While it hasn’t been made official yet, ABC News is reporting that Emanuel will announce Friday that he is stepping down from his post to explore a run for mayor of Chicago. It’s expected that Obama will name an interim chief of staff at the same time. [ABC News]
Biden says he can’t unilaterally extend the eviction moratorium, though some Democrats have urged him to do so
President Biden on Thursday called on Congress to act “without delay” to extend a national eviction moratorium that is set to expire Saturday. The White House said Biden is not able to act on his own because of a Supreme Court ruling.
In a statement, White House press secretary Jen Psaki said Biden would have “strongly supported” a move by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to again extend a moratorium that began nearly 11 months ago in response to the pandemic, particularly given the spread of the delta variant of the coronavirus.
“Unfortunately, the Supreme Court has made clear that this option is no longer available,” Psaki said, referring to a court ruling from last month.
That order allowed the moratorium could remain in place for another month. But Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh, who supplied the controlling vote, said that in his view congressional action would be needed to extend it beyond Saturday.
Biles responds to the show of encouragement
Cuomo: “new variants are cause for concern.” But also:
Drone leaker Daniel Hale sentenced to almost four years
Hale, who choked up at times as he delivered a 17-minute statement to the court, expressed no remorse about his disclosures but deep regret about having played a part in lethal U.S.-run drone operations in Afghanistan …
Judge Liam O’Grady’s comments imposing the sentence amounted to something of a rebuttal to Hale’s claim. The judge said he was persuaded that Hale was motivated in part by genuine outrage over civilian casualties of U.S. drone operations, but the judge said Hale could have joined that debate without leaking classified information to The Intercept, an online news outlet.
“You’re not facing prison for speaking out about the drone program injuring and killing innocent persons. … A majority of Americans would have commended you for coming forward,” said O’Grady, an appointee of President George W. Bush. “You could have been a whistleblower and garnered all this attention without leaking any of these documents, frankly.”
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