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Last weekend, several Brooklyn principals were told that their schools would immediately be sheltering hundreds of asylum seekers, by way of mayoral fiat.The schools commandeered into service were chosen because they had stand-alone gyms, apart from the main buildings, which would separate children from the adults who would temporarily be staying there, side by side in tight rows of green cots.

Mayor Eric Adams is facing sharp criticism Thursday from fellow city pols and advocates after he signed on Wednesday night an executive order suspending parts of the city's longstanding right-to-shelter law ahead of a new migrant surge following the expiration of federal Title 42.The executive order first reported by the news website Gothamist suspends parts of the decades-old right to shelter law, which guarantees any person seeking shelter a placement in New York City's system, that pertains to finding shelter for those seeking it within a given timeframe.

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot declared a state of emergency Tuesday in response to the thousands of migrants who have settled in the city, often under harsh living conditions, after crossing the U.S.'s southern border to seek asylum.The executive order, signed less than a week before Lightfoot is set to leave office on Monday, authorizes the mayor's administration to move emergency funds and request the aid of the Illinois National Guard.

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Securing the software supply chain is becoming increasingly critical, not only to prevent cyber threats, but also to comply with the executive order from the White House.DevOps teams need to make it possible to verify provenance of artifacts along the entire pipeline.

C. Boyden Gray, the former White House counsel to former President George H.W. Bush and ambassador to the European Union, has died.He was 80.We are saddened to learn of the passing of Ambassador C. Boyden Gray.From 1981-1993, Mr. Gray served President Bush as his closest and most trusted senior legal advisor, the George and Barbara Bush Foundation said in a statement.

Tony Earl, a Democrat who served one term as Wisconsin's governor in the 1980s and went on to become a leading advocate of campaign and election finance reforms and a champion of environmental causes, died on Thursday in Madison, Wis.He was 86.His daughter Julia Earl announced his death to The Associated Press.

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California's second-largest reservoir is now completely full after a historic rainy season recharged reservoirs across the state following years of drought.Lake Oroville, fed by the Feather River about 80 miles north of Sacramento, is at 100% of its capacity, according to the California Department of Water Resources.

More than 10,000 asylum-seekers, mostly from Venezuela, have arrived in Chicago since August, after Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, a Republican, began putting recent refugees from Central and South America onto one-way buses to Chicago and other democratic cities, arguing that liberal "sanctuary cities" should readily take on more of the burden from the border crisis.

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) signed three laws on Wednesday, including one banning conversion therapy, another protecting access to abortion rights, and a third protecting gender-affirming care access.The laws will defend LGBTQ+ people and reproductive rights against attacks on both by Republican legislators nationwide.

A state trooper was charged by the New York attorney general's office on Monday with killing an unarmed man in downtown Buffalo by fatally shooting him after a high-speed highway chase.The trooper, Anthony Nigro IV, a 15-year State Police veteran, was charged with first- and second-degree manslaughter in the death of James Huber, 38, on Feb. 12, 2022, the attorney general, Letitia James, said in a news release.

CARSON CITY Nevada's Joe Lombardo on Tuesday became one of the first Republican governors to enshrine protections for out-of-state abortion patients and in-state providers, adding the western swing state to the list of those passing new laws to solidify their status as safe havens for abortion patients.

Minnesota's Democratic Gov. Tim Walz signed legislation Thursday that further enshrines the right to abortion and gender-affirming care into law and another that bans so-called conversion therapy.The new legislation enhances existing state law that makes access to abortion and gender-affirming care legal and opposes conversion therapy.

Mayor Eric Adams asked a judge for permission on Tuesday to relieve New York City of its unique and longstanding obligation to provide shelter for anyone who asks, asserting that the overwhelming influx of asylum seekers has overwhelmed its ability to accommodate all those in need.Given that we're unable to provide care for an unlimited number of people and are already overextended, it is in the best interest of everyone, including those seeking to come to the United States, to be upfront that New York City cannot single-handedly provide care to everyone crossing our border, Mr. Adams said in a statement.

Joining a growing chorus of critics of Mayor Eric Adams' Wednesday night executive order to suspend parts of the city's right-to-shelter law in anticipation of a potential migrant surge with the end of Title 42, City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams on Thursday called the action an arbitrary and capricious suspension of city law.

New York City is temporarily suspending some of the rules related to its longstanding guarantee of shelter to anyone who needs it as officials struggle to find housing for migrants arriving from the southern border.Under an executive order, the city is suspending rules that set a nightly deadline for newly arriving families to be placed in shelters, and that require families to be placed in private rooms with bathrooms and kitchens, not in group settings.

Lawmakers in the European Parliament have urged the European Commission not to issue the "adequacy decision" needed for the EU-US Data Privacy Framework (DPF) to officially become the pipeline for data to freely flow from the EU to the States.It almost goes without saying that the current operation of the technology sector in Europe would not work without US tech companies' services - so data transfers to these American corporations cannot practicably be avoided.

A group of TikTok creators have sued to block a recently signed law that bans the app's operation in Montana.The suit, filed last night and announced today, alleges that Montana's SB 419 is an unconstitutional and overly broad infringement of their right to speech."Montana has no authority to enact laws advancing what it believes should be the United States' foreign policy or its national security interests, nor may Montana ban an entire forum for communication based on its perceptions that some speech shared through that forum, though protected by the First Amendment, is dangerous," says the suit, filed by law firm Davis Wright Tremaine.

