Tag: USA

Biden rejects Trump effort to block January 6 document release (Al Jazeera)

President Joe Biden has declined a request by his predecessor Donald Trump to prevent White House records of the deadly January 6 insurrection at the United...

US, Pakistani officials hold talks over Afghanistan (Al Jazeera)

US Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman has met Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi in Islamabad to discuss bilateral ties, regional peace and...

Secretary Antony J. Blinken And Mexican Foreign Secretary Marcelo Ebrard At a Joint Press Availability (US Department of State)

FOREIGN SECRETARY EBRARD:  (Via interpreter) Thank you.  We are here today wrapping up a process that has gone on for several months and that allows...

US, Mexico to discuss overhaul of drug cartel strategy (Al Jazeera)

The United States and Mexico are set to seek a new security agreement to address drug cartel violence and other issues during US Secretary of State...

Do the US and China have a ‘Taiwan agreement’? (Erin Hale, Al Jazeera)

Do the United States and China have an agreement on Taiwan’s political status? The question was raised on Tuesday when US President Joe Biden told...

US submarine hits ‘object’ while underwater in South China Sea (Al Jazeera)

A US nuclear-powered submarine hit an “object” while submerged in international waters in the Indo-Pacific region, injuring some of the crew, the United States...

South Korea’s growing partisanship over relations with the United States (Anthony Rinna, East Asia Forum)

Ahead of South Korea’s presidential election in March 2022, Seoul’s balancing act between China and the United States has taken on a distinctly partisan...

Maintaining health information exchange competitiveness in a new health care market (Niam Yaraghi and Samantha Lai, Brookings)

The COVID-19 pandemic has catalyzed digital transformation in all aspects of our society, from politics and economics to education and health care systems. Unsurprisingly,...

Why the US should establish a carbon price either through reconciliation or other legislation (Sanjay Patnaik and Kelly Kennedy, Brookings)

From the start of his term, President Biden has indicated that he wishes to pursue an ambitious climate agenda. On his first day in...

Microsoft: Russia Launched 58% of State-Backed Cyber Attacks (Tim Balk, New York Daily News, Government Technology)

Russia’s relentless hacking efforts accounted for 58% of all state-sponsored cyber attacks observed by Microsoft over the past year, the tech giant said Thursday,...

Data Sets Part of UMass Hunt for Source of Racist Emails (Will Katcher, masslive.com, Government Technology)

The investigation into who sent a string of racist messages to Black student organizations at the University of Massachusetts Amherst is progressing through its...

New York Drone Partnership to Evaluate Highways, Bridges (Edward Harris, Observer-Dispatch, Government Technology)

New York's Thruway Authority announced Monday Northeast UAS Airspace Integration Research Alliance Inc., or NUAIR, will take part in a pilot program utilizing drones...

Feds Issue Secret ‘Keyword Warrants’ for Google Search History (Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, Government Technology)

The United States government has reportedly been issuing secret “keyword warrants” to Google for those who look up certain phrases and names, triggering worry...

University Teams to Compete in Self-Driving Car Challenge (Brandon Paykamian, Government Technology)

Teams from over 20 universities around the world have been developing machine learning functions to make self-driving cars commonplace on roadways in the years...

Gov Tech Firm HdL Companies Spreads Its Wings in Texas (Thad Rueter, Government Technology)

Gov tech provider HdL Companies has signed a partnership deal in Texas designed to help local governments there gain a better grasp on financial and other...

NYC Planning Department Takes Citizen Engagement Online (Skip Descant, Government Technology)

Residents wanting to weigh in on the planning and design of the New York City urban landscape have a new web portal to place comments, photos...