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The Spokesman-Review
April 16, 2018
Haley had said Sunday that new sanctions were coming against Russia for enabling the government of Syrian leader Bashar Assad to continue using chemical weapons. ... Haley made clear the United States won't be pulling troops out of Syria right away, saying U.S. involvement there “is not done.”.
Tampabay.com
April 16, 2018
“They understand that when the federal government takes their money – it's their money — and does some things that aren't very productive, they understand that's not the way to do it. This bill has made it possible for hardworking men and women in places like Hialeah to keep more of their hardworkingÃâà...
FederalNewsRadio.com
April 16, 2018
HOUSTON (AP) — Former first lady Barbara Bush is in “failing health” and won't seek additional medical treatment, a Bush family spokesman said. “Following a recent series of hospitalizations, and after consulting her family and doctors, Mrs. Bush, now age 92, has decided not to seek additional medicalÃâà...
NJ.com
April 16, 2018
The state in in the third stage of a four-stage process and has submitted all of required documents to federal government, said Stephen Schapiro, a state Department of Transportation spokesman. The state is addressing comments and questions from the transit administation, he said. "NJDOT is confidentÃâà...
The Spokesman-Review (blog)
April 16, 2018
(AP) — Republican Congress members from the Pacific Northwest are upset with a federal judge's order to spill water from four Snake River dams to help ... The Columbia-Snake river system holds more than a dozen imperiled salmon runs, and the federal government has spent more than $15 billion sinceÃâà...
HuffPost
April 16, 2018
EPA Spending On Scott Pruitt's Soundproof Phone Booth Broke Federal Law, Government Watchdog Finds ... regard to Congressional notification about this expense, and will be sending Congress the necessary information this week,” Liz Bowman, an EPA spokeswoman, said in a statement to HuffPost.
FederalNewsRadio.com
April 16, 2018
“GSA is making internal business process improvements based on our analysis of the first set of letters received,” the spokeswoman said in an email to Federal News Radio. “We are continuously updating the instructions on SAM.gov to make it easier for entities to be in compliance. Additionally, we haveÃâà...
Virginian-Pilot
April 15, 2018
BEIRUT (AP) — The Latest on the Syria conflict (all times local):. 5 a.m.. The White House says President Donald Trump still wants U.S. troops to exit Syria as soon as possible, after the French president said he persuaded Trump to stay in Syria and launch airstrikes as punishment for an allegedÃâà...
Lincoln Journal Star
March 13, 2018
... to federal authorities about how it would use the federal registrations. State law gives the Corrections Department the responsibility to carry out court-imposed death sentences, said department spokeswoman Dawn-Renee Smith. The lethal-injection substances were purchased in the United States andÃâà...
ReliefWeb
March 13, 2018
A DFAT spokesperson said the Federal Government, through Geoscience Australia, had agreed to the request "to provide advice on the scientific basis of the earthquake and seismic activity in the region." Geoscience Australia told the ABC in a statement that assessment done since the quake "indicatesÃâà...
Times Higher Education (THE)
March 13, 2018
Oliver Vitouch, vice-president of Universities Austria, said that “the appointment of the trustees by the federal government is not as bad as feared but still bad ... A spokesman for the Medical University of Vienna said its new board members were “renowned personalities” and that it looked forward to “fruitfulÃâà...
The Spokesman-Review
March 13, 2018
In a move that could allow the storied Bunker Hill Mine in Kellogg to reopen, the federal government has settled a longstanding Superfund lawsuit against its owner. The agreement, filed Monday in U.S. District Court in Boise, resolves past environmental liabilities against the Bunker Hill Mine's owner andÃâà...
The Spokesman-Review
March 13, 2018
Brad Little, a Republican candidate running to be Idaho's next governor, has gone on the defensive after spending months campaigning on a plan that has since been deemed legally dubious by the federal government. Earlier this year, Little joined Gov. C.L. “Butch” Otter and Idaho Department of InsuranceÃâà...
The Spokesman-Review
March 13, 2018
Deana Lynn, from Detroit, is shown with her kids and other Syrian children at a shelter where they hide from Russian and Syrian government forces ... Lynn met her husband in the 1990s while she was studying English literature at the University of Michigan and he was on a visit to the United States. Five ofÃâà...
Kurdistan24
March 13, 2018
ERBIL, Kurdistan Region (Kurdistan 24) – An Iraqi government spokesperson on Monday said an agreement on outstanding issues between the Federal Government of Iraq and the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) had reached its “final stages.” Saad al-Hadithi, the Iraqi government spokesperson, revealed that theÃâà...
The Spokesman-Review
March 10, 2018
LONG BRANCH, New Jersey – The federal government has been advising a beach town on the Jersey Shore on plans to build a pier and start a ferry ... Kushner Cos. spokeswoman Christine Taylor said the pier would benefit Long Branch, and had “no specific benefit to us versus anyone else” in town.
