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• SCOTUS To Take Up Cases Related To Abortion And Immigration. • Supreme Court Denies Trump Effort To Block Release Of Tax Returns To Manhattan DA. • Supreme Court Rejects Election Challenges. • Dominion Voting Systems Sues Lindell For $1.3B. INTERNATIONAL NEWS • WHO's Tedros Urges Rich Nations Not To Hoard V

y 6, 2:00, 4.77M) that Garland "appears to be on his way to Senate confirmation." CBS' Kris Van Cleave: "Nearly five years after being nominated to the US Supreme Court, Merrick Garland finally got his Senate confirmation hearing today for attorney general. ... He'd take over a department beset by low morale and un

gement and Budget." On Monday, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said, "Neera Tanden is an accomplished policy expert who would be an excellent Budget Director and we look forward to the committee votes this week and to continuing to work toward her confirmation through engagement with both parties

Funds. • China Warns Apparel Makers Not To Promote Xinjiang Forced-Labor Claims. • Olsen Welcomes Biden's Delay In Lifting Trump's China Tariffs. • Supreme Court Reinstates Death Sentence For Tennessee Inmate. • Romney Says He Will Not Vote For New Federal Gun Laws. • Education Department Cancels Student Deb

d the law after the state's Democratic administration declined to continue doing so." Politico (3/29, Ollstein, 6.73M) reports the abortion case is the Supreme Court's first "with a newly fortified 6-3 conservative majority." WPost Criticizes Republican Officials For Blocking Americans From Access To Medicaid Exp

lease Biden's Discretionary Funding Request This Week. The New York Times (3/29, Friedman, Plumer, 20.6M) reports that the Office of Management and Budget is "expected this week to release" President Biden's "discretionary funding request for the next fiscal year - detailing spending that is separate f

st (11/27, Papenfuss). Supreme Court Set to Take Up All-Or-Nothing Abortion Fight The Associated Press (11/28, Sherman) reported that on Wednesday, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments in a potential landmark case concerning reproductive rights. According to the article, the case comes from Mississippi, where a

Pick Joins Fray Over Trump Jan. 6 Subpoena The Hill (11/28, Kruzel) reported that Ketanji Jackson, seen by Democrats as a top contender for a future Supreme Court vacancy, is one of three judges assigned the weighty task of reviewing former President Trump's bid to block a congressional subpoena for records re

re — and Say More — on Inflation Worries Biden to Nominate Shalanda Young as Budget Director • New York Times: Biden to Nominate Shalanda Young as Budget Director Biden to Nominate Shalanda Young as Budget Director • New York Times: Biden to Nominate Shalanda Young as Budget Director Biden Leads Dem

y was their friend, possibly their only friend. They could work this claim of retroac- tive executive privilege, no matter how loopy, all the way to the Supreme Court. For this plan to work, the president would have to get rid of his inept lawyers. Oh, and he would also have to fire Rod Rosenstein, the deputy at

in the White House. During the transition, Kushner had offered Apollo's cofounder Marc Rowan, the job of director of the Office of Man- agement and Budget. Rowan initially accepted the job, declining it only after Apollo chairman Leon Black objected to what would have to be dis- closed about Rowan's an

har-tsamaev-is-still-waiting-for-appeals-court-to-rule-on-his-case-he-is-one-of-59-inmates-on- federal-death-row> (7/21, Miller, 71K) reports, "Since the U.S. Supreme Court cleared the way last month for federal executions, three federal prisoners have been put to death for the crimes they were convicted of committing,

's Events In Washington. White House: * President Trump — Participates in a ceremonial swearing-in of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget; has lunch with Vice President Mike Pence; receives his intelligence briefing; delivers remarks on Operation Legend: Combatting Violent Crime in Ame

that the Biden administration was engaging in legal `gamesmanship' in order to resurrect a pandemic-related eviction ban despite an indication from the Supreme Court that the measure was unlawful." Politico says Friedrich "made the pointed remark at a hearing on a request by real estate brokers and landlords to b

amendment, which would add $50 billion in defense spending to the infrastructure bill. Toomey was ready to accept that, but Democrats were not, and Budget Chairman Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., objected to that arrangement." Politico (8/9, Faler, 6.73M) reports, "The upshot is the Senate is likely to approve

13 — considerably earlier than Republicans wanted — saying the date pres- ents a "fair and adequate" schedule in line with the timeline for past Supreme Court nominees. Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., called the Demo- crats tactics "heavy-hand- ed" and urged them to reconsider the schedule. President Obama

proposal was presented to a com- mittee of FAU's board of trustees during a meeting Wednesday. About 130 students are currently enrolled in the Budget cuts will lower new enrollment to 48 instead of the goal of 64 students annually. university's medical pro- gram. The medical school opened at F

clear Congress wouldn't act. The Supreme Court is now considering the fate of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, known as DACA. "If the Supreme Court rules against it, we're going to get it passed," Biden said, referring to the fate of the "dreamers," undocumented immigrants who were brought to th

ce Committee in its impeachment inquiry report, which The Wall Street Journal has identified, isn't directly linked to the Office of Management and Budget. It could instead reflect phone calls from other parts of the White House, according to people familiar with the matter ... It isn't known whom Mr.