Congress urges Washington Football Team to lift NDAs
Two members of the House of Representatives are urging the NFL and the Washington Football Team to release individuals from non-disclosure agreements that would prevent them from discussing sexual harassment and workplace issues at owner Daniel Snyderโs club.
โItโs a very tense situationโ: Rep. Joaquin Castro barricaded in office as protesters storm US Capitol
WASHINGTON, D.C. โ U.S. Rep. Joaquin Castro (D-TX) has barricaded himself in a building on Capitol Hill with another congressman while Trump-supporting demonstrators storm the U.S. Capitol. Castro spoke with ABC Newsโ George Stephanopoulos on Wednesday afternoon while barricaded in his office with U.S. Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-Illinois) after his fellow congressman was evacuated from another office. โPeople have now entered the Capitol without any kind of screening at all, and so itโs a very tense situation for everybody inside,โ Castro said. The San Antonio congressman spoke to KSAT partner The Texas Tribune on Wednesday afternoon. Castro also went live on his Instagram to address his followers about the situation at the Capitol.
Health contractors vetted stars' politics for US virus ad
This photo combination shows from left: musician Christina Aguilera in Los Angeles, March 29, 2012, comedian George Lopez in Los Angeles, Dec. 25, 2012, and actor Jack Black in Las Vegas, April 25, 2012. Public relations firms hired by the Department of Health and Human Services vetted the political views of hundreds of celebrities, including Aguilera, Lopez, and Black, for a health education advertising campaign on the coronavirus outbreak. That's according to documents released Thursday by a House committee.
US vetted stars' politics to showcase Trump virus response
Director Judd Apatow believes Trump โdoes not have the intellectual capacity to run as president,โ according to a list of more than 200 celebrities compiled by one of the firms. โI have ordered a strategic review of this public health education campaign that will be led by our top public health and communications experts to determine whether the campaign serves important public health purposes,โ Azar told the subcommittee, which is investigating the federal governmentโs response to the coronavirus outbreak. Because public health policy around the coronavirus pandemic has become so politically polarized, itโs unclear how well a confidence-building campaign from the government would play. And Trump has alienated much of the medical establishment with his dismissive comments about basic public health measures, such as wearing masks. Antony and Quaid were among just a few celebrities who were approved for the campaign, according to the documents.