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24 Jan 2021, 1:34 pm by Kristin Bergtora Sandvik
Where rights-based arguments are made, such as in the recommendations by UNESCO and the International Commission on the Futures of Education[33] and the UN Secretary General’s policy brief on “Education during COVID-19 and [read post]
23 Jan 2021, 10:24 am by Victoria Gallegos, Tia Sewell
Lloyd Austin III to serve as defense secretary; Antony Blinken as next secretary of state; Alejandro Mayorkas to be secretary of homeland security and Avril Haines as the next director of national intelligence. [read post]
23 Jan 2021, 5:36 am
  Biden’s nominee for Labor Secretary, Boston mayor Marty Walsh, is a former union official and former leader of Boston’s Building and Construction Trades Council, so it is easy to predict where his sympathies lie. [read post]
On Jan. 19, 2020, the day before President Biden was sworn in as the 46th president of the United States, his transition team announced that James Frederick will be appointed deputy assistant secretary of labor for occupational safety and health, a non-Senate confirmed position. [read post]
22 Jan 2021, 1:56 pm by Josh Blackman
" And DHS pledges to "Utilize its immigration authorities, to the maximum extent possible, to prioritize the protection of the United States and its existing communities. [read post]
22 Jan 2021, 1:06 pm by Geoff Schweller
On January 21, the United States Senate Committee on Finance held a hearing on the nomination of Janet Yellen for Secretary of the Treasury. [read post]
22 Jan 2021, 1:06 pm by Geoff Schweller
On January 21, the United States Senate Committee on Finance held a hearing on the nomination of Janet Yellen for Secretary of the Treasury. [read post]
22 Jan 2021, 11:27 am by Abby Lemert, Eleanor Runde
” In response, the United States adopted the objective of “maintain[ing] American industry’s innovation edge vis-a-vis China. [read post]
China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) announced Thursday that it is imposing sanctions on 28 individuals, including former US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, former National Security Advisor John Bolton and former White House strategiest Steve Bannon for violating China’s sovereignty. [read post]
21 Jan 2021, 9:05 pm by Megan Russo
Biden was sworn in as the 46th President of the United States, addressing the nation in a speech that sought to unify a country divided by a fraught election and a worsening pandemic. [read post]
21 Jan 2021, 8:30 pm by Jim Sedor
Energy Secretary Nominee Jennifer Granholm Has Millions in Energy Investments MSN – Soo Rin Kim (ABC News) | Published: 1/20/2021 President Joe Biden’s energy secretary pick, Jennifer Granholm, disclosed millions of dollars of investments in corporate and private business interests, including millions in companies linked to the energy industry, as lawmakers prepare to consider her nomination. [read post]
21 Jan 2021, 4:43 pm by Sabrina I. Pacifici
  The Secretary of Labor, the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), the Secretary of Transportation (including through the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)), the Secretary of Homeland Security (including through the Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) and the Commandant of the United States Coast Guard), and the heads of any other executive departments and agencies (agencies)… [read post]
21 Jan 2021, 4:00 pm by Josh Blackman
  Consistent with applicable law, the Secretary of State, the Secretary of HHS, and the Secretary of Homeland Security (including through the Administrator of the TSA), in coordination with any relevant international organizations, shall assess the feasibility of linking COVID-19 vaccination to International Certificates of Vaccination or Prophylaxis (ICVP) and producing electronic versions of ICVPs. [read post]
On January 10, 2021, then Secretary of State Mike Pompeo designated Ansarallah, an armed militia in Yemen backed by Iran also known as the “Houthis,” as a Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO) and as Specially Designated Global Terrorists (SDGTs). [read post]
21 Jan 2021, 1:22 pm by Victoria Gallegos, Tia Sewell
” Earlier this week, former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo labeled Beijing’s repressive campaign against the Uighurs a genocide—a statement that Biden’s nominee for secretary of state, Antony Blinken, told senators he agreed with during his confirmation hearing. [read post]
21 Jan 2021, 1:12 pm by Melissa Healy and John Dudrey
  Such legislation, however, is unlikely to provide greater employee protections than the state laws that are already in effect in Oregon and other West Coast states. [read post]
21 Jan 2021, 12:54 pm by John Elwood
In briefs in both cases last month, the outgoing acting solicitor general, Jeffrey Wall, urged the justices to grant cert and vacate the court of appeals’ decisions (both of which went against Trump) under United States v. [read post]
21 Jan 2021, 12:21 pm by Tia Sewell
Proclamation: Ending Discriminatory Bans on Entry to The United States (1/20/21) This proclamation revoked four Trump executive actions “that prevented certain individuals from entering the United States—first from primarily Muslim countries, and later, from largely African countries. [read post]
21 Jan 2021, 8:48 am by Tia Sewell
The order is available here or below: Executive Order on Protecting Public Health and the Environment and Restoring Science to Tackle the Climate Crisis By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered as follows: Section 1. [read post]