Watch live: US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin makes opening remarks at Ramstein US Air Base
Watch live as US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin makes his opening remarks at the Ramstein US Air Base on Tuesday (19 March).
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RFK Jr defends Kennedy administration for wiretapping MLK Jr
Independent 2024 candidate Robert F Kennedy Jr came out in defence of his family’s authorisation of the wiretapping of Martin Luther King Jr in the 1960s, saying, “Politically, they had to do it.”
Biden administration sends Texas cease-and-desist letter on border access
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration on Sunday told Texas to stop impeding U.S. Border Patrol access to a portion of the U.S.-Mexico border that state National Guard took over last week.
John Kerry, the U.S. climate envoy, to leave the Biden administration
John Kerry, the U.S. special envoy on climate, is stepping down from the Biden administration in the coming weeks, according to two people familiar with his plans. Kerry, a longtime senator and secretary of state, was tapped shortly after Joe Biden's November 2020 election to take on the new role created specifically to fight climate change on behalf of the administration on the global stage. Kerry's departure plans were first reported Saturday by Axios. Kerry was one of the leading drafters of the 2015 Paris climate accords and came into the role with significant experience abroad, as secretary of state during the Obama administration and from nearly three decades as a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Biden's decision to tap Kerry fo
John Kerry, the US climate envoy, to leave the Biden administration
WASHINGTON (AP) — John Kerry, the U.S. special envoy on climate, is stepping down from the Biden administration in the coming weeks, according to two people familiar with his plans.
Biden administration issues rule that could curb 'gig' work, contracting
The U.S. Department of Labor on Tuesday issued a final rule that will force companies to treat some workers as employees rather than less expensive independent contractors, in a move that has riled business groups and will likely prompt legal challenges.
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