federal-government

www.nytimes.com
17 hours ago
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
New York City
Dailycaller
1 week ago
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
www.nytimes.com
9 months ago
New York City

Fare Evasion: An Economic Necessity for Some, a Burden for the M.T.A.

Good morning.It's Monday.We'll look at fare evasion in the subways.We'll see how the favorites did at the Tony Awards, and we'll get details on a deal for a movie studio at Pier 94.The question is, is it good for the city?Image Credit...Dakota Santiago for The New York Times If today is just another Monday in New York, about 700,000 passengers will ride buses without paying the fare.
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Privacy professionals
CyberScoop
1 week ago
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.
Nextgov.com
4 months ago
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.
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Law
Sacramento Bee
2 weeks ago
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.
Slate Magazine
3 months ago
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.
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US politics
english.elpais.com
2 weeks ago
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.
www.nytimes.com
1 month ago
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.
Nextgov.com
1 month ago
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.
time.com
1 month ago
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
New York Post
1 month ago
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.
www.cnn.com
9 months ago
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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Los Angeles Times
3 weeks ago
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.
www.mercurynews.com
1 month ago
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.
www.npr.org
1 month ago
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
www.npr.org
3 months ago
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.
Los Angeles Times
1 month ago
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.
Los Angeles Times
9 months ago
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.
www.mercurynews.com
1 month ago
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.
www.cbc.ca
1 month ago
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.
www.cbc.ca
1 month ago
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.
www.cbc.ca
2 months ago
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.
www.cbc.ca
1 month ago
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.
www.cbc.ca
9 months ago
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.
www.cbc.ca
9 months ago
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.
www.cbc.ca
9 months ago
Canada news

New federal fuel regulations are coming soon here's what you can expect | CBC News

In just three weeks, new federal regulations will begin slapping surcharges on the most polluting fuels in a bid to rein in transportation emissions.Eventually, those Clean Fuel Regulations will make gasoline more expensive.The federal Conservatives and the Canadian Taxpayers Federation have taken to calling them "carbon tax 2.0" or "the second carbon tax."
www.cbc.ca
9 months ago
Canada news

Air Canada now offering some compensation over recent delays | CBC News

Saying its initial response was "erroneous," Air Canada is now making cash offers to some travellers in compensation for the airline's recent flight disruptions.The airline had initially said the technical glitch that caused the disruptions was out of its hands, relieving it of obligations to pay compensation.
The Washington Times
3 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.
Fox News
3 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.
Fox News
3 months ago
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.
New York Post
3 months ago
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.
New York Post
3 months ago
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.
New York Post
3 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
www.npr.org
9 months ago
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.
www.cbc.ca
9 months ago
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.
www.cbc.ca
9 months ago
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.
Chicago Tribune
9 months ago
Chicago

Pritkzer cuts off enrollment to immigrant health care program

Gov. J.B. Pritzker's administration will close enrollment for a state-funded health insurance program for immigrants under 65 who are in the country without legal permission, and cap enrollment for those 65 and older, after ballooning costs forced last-minute compromises on the state budget.The move drew a swift rebuke from Latino legislators and an immigrant health care advocacy group that blasted it as "immoral and fiscally short-sighted."
www.cbc.ca
9 months ago
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.
Truthout
9 months ago
Left-wing politics

In Win for Tribal Sovereignty, Supreme Court Rules to Uphold Law to Keep Native Families Intact

Advocates had feared the Supreme Court would dismantle the Indian Child Welfare Act and Native sovereignty at large.The U.S. Supreme Court is pictured on November 8, 2022, in Washington, D.C., on a day that the Court heard a case challenging the legality of the Indian Child Welfare Act.Samuel Corum / Getty Images In a somewhat surprising ruling on Thursday, the Supreme Court ruled to uphold the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA), delivering a win to Native American communities by upholding a decades-old law aimed at keeping Native American children from being taken away from their families and tribes.
www.nytimes.com
9 months ago
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.
www.nytimes.com
9 months ago
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.
www.nytimes.com
9 months ago
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.
www.nytimes.com
9 months ago
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.
www.nytimes.com
9 months ago
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.
www.nytimes.com
9 months ago
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.
Streetsblog
9 months ago
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.
www.cnn.com
9 months ago
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.
www.cbc.ca
9 months ago
Canada news

