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Over the next month and a half, Extemp Central will provide R&Ds on the topic areas for the 2022 NSDA National Tournament. USX topic areas will have R&Ds posted on Tuesday & Thursday and IX topic areas will have R&Ds posted on Tuesday & Friday. This is meant to help extempers assemble resources to prepare for the competition in Louisville. This week we tackle USX topic area #5 on the executive branch.
The Department of Homeland Security took three weeks from announcing a board intended to combat disinformation to suspending it.
— NPR (@NPR) May 22, 2022
Former DHS leader Nina Jankowicz talks about the irony of an effort to combat disinformation being derailed by disinformation. https://t.co/TWsRKtaqNd
How do government affairs teams stay on top of the policy priorities most important to their industry? They use resources like our Biden executive order tracker, which you can preview here: https://t.co/JlpBhOO2TL pic.twitter.com/QeMJn2c9t8
— National Journal (@nationaljournal) May 12, 2022
A new report takes the U.S. Department of Defense to task for chronically underfunding researchers at HBCUs and other schools with large underrepresented student enrollments—and for failing to deliver on its repeated promises to do more. https://t.co/PhsfyjU6v8
— News from Science (@NewsfromScience) May 6, 2022
In a letter signed by more than 200 diplomatic and aid officials, the U.S. State Department has been accused of blocking medically necessary and lifesaving reproductive health services to its employees stationed abroad.https://t.co/VXrXFeleEI
— Foreign Policy (@ForeignPolicy) May 23, 2022
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen pushed Poland to advance the European Union’s implementation of a global minimum tax in a series of meetings in Warsaw https://t.co/WJa2F0toH2
— Real Time Economics (@WSJecon) May 16, 2022
The US Department of Energy is announcing a massive investment in direct air carbon removal projects https://t.co/VC9hwlMmZh
— CNN (@CNN) May 19, 2022
The U.S. Department of Transportation released tailpipe pollution standards that will require cars and light trucks to significantly increase how far they can travel on a gallon of gasoline. https://t.co/07cwbWw7ZG
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) April 1, 2022
Breaking News: President Biden is set to issue an executive order aimed at reforming federal policing on Wednesday, the two-year anniversary of George Floyd’s death. https://t.co/MxzxfowqSr
— NYT Politics (@nytpolitics) May 24, 2022
Immigration Disappears From Kamala Harris’ Public Schedule https://t.co/rMmMRvwxMp
— Tom Bevan (@TomBevanRCP) May 23, 2022
Biden administration has not ruled out curbs on exports to ease fuel prices, Granholm says https://t.co/k9cyEjJcmw pic.twitter.com/gCwJEwiwcQ
— Reuters (@Reuters) May 24, 2022
Although the proposed U.S. Department of Defense budget is the largest to date at $773 billion, some argue that it may not go far enough to meet the needs outlined in the National Defense Strategy summary, writes Kelly McElveny. https://t.co/CRapoecYZd
— The Brookings Institution (@BrookingsInst) April 15, 2022