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☆ The Secret Service may reveal the names of people unofficially vetted when they visited Biden's Delaware home, a report says
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-21 | by ( Alia Shoaib | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Fox News said that the Secret Service is willing to give Congress a list of visitors to Biden's home if asked. "Like every president in decades of modern history, his personal residence is personal," the White House Counsel's Office said on Monday. Secret Service spokesman Anthony Guglielmi similarly told reporters that the agency does not keep visitor logs for private residences. If the agency did give up records of Biden's visitors to Congress, it would mark a different approach during Trump's presidency. While no official records are kept, the way they are for White House visitors, there are electronic reports that are generated and kept.

☆ George Santos says his mom was in the World Trade Center on 9/11. Records show she wasn't in the U.S.
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-18 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Rebecca-Shabad-Circle-Byline-Template.Jpg | Rebecca Shabad | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +3 min

WASHINGTON — Rep. George Santos, R-N.Y., has claimed that his mother was at her office inside the World Trade Center during the 9/11 terror attacks, but records obtained by NBC News on Wednesday show she was living in Brazil at the time. She later applied for re-entry and was re-admitted into the U.S. in 2003, the records show. In 2021, when he was running for Congress, Santos claimed in a reply to an account on Twitter that 9/11 claimed his mother’s life. Calzareth, who’s originally from Nassau County but not Santos’ congressional district, submitted the FOIA requests about Santos’ mother in late December 2022. But House Republicans awarded him slots on two committees after pressure to prevent him from being seated on congressional panels.

☆ The U.S. Government’s Woke Training
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-01 | by ( The Editorial Board | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

The Department of Veterans Affairs has a gender gingerbread person. And if U.S. Army servicewomen express “discomfort showering with a female who has male genitalia,” what’s the brass’s reply? Talk to your commanding officer, but toughen up. These are details from hundreds of pages of diversity and inclusion training materials used by the federal government in 2021 and obtained under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). Everyone in corporate life knows such training, lampooned in the second episode of the TV show “The Office.” Yet taxpayers might be curious how their money is being spent to instruct the federal workforce these days.

☆ Michigan’s Gender Studies Secret
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-26 | by ( The Editorial Board | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

The Freedom of Information Act is a popular tool for taxpayers and journalists to hold government to account. But what if the FOIA law doesn’t apply to documents or communications among many government employees? That’s the theory endorsed by Michigan state Judge Jacob James Cunningham , who ruled on Dec. 15 that the state’s Freedom of Information Act doesn’t apply to public-school teachers.

☆ The Education Department 'failed to protect some of the most vulnerable student-loan borrowers' who had their wages stripped from them illegally during the pandemic, Elizabeth Warren says of a new 'al
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-15 | by ( Ayelet Sheffey | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

A new Student Borrower Protection Center report found illegal wage garnishment for student-loan borrowers during the pandemic. Wage garnishment happens when student-loan borrowers falls behind on payments by more than 27o days, considered to be in default. The Education Department has not commented publicly on this report, but is has announced steps to help borrowers in default. But until that change is fully implemented, advocates argue debt collection practices should not resume. "If ED can't guarantee that its debt collection tool can comply with consumer protections, it should never turn this machinery on again."

☆ The National Archives wants to release hundreds of pages of emails about Hunter Biden and Burisma — and the White House won't say whether it will let it happen
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-14 | by ( Mattathias Schwartz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

National Archives is set to release White House emails about Burisma, the Ukrainian company that reportedly paid Hunter Biden $1.5 million. The White House now has 60 days to decide whether to stop the release of the emails by invoking executive privilege. The Biden White House repeatedly declined to answer questions about whether it intended to fight release. The Burisma emails are, of course, only one of the many ongoing Hunter Biden controversies. House Republicans have promised to launch their own far-reaching inquiry into Hunter Biden's finances and tumultuous personal life, and some of Hunter Biden's allies are discussing ways to counter-attack.

The FOIA request sought, among other things, communications between SEC Chair Gary Gensler and various stakeholders involved in retail stock trading. Cifu has said Virtu may sue the SEC over potential rule changes Gensler outlined in June. Agencies legally have 20 days to respond to FOIA requests, but are not required to provide all responsive documents within that time frame. FOIA requests do not always yield substantive responses and can have lengthy waiting periods. Virtu is represented by law firm Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, where Cifu previously worked as a lawyer.

