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  • Remote Work Disability Lawsuit Against X (Formerly Twitter) Dismissed

    Remote Work Disability Lawsuit Against X (Formerly Twitter) Dismissed

    Borodaenko wrote to his manager, stating that he would not be coming into the office because “as [a] cancer survivor I’m at extra risk from Covid (it also counts as a disability).” He was not given any information about how to request a formal exception and was terminated shortly after.


    Migration smashes into German elections after deadly knife attack

    Migration smashes into German elections after deadly knife attack

    “After attacks, politicians formulate steep demands and raise huge expectations, which are quickly disappointed and ultimately further undermine trust in politics,” Peter Neumann, a professor at Kings College London and one of the country’s most prominent terrorism experts, said in a reaction on X.


    The battle over Iran’s terror financing

    The battle over Iran’s terror financing

    An even bigger problem, the western diplomats said, is that several countries in the region, including Bahrain and Libya, have locked arms with Lebanon in opposing international regulators’ push for a crackdown, making it all but impossible to effectively target Hezbollah’s illicit financing.


    Trump Is Now the ‘Old’ Candidate. It Might Matter.

    Trump Is Now the ‘Old’ Candidate. It Might Matter.

    At her rallies, Harris uses subtle age shade, telling crowds that Trump would “return America to a dark past” and called his comments on her race the “same old show.” Her running mate, Minnesota Gov.


    Social Security to finalize rules making expanded phone and video hearings permanent

    Social Security to finalize rules making expanded phone and video hearings permanent

    The Social Security Administration is set to finalize new rules codifying the agency’s expanded use of audio and video technology to conduct disability determination hearings after the formats retained their popularity following the end of the COVID-19 lockdowns.


    Several House Democrats urge USPS to implement heat safety protections for workers

    Several House Democrats urge USPS to implement heat safety protections for workers

    In addition to implementing the proposed heat rule, the letter signers demanded that DeJoy share what steps USPS is taking to ensure training records aren’t falsified and prioritize retrofitting postal vehicles with air conditioning where appropriate.


    Zelenskyy urges Modi to back Ukraine’s ‘just peace’ push after Putin hug

    Zelenskyy urges Modi to back Ukraine’s ‘just peace’ push after Putin hug

    Kyiv wants India to join its vision for "a just peace," aimed at concentrating a global effort around pushing the Kremlin to end its full-scale invasion, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in a statement Friday.


    Watchdog urges OMB to prioritize implementation of anti-fraud recommendations

    Watchdog urges OMB to prioritize implementation of anti-fraud recommendations

    GAO acknowledged that the budget agency has implemented four priority recommendations since it sent a similar letter to OMB in May 2023, including developing a process to identify and secure information technology assets that support mission essential systems and releasing a strategy to bolster the federal cybersecurity workforce.


    4 neofascists arrested for assaulting Italian journalist

    4 neofascists arrested for assaulting Italian journalist

    On July 21, Italy’s Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni condemned the attack and offered her solidarity with the journalist, while opposition leaders urged the government to dissolve neofascist organizations such as CasaPound.


    Supreme Court Upholds Orders Blocking Civil Rights Protections for Students

    Supreme Court Upholds Orders Blocking Civil Rights Protections for Students

    The other five Justices (John Roberts, Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito, Brett Kavanaugh, and Amy Coney Barrett) felt that the government had not shown that the lower courts erred in concluding that the three provisions affected other parts of the rule.


    Partnership for Public Service offers an alternative to “burning down” the civil service

    Partnership for Public Service offers an alternative to “burning down” the civil service

    The roadmap stands as a stark rebuke of proposals like Schedule F, the unsuccessful 2020 effort to convert tens of thousands of career federal workers in “policy-related” out of the competitive service, effectively making them at-will employees.


    Germany to halt new Ukraine military aid: Report

    Germany to halt new Ukraine military aid: Report

    Berlin, which is Europe's main supplier of military aid to Kyiv, had already signaled a change in course on Ukraine last month, when the governing coalition of the Social Democrats, the Greens and the Liberals adopted a preliminary deal on a draft budget for 2025.


    DARPA edges closer to using AI to expose cyber vulnerabilities

    DARPA edges closer to using AI to expose cyber vulnerabilities

    And earlier this year, the open-source community faced a new type of threat when a user dubbed “Jia Tan” tried to quietly plant a backdoor into XZ Utils, a widely-used file transfer tool found in several Linux builds that power software in major companies that have global presence.


    FBI program to catch serial criminals is underfunded and understaffed, inspector general says

    FBI program to catch serial criminals is underfunded and understaffed, inspector general says

    An FBI program that links violent crimes committed across the country to apprehend serial offenders is not “currently positioned for long-term success” because funding and staffing levels have not kept up with an increased workload, a new report says.


    State Dept. hopeful even a Trump administration would continue its hiring and reform efforts

    State Dept. hopeful even a Trump administration would continue its hiring and reform efforts

    While Trump and his new nominee for vice president, Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, have castigated diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility efforts at federal agencies like those Bernicat has championed and vowed to dismantle them, the ambassador said she finds it offensive that anyone would suggest those programs are leading to inferior candidates.


    How Lord of the Rings Shaped JD Vance’s Politics

    How Lord of the Rings Shaped JD Vance’s Politics

    “By the time of the Lord of the Rings trilogy, Narya has been entrusted to Gandalf to resist the corrupting influence of evil, preserve the world from decay, and give strength to its wielder,” said Tolkien-head John Shelton, who when not engaging in fantasy literature is policy director for Advancing American Freedom, founded by former Vice President Mike Pence.


    White House details almost $100M investment to boost tech hiring

    White House details almost $100M investment to boost tech hiring

    The White House said the financial commitments align with the goals of President Joe Biden’s October 2023 executive order on the safe and trustworthy use of artificial intelligence, which called in part for the government to “adapt job training and education to support a diverse workforce and help provide access to opportunities that AI creates.”