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Feds charge border officer with using excessive force

A federal grand jury has charged a Customs and Border Protection officer with using excessive force in two separate incidents at a border crossing in El Paso, Texas.

Lawmakers grilled Fed chair about plan to raise bank capital rules just before SVB collapse

Days before the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank, Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome H. Powell took heat from lawmakers in both parties worried about the central bank's possible plan to raise capital requirements for banks.

Illinois enacts mandatory paid leave ‘for any reason’

Illinois will become one of three states to require employers to offer paid time off for any reason after Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed a law on Monday that will take effect next year.

Imprisoned Navalny learns documentary about him wins Oscar

Imprisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny learned Monday from his lawyer that a film detailing his poisoning and political activism won the Oscar for best documentary feature.

Pentagon preparing to let its cyber sleuths work from home

The Defense Department is eyeing remote work options for its cyber workforce as part of a new strategy to attract and keep top talent in its ranks.

Biden administration lets Ukrainians who fled war stay in U.S.

The Biden administration is allowing thousands of Ukrainians who fled their homeland when Russia invaded a year ago to stay in the United States longer, the administration said Monday. The decision provides relief to Ukrainians whose one-year authorization to remain in the U.S. was set to expire soon.

Celebrating AUKUS, the UK and Australia hesitate on China hawkishness

Growing concerns over the threat China poses to Pacific stability loomed large as President Joe Biden joined Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Monday.

Remembering the start of the COVID-19 pandemic as an American refugee in the Balkans

Monday marks the third anniversary of the beginning of the COVID pandemic in the United States. On March 13, 2020, the Trump administration declared a nationwide emergency and issued a travel ban to those traveling to the country from the Schengen area of Europe. It was a time of great chaos and confusion, and I was trapped in the Balkans.

Pentagon’s boosted missile buys are insufficient to meet China’s threat

The Biden administration has unveiled the details of its fiscal 2024 defense budget request to Congress. Officials are proclaiming big boosts to long-range weapons purchases, an undoubted priority in facing China's likely looming invasion of Taiwan.

Whitmer defends her authoritarian impulse to ban gardening supplies

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D-MI) has finally acknowledged that some of her authoritarian COVID orders were ridiculous. Unfortunately for her, everyone else knew this three years ago, when she first put those orders in place.

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