The Swamp Today Timelines Change. Tuesday April 16, 2024 LAWFARE DAY 2 - Jury Selection in Hush-Money Trial The House Stands Adjourned Until April 16, 2024 at 10:00 AM EDT The Senate Stands Adjourned Until April 16, 2024 at 10:00 AM EDT In the Evening, Secretary Antony J. Blinken Departs on Travel to Italy From April 16-19, 2024. Deputy Secretary Kurt M. Campbell Attends Meetings and Briefings at the Department of State. Deputy Secretary for Management and Resources Richard R. Verma Attends Meetings and Briefings at the Department of State. Acting Under Secretary for Political Affairs John Bass is on Travel to Türkiye and Italy From April 14-19, 2024. Assistant Secretary for Consular Affairs Rena Bitter is on Travel to Cyprus, Germany, Romania, and Bulgaria From April 11-19, 2024. Acting Assistant Secretary for Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs Jennifer R. Littlejohn is on Travel to Greece From April 15-17, 2024. . . . Daily Weather Map National Centers for Environmental Prediction, Weather Prediction Center https://www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/dailywxmap/ National Forecast Charts National Centers for Environmental Prediction, Weather Prediction Center https://www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/national_forecast/natfcst.php?Day=1 NOAA Tide Predictions - Washington DC Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration https://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/tide_predictions.html?gid=1396 NOAA Observed Water Levels - Station 8594900 Washington DC Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration https://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/stationhome.html?id=8594900&units=standard https://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/stationhome.html?id=8594900&units=standard#obs Forecast Discussion U.S. Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center https://www.swpc.noaa.gov/products/forecast-discussion ...There Is an Enhanced Risk of Severe Thunderstorms Across Portions of the Midwest... - Day 1 Convective Outlook NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK https://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/outlook/day1otlk.html FAA Daily Air Traffic Report https://www.faa.gov/newsroom/faa-daily-air-traffic-report FAA National Airspace System Status https://nasstatus.faa.gov/ A.F. Branco Cartoon – LGBTQ For Palestine https://comicallyincorrect.com/a-f-branco-cartoon-lgbtq-for-palestine/ Bob Moran @bobscartoons - I drew this three years ago. https://twitter.com/bobscartoons/status/1780161651246870906 Camus @newstart_2024 - BlackRock CEO Larry Fink suffered a meltdown during an earnings call over the company losing billions of dollars in contracts due to the international asset manager’s woke “environmental, social, and governance” (ESG) agenda. During the call, Fink lost his cool as he complained about “lies” and “misinformation” regarding BlackRock’s agenda. https://twitter.com/newstart_2024/status/1779959791130951841 End Wokeness @EndWokeness - These are fliers at an NGO camp in Mexico encouraging illegals to vote for Biden. https://twitter.com/EndWokeness/status/1780067784031887444 Gary Varvel - Biden the appeaser https://garyvarvel.substack.com/p/gary-varvel-biden-the-appeaser grrrgraphics - The Yearly Humiliation Of Americans- Taxes Upon Taxes https://grrrgraphics.com/the-yearly-humiliation-of-americans-taxes-upon-taxes/ grrrgraphics - OJ Simpson Dead https://grrrgraphics.com/oj-simpson-dead/ Margolis & Cox - Gaza, Israel, Joe Biden https://margolisandcox.com/2024/04/12/friday-april-12-2024/ Margolis & Cox - Joe Biden, Student Loans https://margolisandcox.com/2024/04/11/thursday-april-11-2024/ Mark Parisi - Seedless https://www.offthemark.com/DailyCartoon?prod_id=12787 Mario @Ze_Chart - Reminder: Biologist Paul Ehrlich warned in 1968 that in the 1970s "hundreds of millions of people will starve to death in spite of any crash programs embarked upon now." https://twitter.com/Ze_Chart/status/1780145451301269726 Michael Ramirez - A Simple Solution https://michaelramirez.substack.com/p/michael-ramirez-a-simple-solution RealityBites by Broc Smith - Elitist Slime https://rofcbybroc.com/2024/04/15/elitist-slime/ RealityBites by Broc Smith - Advice from Imbeciles https://rofcbybroc.com/2024/04/14/advice-from-imbeciles/ RealityBites by Broc Smith - Monsters & Madmen https://rofcbybroc.com/2024/04/12/monsters-madmen/ RealityBites by Broc Smith - Biden Against Banning Porn in Schools https://rofcbybroc.com/2024/04/12/biden-against-banning-porn-in-schools/ RealityBites by Broc Smith - FISA Fiasco https://rofcbybroc.com/2024/04/14/fisa-fiasco/ Ripley's Believe It or Not! - Daily Cartoon https://www.theepochtimes.com/epochfun/ripleys-believe-it-or-not-epoch-comics-5108164 Skscartoon @skscartoon - Make no mistake, monsters like this exist. https://twitter.com/skscartoon/status/1779857777684546045 Skscartoon @skscartoon - One of the best documentaries on the climate alarmist hoax, worth a watch https://twitter.com/skscartoon/status/1779832290144862511 Stonetoss Comics @stone_toss - Anti https://twitter.com/stone_toss/status/1779939671516045436 Tatsuya Ishida @TatsuyaIshida9 - Track and Field https://tatsuyaishida.substack.com/p/2024-04-16 The Daily Cartoonist - Hey Kids! Comics! Tax Return Suggestions https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2024/04/15/hey-kids-comics-tax-return-suggestions/ Jumble Daily https://www.theepochtimes.com/epochfun/jumble-daily-mon-sat-4613390 Morsle https://morsle.fun/ Today in History - April 16 https://www.loc.gov/item/today-in-history/april-16 Word of the Day https://www.vaticannews.va/en/word-of-the-day/2024/04/16.html Today's Document @TodaysDocument - Today in History & Daily Historical Documents from the US National Archives. https://twitter.com/TodaysDocument Register to Vote https://vote.gov/ Congressional Record Most Recent Issue https://www.congress.gov/congressional-record Brazil: Rights of Children and Adolescents in Digital Environments Regulated https://www.loc.gov/item/global-legal-monitor/2024-04-14/brazil-rights-of-children-and-adolescents-in-digital-environments-regulated/ Germany: Act to Improve Return of Foreigners Enters into Force https://www.loc.gov/item/global-legal-monitor/2024-04-14/germany-act-to-improve-return-of-foreigners-enters-into-force/ Italy: Constitutional Court Declares Legal Provision Limiting Intimate Meetings with Inmates Unconstitutional https://www.loc.gov/item/global-legal-monitor/2024-04-11/italy-constitutional-court-declares-legal-provision-limiting-intimate-meetings-with-inmates-unconstitutional/ A New Resource to Explore Library of Congress Transcription Datasets https://blogs.loc.gov/thesignal/2024/04/explore-transcription-datasets/ The Titanic and the Law: Safety and Science https://blogs.loc.gov/law/2024/04/the-titanic-and-the-law-safety-and-science/ Library of Congress to Host Whoopi Goldberg on May 10 https://newsroom.loc.gov/news/library-of-congress-to-host-whoopi-goldberg-on-may-10/s/b90585a7-7ef2-4515-82fa-96349d9ed898 A Panoramic View of the Processing and Preparation Section https://blogs.loc.gov/preservation/2024/04/panoramic-view-of-pps/ Celebrating California Gold: AFC’s New Story Map on the Northern California Folk Music from the 1930s Collection https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/2024/04/celebrating-california-gold-afcs-new-story-map-on-the-northern-california-folk-music-from-the-1930s-collection/ Music for Flower Gazing https://blogs.loc.gov/music/2024/04/music-for-flower-gazing/ April Showers bring Disney’s Flower. . . https://blogs.loc.gov/now-see-hear/2024/04/april-showers-bring-disneys-flower/ A Court of Corruption: NY Trial is Pure Politics, Plus World Burns Under Biden, Live with Rumble CEO Chris Pavlovski | TRIGGERED Ep.12 - Donald Trump Jr. https://rumble.com/v4plpx0-a-court-of-corruption-ny-trial-is-pure-politics-plus-world-burns-under-bide.html ICYMI: “Major media organizations