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☆ Biden Will Speak at Morehouse and West Point Graduations
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-23 | by ( Zach Montague | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

President Biden will deliver commencement addresses next month at Morehouse College in Georgia and the U.S. Military Academy at West Point at a time when anger over U.S. foreign policy has led to an eruption of student protests at several campuses. In addition to the relatively traditional speech at West Point, which presidents often deliver at least once during their tenure, the stop at Morehouse will give Mr. Biden an opportunity to speak to students at a historically Black college in a key battleground state as he works to shore up support among young voters. The announcement from the White House on Tuesday came during heightened tensions at several universities, including Columbia, New York University and Yale, in which police have been called in to clear crowds of pro-Palestinian demonstrators. Hundreds of people have been arrested while participating in campus demonstrations in recent days, and the disruptions at Columbia prompted the school to move classes online on Monday. Reports of demonstrators targeting and harassing Jewish students at Columbia over the weekend also drew rebukes from the White House, as Mr. Biden and White House aides warned that some demonstrations had veered into antisemitism or praise for those who have expressed it.

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☆ Biden Administration Releases Revised Title IX Rules
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-19 | by ( Zach Montague | Erica L. Green | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The Biden administration issued new rules on Friday cementing protections for L.G.B.T.Q. students under federal law and updating the procedure schools must follow when investigating and adjudicating cases of alleged sexual misconduct on campus. The new rules, which take effect on Aug. 1, effectively broadened the scope of Title IX, the 1972 law prohibiting sex discrimination in educational programs that receive federal funding. They extend the law’s reach to prohibit discrimination and harassment based on sexual orientation and gender identity. And the administration took steps to roll back some of the more rigid campus sexual assault policies issued during the Trump administration, which drew condemnation from Democrats, including Mr. Biden, for being overly deferential to students accused of sexual violence.

Persons: IX, ” Miguel A . Cardona, Bostock, Trump, Biden Organizations: Biden, Civil Locations: Clayton County

☆ $7.4 Billion More in Student Loans Are Canceled, Biden Administration Says
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-12 | by ( Zach Montague | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The Biden administration announced an additional $7.4 billion in student loan cancellations for some 277,000 borrowers on Friday, building on plans announced earlier this week to provide debt relief for millions of borrowers by the fall if new rules the White House has put forward hold. It also comes as President Biden aims to shore up support with young voters who may be disproportionately affected by soaring education costs, but who may be drifting away over his policy on Israel and the war in Gaza. Taken together with previous actions, the announcement on Friday brought the total to $153 billion in debt forgiven, touching around 4.3 million borrowers so far, the administration said. The administration hopes to forgive some or all loans held by some 30 million borrowers total. The administration said the 277,000 people it identified would be notified by email on Friday.

Persons: Biden Organizations: Biden Locations: Israel, Gaza

☆ Student Aid Woes Stalk Cardona During Appearance on Capitol Hill
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-10 | by ( Zach Montague | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

As Miguel A. Cardona, the education secretary, appeared before lawmakers on Wednesday to make his agency’s case for funding next year, members of both parties had something else on their minds: this year’s chaotic college admissions process. Republicans peppered him with questions about the botched rollout of the new Free Application for Federal Student Aid form, which has derailed college admissions this year. Several of them asked whether the agency had diverted resources away from the project in its pursuit of canceling student debt. “There’s nothing more important right now at the Department of Education,” Mr. Cardona told the House Appropriations Committee of the aid form, saying that the agency was successfully juggling multiple priorities with the resources available. “We’re working on this around the clock.”While Mr. Cardona was testifying, the House Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Development held a separate hearing where lawmakers from both parties said the problems with the aid form had harmed aspiring college students.

