Hints and tips:
...confirming senior state department officials....
...that involve foreign investment in the United States to see if they create national security risk.”...
...“The global threat of cyber crime and ransomware that originates in Russia, and the ability of criminal leaders to operate there with impunity, is deeply concerning to the United States,” said Janet Yellen...
...of state, and Lloyd Austin, US defence secretary....
...But even Queen Victoria had challenges in all those departments....
...Wally Adeyemo, deputy secretary of the Treasury, said the agency was also “investigating” the role of mixers — third-party services that mix up illicit funds with clean cryptocurrencies before redistributing...
...That was true of Margaret Thatcher with the “wets”, true of Tony Blair on public sector reform, true arguably of Boris Johnson and people who wanted to unpick the United Kingdom’s exit from the European...
...When the offer came from George W Bush to be secretary of state, the temptation was irresistible....
...Although US secretary of state Antony Blinken said last week that “we still simply do not know” the cause of the incidents, suspicion has fallen on Moscow....
...Dick Durbin, Democratic senator for Illinois, described the hack as “virtually a declaration of war by Russia on the United States” — a suggestion which has been widely shot down by cyber experts, who argue...
...Chad Wolf, acting secretary of homeland security, said in a statement that while the events at the Capitol were “tragic and sickening”, he would remain in his position “to ensure the department’s focus remains...
...interference in the United States, and instead start reporting on interference activities by China and Iran”....
...“As far as TikTok is concerned we’re banning them from the United States,” Mr Trump told reporters on Air Force One late on Friday, adding that he could use executive powers to formalise the decision....
...While Washington is suffering some of the most acute shortages, other US states are also warning of problems....
...But that did not stop secretary of state Mike Pompeo, when asked about how the state department and intelligence communities were preparing for a transition, replying that he expected “a smooth transition...
...“Congress still needs to reach a long-term solution for Dreamers in the United States — including a pathway to citizenship,” said Cory Gardner, the Republican senator from Colorado....
...On Thursday, the Pentagon said Mark Esper, secretary of defence, would review the contract....
...“I think if you look at Amazon, although there are certain benefits to it, they’ve destroyed the retail industry across the United States so there’s no question they’ve limited competition,” he said in an...
...Speaking at a hearing before the House of Representatives foreign affairs committee on Wednesday, Clarke Cooper, assistant secretary at the bureau of political-military affairs at the state department, said...
...With the new threat to sue from a coalition of US states, it’s going to be a tough call to make for the US regulator. DD’s Indap v NYU’s Damodaran: Is stock compensation good or bad?...
...Between 2009 and 2012, he was assistant secretary for policy development and research at the US Department of Housing and Urban Development under then-President Barack Obama, where he advised the HUD secretary...
...Paul Ryan, the Republican House speaker, said the “whole country stands united in our shock” but made no mention of the role that guns play in violence....
...The secretary of state “underscored that the region remains a very important partner for the United States, in fact a strategic partner”, said W Patrick Murphy, deputy assistant secretary in the state department...
...The state department report went on to note “a lack of due process in judicial proceedings, political control of courts and judges, closed trials, the use of administrative detention, failure to protect...
...“The office of the attorney-general of the United States is not a political position, and anyone who holds it must have total fidelity to the laws and the constitution of the United States,” he said, insisting...
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