urge Biden and Trump to debate” https://www.donaldjtrump.com/news/e58d10ca-7a57-43f1-a6c8-177a38ebc724 ICYMI: “Trump campaign demands Biden debate him ‘much earlier’ and more often” https://www.donaldjtrump.com/news/2e856fc1-37c1-4d5f-851f-0c11930e1df3 Biden Trial Fact Sheet https://www.donaldjtrump.com/news/7817f4dd-1853-425a-9ced-9c72117c50b9 ICYMI: “A serial perjurer will try to prove an old misdemeanor against Trump in an embarrassment for the New York legal system https://www.donaldjtrump.com/news/367c85f3-341a-47ce-b080-41120f0b36e3 George Soros’s Favorite DA, Alvin Bragg Leads The NY Biden Trial https://www.donaldjtrump.com/news/c6e4e8ed-9eae-4578-9819-1b5da0012c70 Crooked Joe Biden is Democracy’s Greatest Threat https://www.donaldjtrump.com/news/67be29c4-dec8-4aaf-a047-267dbb0d4508 KISS OF DEATH: Biden’s Border Bloodbath Brings Ultra-Deadly Zombie Drug to America https://www.donaldjtrump.com/news/82b7ad15-85c8-491c-bbe6-8c31f02b39a1 ICYMI: Truth from President Donald J. Trump https://www.donaldjtrump.com/news/3c6bec4a-5603-4316-9760-46f8accfb4fb April 16, 2024 - April 17, 2024 2024 Ronald Reagan Missile Defense Conference National Defense Industrial Association (NDIA) https://www.ndia.org/events/2024/4/16/4md3---rr-missile-defense-conference April 16, 2024 - April 17, 2024 NATO Digital Ocean Industry Symposium The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) https://www.nato.int/cps/en/natohq/news_219535.htm April 16, 2024 - April 17, 2024 G20 finance and central bank deputies, Washington DC http://www.g20.utoronto.ca/ministerials.html https://www.g20.org/en/ April 16, 2024 - April 17, 2024 Rethinking Economic Policy: Steering Structural Change Peterson Institute for International Economics (PIIE) https://www.piie.com/events/2024/rethinking-economic-policy-steering-structural-change April 16, 2024 - April 17, 2024 International Research Forum on Monetary Policy: Monetary Policy Challenges during Uncertain Times Federal Reserve Board, Washington, D.C. https://www.federalreserve.gov/conferences/international-research-forum-on-monetary-policy-monetary-policy-challenges-during-uncertain-times.htm April 16, 2024 - April 18, 2024 World Retail Congress 2024 EuroCommerce https://www.eurocommerce.eu/events/world-retail-congress-2024/ April 16, 2024 - April 18, 2024 2024 AIAA Defense and Security Forum (AIAA DEFENSE Forum) American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics AIAA https://www.aiaa.org/events-learning/event/2024/04/16/Default-Calendar/2024-aiaa-Defense-and-Security-Forum-(Aiaa-Defense-Forum) April 16, 2024 - April 19, 2024 Third Session of the Permanent Forum on People of African Descent Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights of the United Nations (OHCHR) https://www.ohchr.org/en/events/sessions/2024/third-session-permanent-forum-people-african-descent April 16, 2024 Fischer: Oral Argument Set Master Calendar of Trump Court Dates: Criminal and Civil Cases https://www.justsecurity.org/88039/trumps-legal-and-political-calendar-all-the-dates-you-need-to-know/ https://www.justsecurity.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Just-Security-Joseph-Fischer-v.-United-States-23-5572-Oral-argument-scheduled-April.-16.pdf April 16, 2024 Following a Visit On-Board Cavour Aircraft Carrier, NATO Deputy Secretary General, Mr Mircea Geoană, Will Be in Rome, Where He Will Meet With the Minister of Defence, Mr Guido Crosetto, and an Informal Meeting of Permanent Representatives Will Take Place at the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) https://www.nato.int/cps/en/natohq/news_224738.htm April 16, 2024 TBD Walkover of Articles of Impeachment for Secretary Mayorkas House impeachment managers deliver articles of impeachment against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas to the U.S. Senate. https://www.c-span.org/video/?534962-1/walkover-articles-impeachment-secretary-mayorkas April 16, 2024 TBD Former President Trump Speaks to Reporters Ahead of Day 2 of Jury Selection in Hush-Money Trial Former President Trump speaks to reporters ahead of the second day of jury selection in his hush-money trial in New York. https://www.c-span.org/video/?534961-1/president-trump-speaks-reporters-ahead-day-2-jury-selection-hush-money-trial April 16, 2024 TBD Former President Trump News Conference After Day 2 of Jury Selection in Hush-Money Trial Former President Trump speaks to reporters following the second day of jury selection in his hush-money trial in New York. https://www.c-span.org/video/?534958-1/president-trump-news-conference-day-2-jury-selection-hush-money-trial April 16, 2024 3:45 AM EDT THE HAGUE – The International Court of Justice (ICJ) holds public hearings in the case Armenia v. Azerbaijan - first round of oral argument of Armenia - The International Court of Justice (ICJ) holds public hearings in the case concerning Application of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (Armenia v. Azerbaijan). United Nations https://webtv.un.org/en/asset/k1m/k1msngth5g 4:00 AM EDT 1st meeting, 3rd session of the Permanent Forum on People of African Descent - 3rd session of the Permanent Forum on People of African Descent United Nations https://webtv.un.org/en/asset/k1q/k1qj73xz2f 4:00 AM EDT 2074th Meeting, 79th Session, Committee Against Torture (CAT) Review of Austria United Nations https://webtv.un.org/en/asset/k12/k12farqohp 6:50 AM EDT Drew Lindsey & John Wells 11th Grade The Greatest Competitor Ben Barber Innovation Academy Mansfield, TX https://www.studentcam.org/winners24.htm https://www.viddler.com/v/125385c6 - STUDENTCAM 2024 WINNER "THE GREATEST COMPETITOR" The Greatest Competitor is one of the second-prize high school winners in C-SPAN Classroom’s StudentCam documentary contest, and was produced by Drew Lindsey and John Wellsand, juniors at Ben Barber Innovation Academy in Mansfield, Texas. https://www.c-span.org/video/?534374-1/the-greatest-competitor 7:00 AM EDT Washington Journal: Open Phones Viewers commented on Donald Trump’s hush money trial and the debate in Congress over aid to Israel and Ukraine. https://www.c-span.org/video/?534794-2/open-phones&playEvent 8:00 AM EDT Washington Journal: David Wasserman Discusses Campaign 2024 Cook Political Report senior editor David Wasserman discusses the political environment, key issues, and races to watch heading into the fall elections. https://www.c-span.org/video/?534794-3/david-wasserman-discusses-campaign-2024&playEvent 8:00 AM EDT The American Sunrise Show 4-16-24 Real America's Voice https://rumble.com/v4prcmb-the-american-sunrise-show-4-16-24.html 8:40 AM EDT Air Force Lt. Gen. Heath Collins, director, Missile Defense Agency National Defense Industrial Association (NDIA) 2024 Missile Defense Conference https://www.ndia.org/events/2024/4/16/4md3---rr-missile-defense-conference https://www.defense.gov/News/Today-in-DOD/Date/2024-04-16/ 8:45 AM EDT Washington Journal: Open Phones Join us with your calls and comments on social media as we review the latest news headlines out of Washington. https://www.c-span.org/video/?534794-4/open-phones&playEvent 9:00 AM EDT 3061st Meeting, 112th Session, Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) Consideration of Albania United Nations https://webtv.un.org/en/asset/k16/k16wdwx2xt 9:00 AM EDT 2nd meeting, 3rd session of the Permanent Forum on People of African Descent - 3rd session of the Permanent Forum on People of African Descent United Nations https://webtv.un.org/en/asset/k13/k13o8jvhli 9:00 AM EDT OCHA High-level pledging event for Ethiopia - High-level Pledging Event for the Humanitarian Situation in Ethiopia United Nations https://webtv.un.org/en/asset/k1b/k1bw6h3599 9:00 AM EDT 2024 IMF and World Bank Spring Meetings: Press Briefing: World Economic Outlook IMF Event Open https://www.worldbank.org/en/meetings/splash/spring/schedule 9:00 AM EDT 2024 IMF and World Bank Spring Meetings: Understanding Sovereign Debt in Africa Options and Opportunities IMF Event Open