For the Biden administration, climate is everything, and everything is climate. The latest example of this single-minded obsession is a proposed amendment to the Federal Acquisition Regulation that would require “certain Federal contractors disclose their greenhouse gas emissions and climate-related financial risk and set science-based targets to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions.”
In his recent visit to Iraq, the White House coordinator for the Middle East and North Africa, Brett McGurk, focused much of his attention on Iraqi Kurdistan. This region has been a relatively stable part of Iraq, post-2003, but now faces a heightened risk of internal fragmentation and external threat. Frequent foreign attacks undermine prospects...
Internal rules were passed within the Ohio House, allowing it to proceed with its work. There has been controversy within the state's GOP supermajority recently regarding the leader.
For the second year running, Hungary will host a conference in May of mainly U.S. and European conservatives as its right-wing populist government, largely isolated in Europe, seeks allies with like-minded movements further afield.
The governor of Michigan is expected to announce a plan to provide pre-K for all 4-year-olds in the state. The plan is expected to be announced in Michigan's State of the State address
Progressives, beware: If you're at odds with Al Sharpton when it comes to keeping minority communities (all communities!) safe, you're not really being progressive...