Admiral Brett Giroir, Assistant Secretary for Health, discusses the coronavirus and other health issues at an event hosted by the Alliance for Health Policy.
2020 Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg spoke to caucusgoers at a town hall in Nevada's capital, Carson City. At the event, Buttigieg mentioned the recent Senate impeachment hearing. He also took questions from the audience, many of which focused on finances, including teacher pay and college affordability. Buttigieg also spoke on water rights, an topic many in California and Nevada follow closely.
Hudson Institute held a discussion on the possible copyright implications for software development ahead of the Supreme Court case, Google v. Oracle. The discussion included the history of copyright protections for software and the importance of code being protected by copyright laws.
The Supreme Court heard oral argument in a case concerning the federal corruption convictions of two people involved in the 2013 New Jersey "Bridgegate" scandal. Bridget Kelly and William Baroni, Jr. are the two people at the center of this case. Kelly is the former deputy chief of staff to then Gov. Chris Christie (R-NJ) who was convicted of several federal charges including fraud and conspiracy for her role in shutting down two lanes, from Jersey City onto the George Washington Bridge that goes into New York City, for four days causing major traffic chaos for residents and city officials. Baroni, who was also convicted of the same charges, served as the deputy executive director of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. Originally, officials cited a study for the lane closures but later the real reason for the closing was political payback against the Fort Lee mayor who refused to endorse Gov. Christie for his reelection bid. The Supreme Court will now decide whether the fede
A House Oversight and Reform subcommittee held a hearing on child hunger and the Trump administration's proposed changes to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, known as SNAP. Witnesses included No Kid Hungry Campaign Senior Vice President Linda Davis, former Maine Health and Human Services official Sam Adolphsen, along with grade school teachers and anti-poverty advocates.
John Wagner, the Customs & Border Protection's (CBP) deputy executive assistant commissioner of field operations, testified on how the agency uses facial recognition and biometrics technologies to identify people coming into the U.S. This was the House Homeland Security's second hearing focusing on federal government use of these technologies and the potential privacy and discrimination concerns that could arise. The hearing came after a National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) study and report that found racial bias with facial recognition technology.
2020 Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) speaks to supporters at a get-out-the-early-vote rally on the University of Nevada, Las Vegas campus.
Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy delivered remarks and participated in a discussion during the Headliner's Luncheon at the National Press Club in Washington, DC. He spoke about importance of a free press to the Army, saying it "serves as one of the touch points between the military and the public," and that "coverage continues to convey the important work of our deployed forces." He also highlighted the Army's three main priorities for the future, which are readiness, modernization, and reform. During Q&A, he was asked whether the Army plans to investigate Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, who was recently relieved of his post with the National Security Council due to his testimony in the impeachment inquiry of President Trump, for which he said "there's no investigations of him."
President Trump announced that he commuted the sentence of former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich who is serving time for public corruption convictions. He also pardoned former New York City Police Commissioner Bernard Kerik of tax fraud. These announcements came during a gaggle with reporters prior to the president boarding Air Force One en route to Los Angeles.
Journalists Connie Chung, Carl Leubsdorf, and Tom Oliphant recalled their coverage of the 1972 presidential campaign that was documented in Timothy Crouse's book, "The Boys on the Bus." The reporters discussed the importance of the book and how campaign coverage has changed over the past forty years. The program was moderated by Edwin Grosvenor, editor-in-chief of American Heritage Magazine.
Author and ABC News chief legal analyst Dan Abrams; Los Angeles Times executive editor Norman Pearlstine; and former Fox and CBS News president Van Gordon Sauter examined the relationship between the executive branch and the media.
Journalists Connie Chung, Carl Leubsdorf, and Tom Oliphant recalled their coverage of the 1972 presidential campaign that was documented in Timothy Crouse's book, "The Boys on the Bus." The reporters discussed the importance of the book and how campaign coverage has changed over the past forty years. The program was moderated by Edwin Grosvenor, editor-in-chief of American Heritage Magazine.
Author and ABC News chief legal analyst Dan Abrams; Los Angeles Times executive editor Norman Pearlstine; and former Fox and CBS News president Van Gordon Sauter examined the relationship between the executive branch and the media.
Journalists Connie Chung, Carl Leubsdorf, and Tom Oliphant recalled their coverage of the 1972 presidential campaign that was documented in Timothy Crouse's book, "The Boys on the Bus." The reporters discussed the importance of the book and how campaign coverage has changed over the past forty years. The program was moderated by Edwin Grosvenor, editor-in-chief of American Heritage Magazine.