https://www.worldbank.org/en/meetings/splash/spring/schedule 9:00 AM EDT 2024 IMF and World Bank Spring Meetings: Africa Group 1 Constituency Panel Meeting WBG Event Restricted Event https://www.worldbank.org/en/meetings/splash/spring/schedule 9:00 AM EDT 2024 IMF and World Bank Spring Meetings: Global Parliamentarian Forum Day 2 (Half Day) WBG Event Restricted Event https://www.worldbank.org/en/meetings/splash/spring/schedule 9:00 AM EDT Enhancing Accountability and Governance for Better Development Results: The Role of Parliamentarians Parliamentary Network on the World Bank & IMF (PN) https://www.parlnet.org/events/2024-global-parliamentary-forum/ 9:00 AM EDT INCLUDE Project: Investigator's Meeting National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services https://www.nih.gov/include-project https://videocast.nih.gov/watch=53863 9:00 AM EDT Investigative Systems Training Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency https://www.dcsa.mil/Security-Training/Investigative-Systems-Training/ 9:00 AM EDT Daily U.S. Agricultural Weather Highlights - Released No Later Than 9:00 a.m. ET Every Day National Agricultural Statistics Service and World Agricultural Outlook Board, U.S. Department of Agriculture https://www.usda.gov/sites/default/files/documents/TODAYSWX.pdf 9:00 AM EDT Veterans Benefits Seminar - Radcliff, Kentucky Veterans Administration https://www.va.gov/outreach-and-events/events/67237/ 9:00 AM EDT Appalachian Rural Outreach Tour - Wheeling, West Virginia Veterans Administration https://www.va.gov/outreach-and-events/events/66803/ 9:10 AM EDT Assistant Secretary of Defense for Space Policy Dr. John Plumb National Defense Industrial Association (NDIA) 2024 Missile Defense Conference https://www.ndia.org/events/2024/4/16/4md3---rr-missile-defense-conference https://www.defense.gov/News/Today-in-DOD/Date/2024-04-16/ 9:15 AM EDT Nick Timiraos Discusses Inflation & the U.S. Economy Wall Street Journal’s Nick Timiraos discusses the continuing rise of inflation in the United States and its impact on the economy. https://www.c-span.org/video/?534794-5/nick-timiraos-discusses-inflation-us-economy&playEvent 9:30 AM EDT What’s at Stake in the 2024 Election: Federal Debt and the Implications for Government Spending and Programs Brookings Institution and Miami Dade College https://www.brookings.edu/events/whats-at-stake-in-the-2024-election-federal-debt-and-the-implications-for-government-spending-and-programs/ 9:30 AM EDT Systemic Effects of Cancer Think Tank - Day 1 National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services https://calendar.nih.gov/event/view/45286 9:30 AM EDT Budget Hearing – Fiscal Year 2025 Request for the John C. Stennis Center for Public Service, the Office of Congressional Workplace Rights, and the Congressional Office for International Leadership House Appropriations Committee ^ WITNESSES: Mr. Martin J. Crane Executive Director, Office of Congressional Workplace Rights ^ Dr. Brian Pugh Executive Director, John C. Stennis Center for Public Service ^ Ms. Jane Sargus Executive Director, Congressional Office for International Leadership ^ https://www.congress.gov/event/118th-congress/house-event/117119 https://appropriations.house.gov/legislation/hearings/budget-hearing-fiscal-year-2025-request-john-c-stennis-center-public-service https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2hTleWs78I 9:30 AM EDT Budget Hearing – Fiscal Year 2025 Request for the U.S. Forest Service House Appropriations Committee ^ WITNESSES: Mr. Mark Lichtenstein National Budget Director, U.S. Forest Service ^ Mr. Randy Moore Chief, U.S. Forest Service ^ https://www.congress.gov/event/118th-congress/house-event/117145 https://appropriations.house.gov/legislation/hearings/budget-hearing-fiscal-year-2025-request-us-forest-service https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Z7G-9_b8O4 9:30 AM EDT Open/Closed: Hearing to Receive Testimony on the Posture of the Department of the Air Force in Review of the Defense Authorization Request for Fiscal Year 2025 and the Future Years Senate Armed Services Committee ^ WITNESSES: Honorable Christine E. Wormuth Secretary of the Army ^ General Randy A. George, USA Chief of Staff of the Army ^ https://www.congress.gov/event/118th-congress/senate-event/335690 https://www.armed-services.senate.gov/hearings/to-receive-testimony-on-the-posture-of-the-department-of-the-army-in-review-of-the-defense-authorization-request-for-fiscal-year-2025-and-the-future-years-defense-program - Secretary of the Army Christine E. Wormuth and Army Chief of Staff Gen. Randy A. George provide testimony at 10 a.m. EDT at a House Armed Services Committee hearing on the fiscal 2025 budget request, Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, D.C. Department of Defense https://www.defense.gov/News/Today-in-DOD/Date/2024-04-16/ - Secretary of the Air Force Frank Kendall, Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David W. Allvin, and Chief of Space Operations Gen. B. Chance Saltzman provide testimony at 9:30 a.m. EDT at a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on the fiscal 2025 budget request, Hart Senate Office Building, Washington, D.C. Department of Defense https://www.defense.gov/News/Today-in-DOD/Date/2024-04-16/ https://www.dvidshub.net/webcast/34219 https://www.dvidshub.net/webcast/34222 10:00 AM EDT (3rd meeting) UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, 23rd session - The twenty-third session of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII) will take place in-person at UN Headquarters in New York from 15-26 April 2024. Theme: "Enhancing Indigenous Peoples' right to self-determination in the context of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples: emphasizing the voices of Indigenous youth". United Nations https://webtv.un.org/en/asset/k1u/k1u9jtrl0b 10:00 AM EDT The situation in Libya - Security Council, 9605th meeting - Report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (S/2024/301). United Nations https://webtv.un.org/en/asset/k12/k12ys4e8uq 10:00 AM EDT (Part 1) ECOSOC Youth Forum 2024 - The Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) Youth Forum will take place from 16 to 18 April 2024 at the United Nations headquarters in New York. The 2024 Forum's discussions will be guided by the overall theme of the 2024 ECOSOC and HLPF on "Reinforcing the 2030 Agenda and eradicating poverty in times of multiple crises: the effective delivery of sustainable, resilient and innovative solutions". United Nations https://webtv.un.org/en/asset/k16/k16h6c6cm6 10:00 AM EDT (3rd meeting) 23rd session of the Committee of Experts on Public Administration - Economic and Social Council - The Committee of Experts on Public Administration will hold its twenty-third session (CEPA23) at UN Headquarters in New York from 15 to 19 April 2024. The theme is "New governance insights to advance the SDGs and eradicate poverty". United Nations https://webtv.un.org/en/asset/k1x/k1xjr5ko1p 10:00 AM EDT (Part 1) High-Level Thematic Event on Tourism - General Assembly, Sustainability Week, 78th session - The high-level thematic event on tourism aims to advance a concerted approach on strengthening tourism resilience at the highest level and maximising its contribution to the sustainability agenda. The event offers Member States, Observers, civil society, UN System and other stakeholders a platform to discuss strategies, share best practices and experiences to promote sustainable and resilient tourism and its contribution to achieving SDGs.    