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“If you’re going to keep cutting and keep cutting, it has to at some point reach personnel. It’s just pure logic of budgets, and it’s very sad logic. I don’t like it one bit, and I want to avert this at all costs. So that 22,000 number is painfully real,» he said. De Blasio has … Leer más

“I’m glad that I’m going to be able to support them and do my utmost to help elect Biden-Harris, and help them govern when the time comes,” she said. Rice, who served as President Barack Obama’s U.S. ambassador to the United Nations and National Security Council chief, had reportedly surged in recent weeks to the … Leer más

DeSantis handed down $1 billion in vetoes before signing this year’s $92.3 billion state budget in June. That savings, along with signs of improvement in revenue from the state sales tax, could help bridge the budget gap from increased Medicaid costs. Since the pandemic started, DeSantis has been able to authorize spending without legislative interference … Leer más

Harrison could not have foreseen that things in his state would get even worse because of the coronavirus pandemic. In early July, the New York Times reported that, adjusted for population size, South Carolina had the third-worst outbreak in the world, with 2,300 confirmed new cases per million residents over the preceding week. Meanwhile, the … Leer más

«I’m hearing from companies that usually make 80 percent of their revenues on tours — often most of it between May and August — and they are really struggling,» said Stéphane Segreto-Aguilar, who runs Circostrada, a European network of circus and street art performers. Acrobats who normally train like elite athletes have been locked out … Leer más

Tikhanovskaya was a surprise replacement for her husband Sergei, a popular blogger who was arrested when he tried to launch a presidential campaign. She held large rallies in Minsk and in provincial cities, riding a groundswell of popular discontent at Lukashenko, who has been in power since 1994. The lopsided margin of victory is seen … Leer más

It was easier said than done. After Stoney’s change of heart on the statues, he rallied City Council members in support of an ordinance for removal, to be introduced when the new state law went into effect nearly a month later. Only then would the city begin the lengthy legal process requiring a detailed report, … Leer más

Longtime California political players say Harris’ ascendancy, from San Francisco district attorney to California attorney general to U.S. senator to presidential contender, reflects her political acumen and a sense of where the electorate is leaning. That combination of people skills and instincts allowed her to accumulate power in the Bay Area without being forced into … Leer más

On Friday, Bill Evanina — director of the National Counterintelligence and Security Center — released a statement on threats to the presidential election. He said the intelligence community has assessed that the governments of China and Iran want Trump to lose reelection, and that the Kremlin is working to help Trump win. The entire statement … Leer más