Ottawa's ban on Huawei equipment stalls fibre optic rollout in at least one Alberta community | CBC News

Telus Corp. is blaming Ottawa's ban on China's Huawei Technologies Inc. for pausing its fibre optic network build in the Alberta city of St. Albert, raising questions over the sanction's spillover effects on connectivity in smaller communities.The delay leaves many neighbourhoods in the city of about 70,000, located on the outskirts of Edmonton, without access to Telus' PureFibre home internet network.
Streetsblog
9 months ago
SF politics

Hope for Bay Area Transit as State Budget Deal Reached - Streetsblog San Francisco

Thanks to the efforts of thousands of advocates and hard-working politicians and staff, a last-minute deal was hammered out in Sacramento over the weekend to provide emergency state funding for the Bay Area's transit agencies.From a statement issued Monday from San Francisco's Senator Scott Wiener, who lead the fight:

The Legislature's budget agreement is a very positive first step toward securing the future of public transportation in California.
Streetsblog
9 months ago
SF politics

Why Small Cities Torn Apart By Highways Need Extra Help to Heal - Streetsblog USA

A new program will help smaller communities start the process of redesigning highways and other transportation investments that tore apart their communities - and shine a light on why it's so hard for them to do it without outside help.With support from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, a coalition of sustainable transportation nonprofits led by Smart Growth America recently launched the new Community Connectors program, which will grant up to $130,000 and a package of training and support services to each of 15 small and mid-sized communities across the U.S. "to help advance locally driven projects that will reconnect communities separated or harmed by transportation infrastructure and tap available federal and state funds to support them."
www.cbc.ca
9 months ago
Toronto

How hard is it to get EV chargers into residential buildings? | CBC News

When Mathieu Gosbee moved from his detached home in midtown Toronto to a condominium downtown, he was able to bring all his belongings but one: the device that charges his electric car.The 38-year-old software developer purchased his Hyundai Kona electric vehicle (EV) two years ago, and personally installed a Level 2 charger in the garage of his house for about $400.
www.cnn.com
9 months ago
US politics

Daniel Ellsberg, Pentagon Papers leaker and anti-war activist, dies at 92

Daniel Ellsberg, a former military analyst and anti-war activist whose disclosure of the so-called Pentagon Papers revealed systemic US government deception about the Vietnam War, has died, his family announced in a statement.He was 92.The cause was pancreatic cancer, his family said.Ellsberg announced his diagnosis in March, saying at the time that doctors had given him three to six months to live and that he had decided not to undergo chemotherapy.
Truthout
9 months ago
Left-wing politics

Trump Rejected Lawyers' Efforts to Cooperate With DOJ to Avoid Indictment

Former President Donald Trump prepares to speak at the Trump National Golf Club on June 13, 2023, in Bedminster, New Jersey.Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images A new report reveals that former President Donald Trump's advisers, since his exit from office, repeatedly sought to have him cooperate with the federal government when it came to returning documents he improperly removed from the White House - but that Trump refused to do so.
www.cnn.com
9 months ago
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.
www.cnn.com
9 months ago
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.
www.cnn.com
9 months ago
US politics

Biden's press secretary violated Hatch Act, watchdog says

White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre violated the Hatch Act for using the term mega MAGA from the briefing room podium, the US Office of the Special Counsel has determined, and has received a warning letter.Jean-Pierre was found to be in violation of the Hatch Act, a law that is supposed to stop the federal government from affecting elections or going about its activities in a partisan manner, when she said mega MAGA Republican officials who don't believe in the rule of law, according to a letter from OSC.
www.cnn.com
9 months ago
US politics

Fact check: Debunking Trump's blizzard of dishonesty about his federal indictment

Former President Donald Trump has responded to his federal indictment the way he has responded to various other crises with a blizzard of dishonesty.In posts on his social media platform and in Saturday speeches in Georgia and North Carolina, Trump made numerous false or misleading claims about his handling of classified documents, the FBI's conduct in the related investigation, the Presidential Records Act, his dealings with the federal government prior to the search of his Mar-a-Lago club and residence, and President Joe Biden's own handling of documents.
www.cbc.ca
9 months ago
Toronto

