News from July 2023
By Federal Newswire Report | Jul 16, 2023
Molly Weston Williamson, a senior fellow with the Center for American Progress, said the "Family and Medical Insurance Leave (FAMILY) Act" is designed to provide paid leave for all American workers, protect employment rights, extend coverage and set up a payroll tax-funded mechanism.
By Federal Newswire Report | Jul 16, 2023
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken recently expressed concern over election result inference with regards to the 2023 Guatemalan Presidential Election.
By Federal Newswire | Jul 16, 2023
There were three notices published by the Federal Reserve System in week ending July 1, according to the Federal Register.
By Federal Newswire Report | Jul 15, 2023
The U.S. Department of Energy recently announced nine new appointees from the Biden-Harris administration to join the department under Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm.
By Federal Newswire Report | Jul 15, 2023
Following a proposal sent June 8 to the United Nations Education, Culture and Science (UNESCO) Director-General, the United States outlined a concrete financial plan to repay its estimated arrears of $619 million and expressed its desire to rejoin the organization as early as July.
By Federal Newswire Report | Jul 15, 2023
Industry-accepted benchmarks and leading users agree the best AI performance is provided by the company’s H100 Tensor Core GPUs, including for the large language models (LLMs) underlying generative AI.
By Federal Newswire Report | Jul 15, 2023
The Texas Public Policy Foundation (TPPF) is marking the passage of Senate Bill 2 and Senate Bill 3 by the Texas legislature, delivering the largest property tax cut in state history, and fulfilling a promise by Gov. Greg Abbott to provide relief to taxpayers and stimulate economic growth.
By Federal Newswire | Jul 15, 2023
News Release: Federal Reserve Board Chair Jerome H. Powell will host a town hall with educators on Sept. 28, 2023, at 4:00 p.m. ET. During the event, the Chair will respond to questions from the in-person audience and participants who will join the event virtually from across the country.
By Federal Newswire | Jul 15, 2023
There were 21 press releases published by the Federal Reserve System in May.
By Federal Newswire Report | Jul 15, 2023
Amid the latest Consumer Price Index (CPI) data releases this week showing a 0.2% increase in June's inflation, with a 3% increase over the past year, wages are slipping and fueling concerns among analysts and Heritage Foundation economist EJ Antoni is urging policymakers to act urgently on government overspending.
By Federal Newswire Report | Jul 14, 2023
Adam Savit, director of the China Policy Initiative at the America First Policy Institute (AFPI), said the newly introduced "Protecting U.S. Farmland and Sensitive Sites From Foreign Adversaries Act" is notable for several reasons.
By Federal Newswire Report | Jul 14, 2023
As part of a court order, the digital asset exchange company Kraken will be mandated to provide the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) with select user account and transaction information from 2016 to 2020.
By Sam Jackson | Jul 14, 2023
The House Select Committee on the CCP issued a stern warning during the July 13 hearing in Washington, telling U.S. companies that engaging in business in China carries a steep price and an unstated partnership with the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).
By Federal Newswire Report | Jul 14, 2023
A series of reports authored by experts in early childhood policy at the Center for American Progress (CAP) recently brought attention to the significant influence of social determinants on the health and development of children.
By Andy Nghiem | Jul 14, 2023
Rep. Tom McClintock (R-CA), chairman of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement says that the Biden Administration's sanctuary policies have led to a significant decrease in criminal alien deportations and a rise in crimes by illegal aliens.
By Gregory Burnett | Jul 14, 2023
The Center for Strategic and International Studies held a live panel discussion July 12 on the recently published report on competing for the future of cloud computing.
By Bob Pepalis | Jul 14, 2023
Members of the House Subcommittee on Border Security and Enforcement asked witnesses from federal agencies at a July 12 hearing what they need to do to help stem the flow of drugs. They heard from officials with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Customs and Border Protection (CPB) and the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) at the hearing, titled “Protecting the U.S. Homeland: Fighting the Flow of Fentanyl from the Southwest Border.
By Federal Newswire Report | Jul 14, 2023
NVIDIA founder and CEO Jensen Huang recently outlined how robotics simulation offers virtual training and programming that can leverage physics-based digital representations of environments, robots, machines, objects and other assets.
By Federal Newswire | Jul 14, 2023
News Release: Thank you. Whenever I get such a warm welcome, I always say to myself, "Waller, they really aren't here for you or your sparkling personality. They're here for your outlook."1 Which is fine, because accurately communicating my economic outlook is an important part of my job. Tonight, in addition to providing ...
By Federal Newswire Report | Jul 14, 2023
The U.S. Department of the Interior announced approval of an offshore wind project off New Jersey, on July 5. This is the third offshore wind project approved by the Biden-Harris administration.
