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The Supreme Court on Friday denied the Trump administration’s request to immediately lift a block on federal executions so that it could move forward with a death sentence that was scheduled to be carried out on Monday. The Department of Justice (DOJ) had filed an emergency request with the court to vacate a stay of […]

A U.S. citizen who is a cryptocurrency expert was charged Friday with violating the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) by giving North Korea information that could help it evade U.S. sanctions. According to court filings, 36-year-old Virgil Griffith traveled to North Korea in April to attend a cryptocurrency conference in Pyongyang. “Despite receiving warnings not to go, Griffith […]

President TrumpDonald John TrumpStates slashed 4,400 environmental agency jobs in past decade: study Biden hammers Trump over video of world leaders mocking him Iran building hidden arsenal of short-range ballistic missiles in Iraq: report MORE‘s personal lawyer Rudy GiulianiRudy GiulianiPoll: 46 percent of voters say Trump’s Ukraine dealings constitute impeachable offense GOP member urges Graham […]

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has agreed to resume contract negotiations with its largest union after a months-long dispute.  The EPA and the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE), which represents thousands of agency workers, will start negotiations within 30 days under a settlement agreement, the AFGE said in a statement on Thursday.   The union has […]

Democratic-championed provisions in the annual defense policy bill that would regulate cancer-linked “forever chemicals” have been pulled from the final version of the bill, the chairman of the House Armed Services Committee confirmed Friday. Rep. Adam SmithDavid (Adam) Adam SmithWhite House, Congress near deal to give 12 weeks paid parental leave to all federal workers […]

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced Friday that it is fining Boeing more than $3.9 million for installing faulty parts on approximately 133 of its 737 jets.  The FAA said in a statement that Boeing did not sufficiently oversee its suppliers to make sure that they complied with its quality assurance system, a decision that resulted in […]

Kansas City, Mo., is poised to become the first major city with free public bus service after the city council voted to include the funding request in the next fiscal year budget. In a unanimous vote, the city council agreed to move forward on the “zero fare transit” proposal Thursday, according to local Scripps news source KSHB.  […]

Chancellor Angela Merkel warned against “dangerous historical revisionism” on Friday during her first trip to the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp as the leader of Germany. “We are witnessing and experiencing an attack on the fundamental values of liberal democracy,” Merkel said, according to The New York Times, “and a very dangerous historical revisionism that serves a […]

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