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Article Title: Watch The State of The Union
Article Title: Work-from-home requests can be denied based on social media posts, EEOC says
Snippet of Article: "...Federal agencies can review social media posts when making a decision on granting telework accommodation requests, according to a technical assistance document released..."
Article Title: Police, FBI investigate attempted attack on power substation near Boulder City: What we know
Snippet of Article: "...the driver, 23-year-old Dawson Maloney of Albany, New York, is dead. ...Video of the incident shows a Nissan Sentra with New York plates crashing through a gate outside the substation. McMahill said the car was stopped by large, industrial wire reels. ...Maloney was staying at the El Rancho Boulder Motel, which was also searched. There, McMahill said investigators found "multiple books related to extremist ideologies ...that specific power substation is also unknown. The facility works closely with Hoover Dam and transfers power to L.A. ..."
Article Title: Armed man shot and killed after ‘unauthorized entry’ into Mar-a-Lago: Secret Service
Snippet of Article: "...The Secret Service said the incident occurred around 1:30 a.m. when the suspect made an "unauthorized entry" at the property.
The individual was observed near the north gate carrying what appeared to be a shotgun and a fuel can. ..."
Article Title: Amid outcry, VA abruptly stops enforcing new disability rating rules
Snippet of Article: "“DAV is extremely disappointed and alarmed by VA’s decision to issue an interim final rule today that could potentially reduce disability compensation for millions of disabled veterans,” said Coleman Nee, national commander of Disabled American Veterans....“Collins also indicated that the VA would not pursue enforcing the rule again. ..."
Article Title: Veterans slam new VA rule for determining disability ratings
Snippet of Article: "...The rule, effective immediately, states that a disability level must be based on how well a veteran functions while on medication and not on the underlying impairment itself. Titled “Evaluative Rating: Impact of Medication,” the interim final rule was published in the Federal Register and affects how the VA rates a veteran’s disability for new claims and when reevaluating disabilities through clinical exams.
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Article Title: OPM directs agencies to move forward with ending collective bargaining
Snippet of Article: "...Kupor wrote in the Feb. 12 memo. “[OPM] now advises agencies and agency subdivisions covered by [the orders] that they should proceed to terminate or modify collective bargaining agreements.”
The OPM memo tells agencies to notify their federal unions that the agreements are being terminated. It adds, though, that federal employees and agencies not covered by the two executive orders can continue collective bargaining procedures as normal...."
Article Title: FCC Reaches Final Decision On Bad Bunny's Halftime Show
Snippet of Article: "...The FCC, meanwhile, reportedly did look into Bad Bunny's Super Bowl 60 halftime show performance. However, they ultimately found nothing wrong. ...The FCC looked into Bad Bunny's halftime show but ultimately found no violations, as the singer performed in Spanish and any questionable language ..."
Article Title: OPM | Federal Employees | Retirement Guidance and Publications
Snippet of Article: "...Do your research. It's never too early for federal employees to learn about retirement options. ...Find the answers you need in these resources."
Article Title: It's Done: Bondi Tells Congress She's Released All the Epstein Files, No More Coming
Snippet of Article: "...Attorney General Pam Bondi announced Saturday that the job is done, and they’ve released them all as was required by an act of Congress. ...Epstein has backfired on the left. Multiple powerful Democrats have been exposed and Trump has been VINDICATED."
We thank the honorable Senator John Fetterman.
Article Title: The Lone Democratic Senator Who Voted for Funding DHS
Snippet of Article: "...all but one Democratic Senator voted against advancing an appropriations bill to fund the department.
Congressional Democrats have refused to pass an annual DHS funding bill without new restrictions on federal immigration enforcement..."
Article Title: TSA Agents Working Without Pay Amid Another Shutdown
Snippet of Article: "...A shutdown of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security that took effect early Saturday impacts the agency responsible for screening passengers and bags at airports across the country. ...Transportation Security Administration officers are expected to work without pay while lawmakers remain without an agreement on DHS' annual funding. ..."
Article Title: Josh Hawley erupts at Minnesota AG over fraud scandal during fiery exchange: ‘You should be in jail’
Snippet of Article: "...“Do you know where it went, what it was used for — the fraudulent money? I do, because we just heard testimony about it yesterday … hundreds of millions of dollars to terrorist groups, to transnational criminal organizations, to the drug trade, to drug trafficking, to child trafficking,” the senator continued.
“And you took $10,000 and helped them do it.”..."
Article Title: Kansas City Police Are Searching for Woman Who Set Fire to Rumored ICE Facility
Snippet of Article: "...another anti-ICE activist targeted what she believed was an ICE facility, with little regard for the safety of those who might have been inside the building at the time. Watch as a woman sets fire to a warehouse she believed was an ICE detention facility. ..."
Article Title: Cardi B Tells Concert Crowd She’s Ready to Beat and Mace ICE Agents
Snippet of Article: "firing off an unhinged rant threatening Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents...she would mace and “jump their ...” if they showed up to her concert.
“Any Guatemalans? Any Mexicans?” in the crowd,” Cardi B asked the audience in between songs.
“... If ICE comes in here, we gon’ jump they..."
Article Title: Fifth Circuit Upholds Texas Ban on Paid Ballot Harvesting in Major Election Integrity Win
Snippet of Article: "...The Fifth Circuit just handed Texas a major win on ballot harvesting, reversing a lower court and allowing the state’s ban on paid in-person ballot harvesting to take effect. ..."
Article Title: Trump Signs Kennedy Bill Ending Government Payments to Deceased Americans
Snippet of Article: "...President Donald Trump signed Sen. John Kennedy's (R-La.) Ending Improper Payments to Deceased People Act into law this week, permanently closing a loophole that allowed taxpayer dollars to be sent to people who had already died...."
Article Title: FAA suddenly drops unprecedented air restrictions over El Paso
Snippet of Article: "...The Federal Aviation Administration lifted the air restrictions over El Paso, the agency said. The restrictions in New Mexico remain. ...Escobar criticized the Trump administration for the lack of information over the nation’s most severe flight restrictions since the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks in New York City and Washington, D.C.
“The highly consequential decision by the FAA to shut down the El Paso airport for 10 days is unprecedented and resulted in significant concern in the community."
Article Title: Radar anomaly prompts U.S. FAA to briefly close some Montana airspace
Snippet of Article: "...The North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) sent fighter aircraft to investigate but the aircraft "did not identify any object to correlate to the radar hits. NORAD will continue to monitor the situation."
Earlier on Saturday, a U.S. F-22 fighter jet shot down an unidentified cylindrical object over Canada, the second such shootdown in as many days. ..."
Article Title: Job openings continued to trend down to 6.5 million in December
Snippet of Article: "...The number of job openings continued to trend down to 6.5 million in December, the U.S. Bureau of
Labor Statistics reported today. Over the month, both hires and total separations were little changed at
5.3 million each. Within separations, quits (3.2 million) were unchanged while layoffs and discharges
(1.8 million) were little changed. ..."
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