Persons: Miguel A . Cardona, ” Mr, Cardona Organizations: Federal, Department of Education, Higher Education, Workforce Development

☆ Biden’s State Dinner for Japan to Feature Paul Simon and Celebrate Spring
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-09 | by ( Zach Montague | More About Zach Montague | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

The “bounty of spring” will be the theme of President Biden’s state dinner for Japan on Wednesday evening, an event that will feature decorations of cherry blossoms and peonies and conclude with a performance by Paul Simon. Jill Biden, the first lady, and the White House social secretary, Carlos Elizondo, previewed the menu and the décor ahead of the dinner for Prime Minister Fumio Kishida of Japan and his wife. It will be the fifth state dinner of Mr. Biden’s term. The guests will enter the East Wing to a wall of oversized fans that spill onto the floor, a piece of art and a metaphor with “the small end representing the beginning of life, and each pleat the many paths our lives can take,” Mr. Elizondo said.

Persons: Biden’s, Paul Simon, Jill Biden, Carlos Elizondo, Fumio Kishida, Mr, Elizondo Organizations: Japan, White Locations: Japan

☆ Chief Justice Extols Legacy of Sandra Day O’Connor
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-04 | by ( Zach Montague | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. delivered a fond tribute to former Justice Sandra Day O’Connor on Thursday, celebrating her legacy as the first woman on the Supreme Court and her commitment to advancing civics and civility after her retirement. During an award ceremony at Duke University to recognize her contribution to civics education, Chief Justice Roberts reiterated his admiration of his former colleague, a crucial swing justice who was often referred to as the most powerful woman in America. He eulogized her in December shortly after her death at 93. “Sandra Day O’Connor expanded the public image of what it meant to look like a judge,” he said. The award was accepted by her son Scott O’Connor.

Persons: John G, Roberts Jr, Sandra Day O’Connor, Justice Roberts, “ Sandra Day O’Connor, ”, Anthony M, Kennedy, Scott O’Connor Organizations: Supreme, Duke University, Law Locations: America

☆ Biden Will Visit Baltimore Next Week After Bridge Collapse
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-29 | by ( Zach Montague | More About Zach Montague | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

President Biden said on Friday that he would travel to Baltimore next week as officials race to manage the fallout from the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge. Wes Moore of Maryland, a close political ally, as he visits the city a week after a cargo ship struck a pylon early Tuesday, plunging the bridge into the water below. The bodies of two construction workers who were fixing potholes on the bridge have been recovered, and four others are presumed dead. The disaster has paralyzed shipping in and out of the Port of Baltimore. On Thursday, the administration announced it would provide $60 million in “quick release” emergency relief that it described as “a down payment toward initial costs.” Mr. Biden has said the federal government would “pay the entire cost of reconstructing” the bridge.

Persons: Biden, Francis Scott Key, Wes Moore, Mr Organizations: Gov, Transportation Department, Coast Guard, Army Corps of Engineers, National Transportation Locations: Baltimore, Maryland, Port of Baltimore

Jesus Campos said he worked at Brawner Builders alongside the men missing after a bridge collapse in Baltimore. “We’re low-income families,” said Jesus Campos, who has worked at the construction company, Brawner Builders, for about eight months. The executive, Jeffrey Pritzker, and the Coast Guard said that all of the missing workers were presumed dead, given how long it had been since the collapse. Embassies for the other two countries mentioned by Mr. Campos did not immediately respond to requests for comment. Officials said that in addition to the six missing workers, two people had been rescued from the water.

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But ship collision barriers are standard around the support piers of bridges over major waterways like the entrance to Baltimore’s harbor. The Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge in New York City, for example, has massive barriers of concrete and rocks around the bases of the piers that support it. It was not immediately clear how old the barriers are around the piers that supported the bridge in Baltimore. The bridge there was being fitted with devices designed to protect the piers in case of any ship crash. The bridge has massive barriers of concrete and rocks around the bases of the piers that support it and protect it from ship crashes.

