This Day in Alaska History-October 17th, 1918
‘I Cannot Be Quietly Complicit’: Biden Official Resigns Over Gaza Assault
“I cannot stay silent as this administration turns a blind eye to the atrocities committed against innocent Palestinian lives,” wrote Tariq Habash, who worked in the Education Department. An Education Department official who volunteered for President Joe Biden’s 2020 campaign announced his resignation Wednesday over the administration’s support for Israel’s “indiscriminate violence” against Palestinians in […]
Review of Trump Era CDC Guidance Confirms Political Manipulation of Agency’s Covid Response
“The Trump administration put politics over people’s lives.” A top-to-bottom review of Trump-era coronavirus guidance has identified public health recommendations issued under the banner of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that were “not primarily authored” by agency staff or backed by the best existing scientific evidence. Ordered by current CDC Director Rochelle Walensky, […]
Biden Names Garland as His Choice for Attorney General
U.S. President-elect Joe Biden on Thursday publicly introduced Merrick Garland, a federal appellate court judge whom Republicans snubbed for a seat on the Supreme Court in 2016, as the attorney general to lead the country’s Justice Department in his new administration. Garland, 68, has served 23 years as an appeals court judge in Washington but […]