Senator Kirsten Gillibrand of New York believes the Defense Department needs to take UFOs “much more seriously.”
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Judge T. Kent Wetherell II, Northern Florida U.S. District Court
Federal District Judge T. Kent Wetherell ruled that Florida’s immigration lawsuit against President Biden’s administration can proceed.
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Paul Cramer, Acting Assistant Secretary of Defense for Energy, Installations, and Environment
In a new Pentagon memo, the Defense Department said it will temporarily stop burning toxic “forever chemicals.”
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Merrick Garland, U.S. Attorney General
Attorney General Merrick Garland says some of the funds from assets the U.S. seized from Russian oligarchs should go “directly to Ukraine.“
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Ben Sasse, U.S. Senator from Nebraska
Senator Ben Sasse of Nebraska is calling for Russia to be removed from Interpol, an international agency that helps coordinate law enforcement globally.
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Judge Angel Kelley, Massachusetts U.S. District Court
Federal district Judge Angel Kelley reproved The Satanic Temple during the group’s court battle to open Boston City Council meetings with a satanic “prayer.”
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Gabe Camarillo, Under Secretary of the Army
Under Secretary Gabe Camarillo said at a Pentagon briefing that the Army is having significant trouble finding new recruits.
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Dr. Ashish Jha, White House Coronavirus Response Coordinator
White House coronavirus coordinator Dr. Ashish Jha said extreme lockdowns, such as China has implemented in Shanghai, are unlikely to work.
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Elaine Luria, U.S. Representative for Virginia
Representative Elaine Luria of Virginia expressed her disappointment with the process of developing the defense budget, saying it doesn’t build the “force we need.”
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Justice Elena Kagan, Supreme Court of the United States
The Supreme Court issued a unanimous ruling for the heirs of a Holocaust survivor seeking to retrieve a painting by a French impressionist that was stolen by Nazis during World War II.
The high court’s nine justices were presented with the question of what law federal courts should use when hearing claims brought under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act.
Justice Elana Kagan wrote the 9-0 ruling, arguing that state law should be followed in accordance with the decision rather than federal.
“The path of our decision has been as short as the hunt for Rue Saint-Honoré was long,” Kagan said, referring to the painting sought by the heirs of a German Jewish art dealer.
The high court’s ruling does not end the dispute over the painting because the case was remanded to lower courts, but it marks a procedural win for the heirs.
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