Persons: Spencer Platt, Basil M, ”, “, Mr, Karatzas, Amy Chang Chien Organizations: Officials, China Central Television, Getty, Karatzas Marine Advisors Locations: Guangzhou, China, Baltimore, Baltimore’s, New York City, New York

☆ Appeals Court Denies Peter Navarro’s Motion to Remain Out of Prison
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-14 | by ( Zach Montague | More About Zach Montague | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Peter Navarro, a trade adviser to Donald J. Trump during his presidency, will be required to report to prison after a federal appeals court on Thursday denied his all-but-final bid to remain free while appealing his conviction for contempt of Congress. The ruling meant that, barring an 11th-hour intervention by the Supreme Court, which his lawyers previously pledged to seek if necessary, Mr. Navarro will have to obey an order by the Bureau of Prisons and report to a federal prison in Miami by Tuesday, which would make him the first senior aide to Mr. Trump to serve time over his role in efforts to overturn the 2020 election. Mr. Navarro, 74, was sentenced in January to four months in prison for refusing to cooperate with the House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol. The committee had subpoenaed Mr. Navarro for documents and testimony, seeking his testimony about a plan he had devised to stall the certification of the election by holding up the counting of electoral votes. After receiving the subpoena, Mr. Navarro brushed off the committee based on the belief, he argued at trial, that Mr. Trump had directed him not to testify and to invoke executive privilege.

Persons: Peter Navarro, Donald J, Trump, Navarro, . Navarro, Mr Organizations: Supreme, Bureau of Prisons, Capitol Locations: Miami

☆ Inside the Blunders That Plunged the College Admission Season Into Disarray
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-13 | by ( Erica L. Green | Zach Montague | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

There were just days left to process a batch of federal financial aid applications when Education Department officials made a fateful discovery: 70,000 emails from students all over the country, containing reams of essential data. They were sitting in an inbox, untouched. The students’ futures depended on it. “It needs to get untangled,” Mr. Cordray told his staff members on Thursday, according to recordings of two back-to-back meetings that The New York Times obtained. Three years ago, Congress ordered the Education Department to revamp the new form to make it easier and more accessible.

Persons: Richard Cordray, Mr, Cordray, ”, “ Organizations: Education Department, New York Times, Federal Student Aid

☆ Judge to Review Prince Harry’s Visa Papers in Dispute Over Release
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-08 | by ( Zach Montague | More About Zach Montague | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

A federal judge has ordered the Department of Homeland Security to submit documents related to Prince Harry’s visa for the court to review after the department refused to release them to the Heritage Foundation, a conservative think tank, under the Freedom of Information Act. The Heritage Foundation has sued the department, contending that it has a right to see the documents as part of research into whether Prince Harry had been improperly allowed to reside in the United States given his admissions in his 2023 memoir and elsewhere that he had used cocaine and other drugs. The foundation had sought the documents specifically to investigate how the prince had been admitted, since certain visas on which he could have entered the United States require applicants to answer questions about past drug use and drug-related legal violations. Judge Carl J. Nichols of the Federal District Court in Washington ordered the department to submit the papers in question for his confidential review to determine whether they should be released in some form.

Persons: Prince, Prince Harry, Carl J, Nichols Organizations: Department of Homeland Security, Heritage Foundation, Federal, Court Locations: United States, United, Washington

☆ Liberty University Fined $14 Million for Mishandling Sex Assaults and Other Crimes
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-05 | by ( Zach Montague | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Liberty University, the evangelical Christian university in Lynchburg, Va., agreed to pay a record $14 million fine for breaking federal campus safety laws, the Education Department announced on Tuesday, accusing the school of creating a “culture of silence” that discouraged the reporting of crimes and repeatedly mishandling sexual assaults. In a 108-page report, the department found particular problems with how the university handled sexual misconduct, including that it had punished several sexual assault victims for violating the student honor code, which prohibits premarital sex, while failing to punish their assailants. As a result, sexual assaults commonly went unreported, the department said. The report also said Liberty discouraged staff members from sending out emergency notifications, failing to notify students of dangerous events such as campus bomb threats and gas leaks. Mr. Falwell’s son, Jerry Falwell Jr., resigned as president in 2020 amid a sex scandal, and was sued by the university for $40 million in damages the next year for various breaches of contract.