United Nations https://webtv.un.org/en/asset/k19/k199qn77no 10:00 AM EDT Do Consultations Matter for Stakeholder Support for Policy Proposals? Evidence From the European Union European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR) https://ecpr.eu/Events/Event/PanelDetails/14397 10:00 AM EDT 2024 IMF and World Bank Spring Meetings: Workshop on Establishment of the Commonwealth Borrowers Network IMF Event Restricted Event https://www.worldbank.org/en/meetings/splash/spring/schedule 10:00 AM EDT Revolutionary Scavenger Hunt Lexington Historical Society - The Depot, Lexington, Massachussetts https://www.lexingtonhistory.org/events https://www.lexingtonhistory.org/patriotsday#calendar-9fab3d23-df6c-4221-a44b-2a5da60b11da-event-lqft3sps 10:00 AM EDT NITAAC's CIO-CS GWAC Training National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services https://calendar.nih.gov/event/view/45497 10:00 AM EDT Selective Sensory Gating by non-Selective Attention Signal National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services https://calendar.nih.gov/event/view/45401 10:00 AM EDT Supreme Court October Term 2023 Argument Day ^ Fischer v. United States (23-5572) ^ Supreme Court https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/2023TermCourtCalendar.pdf https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_audio/2023 - Supreme Court Hears Case Challenging January 6 Obstruction Charge The Supreme Court hears oral argument in Fischer v. United States, a case challenging a criminal statute used to charge a January 6 defendant with obstructing a congressional proceeding. https://www.c-span.org/video/?534910-1/supreme-court-hears-case-challenging-january-6-obstruction-charge 10:00 AM EDT House Republican Agenda House Republican leaders speak to reporters about their legislative agenda for the week following their weekly conference meeting. https://www.c-span.org/video/?534955-1/house-republican-agenda 10:00 AM EDT U.S. House of Representatives: Morning Hour The House will begin on work on several bills to respond to the Iranian airstrikes on Israel. https://www.c-span.org/video/?534944-1/morning-hour 10:00 AM EDT U.S. Senate: Senate Session House impeachment managers will deliver the two articles of impeachment against Homeland Security Secretary Mayorkas to the Senate. Senators will be sworn in as jurors in the trial the next day and Senate President Pro Tempore Patty Murray will preside... https://www.c-span.org/video/?534923-1/senate-session-part-1 10:00 AM EDT Budget Hearing – Fiscal Year 2025 Request for the Department of Justice House Appropriations Committee ^ WITNESSES: The Honorable Merrick Garland Attorney General, Department of Justice ^ https://www.congress.gov/event/118th-congress/house-event/117135 https://appropriations.house.gov/legislation/hearings/budget-hearing-fiscal-year-2025-request-department-justice https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TAISrBQ6P4g - Attorney General Testifies on President's 2025 Budget Request Attorney General Merrick Garland testifies on the president’s 2025 budget request for the Justice Department during a public hearing before a House Appropriations subcommitee. https://www.c-span.org/video/?534945-1/attorney-general-testifies-presidents-2025-budget-request 10:00 AM EDT Budget Hearing – Fiscal Year 2025 Request for the Federal Emergency Management Agency House Appropriations Committee ^ WITNESSES: The Honorable Deanne Criswell Administrator, Federal Emergency Management Agency ^ https://www.congress.gov/event/118th-congress/house-event/117152 https://appropriations.house.gov/legislation/hearings/budget-hearing-fiscal-year-2025-request-federal-emergency-management-agency https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KikNkBkJw4Q 10:00 AM EDT Budget Hearing – Fiscal Year 2025 Request for the Department of Veterans Affairs House Appropriations Committee ^ WITNESSES: The Honorable Denis McDonough Secretary, Department of Veterans Affairs ^ https://www.congress.gov/event/118th-congress/house-event/117130 https://appropriations.house.gov/legislation/hearings/budget-hearing-fiscal-year-2025-request-department-veterans-affairs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZ_KrsoeG2k 10:00 AM EDT A Review of the Fiscal Year 2025 Budget Request for the Department of Homeland Security House Homeland Security Committee ^ WITNESSES: The Honorable Alejandro Mayorkas Secretary, U.S. Department of Homeland Security ^ https://www.congress.gov/event/118th-congress/house-event/117098 https://homeland.house.gov/hearing/a-review-of-the-fiscal-year-2025-budget-request-for-the-department-of-homeland-security/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=smvirqfUQ1g - Homeland Security Secretary Testifies on President's 2025 Budget Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Majorkas testifies on President Biden’s 2025 budget request during a public hearing before the House Homeland Security Committee. https://www.c-span.org/video/?534875-1/homeland-security-secretary-testifies-presidents-2025-budget 10:00 AM EDT How the Border Crisis Impacts Public Safety House Oversight and Accountability Committee ^ WITNESSES: Mr. Bill Waybourn Sheriff, Tarrant County, Texas ^ Mr. Mike Chapman Sheriff, Loudoun County, Virginia ^ The Honorable Ken Cuccinelli Senior Fellow for Immigration and Homeland Security, Center for Renewing America ^ Mr. David Bier Director, Immigration Studies, Cato Institute ^ https://www.congress.gov/event/118th-congress/house-event/117125 https://oversight.house.gov/hearing/how-the-border-crisis-impacts-public-safety/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R3p1BYXsnt0 10:00 AM EDT Held for Ransom: How Ransomware Endangers Our Financial System House Financial Services Committee ^ WITNESSES: Ms. Jacqueline Burns Koven Head of Cyber Threat Intelligence, Chainalysis ^ Mr. Daniel Sergile Senior Consulting Director, Unit 42 by Palo Alto Networks ^ Ms. Megan Stifel Chief Strategy Officer, Institute for Security and Technology ^ BILLS: H.J. Res. 100, providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Securities and Exchange Commission relating to "Cybersecurity Risk Management, Strategy, Governance, and Incident Disclosure.” https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-joint-resolution/100 ^ H.R. ________, the ‘‘Public and Private Sector Ransomware Response Coordination Act of 2024” https://www.congress.gov/118/meeting/house/117127/documents/BILLS-118pih-ThislegislationwillrequiretheSecretaryoftheTreasurytosubmitareporttoCongressoncybersecuritycoordinationefforts.pdf ^ H.R. _______, the “Ransomware and Financial Stability Act of 2024” https://www.congress.gov/118/meeting/house/117127/documents/BILLS-118pih-Thisbillrequiresfinanciali.pdf ^ https://www.congress.gov/event/118th-congress/house-event/117127 https://www.congress.gov/118/meeting/house/117127/documents/HHRG-118-BA10-20240416-SD002.pdf https://financialservices.house.gov/calendar/eventsingle.aspx?EventID=409213 10:00 AM EDT Health Subcommittee Hearing: "Examining Health Sector Cybersecurity in the Wake of the Change Healthcare Attack" House Energy and Commerce Committee ^ WITNESSES: Mr. Greg Garcia Executive Director for Cybersecurity, Healthcare Sector Coordinating Council Mr. Robert Sheldon Senior Director of Public Policy and Strategy, CrowdStrike ^ Mr. John Riggi National Advisor for Cybersecurity and Risk, American Hospital Association ^ Mr. Scott MacLean Board Chair, College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME) ^ Dr. Adam Bruggeman, MD Orthopedic Surgeon, Texas Spine Center ^ https://www.congress.gov/event/118th-congress/house-event/117150 https://www.congress.gov/118/meeting/house/117150/documents/HHRG-118-IF14-20240416-SD002.pdf https://energycommerce.house.gov/events/health-subcommittee-hearing-examining-health-sector-cybersecurity-in-the-wake-of-the-change-healthcare-attack 10:00 AM EDT The Biden Administration's 2024 Trade Policy Agenda With United States Trade Representative Katherine Tai House Ways and Means Committee ^ WITNESSES: Katherine Tai United States Trade Representative ^ https://www.congress.gov/event/118th-congress/house-event/117137 https://waysandmeans.house.gov/event/hearing-on-the-biden-administrations-2024-trade-policy-agenda-with-united-states-trade-representative-katherine-tai/ 10:00 AM EDT Exploring SBA Programs: Reviewing the SBIC and SBIR Programs' Impact on Small Businesses