Temporary foreign workers need more paths to immigration, experts say | CBC News

As hotel and restaurant owners increasingly turn to temporary foreign workers to fill labour gaps, there are growing calls to give those workers more paths to permanent residency."If there are particular occupations where there's a real need and we've become dependent on temporary foreign workers ... we should include them in a permanent system," said Naomi Alboim, a senior policy fellow at Toronto Metropolitan University.
www.cbc.ca
9 months ago
Toronto

Asylum seekers sleeping on Toronto streets as at-capacity city shelters overwhelmed | CBC News

Two weeks after the City of Toronto said it would begin referring refugee claimants seeking beds in its at-capacity shelter system to federal programs, asylum seekers who recently arrived in Canada are struggling to find places to sleep.Birck Teklau arrived in Toronto from Ethiopia on June 3 hoping to claim asylum because, he says, of political persecution in his home country.
Toronto
9 months ago
Toronto

For Toronto mayoral candidate Ana Bailao, her track record at city hall speaks for itself

Editor's note: This is part of a series of profiles on the seven leading contenders in Toronto's mayoral race, according to polls.Additional profiles will be published in the coming days.Ana Bailão trots closely behind her small group of volunteers as they walk along a street in Mimico with one mission in mind: get votes.
www.cbc.ca
9 months ago
Toronto

Community organization MABELLEarts breaks ground for park transformation project | CBC News

MABELLEarts, a community organization in Etobicoke, broke ground on Saturday for their park transformation project a vision that has been in the making for more than 14 years.Executive director Leah Houston said the groundbreaking signals the start of an "incredible park transformation" at MABELLEpark a vibrant art park and "beating heart" of the community.
www.cbc.ca
9 months ago
Toronto

Where Toronto's top mayoral candidates stand on the city's climate change plan | CBC News

Toronto has an ambitious plan to get to net-zero carbon emissions by 2040, dubbed TransformTO.But with the mayoral byelection looming, there's an open question about whether the city's next mayor will support it.The climate action strategy includes medium and long-term goals for different sectors to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
www.cbc.ca
9 months ago
Toronto

Toronto Holocaust Museum aims to keep survivors' memories alive | CBC News

Toronto's Jewish community is marking the opening of the city's only dedicated Holocaust museum, created to help keep survivor stories alive and educate current and coming generations on the horrors of genocide and antisemitism.Museum executive director Dara Solomon says not only will a trip to the museum help people learn about the struggles Jewish people went through during and after the Second World War, but the "vibrancy of Jewish life" that came before and eventually after it.
Sun Sentinel
9 months ago
Miami

The Goliath grouper is back on the menu, but is it worth it?

Many Florida anglers know the Goliath grouper as the creature that rises from the depths and steals their catch off their line.But few know what it's like to reel in this highly protected fish, let alone what it tastes like.After about 30 years of a strict catch-and-release policy, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission began permitting limited harvesting of the fish in 2022.
ipwatchdog.com | Patents & Intellectual Property Law
9 months ago
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).
www.cbc.ca
9 months ago
Canada news

Canada is paying 'an enormous price' for the Volkswagen battery plant. Is it worth it? | CBC News

Auto industry analysts say Canada paid a big price to bring Volkswagen's first North American electric vehicle (EV) battery plant to St Thomas, Ont., but whether that money will deliver lasting benefit to the economy is a matter of debate.On Wednesday, parliamentary budget officer Yves Giroux released a report detailing his calculations.
www.cnn.com
9 months ago
US politics

Trump's arraignment on federal charges is a grave moment for the nation

It's the United States of America v. Donald J. Trump.For the first time in history, the nation is seeking to put on criminal trial a person who was elected to lead it as president.Trump is due in court in Miami on Tuesday to answer a 37-count indictment that alleges he willfully retained classified documents after he left office and refused to return them.
www.nytimes.com
9 months ago
US news

A Youth Climate Case Years in the Making Goes to Trial in Montana

A landmark climate change trial was set to begin Monday in Montana, where a group of youths has sued government leaders, accusing them of embracing fossil fuels in ways that are destroying the environment and robbing the futures of the state's young residents.The lawsuit, more than a decade in the making, is the first of a number of similar efforts to go to trial in the United States.
IPWatchdog.com | Patents & Intellectual Property Law
9 months ago
Intellectual property law