Persons: Jerry Falwell, Falwell’s, Jerry Falwell Jr Organizations: Liberty University, Christian, Education Department, Liberty Locations: Lynchburg, Va, aggrandizing

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Jim Leyland left his living room in Thornburg, Pennsylvania, and had gone upstairs to lie down, convinced the call to Cooperstown wasn't coming. Hall chairman Jane Forbes Clark was on the line and Leyland had been voted in, two weeks shy of his 79th birthday. Leyland coached in the Tigers minor league system, then started managing with Bristol of the Appalachian Rookie League in 1971. The Pirates sank from there following the departures of Bonds and ace pitcher Doug Drabek as free agents, and Leyland left after Pittsburgh’s fourth straight losing season in 1996. But the Marlins sold off veterans and tumbled to 54-108 in 1998, and Leyland left for the Rockies.

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COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. (AP) — Adrián Beltré, Joe Mauer, Chase Utley, David Wright, José Bautista and Matt Holliday are among 12 new candidates on the Hall of Fame ballot released Monday. Bartolo Colon, Adrián González, Victor Martinez, Brandon Phillips, José Reyes and James Shields also are making their first appearances on the ballot. Political Cartoons View All 1260 ImagesSheffield will be making his 10th and final BBWAA ballot appearance. Utley was a six-time All-Star second baseman who hit .275 with 259 homers and 1,025 RBIs for Philadelphia (2003-15) and the Dodgers (2015-19). He hit .299 with 316 homers and 1,220 RBIs for Colorado (2004-08, 2018), Oakland (2009), St. Louis (2009-16) and the New York Yankees (2017).

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Mr. Johnson, the Louisiana Republican who has personally voted against sending military aid to Kyiv, released a $14 billion aid bill for Israel on Monday. But Mr. Johnson spurned that request, in an acknowledgment of how toxic funding for Ukraine has become among Republicans. agents,” Mr. Johnson said. “Instead of advancing a serious proposal to defend Israel, defend Ukraine and provide humanitarian aid, this House G.O.P. My guess is you can get Ukraine aid passed, probably as a stand-alone bill here.

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☆ The Race to Save Our Secrets From the Computers of the Future
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-22 | by ( Zach Montague | More About Zach Montague | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

The danger extends not just to future breaches but to past ones: Troves of encrypted data harvested now and in coming years could, after Q-Day, be unlocked. Current and former intelligence officials say that China and potentially other rivals are most likely already working to find and store such troves of data in hopes of decoding them in the future. Today, the most powerful quantum device uses 433 “qubits,” as the quantum equivalent of transistors are called. That figure would probably need to reach into the tens of thousands, perhaps even the millions, before today’s encryption systems would fall. But within the U.S. cybersecurity community, the threat is seen as real and urgent.

Persons: ”, Glenn S Organizations: National Security Agency, Homeland Security Department Locations: China, Russia, United States

☆ Here are the CEOs and investors who want Harvard to release the names of students blaming Israel for the Hamas attacks — so they can avoid hiring them
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-11 | by ( Kai Xiang Teo | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Billionaire Bill Ackman wants Harvard to name the students whose organizations co-signed a letter laying blame for the Hamas attacks on Israel. His post saying the names should be released so CEOs can avoid hiring them drew over 10 million views on X. AdvertisementAdvertisementBillionaire hedge fund manager Bill Ackman called on Harvard to release the names of students whose organizations signed a letter blaming Israel for the Hamas attacks, so CEOs can avoid hiring them. Harvard, Ackman, Resnik, Varsavsky, Duel, Ready, Montague, Levy, Wurzack, McQuaid, Newman, and Broukhim did not immediately respond to requests for comment from Insider. These CEOs and investors are directing their ire at a letter written by Harvard Palestine Solidarity Groups published on Sunday.