House Small Business Committee ^ WITNESSES: Mr. Angelo Valletta President and CEO, Economic Development ^ Ms. Amanda Bresler Chief Strategy Officer, PW Communications ^ Mr. Brett Palmer President, Small Business Investor Alliance ^ Mr. Jere Glover Executive Director, Small Business Technology Council (SBTC) ^ https://www.congress.gov/event/118th-congress/house-event/117064 https://www.congress.gov/118/meeting/house/117064/documents/HHRG-118-SM27-20240416-SD002.pdf https://smallbusiness.house.gov/calendar/eventsingle.aspx?EventID=405926 10:00 AM EDT A Review of the President's Fiscal Year 2025 Budget Request for the Navy and Marine Corps Senate Appropriations Committee ^ WITNESSES: The Honorable Carlos Del Toro Secretary of the Navy ^ Admiral Lisa Franchetti Chief of Naval Operations ^ General Eric M. Smith Commandant of the Marine Corps ^ https://www.congress.gov/event/118th-congress/senate-event/335666 https://www.appropriations.senate.gov/hearings/a-review-of-the-presidents-fiscal-year-2025-budget-request-for-the-navy-and-marine-corps - Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro, Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Lisa Franchetti, and Commandant of the Marine Corps Gen. Eric M. Smith provide testimony at 10 a.m. EDT at a Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense hearing on the fiscal 2025 Navy and Marine Corps budget, Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington, D.C. Department of Defense https://www.defense.gov/News/Today-in-DOD/Date/2024-04-16/ https://www.dvidshub.net/webcast/34221 10:00 AM EDT Oversight of the United States Postal Service Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee ^ WITNESSES: Louis Dejoy Postmaster General and Chief Executive Officer United States Postal Service ^ The Honorable Roman Martinez IV Chairman Board of Governors United States Postal Service ^ The Honorable Michael Kubayanda Chairman Postal Regulatory Commission ^ Tammy Hull Inspector General United States Postal Service ^ https://www.congress.gov/event/118th-congress/senate-event/335661 https://www.hsgac.senate.gov/hearings/oversight-of-the-united-states-postal-service/ 10:00 AM EDT A Review of the President's Fiscal Year 2025 Budget Request for the U.S. Department of Agriculture Senate Appropriations Committee ^ WITNESSES: The Honorable Tom Vilsack Secretary U.S. Department of Agriculture ^ https://www.congress.gov/event/118th-congress/senate-event/335664 https://www.appropriations.senate.gov/hearings/a-review-of-the-fiscal-year-2025-presidents-budget-request-for-the-us-department-of-agriculture 10:00 AM EDT A Review of the President’s Fiscal Year 2025 Budget Request for the Department of Health and Human Services Senate Appropriations Committee ^ WITNESSES: The Honorable Xavier Becerra Secretary Department of Health and Human Services ^ https://www.congress.gov/event/118th-congress/senate-event/335663 https://www.appropriations.senate.gov/hearings/a-review-of-the-presidents-fiscal-year-2025-budget-request-for-the-department-of-health-and-human-services 10:00 AM EDT The Long-Term Care Workforce: Addressing Shortages and Improving the Profession Senate Aging (Special) Committee ^ WITNESSES: Nicholas Smith Direct Support Professional/Behavioral Health Specialist Lead SPIN Philadelphia, PA ^ Brooke Vogleman Licensed Practical Nurse TLC Management Huntington, IN ^ Matthew Connell EdD Sector Vice President for Healthcare Ivy Tech Community College Indianapolis, IN ^ Jasmine Travers PhD, MHS, RN, AGPCNP-BC Assistant Professor New York University Rory Meyers College of Nursing New York, NY ^ https://www.congress.gov/event/118th-congress/senate-event/335662 https://www.aging.senate.gov/hearings/the-long-term-care-workforce-addressing-shortages-and-improving-the-profession 10:00 AM EDT Challenges in Preserving the U.S. Housing Stock Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee ^ WITNESSES: Mr. Jesse Ergott President And CEO NeighborWorks Northeastern Pennsylvania ^ Ms. Robin Davey Wolff Senior Director, Rural Communities Enterprise Community Partners ^ Mr. Christopher Volzke Deputy Executive Director Wyoming Community Development Authority ^ https://www.congress.gov/event/118th-congress/senate-event/335671 https://www.banking.senate.gov/hearings/challenges-in-preserving-the-us-housing-stock 10:00 AM EDT Legacy of Harm: Eliminating the Abuse of Solitary Confinement Senate Judiciary Committee ^ WITNESSES: Roy Boyd Sheriff Goliad County Sheriff’s Office Goliad, TX ^ Katherine R. Peeler, MD, MA Assistant Professor of Pediatrics; Medical Expert, Physicians for Human Rights Harvard Medical School Boston, MA ^ Nicole Davis Executive Director Talk2Me Foundation Chicago, IL ^ Gretta L. Goodwin Director, Homeland Security and Justice Government Accountability Office Washington, DC ^ https://www.congress.gov/event/118th-congress/senate-event/335669 https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/committee-activity/hearings/legacy-of-harm-eliminating-the-abuse-of-solitary-confinement 10:00 AM EDT Full Committee Hearing to Examine the President’s Budget Request for the U.S. Department of Energy for Fiscal Year 2025 Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee ^ WITNESSES: The Honorable Jennifer M. Granholm Secretary U.S. Department of Energy ^ https://www.congress.gov/event/118th-congress/senate-event/335667 https://www.energy.senate.gov/hearings/2024/4/full-committee-hearing-to-examine-the-president-s-budget-request-for-the-u-s-department-of-energy-for-fiscal-year-2025 10:00 AM EDT Markup of H.R. 1631, H.R. 7737, H.R. 3591, H.R. 3269, H.R. 7581, and H.R. 4951 House Judiciary Committee ^ H.R.3591 - Asylum Accountability Act https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/3591 ^ H.R.7737 - One Agency Act https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/7737 ^ H.R.7581 - Improving Law Enforcement Officer Safety and Wellness Through Data Act https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/7581 ^ H.R.3269 - Law Enforcement Innovate to De-Escalate Act https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/3269 ^ H.R.1631 - Pro Codes Act https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/1631 ^ https://www.congress.gov/event/118th-congress/house-event/117162 https://judiciary.house.gov/committee-activity/markups/markup-hr-1631-hr-7737-hr-3591-hr-3269-hr-7581-and-hr-4951 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qy5ZOzD90WE 10:00 AM EDT Business Meeting Senate Foreign Relations Committee https://www.congress.gov/event/118th-congress/senate-event/335600 https://www.foreign.senate.gov/hearings/business-meeting-04-16-2024 10:00 AM EDT In-Town Pool Call Time The White House https://factba.se/biden/calendar/ 10:15 AM EDT 2024 IMF and World Bank Spring Meetings: Press Briefing: Global Financial Stability Report IMF Event Open https://www.worldbank.org/en/meetings/splash/spring/schedule 10:15 AM EDT ERISA's 50th Anniversary: the Path to Higher Quality, Lower Cost Health Care House Education and the Workforce Committee ^ WITNESSES: Mr. Russell DuBose, Vice President of Human Resources, Phifer Inc. ^ Ms. Mairin Mancino, Senior Advisor, Policy, Peterson Center on Healthcare ^ Ms. Karen L. Handorf, Senior Counsel, Berger Montague ^ Mr. Scott Behrens, Senior Vice President, Director of Government Relations, Lockton Companies ^ https://www.congress.gov/event/118th-congress/house-event/117035 https://edworkforce.house.gov/calendar/eventsingle.aspx?EventID=410375 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2frtds2TwE 10:15 AM EDT Full Committee Markup House Natural Resources Committee https://www.congress.gov/event/118th-congress/house-event/116964 https://naturalresources.house.gov/calendar/eventsingle.aspx?EventID=415865 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HfxbS9DtyQA 10:30 AM EDT 2024 IMF and World Bank Spring Meetings: Analytical Corner: Poseidon’s Wrath: Future losses from floods and tropical cyclones IMF Event Open