U.S. Chamber of Commerce Sues HHS Over Constitutional Defects in Inflation Reduction Act's Medicare Negotiation Program

"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).
TechRepublic
9 months ago
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.
www.cnn.com
9 months ago
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.
www.nytimes.com
9 months ago
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.
www.cnn.com
9 months ago
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.
Truthout
9 months ago
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.
Truthout
9 months ago
Left-wing politics

I-95 Collapse Caused by Tanker Fire May Shut Major East Coast Artery for Months

Firefighters work at a collapsed portion of Interstate 95 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on June 11, 2023.KENA BETANCUR / AFP via Getty Images A tanker truck fire caused a raised portion of Interstate 95 (I-95) to collapse in northeastern Philadelphia Sunday, indefinitely blocking one of the nation's busiest highways and threatening the Delaware River with an oil spill.
Truthout
9 months ago
Left-wing politics

New Film Explores Intersex Community's Fight for Recognition, Bodily Autonomy

June is Pride Month, a time to celebrate the LGBTQIA community, and today we look at those represented by the "I" which stands for "intersex."In a broadcast exclusive, we are joined by the filmmaker and three stars of a new documentary, Every Body, which follows their work as intersex activists who share childhoods marked by shame, secrecy and nonconsensual surgeries.
Truthout
9 months ago
Left-wing politics

Democrats Say GOP Witness Lied to Congress About Connection to Far Right Group

The suspended FBI agent had allegedly been leaking sensitive information to far right propaganda group Project Veritas.Suspended FBI special agent Garret O'Boyle waits for the beginning of a hearing before the Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government of the House Judiciary Committee at Rayburn House Office Building on May 18, 2023, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. Alex Wong / Getty Images A key Republican witness in a recent House subcommittee hearing may have lied to Congress about his ties to far right propaganda group Project Veritas in a recent testimony dubiously accusing the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) of being biased against the right, potentially constituting a breach of federal law, Democrats are saying.
Streetsblog
9 months ago
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
9 months ago
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.
www.cnn.com
9 months ago
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.
Sun Sentinel
9 months ago
Miami

Live updates: Donald Trump supporters and protesters start gathering in downtown Miami

Former President Donald Trump is scheduled to appear in federal court in Miami on Tuesday afternoon for his first appearance in a historic criminal case against him.Trump has been charged with 37 felony counts.The Justice Department said he hoarded top secret government documents, boastfully displayed them to visitors and tried to hide them from investigators who demanded them back.
www.nytimes.com
9 months ago
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.
Chicago Tribune
9 months ago
Chicago

5 things to know about Chicago-born 'Unabomber' Ted Kaczynski

Theodore "Ted" Kaczynski, who died Saturday, was born and raised in the Chicago area.It's also where he began an 18-year career terrorizing academics and industrialists by planting his handmade explosive devices disguised as everyday objects.It's been 27 years since the reclusive former math professor was arrested and 25 years since he was sentenced to life in prison.
www.nytimes.com
9 months ago
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.
Truthout
9 months ago
Left-wing politics

Senate Bill Calls for Investigation Into Indian Boarding Schools

Dan Romero or Walking Bird of the Ute Tribe encircles the graves with sage smoke at Sherman Indian School Cemetery in Riverside, California, on Sunday, July, 18, 2021.Cindy Yamanaka / MediaNews Group / The Riverside Press-Enterprise via Getty Images The Senate Committee on Indian Affairs unanimously passed an amended bill that would establish an investigation into the United States' assimilative policies of Indian boarding schools.
www.npr.org
9 months ago
Health

Coastal biomedical labs are bleeding more horseshoe crabs with little accountability

Horseshoe crabs are bled at a facility in Charleston, S.C., in June 2014.Ariane Mueller Horseshoe crabs used to be everywhere.Millions of years before dinosaurs roamed the planet, each spring, the hard-shelled creatures gathered to mate in massive mounds along the beaches of the Atlantic coast.Later, migratory shorebirds like the robin-sized red knot learned to fly up from South America to join them for a feast.
www.cnn.com
9 months ago
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.
www.nytimes.com
9 months ago
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.
Chicago Tribune
9 months ago
Chicago

