrew Cuomo demands Washington pay for migrant crisis and stop 'urban death spiral'

Former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo argues that the federal government should reallocate migrants to different states to address the strain on cities.

Cuomo highlights the financial burden of managing the migrant population on already struggling cities and calls for a national approach to asylum seekers. [ more ]

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New York Post

5 months ago

Social justice

Government tyranny comes to Main Street, with the feds more powerful than ever

The federal government is increasingly limiting Americans' freedoms

There are now over 5,200 federal criminal offenses and many more state and local crimes [ more ]

Slate Magazine

Law

The Supreme Court Has Figured Out How to Gut a Bunch of Crucial Federal Laws at Once

The Supreme Court is considering a case that could limit the federal government's ability to enforce regulations against lawbreakers.

The case involves the argument that the Securities and Exchange Commission does not have the right to fine wrongdoers. [ more ]

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Coronavirus

Free COVID tests headed to nation's schools

School districts in the U.S. can order free rapid COVID-19 tests from the federal government starting in December.

This initiative will provide millions of tests to school districts as COVID cases are expected to peak in the winter months.

Schools will have the freedom to use the tests however they see fit, including distributing them to students, staff, and community members. [ more ]

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NYC politics

President Biden, NYC Mayor Eric Adams haven't spoken in a year as New York's migrant crisis worsens: Report

President Biden and NYC Mayor Eric Adams have not spoken in a year.

Adams blames the migrant crisis on the federal government.

Adams is under investigation for potentially receiving illegal donations from the Turkish government. [ more ]

New York Post

NYC politics

Mayor Adams right Biden failing on migrant crisis, but wrong on budget cuts: AOC

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez agrees that the federal government has not done enough to address the migrant crisis.

Ocasio-Cortez questions the need for additional federal spending on border security and believes resources should be allocated to shelters and services in cities.

She disagrees with Mayor Eric Adams' plan to make drastic cuts to city services and believes further analysis is necessary. [ more ]

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New York Post

NYC politics

Migrant crisis will be more visible when they start sleeping on the streets: Adams

New York City is facing a growing migrant crisis, with more asylum seekers expected to live on the streets.

Mayor Eric Adams plans to cut the cost of housing migrants by 20%, but has not provided details on how.

Adams criticized the federal government for not doing enough to help with the migrant crisis and called for New York City tax dollars to not be used for a national problem. [ more ]

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Privacy professionals

CISA turns 5 and looks to the future

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) was launched as the federal government's go-to cyber policy and incident response shop.

CISA was formed from the old National Protection and Programs Directorate at the Department of Homeland Security.

CISA has experienced significant growth in staff and funding in recent years. [ more ]

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Toronto

Only a small percentage of travellers are using ArriveCAN months after it was made optional | CBC News

Little more than a tenth of international arrivals at Canada's major airports used the ArriveCAN app in the first few months of 2023.The app was launched during the pandemic as a communication and screening tool to ensure travellers arriving in Canada complied with pandemic border measures.It later became a way for travellers to show their vaccination status.

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Canada news

How student loans keep some people trapped in debt | CBC News

When Samuel Bonne received $15,000 in student grants to fund his studies, he wasn't expecting to have to pay it back.But just two years later in the middle of the pandemic those grants were converted to loans.At the end of his sophomore year at the University of Toronto, the Ontario Student Assistance Program (OSAP) asked Bonne, originally from Mauritius, for his parents' financial documents, but they couldn't provide them.

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US news

Scathing Report on Police Leaves Minneapolis Reeling 3 Years After Floyd Murder

The wounds of Minneapolis are far from healed.T.J. Johnson, a resident of South Minneapolis for 40 years, says he is applying for a gun permit, having long ago given up on the police keeping him safe.Veterans of the city's Police Department, which has lost more than 300 officers, say they are running on fumes, weary from patrolling under a cloud of suspicion.

