President Joe Biden on Wednesday called on U.S. oil refiners to produce more gasoline and diesel, saying their profits have tripled during a time of war between Russia and Ukraine as Americans struggle with record high prices at the pump. “The crunch that families are facing deserves immediate action,” Biden …
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Washington — Former White House press secretary Jen Psaki, who stepped down earlier this month, will join MSNBC this fall, the network and Psaki formally announced Tuesday. Psaki is first coming on board as a political analyst, weighing in on midterms and 2024 campaign coverage, before she hosts a new …
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Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas is pausing the work of the recently created and heavily criticized Disinformation Governance Board and launching a review, according to senior DHS officials. The board’s executive director, Nina Jankowicz, announced her resignation, Wednesday, following a barrage of personal and professional attacks. DHS officials expressed …
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Help wanted. The job: putting one of the nation’s most far-reaching salary disclosure laws into practice. Location: New York City. Just four months ago, city lawmakers overwhelmingly voted to require many ads for jobs in the nation’s most populous city to include salary ranges, in the name of giving job …
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Canceling student loan debt through executive action is “still on the table,” said White House press secretary Jen Psaki, after the Biden administration once again delayed the restart of federal student loan payments earlier this month. The White House has faced continued questions about what the administration will do about …
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Senator Tammy Duckworth, Democrat of Illinois, knows firsthand the sacrifices of going to war and being a working mom. The Iraq war combat veteran and mother of two is using Women’s History Month to make a renewed push for her legislation to establish a memorial in the nation’s capital to …
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The House on Friday passed legislation that would ban discrimination based on hairstyle and hair texture. The CROWN Act, which was introduced by Congresswoman Bonnie Watson Coleman, would prohibit hair-based discrimination “if that hair texture or that hairstyle is commonly associated with a particular race or national origin.” Hairstyles the …
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Washington — An armed 17-year-old male was arrested at Joint Base Andrews on Sunday night after he and another individual drove through a security checkpoint at the installation’s main gate, prompting a lockdown at the base. The incident took place as Vice President Kamala Harris and four members of President …
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Last year, approximately 140,000 workers went on strike, and about half were employed in the healthcare sector, according to a new “Labor Action Tracker” report by Cornell’s School of Industrial and Labor Relations (ILR) . Across the country, hospital employees spearheaded some of the more significant strikes of the year: …
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Dr. Eric Lander, a top science adviser to President Biden, resigned Monday night. His resignation comes hours after White House press secretary Jen Psaki confirmed he had been investigated over a complaint that he mistreated staff. Politico reported on Sunday that an internal White House investigation found that Lander, a …
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