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Biden signs FISA extension, ending fight over warrantless spying — temporarily

April 21, 2024 Extension, Temporarily, warrantless, Fight, Over, Biden, Signs, Ending, spying, FISA0 comment

The intelligence community won a new expansion of snooping powers from Congress but opponents managed to cut the extension to just two years, meaning Capitol Hill will revisit the fight a lot sooner than the spy community had wanted. The Washington Times stories: White House

Biden returns early from weekend trip to meet over Middle East concerns

April 13, 2024 Returns, weekend, concerns, Over, Early, Biden, from, trip, Middle, East, Meet0 comment

President Biden scuttled his weekend plans in Delaware to return to Washington a day early to deal with rising tensions in the Middle East. The Washington Times stories: White House

As Fentanyl Streams Over Wide-Open Border, Students Lead Effort to Combat Campus Overdoses

April 13, 2024 Overdoses, Over, Combat, lead, Students, border, effort, Campus, fentanyl, Streams, WideOpen0 comment

Ten years ago, I had never heard the word “fentanyl.” Now, every sorority and fraternity on my college campus is equipped with Naloxone, also known by the brand name Narcan, a lifesaving medication used to treat opioid overdoses. The fentanyl crisis is acutely felt on college campuses. Oftentimes, college students will take a pill that they thought was Xanax or Ritalin and end up dead. According to federal data, the leading cause of death for Americans ages 18 to 45 is fentanyl overdose. In the last three years alone, examples…

‘I didn’t do that’: Biden goes on defense over honoring Transgender Day of Visibility on Easter

April 1, 2024 Over, Biden, Defense, goes, Easter, didn't, That., Transgender, honoring, Visibility0 comment

President Biden stoked more outrage over his decision to honor Transgender Day of Visibility on March 31, which was also Easter, by issuing a head-scratching denial Monday as the White House blamed the political backlash on “misinformation.” The Washington Times stories: White House

U.S.-Israel tensions boil over as Washington welcomes Netanyahu rival for talks

March 4, 2024 Over, Washington, talks, Rival, welcomes, Netanyahu, boil, Tensions, U.S.Israel0 comment

Tensions between the White House and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government neared the boiling point Monday as Biden administration officials ramped up their public pressure on Jerusalem over the “intolerable” humanitarian conditions in the Gaza Strip while simultaneously embracing one of Mr. Netanyahu’s most popular political rivals. The Washington Times stories: White House

Concerns over NASA’s SEWP VI small business strategy come to surface

January 12, 2024 Strategy, Over, Business, come, Small, concerns, surface, NASA’s, SEWP0 comment

Concerns about NASA’s sixth iteration of its governmentwide acquisition contract known as SEWP have been bubbling underneath the surface for much of the past few months. Industry experts have quietly been wringing their collective hands over NASA’s plans for the small business size standard it detailed in the draft solicitation. The worry is the new size standard would exclude or make it nearly impossible for a large swath of small businesses to compete on the contract. Those fears broke through the surface in a new letter from Reps. Roger Williams…