People keen to offer Ukrainian refugees shelter in the UK can now apply through the government’s new humanitarian scheme. Levelling Up Secretary Michael Gove said he expects the first refugees to use the new route will arrive in the UK by the end of the week. But the programme has also received criticism, with the Refugee […]
Federal authorities say tens of millions of federal dollars meant for child nutrition funds funded a fake St. Antony-based nonprofit called Feeding Our Future (FOF) that instead used the donations to buy numerous vehicles and 14 properties. “The companies and their owners received tens of millions of dollars in federal funds for use in providing […]
One program at a Chicago-area jail is giving gang members a way out. It’s connecting them with jobs, as more companies become more willing to hire the formerly incarcerated to combat the ongoing pandemic-driven labor shortage. But before they get hired, there’s another step involved.
A new $30 million federal grant program intended to reduce harm from illicit drugs will not be using federal funds to purchase pipes for smoking crack or meth to include in safe smoking kits, the Biden administration said on Wednesday. In a joint statement, Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra and Office of National […]
A federal appeals court on Monday rejected a bid by President Joe Biden’s administration to end the recently-restarted Trump era “Remain in Mexico” program. The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld an order from District Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk, a Trump nominee, finding that the administration erred in ending the program, which forces some asylum […]
President Joe Biden’s administration on Monday unveiled a new rule aimed at protecting an Obama-era program that has shielded over 600,000 illegal immigrants brought to the United States as children. The proposed rule (pdf) would “preserve and fortify” the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, or DACA, by trying to respond to a court ruling that […]
The United States Supreme Court on Friday blocked the reinstatement of the “Remain in Mexico” program, intervening just hours before President Joe Biden’s administration would have had to restart the policy. Justice Samuel Alito, a George W. Bush nominee, in a one-page order stayed a ruling that was poised to go into effect on Saturday. […]
In this episode, we sit down with Gary Miliefsky, founding member of the US Department of Homeland Security and publisher of Cyber Defense Magazine, to talk about how voting machines have programmed vulnerabilities that make them susceptible to manipulation.