Persons: Bill Ackman, —, Israel, Ackman, We'll, Martin Varsavsky, Varsavsky, Jonathan Newman, Michael Broukhim, David Duel, Newman, Michael McQuaid, Bloq, Stephen Ready, Hu Montague, Art Levy, Jake Wurzak, Levy, Wurzack, McQuaid, Broukhim, Mehdi Hasan, MSNBC's Mehdi Hasan Organizations: Harvard, Service, Dovehill Capital Management, Harvard Palestine Solidarity Groups Locations: Israel, Montague

☆ A Shutdown Is Looming. What Comes Next?
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-25 | by ( Zach Montague | More About Zach Montague | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The White House has begun advising federal agencies to prepare for a government shutdown as Republican lawmakers have shown no signs of progress in negotiations to keep the government funded beyond this week. The United States has experienced 21 gaps in government funding since 1976, leading to varying degrees of disruption. Under a worst-case scenario, the White House is warily eyeing a repeat of 2018, the longest and most recent shutdown, which sidelined roughly 800,000 of the federal government’s 2.1 million employees for 34 days. While much remains uncertain about how inevitable a shutdown may be or how long one may last, the broad contours of how it would play out are well-worn territory in Washington, and most agencies have readied plans for working through the tumult. A government shutdown amounts to a suspension of many government operations until Congress acts to restore funding.

Organizations: United Locations: United States, Washington

Ray Epps, the Trump supporter who was swept up in one of the most persistent right-wing conspiracy theories connected to the events of Jan. 6, 2021, pleaded guilty on Wednesday to a single misdemeanor charge for his role in the attack on the Capitol. Prosecutors said at the hearing that aside from breaching the barricades outside the Capitol, Mr. Epps placed his hands on a giant Trump sign that the mob used as a battering ram against the police. Mr. Epps will face a maximum of one year in prison when he is sentenced in December. Mr. Epps, a former Marine and wedding venue owner who voted twice for Donald J. Trump, became the unlikely focus of a conspiracy theory promoted on Fox News and by right-wing commentators. It held that he had been a covert government asset who helped instigate the riot as a way of discrediting Trump supporters.

Persons: Ray Epps, Trump, Epps, Donald J Organizations: Capitol, Federal, Court, Justice Department, Prosecutors, Trump, Mr, Fox News Locations: Washington

☆ Jury Begins to Deliberate in Navarro’s Contempt of Congress Trial
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-07 | by ( Zach Montague | More About Zach Montague | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

A federal jury in Washington began deliberating on Thursday in the criminal trial of Peter Navarro, a top aide to President Donald J. Trump, who is charged with contempt of Congress after he ignored a subpoena last year from the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack. In delivering closing arguments, prosecutors and defense lawyers largely agreed on the facts in the case: that Mr. Navarro balked when ordered to cooperate with the panel. But in contention was whether that act amounted to a willful defiance of Congress, or a simple misunderstanding between Mr. Navarro and the committee’s staff. “The defendant, Peter Navarro, made a choice,” said Elizabeth Aloi, a prosecutor. “He didn’t want to comply and produce documents, and he didn’t want to testify, so he didn’t.”Detailing the House committee’s correspondence with Mr. Navarro, Ms. Aloi said that even after the panel asked Mr. Navarro to explain any opposition he had to giving sworn testimony, he continued to stonewall.

