The Washington Times

States, cities scramble to find substitute teachers to plug COVID-19 shortages

Thu, 20 Jan 2022 22:07:25 +0200

The superintendent of Boston schools is teaching classes. A school district outside of Dallas is holding a career fair in a cafeteria this weekend. And in New Mexico, the governor is calling in the National Guard.

States across the country are pulling out all the stops to find substitutes as ...

Billboard campaign hits Coke's sponsorship of Beijing Olympics

Thu, 20 Jan 2022 21:56:50 +0200

A conservative media watchdog group launched a billboard campaign Thursday outside Coca-Cola’s Atlanta headquarters, calling on the soft drink giant to explain its sponsorship of the upcoming Beijing Olympics in light of China's human rights abuses.

Accuracy in Media accused the company of hypocrisy with a billboard displaying the phrase: ...

GOP bill would ban race-based preferences in distributing scarce COVID-19 treatment

Thu, 20 Jan 2022 21:49:47 +0200

Rep. Tom Tiffany, Wisconsin Republican, introduced a bill Thursday that would bar race-based discrimination in public medical care amid rising concerns over the rationing of COVID-19 therapeutics that disfavor White patients.

The Medical Equality and Discrimination Stoppage Act [MEDS] would prohibit federal, state and local governments, as well as recipients ...

Fighting anti-Semitism remains challenge 80 years after genocidal Wannsee Conference

Thu, 20 Jan 2022 21:40:19 +0200

Historians, lawmakers and advocacy groups say anti-Semitism remains a global problem in the wake of the Jan. 15 hostage-taking standoff at a Texas synagogue — and 80 years since Nazi leaders conspired to launch the Holocaust.

“We know that anti-Semitism, including violent antisemitism, did not end in 1945,” said Edna ...

Pelosi pivoting to health care in a piecemeal approach to Biden's agenda

Thu, 20 Jan 2022 21:00:00 +0200

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Thursday said expanding Obamacare will be a top priority when breaking up President Biden's $1.75 trillion social welfare bill and climate bill to try to pass it in pieces.

She insisted that breaking up the bill would not reduce the major impact each piece has ...

Biden's first-year regulations more costly, time-consuming than Trump's, Obama's: analysis

Thu, 20 Jan 2022 20:47:18 +0200

Regulations issued by President Biden during his first year in office will cost $201 billion and add 131 million hours in annual paperwork, far exceeding the first-year outcomes of Presidents Barack Obama and Donald Trump, according to an analysis released Thursday.

The American Action Forum, a center-right policy institute that ...

Jan. 6 committee seeks cooperation from Ivanka Trump

Thu, 20 Jan 2022 20:38:00 +0200

The House Jan. 6 Committee on Thursday sent a letter to Ivanka Trump seeking her voluntary cooperation in the probe of the attack on the U.S. Capitol.

The panel said Ms. Trump, the daughter of former President Donald Trump and a top adviser in his White House, was “in direct ...

Republicans blast Biden for weak rhetoric against Russia

Thu, 20 Jan 2022 20:14:00 +0200

Republican lawmakers are ripping President Biden's remarks about a possible Russian incursion into Ukraine as "nothing short of a disaster," and saying the White House attempt to clean it up is falling flat.

Rep. Michael T. McCaul, the top Republican on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, said the president "clearly ...

President Joe Biden says any Russian incursion into Ukraine will be considered an invasion

Thu, 20 Jan 2022 19:55:13 +0200

President Biden on Thursday went to work cleaning up his remarks about uncertainty about the West’s response to a “minor incursion” by Russia into Ukraine, insisting now that any cross-border action by Moscow would be viewed as an invasion.

“I’ve been absolutely clear with President Putin,” Mr. Biden told reporters. ...

Clinton-era official says Dems should give Sinema 'the backs of their hands' over filibuster vote

Thu, 20 Jan 2022 19:49:33 +0200

A former Clinton-era secretary of labor said on Thursday that Sen. Kyrsten Sinema should be assaulted for refusing to gut the filibuster.