https://www.worldbank.org/en/meetings/splash/spring/schedule 10:30 AM EDT 2024 IMF and World Bank Spring Meetings: G-24 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors' Meeting IMF Event Restricted Event https://www.worldbank.org/en/meetings/splash/spring/schedule 10:30 AM EDT Bright Star Theatre - Little Red and the Big Bully Wolf John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum https://www.jfklibrary.org/events-and-awards https://www.jfklibrary.org/events-and-awards/celebrate-family-programming/bright-star-little-red-20240416 10:30 AM EDT House Democratic Agenda House Democratic leaders speak to reporters about the legislative agenda for the week following their weekly caucus luncheon. https://www.c-span.org/video/?534956-1/house-democratic-agenda 10:30 AM EDT The President’s Fiscal Year 2025 IRS Budget and the IRS 2024 Filing Season Senate Finance Committee ^ WITNESSES: The Honorable Daniel I. Werfel Commissioner Internal Revenue Service Washington, DC ^ https://www.congress.gov/event/118th-congress/senate-event/335665 https://www.finance.senate.gov/hearings/the-presidents-fiscal-year-2025-irs-budget-and-the-irs-2024-filing-season - IRS Commissioner Testifies on 2024 Filing Season & 2025 Budget IRS Commissioner Danny Werfel testifies on the 2024 tax filing season and the president’s 2025 budget request for the agency. The Senate Finance Committee holds this hearing. https://www.c-span.org/video/?534893-1/irs-commissioner-testifies-2024-filing-season-2025-budget 10:30 AM EDT Examining How Improper Payments Cost Taxpayers Billions and Weaken Medicare and Medicaid House Energy and Commerce Committee ^ WITNESSES: The Honorable Gene Dodaro, Comptroller General, Government Accountability Office ^ The Honorable Christi Grimm, Inspector General, Health and Human Services ^ Timothy Hill, MPA, Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission Member ^ Michael Chernew, PH.D. Medicare Payment Advisory Commission Chair ^ https://www.congress.gov/event/118th-congress/house-event/117132 https://d1dth6e84htgma.cloudfront.net/4_16_24_EC_OI_CMS_Improper_Payments_Public_memo_2d2a8760d8.pdf https://energycommerce.house.gov/events/oversight-and-investigations-subcommittee-hearing-examining-how-improper-payments-cost-taxpayers-billions-and-weaken-medicare-and-medicaid https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UpquPVaQrH8 10:30 AM EDT The President and The Vice President receive the President’s Daily Brief Oval Office https://factba.se/biden/calendar/ 10:45 AM EDT Championing Equality: Empowering MPS to Implement Effective Gender Strategies Parliamentary Network on the World Bank & IMF (PN) https://www.parlnet.org/events/2024-global-parliamentary-forum/ 10:45 AM EDT Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering Heidi Shyu National Defense Industrial Association (NDIA) 2024 Missile Defense Conference https://www.ndia.org/events/2024/4/16/4md3---rr-missile-defense-conference https://www.defense.gov/News/Today-in-DOD/Date/2024-04-16/ 11:00 AM EDT 2024 IMF and World Bank Spring Meetings: Analytical Corner: Why are workers in Europe working fewer hours? IMF Event Open https://www.worldbank.org/en/meetings/splash/spring/schedule 11:00 AM EDT 2024 IMF and World Bank Spring Meetings: Climate Financing for African Small Developing States: Closing the Gap IMF Event Restricted Event https://www.worldbank.org/en/meetings/splash/spring/schedule 11:00 AM EDT Improving the Measurement and Disclosure of Private Capital Mobilization by MDBs/DFIs Center for Global Development https://www.cgdev.org/event/improving-measurement-and-disclosure-private-capital-mobilization-mdbsdfis https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjKvDObmfT8 11:00 AM EDT The Battle for the Black Sea Is Not Over Hudson Institute https://www.hudson.org/events/battle-black-sea-not-over 11:00 AM EDT Pottery and Spinning Demonstration at Paul Revere House Boston National Historical Park, Massachussetts https://www.nps.gov/planyourvisit/event-details.htm?id=3557531A-FD8D-7C33-A99A198AAA8BB639 11:00 AM EDT Marketing Me: A Job Search Approach for Military Spouses and Caregivers Department of Labor https://www.dol.gov/agencies/vets/events/marketing-me-job-search-approach-military-spouses-and-caregivers-2 11:00 AM EDT CANCELLED The Future of CRISPR: What's Ahead for Genome Editing - NIH Director's Wednesday Afternoon Lecture Series National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services https://oir.nih.gov/wals https://videocast.nih.gov/watch=52420 11:00 AM EDT NIA Common Data Elements Speaker Series Part I: Data Harmonization in Research on Epidemiology of Aging by Dr. Michelle Shardell National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services https://calendar.nih.gov/event/view/45295 11:00 AM EDT Assistant Secretary for Educational and Cultural Affairs Lee Satterfield Meets With People’s Republic of China Vice Minister of Culture and Tourism Li Qun Washington, D.C. https://www.state.gov/public-schedule-April-16-2024/ 11:00 AM EDT Budget Hearing – Fiscal Year 2025 Request for the Library of Congress and the Architect of the Capitol House Appropriations Committee ^ WITNESSES: Dr. Carla Hayden Librarian of Congress, Library of Congress ^ Mr. Joseph DiPietro Acting Architect of the Capitol, Architect of the Capitol ^ Mr. Robert Newlen Interim Director, Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress ^ Ms. Shira Perlmutter Register of Copyrights and Director, U.S. Copyright Office, Library of Congress ^ https://www.congress.gov/event/118th-congress/house-event/117120 https://appropriations.house.gov/legislation/hearings/budget-hearing-fiscal-year-2025-request-library-congress-and-architect-capitol https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vq8dTyoe5aI 11:00 AM EDT Out-of-Town Pool Call Time Joint Base Andrews Overhang https://factba.se/biden/calendar/ 11:55 AM EDT The President departs the White House en route to Joint Base Andrews South Lawn https://factba.se/biden/calendar/ 12:00 PM EDT Daily Press Briefing by the Spokesperson of the Secretary-General and the Spokesperson for the President of the General Assembly - Noon briefing by the Spokesperson of the Secretary-General and the Spokesperson for the President of the General Assembly. United Nations https://webtv.un.org/en/asset/k14/k14qjv2mih 12:00 PM EDT WATCH LIVE: Larry Summers and Natasha Sarin on U.S. Economy, Tax Policy and National Debt Washington Post Live https://www.washingtonpost.com/washington-post-live/2024/04/16/larry-summers-natasha-sarin-us-economy-tax-policy-national-debt/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UuBgguHUjgU 12:00 PM EDT 2024 IMF and World Bank Spring Meetings: Capacity Development Talk: Energy Subsidy Reforms: How to Make them Work? IMF Event Open https://www.worldbank.org/en/meetings/splash/spring/schedule 12:00 PM EDT DeepRHP: A Hybrid Variational Autoencoder for Designing Random Heteropolymers as Protein Mimics National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services https://calendar.nih.gov/event/view/45174 12:00 PM EDT Feed Grains: Yearbook Tables - Report Release Economic Research Service, Department of Agriculture https://www.usda.gov/media/agency-reports https://www.ers.usda.gov/data-products/feed-grains-database/ 12:00 PM EDT Fruit and Tree Nuts Data - Report Release Economic Research Service, Department of Agriculture https://www.usda.gov/media/agency-reports https://www.ers.usda.gov/data-products/fruit-and-tree-nut-data/ 12:00 PM EDT Vegetables and Pulses Data - Report Release Economic Research Service, Department of Agriculture https://www.usda.gov/media/agency-reports https://www.ers.usda.gov/data-products/vegetables-and-pulses-data/ 12:00 PM EDT Virtual Veteran Town Hall Veterans Administration https://www.va.gov/long-beach-health-care/events/66815/ 12:00 PM EDT Weekly International Weather and Crop Highlights - Released Tuesday (Or Second Business Day) Afternoon National Agricultural Statistics Service and World Agricultural