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President Biden on Wednesday will direct federal agencies to determine how expansive a ban on new oil and gas drilling on federal land should be, part of a suite of executive orders that will effectively launch his agenda to combat climate change, two people with knowledge of the president’s plans said Monday.

Biden to announce halting new oil and gas drilling leases on federal land (Christie Hemm Klok | The New York Times) The Kayenta Solar Plant on the Navajo Reservation in Kayenta, Ariz. on Jan. 21, 2020. President Joe Biden will announce a suite of executive actions on Wednesday, Jan. 27, to combat climate change, two people familiar with his plans said, including a ban on new oil and gas drilling on federal land. By Lisa Friedman | The New York Times   | Jan. 26, 2021, 5:30 p.m. Washington •...

2:56 pm UTC Jan. 25, 2021 USA TODAY Sports is marking the first anniversary of the helicopter crash that killed Kobe Bryant and eight others with a six-day series of stories, photos and videos looking back at the Lakers legend and the aftermath of his death. When the helicopter careened into a California hillside on the morning of Jan. 26, 2020, killing Kobe Bryant and the eight others on board, the initial response around the world was shock. Then, it was: How?  How did this seemingly routi...

On the morning of Jan. 6, I was cackling over “Stop the Steal” rally attendees’ clueless posts about parking in Washington. Future Tense contributor Faine Greenwood was lurking on TheDonald.win, a Trump fan discussion site, and tweeted the best examples of out-of-towners fretting about the logistics. (I particularly loved the person who thought that 6 a.m. pandemic D.C. traffic was “psycho.” Buddy, you have no idea.) By the end of the day, everything seemed a bit less funny. But as a ...

U.S. Won’t Get Return on Multi-Billion Dollar Investment in Hypersonics and May End Up Less Secure Published Jan 16, 2021 WASHINGTON (Jan. 16, 2021)—A scientific study published today finds that hypersonic missiles will not offer the United States significant new military capabilities because they are slower and more susceptible to detection than the country’s existing ballistic missile systems. The peer-reviewed study published in Science & Global Security, an international jo...

Michael Allen Managing Director of Beacon Global Strategies LLC; Former Majority Staff Director of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence Kari Bingen Robert Cardillo John P. Carlin Marcel Lettre Jason Matheny Founding Director of Georgetown’s Center for Security and Emerging Technology; Former Assistant Director of National Intelligence and Director of the Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity John McLaughlin Distinguished Practitioner in Residence, The Johns Hopk...

Academic Director; Professor of Practice; Vice Chair of Faculty As Professor of Professional Practice, Beth Fisher-Yoshida, Ph.D. teaches classes in negotiation, conflict resolution, and conflict analysis. Her approach to learning is based on her core belief that when we improve communication by developing more self-awareness, we will have better relationships and improved negotiation practices. Dr. Fisher-Yoshida is Co-Executive Director of the Advanced Consortium on Cooperation, Conflict and ...

January 8, 2021 By Jim Myers Washington, D.C.—Democrats completed a political trifecta by winning two Senate runoff elections in Georgia and taking control of both chambers in the new Congress, along with the White House later this month. Those crucial victories left the Senate split 50-50 and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris with tie-breaking power after her swearing in on January 20. They also handed a dramatic boost to Presi...

National Thursday, December 31, 2020 at 3:29 am | ט"ז טבת תשפ"א WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Thursday, December 31, 2020 at 3:29 am | ט"ז טבת תשפ"א The State Department has approved the potential sale of 3,000 precision-guided munitions to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in a deal valued at up to $290 million, the Pentagon said on Tuesday. The sale comes in the final days of President Donald Trump’s term. President-elect Joe Biden has pledged to halt arms sales to Saudi Ar...

You might find Anita Georgy on a big pile of soil in her front yard, standing proud after digging up her lawn to make space for a garden. You’ll also find her in the FarmFolk CityFolk (FFCF) office, working as executive director for the province’s largest food and agriculture non-profit organization. The group has a number of programs aimed at strengthening food systems, helping farmers and mitigating climate change caused by agriculture. Raised on a farm in southern Ontario, Georgy has bee...