02/09/2022 - EditState

VP’s Husband Whisked from Event Over Bomb Threat

U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris’ husband, Doug Emhoff, was quickly removed from an event Tuesday afternoon because of a reported bomb threat. Emhoff was attending a Black History Month event at Dunbar High School in Washington when the Secret Service whisked him away. A Secret Service agent reportedly approached Emhoff and said, “We have to go.” “We had a threat today to the facility, so we did — basically we took the precaution of evacuating everybody, as you saw. I think everyone is safe. The building is clear. But I don’t have any specific details at thismore

House OKs Bill Easing Budget Strains on Postal Service

On 02/09/2022

Congress would lift onerous budget requirements that have helped push the Postal Service deeply into debt and would require it to continue delivering mail six days per week under bipartisan legislation the House approved Tuesday. The election-year bill, coming at a time of widespread complaints about slower mail service, would also require the Postal Service to display online how efficiently it delivers mail to communities. The Postal Service is supposed to sustain itself with postage sales and other services but has suffered 14 straight years of losses. The reasons include growing worker compensation and benefit costs plus steady declinesmore