Robert Reich, a far-left economist who served as labor secretary from 1993 to 1997, took to social media shortly after Ms. Sinema voted with Republicans to reject remaking ...

U.S. sanctions four Ukrainians accused of helping Russia destabilize country

Thu, 20 Jan 2022 19:32:34 +0200

The State Department announced new sanctions Thursday on four Ukrainian citizens, including two members of the national parliament, accused of cooperating with a Russian intelligence operation designed to destabilize the former Soviet republic.

The moves comes as the U.S. and its NATO allies are braced for a possible Russian military ...

M&Ms reboots cartoon mascots as gender-neutral, more inclusive

Thu, 20 Jan 2022 19:11:26 +0200

The cartoon mascots who sell M&Ms in television commercials will now dress and act in more gender-neutral ways, the 80-year-old candymaker announced Thursday.

Jane Hwang, global vice president for M&Ms at parent company Mars, told AdWeek it’s time to minimize traditional gender stereotypes in future marketing campaigns for the chocolate ...

CIA: Most mysterious attacks on U.S. officials not linked to foreign power

Thu, 20 Jan 2022 19:08:00 +0200

The Central Intelligence Agency disclosed Thursday that its investigators have so far found that a string of mysterious suspected directed-energy attacks on U.S. intelligence and diplomatic personnel overseas do not appear to be the work of a single hostile government.

However, an agency interim report on mysterious brain illnesses indicates ...

European leaders rush to clean up Biden remarks on 'minor' Russian moves against Ukraine

Thu, 20 Jan 2022 19:00:06 +0200

European allies Thursday joined White House staff in rushing to contradict President Biden's assertions that the West may not respond to a "minor incursion” by Russia into Ukraine and that there were divisions among the NATO allies over how to respond to the Kremlin's aggression.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, ...

U.S. says it will not resume Sudan aid after recent violence

Thu, 20 Jan 2022 18:50:08 +0200

CAIRO — The United States will continue withholding aid from Sudan until the country’s military rulers stop the killing of anti-coup protesters and a civilian led-government takes power, two senior American diplomats said Thursday.

The joint statement came after a two-day visit to Sudan this week by U.S. Assistant Secretary ...

NCAA Board of Governors accused of passing the buck with new transgender-athlete policy

Thu, 20 Jan 2022 18:38:08 +0200

The NCAA Board of Governors voted Wednesday to adopt a sport-by-sport approach to transgender athletes, prompting an outcry from critics who accused the collegiate authority of punting on the hotly contested issue of fairness and inclusion in women's sports.

The board, which announced its vote a day ahead of its ...

U.S. adversaries Russia, China stage naval exercises with Iran in Indian Ocean

Thu, 20 Jan 2022 17:57:40 +0200

Russia and China are sending warships to the northern part of the Indian Ocean to take part in a series of naval exercises alongside Iran as tensions in the region continue to mount.

Iranian marine and airborne units and the separate Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps navy will take part in ...

Thomas Massie tests positive for coronavirus

Thu, 20 Jan 2022 17:56:39 +0200

Rep. Thomas Massie, who is not vaccinated for COVID-19, said Thursday he has tested positive for the coronavirus and thinks his symptoms are manageable because of a prior infection at the start of the pandemic.

"I can't guarantee, but I suspect my symptoms have been very mild due to prior ...

USC frats must have guards at parties after abuse claims

Thu, 20 Jan 2022 17:43:44 +0200

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Most fraternities at the University of Southern California will be allowed to start having parties again in March if security guards are posted at stairs or hallways leading to bedrooms, the Los Angeles Times reported.

Strict rules issued in advance of spring recruiting known as “rush” ...

Arizona's secretary of state race sees massive fundraising

Thu, 20 Jan 2022 17:43:41 +0200

The focus on elections in Arizona has led to an explosion in money being raised by candidates running to become the next secretary of state.

The Arizona Republic reported Thursday that the Republican and Democratic candidates seeking office have raised more than $2.2 million.

Former President Donald Trump’s stolen ...