Republican lawmakers introduced legislation Thursday to nullify the DOL's decision to allow ESG factors as an investment consideration, citing discrimination against the American energy sector.
Each dot represents $100,000 in U.S. taxpayer dollars, according to a visualization created by Columbia and Duke graduate Will Geary, a data scientist and assistant professor at The Pratt Institute in New York. "U.S. aid to Ukraine totals $68 billion, and in November the White House asked Congress for another $38 billion," Geary Tweeted. "This would bring the total amount appropriated for Ukraine to over $100 billion."
Anger and frustration among Peruvian citizens has reached a boiling point in the remote rural Andean community of Andahuaylas. Protests continued in the community on Monday, despite the deaths of seven people over the weekend, including 17-year-old Beckham Romario Quispe Garfias.
Republican Senator Marco Rubio on Tuesday announced bipartisan legislation to ban China's popular social media app TikTok, ratcheting up pressure on owner ByteDance Ltd amid U.S. fears the app could be used to spy on Americans and censure content.
The State Department has now designated 12 “Countries of Particular Concern” and placed four more on a “Special Watch List” under the International Religious Freedom Act “for having engaged in or tolerated particularly severe violations of religious freedom.”
Democratic New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Friday celebrated the departure of Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema from the party, asserting it had presented the opportunity for another Democrat to seek her seat.
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre faced a barrage of questions Thursday about President Biden’s decision to release notorious arms dealer Viktor Bout as part of a prisoner swap for basketball star Brittney Griner — while leaving fellow Americans Paul Whelan and Marc Fogel behind.
