FTC Announces “Click-to-Cancel” Rule
Attorneys Stephen Marcus and Bruce Kuhlik discuss the ethical responsibilities of lawyers in the context of predicted attempts by Donald Trump and his allies to undermine the 2024 U.S. presidential election.
Belgium opens war crime probe into Brussels man fighting for Israel in Gaza
The Belgian probe, which was officially opened on Wednesday, comes after an investigation by Palestinian journalist and Bellingcat contributor Younis Tirawi, who accused the Refaim sniper unit of “brutal execution of unarmed civilians.”
Secret Service needs to fix ‘corrosive cultural attitudes’ with its workforce to prevent a successful assassination, panel finds
Similar to a bipartisan report issued last month by the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, the panel cited USSS for not clearly identifying who was in charge in Butler, not adequately ensuring communication and coordination between the agency and other law enforcement entities and failing to deploy agents with requisite experience.
Von der Leyen sets new rules for Commission cabinet hires
The future commissioners have spent weeks anticipating these rules as they plan their five-year terms in Brussels, which will begin pending approval by the European Parliament after grueling hearings set for November.
Federal personnel are facing threats during hurricane response, DHS chief warns
Federal employees aiding in disaster response and recovery efforts are facing threats that could lead to harm, Homeland Security Department Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas cautioned on Thursday, saying his agency would help protect those being targeted.
Candidate-centric vetting: A new era of mobility
With more than 15 years of experience in enterprise vetting and analysis, his extensive knowledge and dedication to enhancing Trusted Workforce 2.0 make him a highly sought-after and passionate resource for driving change and improvement.
Does Trump have the right idea about dismantling the Deep State?
Designed to accommodate clerks processing forms, and then amended in the 1960s to appease federal unions, the civil service system is a rusty industrial age machine disconnected from performance and repellant to highly qualified people.
Election-year politics color hurricane recovery efforts
Jeff Landry says that he plans to call the legislature into a special session in November, marking the third such gathering this year, with the hopes of overhauling the state’s current tax system that the Republican said is failing residents.
PMQs: Keir Starmer wins despite all the drama
Sunak had the receipts, pointing out that Chancellor Rachel Reeves had once called a similar step “fiddling the figures.” Notably, Starmer didn’t rule out the reported change — and went back on the attack about the Tories’ economic record and elections rout.
Congress left D.C. with little done, they’ll be back Nov. 12 to give it another try
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., said just a day before Hurricane Helene made landfall that Democrats would advocate for passing natural disaster response funding previously requested by the Biden administration.
The major takeaways for federal employees from the vice presidential debate
Walz and Vance traded barbs over the bipartisan border bill that failed in Congress earlier this year, in large part because Trump lobbied Republicans against it.
OSC praises case resolutions involving alleged retaliation against federal employees
The U.S. Office of Special Counsel on Wednesday touted recent resolutions to cases where agencies allegedly committed prohibited personnel practices against federal employees, including whistleblower retaliation.
EU’s top court scraps controversial truck return obligation
The EU's highest court threw out on Friday a controversial measure mandating that trucks have to return to their registered base every eight weeks, bringing an exceptionally bitter feud at the heart of the internal market to a close.
New York City Mayor Faces Federal Felony Charges
The indictment claims that Adams urged the New York City Fire Department to let the building open in time for a planned visit by the President of Turkey.
FBI’s Carahsoft raid comes amid allegations of price-fixing
The U.S. government’s fiscal year ends Sept. 30, where agencies have to finalize budgets, allocate remaining funds and push through last-minute contracts before the deadline.
Senators debate how to minimize the security risks of federal contractors working with China
DOD has not revised the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement, in accordance with the fiscal 2024 NDAA, to prohibit the department from entering consulting contracts with vendors that provide such services to China and other certain foreign entities, unless the company maintains a conflict of interest mitigation plan that can be audited or a waiver is issued.
Congress averts a shutdown, setting up a lame duck fight in December
House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., agreeing to a stopgap CR came over the objections of former President Trump, who instructed Republicans to reject any funding deal if it did not include legislative provisions to address his unsubstantiated claims of widespread voting from non-citizens.