Washington, July 16 (IANS) US President Donald Trump’s nominee for Director of National Intelligence has pledged to streamline the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), saying the agency should focus on oversight and coordination rather than expanding into operational roles. Appearing before the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence on Wednesday (local time), Jay Clayton said the intelligence community must deliver “timely, objective and independent” intelligence to policymak…
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Washington, July 10 (IANS) Former Maine Centre for Disease Control and Prevention Director Dr Nirav Shah, an Indian-American physician who became a familiar public face during the Covid-19 pandemic, announced his candidacy for the US Senate, launching a campaign aimed at unseating long-serving Republican Senator Susan Collins.Shah also announced a statewide “Defeat Susan Collins Town Hall Tour”, saying he would travel across Maine to build support for his campaign. A schedule for the tour will b…
Los Angeles, July 9 (IANS) Hollywood actor Patrick Dempsey has shared that he gave “real thought” to running for Senate in Maine after the Democratic nominee Graham Platner was hit with sexual assault allegations. However, he ultimately decided to leave the job for someone more qualified, reports ‘Variety’.He wrote in a recent op-ed for the Portland Press Herald, “Over the past several days, I’ve been asked a question more than once: Would you ever run for the United States Senate? I…
Washington, June 3 (IANS) US senators from both parties raised concerns about the impact of a $100,000 H-1B visa fee on rural hospitals, pressing Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin to consider relief for foreign doctors recruited to underserved communities.During a Senate Appropriations Subcommittee hearing on the Department of Homeland Security’s fiscal year 2027 budget request, Senator Susan Collins of Maine raised the issue of difficulties that the rural healthcare providers face in…