☆ Trump's White House blocked government websites aimed at helping Americans vote, fighting human trafficking, easing homelessness, and stopping fraud, federal records show
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-20 | by ( Dave Levinthal | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +13 min

Federal agencies asked the Trump White House to approve dozens of new ".gov" websites. Such custom ".gov" website domains enhance government agencies' ability to effectively provide and market services to an American public that's all but universally connected to the internet. On December 23, 2019, the CIA asked Trump's White House to approve the website domain DataTransport.gov. Chiu/APBlock and delayIn at least one case, Trump's White House denied a website request — the United States Agency for International Development-sponsored ProsperAfrica.gov — that Biden's White House later approved. In March 2021, Office Management and Budget officials denied Insider's FOIA request, stating that "no responsive records were located."

☆ Food sanitation company accused of employing at least 31 children on graveyard shifts in slaughterhouses
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-11 | by ( Julianne Mcshane | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +10 min

A leading sanitation company is accused of employing dozens of children to clean the killing floors of slaughterhouses during graveyard shifts, the Department of Labor announced. The Department of Labor’s Child Labor Regulations designates many roles in slaughterhouse and meatpacking facilities as hazardous for minors. That order requires PSSI to “immediately cease and refrain from employing oppressive child labor” and comply with the Department of Labor’s investigation. Yet, the children working overnight on the kill floor of these slaughterhouses cannot wait,” the complaint states. When they are hired by PSSI, workers sign paperwork assuming the risk of death and injury on the job, NBC News reported last year.

NBC News, in collaboration with the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, The Washington Post, and Arab Reporters for Investigative Journalism, interviewed more than 40 current and former employees of contractors at military bases. According to an NBC News analysis, at least 10 companies with substantiated trafficking violations since 2007 have received billions in new government contracts. ‘Mad scramble’Foreign workers are crucial for the more than 700 military bases with U.S. service members around the world. One company that continues to get work at Middle East bases despite past violations documented in an Army compliance agreement is Tamimi, Abdulla’s employer. Lusambu Karim, a 50-year-old Ugandan, told NBC News about trafficking violations he said he encountered working for Aegis in Afghanistan from 2018 to 2020.

☆ Secret Service agents were denied right to know what Jan. 6 info was seized from their phones
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-11 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Julia-Ainsley-Circle-Byline-Template.Jpg | Julia Ainsley | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +3 min

WASHINGTON — Secret Service agents asked the agency for a record of all of the communications seized from their personal cellphones as part of investigations into the events of Jan. 6, 2021, but were rebuffed, according to a document reviewed by NBC News. NBC News previously reported that two sources with knowledge of the action said Secret Service leadership seized 24 cellphones from agents involved with the response to the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. The letter also raises key questions about what Secret Service communications both congressional and inspector general’s investigators may have. The Secret Service declined to comment. Most recently, a member of the far-right Oath Keepers group testified in court that the leader of the Oath Keepers, Stewart Rhodes, was in communication with at least one Secret Service agent before the Jan. 6 insurrection.

☆ Белый дом обнародовал секретные правила Трампа
▼ + stars: | 2021-05-02 | by ( Mld Media Srl | ) noi.md time to read: +1 min

Администрация президента США Джо Байдена обнародовала правила нанесения ударов за рубежом вне зон боевых действий, изданные предыдущим лидером страны Дональдом Трампом. В правилах в том числе речь идет о действиях спецназа и нанесении ударов беспилотниками вне зон боевых действий. Как пишет издание, Белый дом унаследовал это дело и потребовал отсрочки. На момент окончания полномочий последнего 60 % американцев назвали Трампа одним из худших президентов в истории. Однако уже в феврале рейтинг нового президента США начал падать.

Persons: Джо Байден, Дональд Трамп, Трамп, Демократ Байден Organizations: The New York Times, Американский союз защиты гражданских свобод () Locations: США, Белый дом

☆ Președintele desfășoară consultări cu fracțiunile parlamentare; Declarațiile liderilor politici după discuții // LIVE
▼ + stars: | 2021-03-26 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +3 min

Sursa foto: Jurnal.mdPreședintele desfășoară consultări cu fracțiunile parlamentare; Declarațiile liderilor politici după discuții // LIVEPreședintele Maia Sandu desfășoară o nouă rundă de consultări cu fracțiunile parlamentare. UPDATE // 15:34 Din partea Platformei Demnitate și Adevăr la consultări cu președintele Maia Sandu a participat vicepreședintele Parlamentului Alexandru Slusari. Potrivit deputatului, consultările reprezintă o formalitate ca președintele să meargă la Curtea Constituțională să ceară dizolvarea Parlamentului. Guvernul interimar în viziunea noastră nu este pregătit să gestioneze actuala criză”, a declarat Slusari. Noi considerăm că la momentul actual nu există argumente suficiente pentru a dizolva Parlamentul”, a declarat liderul „Pro Moldova”, după întâlnirea de la Președinție.