Outlook Board, U.S. Department of Agriculture https://www.usda.gov/sites/default/files/documents/FCW.pdf 12:00 PM EDT U.S. House of Representatives: House Session The House will begin on work on several bills to respond to the Iranian airstrikes on Israel. https://www.c-span.org/video/?534944-2/house-session 12:15 PM EDT Boxing Break National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services https://calendar.nih.gov/event/view/45494 12:15 PM EDT The President departs Joint Base Andrews en route to Scranton, Pennsylvania Joint Base Andrews https://factba.se/biden/calendar/ 12:30 PM EDT Rethinking Economic Policy: Steering Structural Change (Day 1) Peterson Institute for International Economics https://www.piie.com/events/2024/rethinking-economic-policy-steering-structural-change https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HYZVr5LVi7U 12:30 PM EDT 2024 IMF and World Bank Spring Meetings: Capacity Development Talk: Somalia’s Fiscal Journey to Debt Relief IMF Event Open https://www.worldbank.org/en/meetings/splash/spring/schedule 12:30 PM EDT Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre will gaggle aboard Air Force One en route to Scranton, Pennsylvania Joint Base Andrews https://www.whitehouse.gov/live/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VyOkpEuapWI 12:45 PM EDT 2024 IMF and World Bank Spring Meetings: Press Briefing: G-24 IMF Event Open https://www.worldbank.org/en/meetings/splash/spring/schedule 1:00 PM EDT Virtual: A Brief History of the Coast Guard with Captain Greg Ketchen (Retired) Friends of the Ashland Public Library, hosted by the Tewksbury Public Library and a collaboration between the several Massachusetts libraries https://tewksburypl.assabetinteractive.com/calendar/virtual-a-brief-history-of-the-coast-guard-with-captain-greg-ketchen/ https://www.ashlandmass.com/Calendar.aspx?EID=12590&month=4&year=2024&day=16&calType=0 1:00 PM EDT 2024 IMF and World Bank Spring Meetings: BRICS IMF Event Restricted Event https://www.worldbank.org/en/meetings/splash/spring/schedule 1:00 PM EDT 2024 IMF and World Bank Spring Meetings: Knowledge Café: Power Utilities for the Energy Transition WBG Event Open https://www.worldbank.org/en/meetings/splash/spring/schedule 1:00 PM EDT 2024 IMF and World Bank Spring Meetings: IMF TODAY – Live IMF Event Open https://www.worldbank.org/en/meetings/splash/spring/schedule 1:00 PM EDT 2024 IMF and World Bank Spring Meetings: Your Seat At the Table: Building A Career Path to the IMF Executive Board IMF Event Restricted Event https://www.worldbank.org/en/meetings/splash/spring/schedule 1:00 PM EDT 2024 IMF and World Bank Spring Meetings: Private Capital Mobilization: Where Do We Go From Here? WBG Event Open https://www.worldbank.org/en/meetings/splash/spring/schedule 1:00 PM EDT Education Secretary Miguel Cardona will travel to Cheshire and Middletown, Connecticut, to highlight the importance of high-quality career pathways programs in correctional facilities and promote community colleges. Secretary Cardona will visit his first correctional facility with a stop at Cheshire Correctional Institution, where he will observe career pathways classroom instruction. Afterwards, he will participate in a roundtable discussion with educators and other pathway program partners in celebration of Community College Month at Middlesex Community College to reflect on the partnerships between correctional facilities and community colleges to create career pathways courses offered for incarcerated students. A gaggle will take place following the roundtable. Secretary Cardona will end the day visiting a FAFSA clinic for high school seniors and families held at Hartford Public High School. The visit occurs during the U.S. Department of Education’s FAFSA Week of Action. Department of Education https://www.ed.gov/news/events/calendars/secschedule.html https://www.ed.gov/news/media-advisories/us-secretary-education-highlight-pathways-programs-and-community-colleges-connecticut 1:00 PM EDT Sepulveda Veteran Therapy Gym Grand Opening - California Veterans Administration https://www.va.gov/greater-los-angeles-health-care/events/67364/ 1:00 PM EDT Interview Skills for Military Spouses and Caregivers Department of Labor https://www.dol.gov/agencies/vets/events/interview-skills-military-spouses-and-caregivers-2 1:00 PM EDT Disseminating Evaluation Results National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services https://calendar.nih.gov/event/view/45448 1:00 PM EDT Metabolic Control of Inflammation National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services https://calendar.nih.gov/event/view/44740 1:00 PM EDT Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services https://calendar.nih.gov/event/view/45513 1:00 PM EDT Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs Markup on Pending Legislation House Veterans' Affairs Committee https://veterans.house.gov/calendar/eventsingle.aspx?EventID=6427 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MNXJUSq25AQ 1:00 PM EDT The President arrives in Scranton, Pennsylvania Wilkes-Barre Scranton International Airport, Avoca, Pennsylvania https://factba.se/biden/calendar/ 1:15 PM EDT Respecting and promoting Indigenous Peoples' rights to lands and self-determination: Ensuring a sustainable future for all (UNPFII Side Event) United Nations https://webtv.un.org/en/asset/k1a/k1affakjy0 1:15 PM EDT Under Secretary for Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights Uzra Zeya Meets With AECID Director Antón Leis García Department of State https://www.state.gov/public-schedule-April-16-2024/ 1:15 PM EDT Department Press Briefing With Spokesperson Matthew Miller Department of State https://www.state.gov/todays-briefing-schedule/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SCUvEipAAK8 - TBD State Department Daily Briefing State Department Spokesperson Matthew Miller briefs reporters and responds to questions on several issues. https://www.c-span.org/video/?534963-1/state-department-daily-briefing 1:30 PM EDT The Achilles Trap: Saddam Hussein, The C.I.A, and the Origins of America's Invasion of Iraq The Middle East Policy Forum and the Leadership, Ethics, and Practice Initiative at the Elliott School of International Affairs, George Washington University https://calendar.gwu.edu/event/the_achilles_trap_saddam_hussein_the_cia_and_the_origins_of_americas_invasion_of_iraq 1:30 PM EDT 2023 Billion-Ton Report: An Assessment of U.S. Renewable Carbon Resources Informational Webinar U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Bioenergy Technologies Office (BETO) and Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) https://www.energy.gov/eere/bioenergy/2023-billion-ton-report-assessment-us-renewable-carbon-resources https://nrel.webex.com/webappng/sites/nrel/meeting/register/e64e36f154cb45ed9670c3fcf329c52b?ticket=4832534b00000005df7ba9345473fb6cfd80e741a3b5eb4c60059197b6619cd8aa7ef2c81153b829×tamp=1712328638694&RGID=r514c9ee47ec9a50d191b79ce0067823e 1:30 PM EDT Bimonthly Records and Information Discussion Group (BRIDG) Meeting, 4/16/2024 National Archives and Records Administration https://www.archives.gov/records-mgmt/meetings/index.html https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g9TDwLJwRiM 1:50 PM EDT Mr. Glenn Krizay, Retirement Ceremony. Department of Defense https://www.dvidshub.net/webcast/34121 2:00 PM EDT 2024 IMF and World Bank Spring Meetings: High-Level Capacity Development Talk: Unlocking Domestic Resources for Development Through Global Partnerships IMF Event Open https://www.worldbank.org/en/meetings/splash/spring/schedule 2:00 PM EDT 2024 IMF and World Bank Spring Meetings: Kids Event IMF Event Open https://www.worldbank.org/en/meetings/splash/spring/schedule 2:00 PM EDT A Fireside Chat with Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala Center for Global Development https://www.cgdev.org/event/fireside-chat-ngozi-okonjo-iweala https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSGs_wi8vV8 