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Toronto

'Canada has a lot of unpaid bills': $10B settlement reached in landmark First Nation treaty annuities case | CBC News

It took more than a decade of litigation, but 21 Anishinaabe communities along the north shore of Lake Huron in Ontario will finally access a fair share of the wealth generated on their lands over the past 173 years.The Robinson-Huron Treaty signed in 1850 promised its Indigenous beneficiaries annual payments in exchange for the right to use their lands.

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US news

I-95 in Philadelphia Expected to Reopen Within Two Weeks, Governor Says

Gov. Josh Shapiro of Pennsylvania said on Saturday he was confident the portion of Interstate 95 in Philadelphia that collapsed last weekend will open within the next two weeks.We are going to get traffic moving again, Mr. Shapiro said on Twitter, crediting an all hands on deck approach.Initially, he had said he expected the repairs to take months.

Los Angeles Times

Los Angeles

The latest effort to break away from California is brewing in El Dorado County

(Myung J. Chun / Los Angeles Times)

It's a decades-old pursuit that's been attempted, thus far, unsuccessfully - but a group of El Dorado County residents are hoping to finally get their shot at breaking free from California.The new effort to separate from one of the largest states in the U.S. is brewing in one of its smallest counties.

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US news

Consent Decrees Force Changes to Policing. But Do Reforms Last?

As demonstrations over police brutality rocked the country in 2020 following the death of George Floyd, Newark was held up as a model of police reform, a department so transformed by federal intervention that its officers had not fired a single shot that year.The department had revamped its disciplinary process, established New Jersey's first civilian complaint review board and kept the peace during local protests even as the police in other cities clashed violently with demonstrators.

#years

Streetsblog

San Francisco

There's a Budget with Transit Funding, But Negotiations Aren't Over - Streetsblog California

California legislative leaders have come to agreement to use some money from the state's cap-and-trade program to prevent transit agencies from heading over the "fiscal cliff" that could destroy them.As a stop-gap measure, it is not a bad move.Transit is certainly a valid use for the funds, which are supposed to go towards reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

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Canada news

Parliamentary report recommends windfall tax on grocers if Competition Bureau finds price-gouging proof | CBC News

If Canada's Competition Bureau finds that grocery store giants are profiting excessively from food inflation, the federal government should consider slapping a windfall tax on those excess profits.That's one of the main recommendations put forward in a new report released this week by a parliamentary committee that has been looking into the causes and possible solutions to sky-high food prices.

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World politics

Indian Politician and Former Wrestling Chief Is Charged With Harassment

After months of impassioned protest by Olympic wrestlers that drew national attention in India, the police on Thursday filed charges of sexual harassment and intimidation against a powerful ruling-party politician and former chief of India's wrestling federation.The wrestlers have accused the politician, Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, of harassing at least seven young women, including a minor, over the course of a decade, starting in 2012.

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US politics

The latest on Trump's historic federal indictment

Former President Donald Trump delivers remarks during an event following his arraignment in Bedminster, New Jersey, on June 13.Amr Alfiky/Reuters Former President Donald Trump made numerous false and misleading claims in a speech he delivered Tuesday night following his afternoon arraignment in Miami federal court to face charges of illegally retaining classified documents and obstructing the federal investigation into his conduct.

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US politics

CNN town hall with Chris Christie

Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie speaks at a CNN Republican Presidential Town Hall moderated by CNN's Anderson Cooper in New York on Monday, June 12.Laura Oliverio/CNN Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie laid into Donald Trump in a CNN town hall Monday night, calling the former president angry and vengeful and accusing him of vanity run amok within the event's opening minutes.

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New York City

Ike on a Bike: The Devoted Cyclist Playing Eisenhower Onstage

Good morning.It's Tuesday.We'll meet the actor John Rubinstein, who is a bicyclist and who is playing former President Dwight Eisenhower in an Off Broadway show.It's impossible to resist the phrase Ike on a bike.We'll also meet a man who didn't know the house he rented was a couple of blocks from one of the nation's first Superfund sites.