Persons: Peter Navarro, Donald J, Trump, Navarro, “, ”, Elizabeth Aloi, Aloi, Mr Locations: Washington, stonewall

☆ Peter Navarro to Face Contempt Trial Over Defiance of Jan. 6 Committee
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-04 | by ( Zach Montague | More About Zach Montague | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

For weeks after the 2020 election had been called, Peter Navarro, a White House adviser to President Donald J. Trump, worked closely with other senior aides to keep Mr. Trump in power for a second term. After being subpoenaed last year by the House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, riot, which sought to learn more about those efforts, Mr. Navarro refused to comply, insisting that Mr. Trump had directed him not to cooperate and dismissing the subpoena as “illegal” and “unenforceable.”Now, after more than a year of legal wrangling, Mr. Navarro, 74, will defend those claims in a trial that starts Tuesday, when jury selection is expected to begin in Federal District Court in Washington. The case centers on a relatively simple question: whether he showed contempt for Congress in defying the House committee’s request for documents and testimony. The trial itself may be relatively short, and if Mr. Navarro were to be convicted on the two counts of contempt of Congress he is charged with, he could face up to a year in jail and a fine of up to $100,000 for each count.

Persons: Peter Navarro, Donald J, Trump, Navarro Organizations: Court Locations: Washington

Dominic Pezzola, the rank-and-file member of the Proud Boys who led the charge into the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, by shattering a window with a stolen police riot shield, was sentenced on Friday to 10 years in prison. It was only half of the 20 years that the government had requested and less than the punishment meted out to several rioters found guilty of assaulting the police. Mr. Pezzola, a flooring contractor from Rochester, N.Y., was the only one of the five men charged in the case who was found not guilty of sedition at the trial in Federal District Court in Washington. But the jury convicted him of six other felonies, including assaulting a police officer, a conspiracy to keep members of Congress from certifying the election and the destruction of one of the Capitol building’s windows. Despite telling Judge Timothy J. Kelly, who has overseen the Proud Boys sedition case, that he was remorseful and had given up on politics, Mr. Pezzola raised his fist before he was removed from the courtroom and shouted, “Trump won!”

Persons: Dominic Pezzola, Pezzola, Timothy J, Kelly, “ Trump Organizations: Capitol, Mr, Federal, Court Locations: Rochester, N.Y, Washington

Joseph Biggs, a onetime lieutenant in the Proud Boys, was sentenced on Thursday to 17 years in prison after his conviction on charges of seditious conspiracy for plotting with a gang of pro-Trump followers to attack the Capitol and disrupt the peaceful transfer of presidential power on Jan. 6, 2021. Mr. Biggs’s sentence was one of the stiffest penalties issued so far in more than 1,100 criminal cases stemming from the Capitol attack and among only a handful to have been legally labeled an act of terrorism. It was just over half of the 33 years the government had requested and just shy of the 18-year term given in May to Stewart Rhodes, the leader of another far-right group, the Oath Keepers militia, who was also found guilty of sedition. One of Mr. Biggs’s co-defendants, Zachary Rehl, is scheduled to be sentenced in front of Judge Kelly on Thursday afternoon. The Proud Boys — who had been fighting on the streets since 2017 for a range of far-right causes — became a central focus of the F.B.I.’s investigation into Jan. 6 within days of the Capitol attack.

Persons: Joseph Biggs, Stewart Rhodes, Judge Timothy J, Kelly, Enrique Tarrio, Biggs’s, Zachary Rehl, Judge Kelly, — Organizations: Trump, Federal, Court Locations: Washington

☆ Hmong cuisine and culture are having a moment in the US. We spoke with the restaurateurs and farmers driving innovation.
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-16 | by ( Noah Sheidlower | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +11 min

It marks a renaissance of sorts for the Hmong community, which has historically been insular. He also recently appeared on "Iron Chef" and was the first to serve Hmong food at the Minnesota State Fair. Though for decades, Xiong said Hmong businesses struggled to market outside the Hmong community. La Vang-Herr also opened her Hmong business in an area with few Hmong residents. Sean LeschMortchee's, a Hmong eatery in a former Wausau, Wisconsin, ice-cream stand, has also been a lifeline for the local Hmong community since opening earlier this year.

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