Editorial: Fraud and graft thrived in the pandemic and beyond

In these days of rampant virtue signaling, politicians, corporations and socially wired individuals all try to convince you that they care the most about doing the right thing.Alas, while we've all been recovering from the COVID-19 crisis, plenty of old-fashioned grifters have seized the day.On Sunday The Associated Press released a stunning investigation into pandemic fraud finding that large numbers of Americans - of all stripes, it appears - fraudulently helped themselves to colossal chunks of federal COVID-19 relief money.
Chicago Tribune
9 months ago
Chicago

Lion Electric factory rewrites Illinois manufacturing rules

The most confounding thing about a Lion Electric school bus is that it's so simple.Workers start with a few steel beams, a couple of dozen fiberglass panels around a metal body shell, and an electric motor that has 20 parts and is as big as a picnic basket.Diesel engines for large trucks, in contrast, have 2,000 parts.
Chicago Tribune
9 months ago
Chicago

Backers of Illinois private school tax credit aim to save it

After navigating Chicago Public Schools' selective enrollment process, in which students can apply to schools outside their neighborhoods, Yuridia Alcantar was crushed.It wasn't that her daughter, Jahayra Flores, didn't get into a high-performing high school.The problem for Alcantar as a single parent was getting the eldest of her three kids to Lane Tech College Prep on the North Side every day from the family's East Side home.
Chicago Tribune
9 months ago
Chicago

Editorial: Trump supporters, face reality for the nation's sake

In recent weeks, several credible Republican candidates have emerged.The list includes Ron DeSantis, with his red-blooded gubernatorial record in Florida and his "war on woke," Nikki Haley, the former governor of South Carolina with a moderate tone and strong international experience, Tim Scott, a businessman and senator with a message of self-reliance, Chris Christie, a pugnacious East Coaster, and former Vice President Mike Pence, a Midwest conservative.
Chicago Tribune
9 months ago
Chicago

Illinois set to extend time limits for COVID fraud prosecutions

On the same day the COVID-19 public health emergencies ended in Illinois, the state Senate sent to the governor's desk a billthat would extend the statute of limitations for theft and fraud prosecutions connected to COVID-19-related relief programs.The bill would give state prosecutors an extension of 10 years beyond the existing statute of limitations to bring cases against individuals suspected of defrauding pandemic-era programs likethe Paycheck Protection Program, the COVID-19 Economic Injury Disaster Loan program and unemployment benefit programs.
POLITICO
9 months ago
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).
www.amny.com
9 months ago
Brooklyn

Two new migrant relief centers coming to Upper West Side college dorm buildings | amNewYork

Sign up for our amNY Sports email newsletter to get insights and game coverage for your favorite teams As thousands of asylum seekers continue to pour into the Big Apple each week, Mayor Eric Adams on Monday announced his administration is opening two new so-called Humanitarian Emergency Response and Relief Centers (HERRCs) spread across three college dormitories on Manhattan's Upper West Side.
www.npr.org
9 months ago
Books

The Tulsa Race Massacre is recounted through family memories in 'Built from the Fire'

1. The Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921 was an act of violence against the Black community in Tulsa, Oklahoma, that resulted in the destruction of the Greenwood district and the death of many African Americans.
2. Author Yona Zeldis McDonough and co-author Dr. Hannibal B. Johnson have written a new book, Built from the Fire, that aims to examine the Tulsa Race Massacre and its lasting legacy.
3. The book focuses on the resilience of the
Washingtonian - The website that Washington lives by.
9 months ago
Washington DC

This Art Installation Outside HQ2 Pays Tribute to a Vanished Black Neighborhood in Arlington - Washingtonian

Queen City was displaced when the Pentagon was built.Nekisha Durrett's artwork revives an often-forgotten piece of Northern Virginia history.At first glance, the new public art installation in Arlington's Metropolitan Park outside of Amazon's HQ2 campus looks fairly unassuming.While quite large, , the 35-foot-tall, 15-foot-wide cylindrical brick structure with "Queen City" written boldly on its exterior looks more like an old water tower than a deeply symbolic space-until you step inside.
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