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US news

The Business of Being Chris Christie

As his second term as governor of New Jersey drew to a close in 2017, Chris Christie was characteristically blunt about his plans.I want to have fun, and I want to make money, he told The New York Times in an interview.Mr. Christie wasted no time.On his first day out of office, he saw Bruce Springsteen on Broadway.

TechRepublic

Business intelligence

Are public or proprietary generative AI solutions right for your business? Interview with expert Aaron Kalb

When it comes to generative artificial intelligence, should your organization opt for public or proprietary AI? First, you need to consider the main differences between these options.Public AI can have a wide knowledge base and fulfill a lot of tasks.However, public AI may feed that data back into a model's training data, which can cause security vulnerabilities to emerge.

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US politics

Supreme Court rejects challenges to law that governs tribal adoptions

The Supreme Court on Thursday rejected challenges to a federal law that prioritizes the placement of Native American children with Native families or tribes in child custody proceedings.The law was passed in 1978 to protect tribal sovereignty after Congress documented the alarmingly high number of children with Native American ancestry being placed with non-Native families or institutions in state child welfare and private adoption proceedings.

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US politics

Drugmakers want to stop Medicare from negotiating prices. Here's what you should know

In less than three months, the federal government is set to announce the initial 10 drugs subject to first-ever price negotiations in Medicare.Pharmaceutical companies and their supporters want to stop that from happening.Last week, Merck and the US Chamber of Commerce filed separate lawsuits against the government, arguing that negotiating drug prices in Medicare is unconstitutional in a variety of ways.

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US politics

Trump's main 2024 election goal is now to save himself

Donald Trump went from courtroom to campaign trail in the blink of an eye on Tuesday, underscoring how the 2024 election which should address the most pressing issues of the American people has become a mere tool of his criminal defense strategy.After scowling in crossed-arm silence as he became the first former president to be charged with crimes by the federal government, Trump quickly transitioned to a Cuban cafe in Miami where he lapped up the adulation of supporters singing Happy Birthday.

Streetsblog

SF politics

Notes from Switzerland: Transit Fare Integration is Key to Success - Streetsblog San Francisco

Seamless Bay Area's Ian Griffiths just completed an extensive study tour of Switzerland's intercity rail and urban transit systems.Streetsblog wanted to bring his thoughts to readers.A key success factor in Switzerland's attractive, high-ridership system is the principle of "One journey, One ticket": the idea that when you pay a fare, it's for your entire journey, no matter how many times you transfer between modes or operators.

Streetsblog

SF politics

Notes from Switzerland: Transit Fare Integration is Key to Success - Streetsblog San Francisco

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US politics

What is the Hatch Act?

A federal agency said Tuesday that White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre violated the Hatch Act when she used the term mega MAGA from the briefing podium.But Jean-Pierre is far from the first person in a high-profile role to violate the law, which limits certain political activities of government workers.

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US politics

Golf's Titanic Deal Stokes Anger on Capitol Hill

One of golf's greatest tests will unfold starting on Thursday, when the U.S. Open begins at the Los Angeles Country Club.It might be an easier lift it will assuredly be a shorter one than the test that is emerging in Washington.The abrupt announcement last week that the PGA Tour will tie itself to Saudi Arabia's sovereign wealth fund and its LIV Golf league is provoking American officials in ways as predictable as they might be persistent in the months ahead.

POLITICO

US Elections

Trump drew one of his favorite judges. Here's how she could help his case.

She is not expected to handle Trump's initial court appearance on Tuesday; that will take place in front of a magistrate judge.But Cannon is expected to have control of the case in the weeks and months ahead (unless she heeds the calls of some ethics experts who are already saying she should step aside).

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US news

How Trump Plans to Beat His Indictment, Politically

Donald J. Trump will make his first appearance in federal criminal court on Tuesday.But the former president has been pleading his case for days in a far friendlier venue the court of Republican public opinion, where he continues to dominate the 2024 field.For Mr. Trump and his team, there has been a sense of familiarity, even normalcy, in the chaos of facing a 37-count indictment in the classified documents case.

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