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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.