Named
in honor of the late
Washington Post columnist, the
Jamal
Khashoggi Press Freedom Accountability Act seeks to
build upon a law
that was signed by former President Barack Obama in 2010 in
honor of another slain journalist, Daniel
Pearl. It aims to strengthen the U.S.’ commitment to
hold those who target journalists with violence or
persecution accountable. RSF has repeatedly called for
transparency and accountability in Khashoggi’s murder at
the Saudi Embassy in Istanbul in 2018, and supports every
effort to bring those responsible for his death to justice.
The bill was introduced by Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and
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Biden: No Need for Erratic Trump To Receive Intelligence Briefings
Biden: No Need for Erratic Trump To Receive Intelligence Briefings What value is giving him an intelligence briefing. other than the fact he might slip and say something? the president said
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CBS Evening News anchor Norah O’Donnell if Trump should receive the sensitive briefings. Biden went on to say that he didn’t see an upside in allowing Trump continued access.
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Schiff in mix as Newsom deliberates on next California AG
By KATHLEEN RONAYNEFebruary 4, 2021 GMT
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) The public and private jockeying to be California’s next attorney general is intensifying as Gov. Gavin Newsom said Wednesday he’s “very close” to making a decision on who he will name to the coveted job.
U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who represents Newsom’s hometown of San Francisco, has thrown support behind Congressman Adam Schiff, according to a person close to Newsom who says Pelosi and her allies have been calling the governor’s inner political circle to urge he choose the 11-term Los Angeles-area Democrat. The person is not authorized to discuss the matter and spoke on condition of anonymity.
Other candidates lobbying for or under consideration for the job include state Assemblyman Rob Bonta; Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg; state Supreme Court Justice Goodwin Liu; Equality California director Rick Zbur; and Contra Costa District Attorney Diana Becton.
The job is expected to open soon because President Joe Biden has nominated Attorney General Xavier Becerra to be the federal Secretary of Health and Human Services. Newsom said he will make his announcement public once Becerra is confirmed by the Senate, which is likely to happen with Democrats in control of the Senate.
“We hope that happens sooner I certainly do than later,” Newsom said during a news conference in Oakland on the state’s vaccine distribution plan.