Public Schedule – January 31, 2024

***THE DAILY PUBLIC SCHEDULE IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE*** SECRETARY ANTONY J. BLINKEN   11:30 a.m. Secretary Blinken meets with InterAction President and CEO Tom Hart and member NGO leaders  at the Department of State.(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)  1:15 p.m. Secretary Blinken meets with UN Senior Humanitarian and Reconstruction Coordinator for Gaza Sigrid Kaag at the Department of State.(CAMERA SPRAY

Trump Prosecutor Nathan Wade Settles Divorce, Avoids Having to Testify About Relationship With Fani Willis

Trump special prosecutor Nathan Wade has reached a temporary divorce settlement with his estranged wife and so will likely avoid having to testify in court about his alleged affair with his boss, Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis. Mr. Wade, the Atlanta special prosecutor who was hired by Ms. Wills and brought election interference charges

House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Says His Duties Compel Him to Continue Mayorkas Impeachment

House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Mark Green (R-Tenn.) said he’s not concerned about the political spectacle of impeaching Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, saying his committee is duty-bound to advance the impeachment effort no matter how the rest of Congress rules on the matter. Members of Mr. Green’s committee weighed in on Mr. Mayorkas’s tenure

‘Take Our Border Back’ Convoy Pushes Through on Day Two of Travels

A grassroots group that has organized a convoy to the southern border took off from Jacksonville, Florida, on Tuesday, January 30, en route to Baton Rouge, Louisiana, on day two of their week-long trek across the southern United States. The convoy, dubbed “Take Our Border Back,” kicked off on Jan. 29 in Virginia Beach, Virginia,

Yellen Admits ‘Prices Are Not Likely to Fall’

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen recently acknowledged that prices on the whole are not going to fall—just increase at a slower pace. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said in a recent interview that she believes Americans are aware that, despite President Joe Biden’s rhetoric on falling inflation, prices, on the whole, are not going to fall. Ms.

Supreme Court Justice Sotomayor Proclaims She Has Been Traumatized by Colleagues’ Conservative Rulings

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor told a group of Berkeley law students that she was traumatized by the conservative rulings of colleagues.  According to a CNN report, she said she lives “in frustration.”  “And as you heard, every loss truly traumatizes me in my stomach and in my heart,” she said. “But I have

GOP Lawmaker Accuses Biden of Pushing Out ‘Tens-of-Millions’ in Taxpayer Funding for UNRWA Just Prior to Aid Suspension

Funding pause put into effect right after millions in taxpayer funds sent to UN group Rep. Brian Mast (R., Fla.) (Getty Images) The Biden administration may have funneled “tens-of-millions” in American taxpayer dollars to the United Nations’ Palestinian aid group before announcing a pause in U.S. contributions as a result of the organization’s role in