Biden Remains ‘Intensely Focused’ on Next Six Months, Blinken Says

The secretary of state spoke to members of the media at the White House on Tuesday. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday said that President Joe Biden is intensely focused on the work that remains in the next six months, including bringing peace to the Middle East and dealing with the Russia–Ukraine conflict.

Judge Blocks Ohio Election Law That Limited Who Could Return Disabled Voters’ Absentee Ballots

‘This is a win for democracy,’ ACLU’s Freda Levenson said. A federal judge in Ohio has struck down an election law that made it illegal for nearly anyone other than a relatively narrow group of close relatives to return an absentee ballot on behalf of someone with a disability. Judge Bridget Meehan Brennan of the

Secret Service Director Cheatle Resigns in Disgrace Following Disastrous Congressional Testimony

Secret Service director Kimberly Cheatle resigned Tuesday in disgrace following her agency’s failure to prevent the near-assassination of Republican nominee Donald Trump and her disastrous congressional testimony on Monday. “I take full responsibility for the security lapse,” Cheatle wrote in an email to her staff on Tuesday. “In light of recent events, it is with

Health Subcommittee Holds Hearing on CDC Priorities, Public Trust, Improving Health

The Subcommittee on Health holds a hearing titled “Are CDC’s Priorities Restoring Public Trust and Improving the Health of the American People?” This event examines the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) priorities to ensure that it is working to recover public trust and protect the well-being of Americans. The h… Original News Source

House Forms Task Force to Probe Attempted Trump Assassination

‘The security failures that allowed an assassination attempt on Donald Trump’s life are shocking’ Mr. Johnson and Mr. Jeffries said. Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) and Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) on July 23 announced the formation of a House Task Force to investigate the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump. The announcement follows the

House Republicans Demand Hearing With CrowdStrike CEO to Address Tech Outage

The Republican lawmakers said the House Committee ‘cannot ignore the magnitude’ of the incident. Republican lawmakers have called on CrowdStrike CEO George Kutz to testify in a congressional hearing about a major tech outage that affected various industries around the world last week. The IT outages were triggered on July 19 by a defect in

Pennsylvania State Police Chief to Testify to Congress on Trump Assassination Attempt

WASHINGTON—The House Oversight Committee kicked off its investigation of the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump on July 22 by demanding answers from Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle. Ms. Cheatle declined to provide the committee with some key details as to how suspected shooter Thomas Matthew Crooks, 20, of Bethel Park, Pennsylvania, managed to