Persons: Maia Sandu, Slusari, Aureliu Ciocoi, Socialiștii, Pavel Filip, Sandu, Dodon Organizations: Constituțională, PD, Moldova, Curtea Constituțională, Parlamentul Locations: Republica Moldova

☆ Consultările la Președinție; PAS: Alegerile să aibă loc vara; Ce spun Platforma DA, PD și Pro Moldova; PSRM-„Șor” n-au venit
▼ + stars: | 2021-03-26 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +4 min

Sursa foto: presedinte.mdConsultările la Președinție; PAS: Alegerile să aibă loc vara; Ce spun Platforma DA, PD și Pro Moldova; PSRM-„Șor” n-au venitPreședintele Maia Sandu a desfășurat, astăzi, o nouă rundă de consultări cu fracțiunile parlamentare. Deputații din majoritatea parlamentară, PSRM, Pentru Moldova și Partidul „Șor” nu au venit la consultări și au cerut acestea să fie amânate. Liderul interimar al PAS a făcut apel către forțele politice să se abțină de la „presiuni” asupra instituțiilor de stat. UPDATE 15:34 // Din partea Platformei Demnitate și Adevăr la consultări cu președintele Maia Sandu a participat vicepreședintele Parlamentului Alexandru Slusari. Noi considerăm că la momentul actual nu există argumente suficiente pentru a dizolva Parlamentul”, a declarat liderul „Pro Moldova”, după întâlnirea de la Președinție.

Persons: Președintele Maia Sandu, Igor Grosu, Maia Sandu, Slusari, Aureliu Ciocoi, Socialiștii, Pavel Filip, Sandu, Dodon Organizations: PD, Pro, Partidul, Partidul Socialiștilor, Constituțională, Moldova, Curtea Constituțională, Parlamentul Locations: Pro Moldova, Moldova, Republica Moldova

☆ Taximetrist: De nouă luni, sunt bătut crunt de instituțiile statului
▼ + stars: | 2020-12-29 | by ( ) www.ipn.md time to read: +3 min

Taximetrist: De nouă luni, sunt bătut crunt de instituțiile statuluiIgor Fediuş, taximetrist, se plânge că, de nouă luni, nu-şi poate găsi dreptatea în instituţiile statului, pe care le acuză de incompetenţă, iresponsabilitate, lipsă de profesionalism şi neglijenţă în serviciu. Într-o conferință de presă la IPN, Igor Fediuş a menționat că justiţia din Republica Moldova este incompetentă. Potrivit taximetristului, chiar dacă cazul a fost mediatizat de mai multe canale TV şi portaluri de ştiri, în toată această perioadă organele de drept nu au întreprins acţiuni pentru a identifica şi a pedepsi atacatorii. Numărul de pe care a fost făcută comanda a fost deconectat imediat după incident. Agenția de presă IPN nu poartă răspundere pentru declarațiile publice făcute în spațiul public de către organizatorii conferințelor de presă.

Persons: Igor Fediuş Organizations: Agenția Locations: Republica Moldova, Republicii Moldova

☆ Vlad Batrîncea: Veniți cu moțiune de cenzură!
▼ + stars: | 2020-12-03 | by ( ) www.ipn.md time to read: +1 min

Vlad Batrîncea: Veniți cu moțiune de cenzură! Acesta a declarat că opoziția nu are decât să înainteze moțiune de cenzură și să înainteze proiectele de buget noi, transmite IPN. „Veniți cu moțiune de cenzură, dați jos Guvernul, elaborați un nou proiect de buget și politică bugetar-fiscală”, a spus deputatul într-o conferință de presă. Cândva, am dat dovadă că putem negocia, haideți să negociem, haideți să găsim soluții”, a mai declarat Vlad Batrîncea. Proiectul politicii bugetar-fiscale, proiectul legii bugetului de stat și legii bugetului asigurărilor sociale de stat pentru anul 2021 au fost votate în primă lectură fără discuții, într-o atmosferă de dezordine și altercații.

Persons: Vlad, Doamna Sandu, Haideți, ., haideți Organizations: Socialiștilor

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