Policy · 116th Congress
How the OMB used its powers to delay Ukraine aid
[jwp-video n=”1″] Acting OMB Director Russell Vought tweeted Oct. 21 that neither he nor Michael P.
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Policy · 116th Congress
Colleges squawk over endowment tax
In comments filed on a Treasury Department-issued guidance on the new endowment tax last month, Berea College said it believed Treasury’s interpretation of the tax would force it to pay $1 million
Policy · 116th Congress
Pot restrictions add risks and costs to hemp growing
Hemp typically has less than 1 percent, but marijuana can have THC levels up to 30 percent.
Policy · 116th Congress
Hemp industry growth hints at potential field of dreams
[jwp-video n=”1″] “Right across the border to the north is Canada where they’d been growing it for years.
Policy · 116th Congress
House Republicans break 2-to-1 against Trump on withdrawal of Kurd support
By a 2-to-1 margin, House Republicans on Wednesday broke with President Donald Trump and opposed his decision to pull back U.S. forces in Syria, a move that exposed Kurdish fighters to attack from Turkey
Policy · 116th Congress
Report: Underground hackers and spies helped China steal jet secrets
[jwp-video n=”1″] Overseen by Beijing Yanjun Xu, a deputy director at MSS who goes by the name Zhang Hui, oversaw the hacking and technology theft effort, and also oversaw a human spying operation
Policy · 116th Congress
White House plans to cut refugee admittance to all-time low
anticipates getting more than 368,000 new refugees and asylum claims in the next 12 months, and asserted that the new refugee cap will help mitigate an immense immigration court backlog that exceeds 1
Policy · 116th Congress
Emails show how private firms profit from ICE detention centers
With immigration court backlogs topping 1 million cases, detainees waiting for their day in court are increasingly being denied requests for release, advocates say.
Policy · 116th Congress
US ambassador with coal ties arrives as UN begins climate talks
[jwp-video n=”1″] Climate science Unlike the president, Craft has professed to understand
Policy · 116th Congress
Investors mull blockchain to improve corporate elections, shareholder votes
[jwp-video n=”1″] For corporate elections, the intermediaries separating companies from shareholders typically hire third parties to distribute voting materials to investors, advise financial
Policy · 116th Congress
Fed’s proposal for faster payments raises question of fraud
Big banks spent more than $1 billion to set up their own real-time payment system in 2017 known as The Clearing House.
Policy · 116th Congress
Senate chairman worried ‘Real ID’ will shock air travelers
licenses required with the passage of a 2005 law — Mississippi Republican Roger Wicker said he worries passengers who don’t have them and don’t know they need them will be caught by surprise on Oct. 1,
Policy · 116th Congress
As states legalize marijuana, pesticides may be a blind spot
[jwp-video n=”1″] Whether marijuana products are safe for consumption has become a national concern, as federal regulators investigate whether a recent outbreak of lung disease tied to vaping
Policy · 116th Congress
As House passes Arctic drilling ban, Interior goes the other way
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Policy · 116th Congress
Senate spending bill would slash foreign military aid
Despite that, the Defense Department requested an additional $700 million in fiscal 2020, part of a larger $1 billion request for the initiative for the fiscal year that starts Oct. 1, the report
Policy · 116th Congress
Trump administration expected to roll back clean water rule
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Policy · 116th Congress
More states allowing gun seizures amid plague of mass shootings
[jwp-video n=”1″] “It’s certainly encouraging that Gov.
Policy · 116th Congress
Venezuelans use cryptocurrency to bypass corruption, inflation
[jwp-video n=”1″] Bypassing government economic control Perhaps more important, those groups found a way to access international support while bypassing the Maduro regime’s control of the economy
Policy · 116th Congress
House drug price negotiation plan could apply beyond Medicare
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