Epstein Secrets

nting aggressive efforts over the past few years to crack down on Chinese malign influence at U.S. universities." The piece quotes Attorney General Merrick Garland saying in House Appropriations testimony this week, "Well, within the last month or so, the intelligence community has identified China as a threat

57K) reports on its website that the purpose of Harris' visit was to "focus on small businesses." Harris, who was accompanied by Commerce Secretary Raimondo, "listened to pitches by entrepreneurs at the Social Enterprise Greenhouse, a small business incubator with a social impact mission." Harris "spoke

n emergency."' Raimondo said, "Women were clustered in service industries, low-wage industries that got hit hardest in the pandemic." Harris "echoed Raimondo's remarks, pointing to `devastation across the board' and emphasizing that women were `among those who suffered the most."' The Washington Post <ht

and Names Coley To Lead Public Affairs At DO), Sources Say. Axios (1/26, Nichols, 1.26M) reports President Biden's Attorney General-designate Judge Merrick Garland "has tapped Anthony Coley, an Obama-era Treasury Department official, to serve as a senior adviser and to lead public affairs at the Department of J

ling out which Chinese companies should remain on a list that limits their access to advanced U.S. technology." Reuters (1/26, Shepardson) reported Raimondo said she intends to "use the full toolkit at my disposal to the fullest extent possible to protect Americans and our network from Chinese interfere

merce Nominee Pledges Tough China Stance, But Mum On Huawei Blacklist" provides similar coverage. Meanwhile, The Verge (1/26, Kelly, 1.54M) reports Raimondo "told lawmakers that she will pursue changes to Section 230 if confirmed." According to The Verge, Raimondo told Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) that she "

nting aggressive efforts over the past few years to crack down on Chinese malign influence at U.S. universities." The piece quotes Attorney General Merrick Garland saying in House Appropriations testimony this week, "Well, within the last month or so, the intelligence community has identified China as a threat

157K) reports on its website that the purpose of Harris' visit was to "focus on small businesses." Harris, who was accompanied by Commerce Secretary Raimondo, "listened to pitches by entrepreneurs at the Social Enterprise Greenhouse, a small business incubator with a social impact mission." Harris "spoke

are doing because you are models of the best of what we are doing in the country. ... It's about helping people see the possibilities." Harris and Raimondo later attended a women-led small-business roundtable. The Providence (RI) Journal (5/5, 376K) reports that before she introduced the Vice President

ring an intense presidential election season. The article noted that in remarks last week addressing violent crime across the U.S., Attorney General Merrick Garland said the DOJ is committed to investigating threats to FBI agents, federal judges, members of Congress, election workers, and others. He pointed to

Court will hear arguments on January 17 to overturn a 40-year-old legal precedent known as Chevron deference in the upcoming cases Loper Bright v. Raimondo and Relentless v. Department of Commerce. The ramifications of overturning Chevron deference are broad and would strip federal agencies' ability to

eral lawmakers, including lone Republican Nicole Malliotakis and NY Sens. Chuck Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand, sent a letter to US Attorney General Merrick Garland, challenging the `state secrets privilege' that ex-Presidents Trump, Obama and Bush invoked to block release of a classified 16-page FBI report. Re

overnment agencies, schools and healthcare facilities were targeted by ransomware attacks." Meanwhile, DHS Secretary Mayorkas and Commerce Secretary Raimondo in a CNBC (5/14, 7.34M) op-ed argue the ransomware attack on the Colonial Pipeline offers "an opportunity for every organization to shore up its cy