During the almost two-year endeavor, the working group retained some questions from the older test, rephrased the questions of others, and developed some new questions as well. "But it's absurd and condescending to applicants to say that the Trump administration's test was much harder and a barrier to citizenship". Mr. Law said scrapping the new test was an insult to the career staffers who wr... [Full Article...]
DeJoy and the Postal Service vehemently denied those charges. Lawmakers are inundated with calls and emails from frustrated constituents looking for answers; this week, 33 senators signed a letter to DeJoy asking him to explain the recent delays.DeJoy apologized for those delays at the top of Wednesday's hearing. [Full Article...]
Congressman Ron Kim is advocating for impeachment, saying the governor threatened him after Kim pressed his office over "hidden" data on nursing home deaths during the pandemic. The normally outspoken Cuomo appeared to largely stay on-script during Thursday's meeting as pressure on his administration mounts over the nursing home controversy and new sexual harassment claims. [Full Article...]
An Ercot board nominee, Craig Ivey , also submitted a letter to withdraw his petition for approval as an unaffiliated director, citing concerns stakeholders recently expressed of having out-of-state directors. As a story from Axios details: "Texas has never been prepared for extreme winter - or, really, any winter - but now the consequences of its decisions, especially its independent power gri... [Full Article...]
Guy Smith, president of the Alberta Union of Provincial Employees (AUPE), the largest union in the province, said Thursday's budget decisions will take money out of pockets of people who've helped Alberta through the pandemic. But Toews said there may be light at the end of the tunnel. The full 2021-24 Fiscal Plan is available here. Real gross domestic product, or GDP, is expected to rise 4.8 pe... [Full Article...]
The moment when the Senate formally acquitted former President Trump , largely along party lines. An invitation for the event shows that there is a $1,000 minimum contribution to attend, and a donation of $4,000 per individual or $8,000 for a couple would pay for a spot at a private roundtable discussion, photo-op and cocktail reception with Noem, Trump Jr. [Full Article...]
The 2015 deal between Iran and six major powers limited Iran's uranium enrichment activity to make it harder for Tehran to develop nuclear arms - an ambition Iran has long denied having - in return for the easing of sanctions. Earlier this week, the Kataib Hezbollah group, one of the main Iran-aligned Iraqi militia group, denied any role in recent rocket attacks against USA targets in Iraq. [Full Article...]
Australia began a COVID-19 immunization campaign on Sunday, with Prime Minister Scott Morrison being among the first to receive Pfizer Inc.'s vaccine ahead of a broader national rollout on Monday. Under Phase 2A, adults aged between 50 and 69 will be eligible, along with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people aged 18-54 other critical and high risk workers, while the rest of us will be abl... [Full Article...]
During the almost two-year endeavor, the working group retained some questions from the older test, rephrased the questions of others, and developed some new questions as well. "But it's absurd and condescending to applicants to say that the Trump administration's test was much harder and a barrier to citizenship". Mr. Law said scrapping the new test was an insult to the career staffers who wr... [Full Article...]
DeJoy and the Postal Service vehemently denied those charges. Lawmakers are inundated with calls and emails from frustrated constituents looking for answers; this week, 33 senators signed a letter to DeJoy asking him to explain the recent delays.DeJoy apologized for those delays at the top of Wednesday's hearing. [Full Article...]
Congressman Ron Kim is advocating for impeachment, saying the governor threatened him after Kim pressed his office over "hidden" data on nursing home deaths during the pandemic. The normally outspoken Cuomo appeared to largely stay on-script during Thursday's meeting as pressure on his administration mounts over the nursing home controversy and new sexual harassment claims. [Full Article...]
An Ercot board nominee, Craig Ivey , also submitted a letter to withdraw his petition for approval as an unaffiliated director, citing concerns stakeholders recently expressed of having out-of-state directors. As a story from Axios details: "Texas has never been prepared for extreme winter - or, really, any winter - but now the consequences of its decisions, especially its independent power gri... [Full Article...]
Guy Smith, president of the Alberta Union of Provincial Employees (AUPE), the largest union in the province, said Thursday's budget decisions will take money out of pockets of people who've helped Alberta through the pandemic. But Toews said there may be light at the end of the tunnel. The full 2021-24 Fiscal Plan is available here. Real gross domestic product, or GDP, is expected to rise 4.8 pe... [Full Article...]
The moment when the Senate formally acquitted former President Trump , largely along party lines. An invitation for the event shows that there is a $1,000 minimum contribution to attend, and a donation of $4,000 per individual or $8,000 for a couple would pay for a spot at a private roundtable discussion, photo-op and cocktail reception with Noem, Trump Jr. [Full Article...]
The 2015 deal between Iran and six major powers limited Iran's uranium enrichment activity to make it harder for Tehran to develop nuclear arms - an ambition Iran has long denied having - in return for the easing of sanctions. Earlier this week, the Kataib Hezbollah group, one of the main Iran-aligned Iraqi militia group, denied any role in recent rocket attacks against USA targets in Iraq. [Full Article...]
Australia began a COVID-19 immunization campaign on Sunday, with Prime Minister Scott Morrison being among the first to receive Pfizer Inc.'s vaccine ahead of a broader national rollout on Monday. Under Phase 2A, adults aged between 50 and 69 will be eligible, along with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people aged 18-54 other critical and high risk workers, while the rest of us will be abl... [Full Article...]