New FTC Majority Gives Lina Khan a Chance to Push an Aggressive Player

WASHINGTON — The approval of a third Democrat to the Federal Trade Commission on Wednesday broke the partisan stalemate at the agency. good news for this lina hanhead of the agency and a Democrat. It is also a test. With the FTC’s new Democratic majority coming with the approval of Alvaro Bedoya, the fifth commissioner …

US Oil Industry Uses Ukraine Invasion to Push for More Drilling

Some Republican lawmakers began to echo the oil and gas industry’s demands. “It is now clearer than ever what is at stake when anti-American energy policies make us and Europe more dependent on Russian oil and gas,” said Cathy McMorris Rodgers, Republican Representative for the State of Washington. Energy and Trade. “I continue to urge …

Extinction of ‘Dinobabies’: IBM’s Push for a Younger Workforce

Similarly, the EEOC’s letter summarizing its research on IBM found that older workers comprised more than 85 percent of the group the company saw as candidates for layoffs. The agency did not specify what it considers “older”. New undisclosed documents show that IBM is trying to implement its strategy in various ways, including a policy …

In Reversal, FDA Delays Push for Shooting for Children Under 5

Norman W. Baylor, former director of the FDA’s vaccines office, said the agency was “reactionary” on an extremely sensitive issue, perhaps because of public pressure. Many parents have noted that they say, “I don’t care, just give my child two doses and that will work, even if it’s a little bit and they aren’t fully …

Firms Push for Over-the-Counter Access to Birth Control Pills

A few years ago, after learning that she had high blood pressure, Shannon Connell-Robichaud asked her doctor to change her birth control pill prescription. She had read that the pill she was given put her at higher risk of stroke in her peers with this condition. The doctor agreed, she said—but only after Ms Connell-Robichaud, …

Miramax Sues Quentin Tarantino Over Planned ‘Push Fiction’ NFTs

The studio also said in its lawsuit that consumers may be confused to believe Miramax is linked to Mr Tarantino’s sale of NFT, which could interfere with the company’s plans to sell NFT from its own library. “Miramax will defend all rights to its library, including rights related to NFTs, and will not allow Quentin’s …

Glasgow’s Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Says It Will ‘Push’ Climate

GLASGOW – New York Democratic Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez arrived at the United Nations climate summit on Tuesday and said she was there to force the United States and other developed countries to take more action on global warming. One of the Green New Deal’s co-sponsors, Ms. Ocasio-Cortez, was surrounded by security as she walked the …

Democrats Push for Climate Provisions Biden May Present at UN Summit

Democrats are looking for ways to strengthen the climate provisions in President Biden’s environmental and social policy bill a few days before he takes part in the United Nations climate summit, which begins in Glasgow on Sunday, and some lawmakers say they’re not giving up. push to include tax on carbon dioxide pollution that warms …

Biden and Democrats Push for Budget Deal This Week As Frictions Continue

WASHINGTON — President Biden and Democratic congressional leaders raced Monday to reach consensus on a domestic policy and climate package and pushed for a vote within days, even as critical disagreements persist over how to pay for health benefits, paid leave, environmental provisions and sprawl. plan. Negotiators were negotiating with centrist dissidents in their parties …

Ancient Footprints Push Back the History of Human Arrival in the Americas

The ancient human footprints preserved at the site across from New Mexico’s White Sands National Park are surprisingly old. scientists have reported On Thursday, it dates back to the Ice Age, about 23,000 years ago. The results, if they continued to study, would revive the scientific debate about how humans first spread to the Americas, …

Biden’s Covid-19 Vaccine Push Aligns Him With A Vaccinated Fed, Vaccinated

“The unvaccinated are starting to be discriminated against,” she said as she ate a salad outside of Fairfax Whole Foods. “When you start forcing people to put something on their body, people get uncomfortable with limiting their personal choices and freedoms.” Some Republican strategists say Mr Biden’s push will only spur his voters to dig …