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1:11 P.M. EST MS. PSAKI:  Hi, everyone.  Well, we have another special guest with us here today.  Joining us today is Anne Neuberger, Deputy National Security Advisor for Cyber and Emerging Technology.  I told her that’s quite a title.  Well deserved. Anne was previously the National Security Agency’s Director of Cybersecurity, where she led NSA’s cybersecurity mission.  Prior to that role, she led NSA’s election security effort and served as Assistant Deputy Director of NSA’s O...

Biden's rejection of Democratic lawmakers' proposal to use executive action to cancel $50,000 in student debt reveals the increasingly tense standoff between the president and his party over the issue.

Biden at odds with Democratic leaders over lawmakers’ call to cancel up to $50,000 in federal student debt Updated: February 17 Print article President Joe Biden is butting heads with key Democrats after he rejected Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer’s call to cancel up to $50,000 in debt held by federal student loan borrowers. “I will not make that happen,” Biden told a borrower inquiring about the proposal at a town hall hosted by CNN in Milwaukee Tuesday. He later said: “I�...

Democrats in both the House and Senate are planning to introduce a resolution Thursday, calling on President Biden to use executive action to remove $50,000 of federal student loan debt – though Biden’s response to such a demand remains dubious.

Menendez Statement on Situation in Myanmar February 1, 2021, 11:52 am | in     WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), incoming Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following statement in reaction to reports of the detention of Myanmar’s leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi by the country’s armed forces:   “I strongly condemn the reported detention of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and other civilian leaders by the Tatmadaw.  The launch of ...

We have a date for when the U.S. Senate will take up the impeachment trial of former President and private citizen Donald J. Trump. Today on Sekulow , we...

McConnell backs off Senate filibuster fight with Schumer McConnell said late Monday he had essentially accomplished his goal after two Democratic senators said they would not agree to changing the rules to end the filibuster Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell backed off his demand that Senate Democrats preserve the procedural tool known as the filibuster, easing a standoff with new Majority Leader Chuck Schumer as the two negotiated a power-sharing agreement in the closely divided chamb...

County Governments Renew Federal Aid Push PUBLISHED 5:46 AM ET Jan. 14, 2021 PUBLISHED 5:46 AM EST Jan. 14, 2021 SHARE County leaders on Wednesday renewed their push for direct federal aid as top congressional lawmakers signaled they were also stepping up efforts to help local governments recoup the billions of dollars lost during the pandemic. The push from the New York State Association of Counties this year also comes as the chances of ...

How Companies Pay Shareholders: Buybacks Don’t Subtract From Wages  Share   Share Trending Another root of misunderstandings is a simple lack of knowledge about the basics of accounting practices. Buybacks arent a subtraction from worker salaries or research and development. They are financed out of profits, i.e., whats left over after workers and suppliers and the tax man, etc., have been paid. Politicians should know better before they speak, but often they do not. "For example, when Sen...