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Congress aims to reauthorize Commerce telecom agency for first time in three decades

May 29, 2023 reauthorize, telecom, first, Congress, Time, three, aims, Agency, Commerce, decades0 comment

Congress is considering reauthorization of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration this year, with leading lawmakers casting the agency in a critical role overseeing issues ranging from federal spectrum management and broadband Internet expansion to emerging developments in cybersecurity and artificial intelligence. NTIA was last reauthorized 30 years ago. During a House Energy and Commerce communications and technology subcommittee hearing last week, Chairman Bob Latta (R-Ohio) introduced a discussion draft of his “National Telecommunication and Information Administration Reauthorization Act of 2023.” The bill is among a raft of legislation the…

Biden questions need to cut spending, citing deficit reduction over first term

May 9, 2023 Citing, Reduction, first, Over, deficit, Biden, need, spending, questions, term0 comment

President Biden on Tuesday questioned House Republicans’ push to cut spending in exchange for raising the debt limit, asserting that his administration had already lowered the deficit and saved taxpayer dollars. The Washington Times stories: White House

Biden headed for first TV interview in 3 months

May 5, 2023 Months, first, Biden, interview, headed0 comment

President Biden will sit down with MSNBC host Stephanie Ruhle for his first interview with a major TV network since Feb. 8. The Washington Times stories: White House

Biden stumbles over wife’s introduction at women’s history event: ‘the first full-time lady’

March 22, 2023 Women's, Stumbles, Event, FullTime, wife’s, first, Introduction, Over, Biden, 'The, History, Lady0 comment

President Biden flubbed the introduction of his wife, first lady Jill Biden, at a Women’s History Month event at the White House Wednesday, calling her the “the first full-time lady.” The Washington Times stories: White House

Revived bills would alter feds’ payment obligations during shutdowns, federal first responders’ pensions

March 6, 2023 obligations, Alter, first, payment, would, responders’, federal, during, Revived, bills, Shutdown's, Feds, pensions0 comment

Lawmakers revived a host of bills this week that would impact the federal workforce, through changes to payments, retirement benefits and more. The Federal Employee Civil Relief Act, for one, would let federal employees and contractors postpone certain types of payments during government shutdowns, or if the government defaults on its debt. Specifically, feds would get a 30-day cushion, after a government shutdown ends, before they would have to make payments on loans and other types of financial obligations. Sens. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) and Mark Warner (D-Va.), who reintroduced the…

Blinken meets with China’s top diplomat in first face-to-face since balloon saga

February 18, 2023 first, Since, meets, China's, Diplomat, Blinken, balloon, facetoface, saga0 comment

Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with top Chinese diplomat Wang Yi on Saturday for the first in-person meeting between senior U.S. and Chinese officials since the shootdown of the suspected Chinese spy balloon earlier this month. The Washington Times stories: White House