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close Video NY assemblyman on Cuomo nursing home controversy: ‘I am not going to be complicit’ New York State Assemblyman Ron Kim joins ‘Fox & Friends’ ahead of a rally calling for accountability. He’s joined by senior meteorologist Janice Dean. Gov. Andrew Cuomo ’s administration got swindled trying to buy millions of dollars of Chinese medical gear amid the coronavirus crisis — and has been forced to hire a law firm in Hong Kong in a bid to recoup the taxpayer money it lost, The Post has learned. GOV. CUOMO ACCUSED OF SEXUAL HARRASSMENT BY FORMER AIDE The state Department of Health signed a $125,000 contract with the overseas lawyers, Gall Solicitors late last year, according to records posted online by the state Comptroller’s Office. The one-year pact was exempted from a "pre-audit" by Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli under pandemic-related emergency powers Cuomo granted himself on March 7 — and which some lawmakers now want to … [Read more...] about Cuomo retains Hong Kong law firm as state fights to recover millions of misspent funds on Chinese ventilators

Since 2012, Russia has become subject of ever more Western sanctions. Some have been unilateral U.S. sanctions, while Western allies have joined in others. Currently, the United States has about 15 different sanctions programs for Russia, and several others have been proposed. Sensibly, the Biden administration has called for a review of U.S. Russia sanctions. Sanctions should be effective. They should deter, punish and hopefully reverse bad behavior. Narrowly targeted and clearly defined sanctions are usually more effective than broad sanctions that, for example, aim at regime change. The more countries that participate, the more effective sanctions tend to be. Therefore, the Biden administration is right in its intent to return to far-reaching coordination with European allies in its Russia sanctions. The first American sanctions on Russia after the Cold War was the Sergei Magnitsky Rule of Law Accountability Act of 2012. It targets violators of human rights and corruption in … [Read more...] about How to rethink Russia sanctions

Next month will mark a full calendar year since the lives of millions of Americans were turned upside down as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. However, even as the coronavirus continues to ravage communities across the country, another public health crisis is still devastating American families: our nation’s fatal addiction to opioids. In 2019, nearly 50,000 Americans lost their lives to an opioid overdose — a 136 percent increase just since 2010. There’s alarming new evidence that overdose rates have jumped even further since the March 2020 COVID-19 emergency declaration. According to the most recent available data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), both April and May saw the largest monthly increases in opioid deaths on record. It’s easy to understand how the stress, dislocation and uncertainty caused by the pandemic would be devastating for those suffering from substance use disorders. People across the country are in pain and too many are dying. … [Read more...] about X the X-Waiver: How Congress can facilitate treatment for opioid abuse

Second gentleman Doug Emhoff Doug Emhoff Emhoff reflects on interracial marriage case: Without this 'I would not be married to Kamala Harris' Biden leans into empathizer-in-chief role Biden mourns 500,000 American lives lost to coronavirus MORE reflected on the “powerful” impact of the Supreme Court landmark ruling in Loving v. Virginia legalizing interracial marriage, saying he would not have been married to Vice President Harris if not for that decision. Emhoff could be seeing viewing the historic court documents from the case in a recent visit to the National Archives. “I gotta see this. … Geeking out as a lawyer on this one, hold on,” the second gentleman, an attorney who was also a partner at law firm DLA Piper in Los Angeles up until last year , said in a clip of the moment. ADVERTISEMENT “For hundreds of years, you could not literally marry somebody that you loved because of their race. I would not be married to Kamala Harris Kamala … [Read more...] about Emhoff reflects on interracial marriage case: Without this ‘I would not be married to Kamala Harris’

Wednesday, FNC host Tucker Carlson dissected the new Biden administration’s approach to immigration policy and why it might be offering low estimates on the number of illegal immigrants within the country. The “Tucker Carlson Tonight” host speculated a process was underway by the White House to import as many Democratic voters as possible. Transcript as follows: CARLSON: Have you ever noticed how nobody in Washington can agree on a number? Now math is supposed to be objective except in Oregon where it is racist. But in the real world, you would think that people with functioning calculators could come to similar math-based conclusions once in a while, but not in D.C. Try getting a consensus on unemployment projections or consumer confidence levels from Members of Congress. You can’t even get a straight answer on how many troops will be occupying the Capitol three months from now and that’s something they directly control. Even allowing for the fact that most politicians … [Read more...] about Carlson: Point of Biden Immigration Policy ‘Is to Import as Many New Democratic Voters as Possible and There’s No Limit’