Big pay raise for troops in defense bill sent to Biden. Conservatives stymied on cultural issues

WASHINGTON (AP) — The House passed a defense policy bill Thursday that authorizes the biggest pay raise for troops in more than two decades, overcoming objections from some conservatives concerned the measure did not do enough to restrict the Pentagon’s diversity initiatives, abortion travel policy and gender-affirming health care for transgender service members. The $ 886 billion bill was approved by a vote of 310-118 and now goes to President Joe Biden after the Senate had overwhelmingly passed it Wednesday. It is likely the last piece of major legislation Congress…

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‘OPM sent a signal’: Still no final regulations on 2017 administrative leave law

After six years, agencies are still missing the final regulations they need to make significant changes to federal administrative leave policy. Congress gave the Office of Personnel Management 270 days to implement new federal leave regulations under the Administrative Leave Act, a provision included in the fiscal 2017 National Defense Authorization Act. But OPM has missed that deadline by far — at least for some of the more complicated changes to the leave policy. Congress passed the Administrative Leave Act to create three categories of administrative leave, or paid leave…

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U.S. government says Iran was behind threatening emails sent to Democrats in multiple states, including Alaska – Anchorage Daily News

U.S. government says Iran was behind threatening emails sent to Democrats in multiple states, including Alaska  Anchorage Daily News US officials link Iran to emails meant to intimidate voters  The Associated Press FBI says Iran behind threatening emails sent to Florida Democrats  NBC News US blames Iran for spoofed Proud Boys emails threatening Democrat voters  ZDNet Feds say Russia and Iran have interfered with the presidential election  CNN View Full Coverage on Google News “us democrats” – Google News

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