National Association of County and City Health Officials' Lori Tremmel Freeman discusses rising Covid-19 cases in several states, and GAO's Nicole Clowers discusses how recent relief funds appropriated by Congress are being spent.
Dr. Deborah Birx, the coordinator of the White House Coronavirus Taskforce, is joined by ambassadors from several countries to discuss COVID-19 at a virtual event hosted by the Atlantic Council.
Former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch discussed the future of diplomacy and answered questions from students at Indiana University's Hamilton Lugar School of Global and International Studies.
A House Appropriations subcommittee debates and votes on 2021 spending levels for the Labor Department, Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Education Department.
Former Vice President and presumptive 2020 Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden addressed the virtual assembly of the National Education Association. He asked union members for their support in the upcoming presidential election, and laid out his plan for boosting federal support for public schools and the teachers and other workers who staff them in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic. In addition to his remarks, Mr. Biden also answered questions from two teachers and one school paraprofessional, all members of the association.
FBI Director Christopher Wray discussed China's influence in the U.S. during an event hosted by the Hudson Institute. He described China's concerted efforts to become the "world's only superpower" through influence campaigns, hacking, data collection, and intellectual property theft, among other tactics. Director Wray also talked about the work of the FBI and its international partners to thwart and prosecute China's malign actions.
President Trump and first lady Melania Trump participated in a roundtable discussion with students, parents, teachers and medical professionals on efforts to reopen schools in the fall amid the coronavirus pandemic.
The Atlantic Council hosted a virtual event to discuss Russia under President Vladimir Putin, who recently signed a law that would allow him to stay in power until 2036. Among the speakers were former U.S. Ambassador to Russia Michael McFaul, who served during the Obama administration. Topics focused on the implication of this law, new opinion polls showing President Putin's declining popularity, and his foreign policy agenda in the West. Panelists agreed that Mr. Putin's recent actions were a sign of weakness and decline, and not a sign of strength.
Former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch discussed the future of diplomacy and answered questions from students at Indiana University's Hamilton Lugar School of Global and International Studies.
A group of conservatives and former Republicans formed a political action committee called "The Lincoln Project" late last year aimed at stopping the re-election of President Trump. Some of the group's founders discussed putting country over party, while marking the 160th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln's "Right Makes Might" speech in Cooper Union Hall in New York City.
For a fifth day, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments via teleconference due to the coronavirus pandemic. This oral argument involved consolidated cases dealing with congressional subpoenas to third party companies for President Trump's financial records. The justices have through June to decide whether the U.S. House of Representatives had the legal authority to issue the subpoenas.
President Trump and first lady Melania Trump participated in a roundtable discussion with students, parents, teachers and medical professionals on efforts to reopen schools in the fall amid the coronavirus pandemic.
The Atlantic Council hosted a virtual event to discuss Russia under President Vladimir Putin, who recently signed a law that would allow him to stay in power until 2036. Among the speakers were former U.S. Ambassador to Russia Michael McFaul, who served during the Obama administration. Topics focused on the implication of this law, new opinion polls showing President Putin's declining popularity, and his foreign policy agenda in the West. Panelists agreed that Mr. Putin's recent actions were a sign of weakness and decline, and not a sign of strength.
FBI Director Christopher Wray discussed China's influence in the U.S. during an event hosted by the Hudson Institute. He described China's concerted efforts to become the "world's only superpower" through influence campaigns, hacking, data collection, and intellectual property theft, among other tactics. Director Wray also talked about the work of the FBI and its international partners to thwart and prosecute China's malign actions.