TikTok is rolling out a charm offensive ahead of Thursday's congressional hearing, putting CEO Shou Zi Chew in users' feeds to warn them about a looming ban.Chew posted a minute-long video to the ByteDance subsidiary's official TikTok account, rallying users to defend the app.Chew's video outlines points he'll probably hit in his House Energy and Commerce Committee testimony later this week, where legislators will question whether the app's Chinese ownership makes it untrustworthy.

Meta is set to face what may be a record fine for failure to comply with the GDPR by shipping user data belonging to EU residents to the US without proper guarantees it would remain safe from inspection by authorities.The fine, which is to be levied by Ireland's Data Protection Commission (DPC) against Zuckercorp, remains unknown as the DPC has yet to publish its decision in the case.

It was widely expected that massive numbers of migrants would stream into the U.S. following the expiration Thursday of Title 42, the COVID-19-era policy that allowed border authorities to rapidly return most migrants who had crossed into the U.S. illegally.Instead, the border has been relatively quiet, with roughly 4,200 migrants detained Saturday and 6,300 on Sunday.

Will Brandon Johnson bring back the light that flickered and died under his predecessor?On Monday, Johnson will replace the first Chicago mayor in modern times to make corruption fighting and good government a top priority.Lori Lightfoot won City Hall on the steam of her campaign motto, "Bring in the Light," by uplifting transparency and ethics in government.

Outgoing Mayor Lori Lightfoot used her last weekday as the city's chief executive to issue a flurry of orders aimed at cementing some of her key initiatives that could force her successor to stay the course on some of her spending plans.The executive orders that will be inherited Monday by Mayor-elect Brandon Johnson span subjects from replenishing city pension funds to burnishing immigrant rights.

Every time I think the overused term "woke" has just about played out in politics, it seems to come roaring back into our politics with new vigor - and new confusion.The latest newsmakers to unintentionally get entangled in that confusion appears to be conservative writer Bethany Mandel, in an appearance on Rising, the Hill's daily online news show.

Sunday marks the annual Day of Remembrance for Japanese Americans nationwide.The remembrance and associated events commemorate President Franklin Roosevelt's Feb. 19, 1942, signing of Executive Order 9066, under whose authority the Army forcibly removed 120,000 Japanese American men, women and children from the West Coast and confined them in 10 incarceration camps in the interior.

It's Teacher Appreciation Week and Arkansas' gay-hating governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders took a break from promoting her transphobic "real woman" beer koozies to let educators in her state to know that she thinks they're just great... provided they don't stray from the strict "anti-woke" agenda she's been imposing upon them since taking office five months ago.

Idaho Gov. Brad Little (R) signed a bill last week that bans transgender students from using restrooms and locker rooms associated with their gender identities and requires them to use facilities that align with their sex assigned at birth.The bill says that transgender students who are "unwilling or unable" to use the wrong bathroom can request a reasonable accommodation in writing.

Arizona's top education official launched a hotline this week for state residents to report K-12 class curriculum and lessons that they deem inappropriate, the Arizona Department of Education said in a press release.Championed by state Superintendent for Public Instruction Tom Horne, the Empower Hotline allows residents to voice their concerns about classroom materials that detract from teaching standards, including lessons that focus on race or ethnicity rather individuals and merit, promote gender ideology and social emotional learning, the department said.

Electric cars charge at a hub in downtown Milan on March 23.Starting in 2035, all cars sold in the European Union will be zero-emission vehicles.Gabriel Bouys/AFP via Getty Images European Union member states gave final approval Tuesday to a plan that would require all new cars sold in the EU to be zero-emission vehicles starting in the year 2035.

The Biden administration is trying to clamp down on the government's use of any commercial spyware that could also be used by other countries to harm its interests.The president has signed an executive order saying that federal agencies can't use spyware "that poses significant counterintelligence or security risks to the United States Government or significant risks of improper use by a foreign government or foreign person."

Gov. Maura Healey announced Friday she would sign an executive order creating the Governor's Advisory Council on Black Empowerment.Thirty Black leaders from across Massachusetts will serve on the council.They will advise Healey on issues related to "the economic prosperity and wellbeing of Massachusetts' Black community, including education, health care, housing, and workforce development," according to a statement.

If passed, the bills would expand access to targeted health care and protect out-of-state patients from prosecution.Rep. Brianna Titone, Colorado's first trans lawmaker, spoke to the media supporting a package of bills to protect abortion and reproductive rights during a press conference in the West Foyer at the Colorado State Capitol on March 9, 2023, in Denver, Colorado.

The hearing had everything: government agency reps making the case for Newsom's proposal, experts on economics, government, and litigation, and a range of "stakeholders."Gov Gavin Newsom announcing his executive order to end sales of gas powered vehicles in California in 2020
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Minnesota Governor Tim Walz signs an executive order on March 8, 2023, at the State Capitol in St. Paul to protect the rights of LGBTQ people to receive gender-affirming health care.Steve Karnowski (AP) Governor Tim Walz signed an executive order Wednesday protecting the rights of LGBTQ people from Minnesota and other states to receive gender-affirming health care, as he slammed the tide of other states rolling back transgender rights.

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The UPHOLD Privacy Act would ban the sale of sensitive health and location data for advertising.Democrats introduced a bill Thursday to protect sensitive health and location data from being sold to online advertisers.The Upholding Protections for Health and Online Location Data (UPHOLD) Privacy Act aims to resolve lingering concerns over the online safety of abortion-seeking patients.