2:00 PM EDT Safety at Work: Addressing Gender-Based Violence and Harassment in the Agriculture Industry Department of Labor Women's Bureau https://www.dol.gov/agencies/wb/events/safety-work-addressing-gender-based-violence-and-harassment-agriculture-industry 2:00 PM EDT DC Emancipation Day National Mall and Memorial Parks, District of Columbia https://www.nps.gov/planyourvisit/event-details.htm?id=3F4E5D13-F52A-B83D-BC0FF422C73139CD 2:00 PM EDT Meta-Analysis: Quantifying a Systematic Review National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services https://calendar.nih.gov/event/view/45362 2:00 PM EDT Multi-System Response to Viral Infection National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services https://calendar.nih.gov/event/view/45424 2:00 PM EDT 2024 NIMH/ONAC Special Event for Autism Acceptance Month - Sound Tracks: An Artistic Journey to Belonging National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services and Office of National Autism Coordination (ONAC) https://calendar.nih.gov/event/view/45343 https://iacc.hhs.gov/meetings/autism-events/2024/april16/sound-tracks.shtml https://videocast.nih.gov/watch=54247 2:00 PM EDT Community Engagement on Purpose - Online Veterans Administration https://www.va.gov/outreach-and-events/events/67586/ https://www.va.gov/outreach-and-events/events/67102/ 2:00 PM EDT Budget Hearing – Fiscal Year 2025 Request for the Transportation Security Administration House Appropriations Committee ^ WITNESSES: The Honorable David Pekoske Administrator, Transportation Security Administration ^ https://appropriations.house.gov/legislation/hearings/budget-hearing-fiscal-year-2025-request-transportation-security-administration https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HrZkqfJUny0 2:00 PM EDT Hearing Entitled: Agency Audit: Reviewing CFPB Financial Reporting & Transparency House Financial Services Committee ^ WITNESSES: Ms. Alicia Puente Cackley, Director, Financial Markets and Community Investment, U.S. Government Accountability Office ^ Mr. Baird Webel, Specialist in Financial Economics and Acting Research Manager for Executive Branch Operations ^ BILLS: H. J. Res. 122, Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection relating to ‘‘Credit Card Penalty Fees (Regulation Z)’’ https://docs.house.gov/meetings/BA/BA20/20240416/117128/BILLS-118HJRes122ih.pdf ^ https://financialservices.house.gov/calendar/eventsingle.aspx?EventID=409214 2:00 PM EDT Academic Malpractice: Examining the Relationship Between Scientific Journals, the Government, and Peer Review House Oversight and Accountability Committee ^ WITNESSES: Holden Thorp, Ph.D. Editor-in-Chief Science Journals, American Association for the Advancement of Science ^ Roger Pielke Jr., Ph.D. Professor at University of Colorado Nonresident Senior Fellow at American Enterprise Institute ^ https://oversight.house.gov/hearing/academic-malpractice-examining-the-relationship-between-scientific-journals-the-government-and-peer-review/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oru0-fYGcJU 2:00 PM EDT Oversight of AI: Election Deepfakes Senate Judiciary Committee https://www.congress.gov/event/118th-congress/senate-event/335674 https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/committee-activity/hearings/oversight-of-ai-election-deepfakes 2:00 PM EDT The President participates in a campaign event Scranton, Pennsylvania https://factba.se/biden/calendar/ 2:30 PM EDT 2024 IMF and World Bank Spring Meetings: Knowledge Café: Unlocking Potential: Creating Jobs for the Poorest WBG Event Open https://www.worldbank.org/en/meetings/splash/spring/schedule 2:30 PM EDT 2024 IMF and World Bank Spring Meetings: Analytical Corner: Diagnosing the Slowdown in Global Growth: What Will It Take to Turn the Tide IMF Event Open https://www.worldbank.org/en/meetings/splash/spring/schedule 2:30 PM EDT 2024 IMF and World Bank Spring Meetings: Global Young MP Initiative WBG Event Restricted Event https://www.worldbank.org/en/meetings/splash/spring/schedule 2:30 PM EDT Planting Seeds of Growth: Creating Green Jobs for Young People and the Planet Parliamentary Network on the World Bank & IMF (PN) https://www.parlnet.org/events/2024-global-parliamentary-forum/ 2:30 PM EDT Pentagon Press Secretary Air Force Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder briefs the media Department of Defense https://www.defense.gov/News/Live-Events/#/?currentVideo=34212 https://www.dvidshub.net/webcast/34212 2:30 PM EDT Closed Briefing: Intelligence Matters Senate Intelligence (Select) Committee https://www.intelligence.senate.gov/hearings/closed-briefing-intelligence-matters-465 3:00 PM EDT (Part 2) ECOSOC Youth Forum 2024 United Nations https://webtv.un.org/en/asset/k1b/k1bygzx5bf 3:00 PM EDT (4th meeting) 23rd session of the Committee of Experts on Public Administration - Economic and Social Council United Nations https://webtv.un.org/en/asset/k14/k14is1megz 3:00 PM EDT (Part 2) High-Level Thematic Event on Tourism - General Assembly, Sustainability Week, 78th session United Nations https://webtv.un.org/en/asset/k1r/k1r8se5uyw 3:00 PM EDT (4th meeting) UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, 23rd session United Nations https://webtv.un.org/en/asset/k1w/k1wznt3w83 3:00 PM EDT 2024 IMF and World Bank Spring Meetings: Analytical Corner: Feeling the Pinch? Tracing the Effects of Monetary Policy through Housing Markets IMF Event Open https://www.worldbank.org/en/meetings/splash/spring/schedule 3:00 PM EDT Virtual Veteran Town Hall Veterans Administration https://www.va.gov/long-beach-health-care/events/66815/ 3:00 PM EDT Social Security Subcommittee Hearing on the Windfall Elimination Provision and Government Pension Offset House Ways and Means Committee ^ WITNESSES: Jason Fichtner, Ph.D. Chief Economist, Bipartisan Policy Center ^ Rachel Greszler Visiting Fellow in Workforce, Economic Policy Innovation Center ^ Nancy Altman President, Social Security Works ^ Charles Blahous, Ph.D. J. Fish and Lillian F. Smith Chair, Senior Research Strategist, Mercatus Center at George Mason University ^ https://waysandmeans.house.gov/event/social-security-subcommittee-hearing-on-the-windfall-elimination-provision-and-government-pension-offset/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2BIKvT9LBX8 April 16, 2024 3:00 PM EDT RDY Hearing: Fiscal Year 2025 Budget Request for Department of Defense Energy, Installations, and Environment Programs House Armed Services Committee ^ WITNESSES: The Honorable Brendan Owens Assistant Secretary of Defense for Energy, Installations, and Environment Office of the Secretary of Defense ^ The Honorable Rachel Jacobson Assistant Secretary of the Army for Energy, Installations and Environment Department of the Army ^ The Honorable Meredith Berger Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Energy, Installations, and Environment Department of the Navy ^ The Honorable Ravi Chaudhary Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Energy, Installations and Environment Department of the Air Force ^ https://armedservices.house.gov/hearings/rdy-hearing-fiscal-year-2025-budget-request-department-defense-energy-installations-and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QmgSVuf5e0g - Assistant Secretary of Defense for Energy, Installations, and Environment Brendan Owens; Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Energy, Installations, and Environment Meredith Berger; Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Energy, Installations and Environment Dr. Ravi Chaudhary; and Assistant Secretary of the Army for Energy, Installations and Environment Rachel Jacobson provide testimony at 3 p.m. EDT at a House Armed Services Subcommittee on Readiness hearing on Department of Defense energy, installations and environment programs, Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, D.C. The hearing will be livestreamed on Defense.gov. Department of Defense https://www.defense.gov/News/Today-in-DOD/Date/2024-04-16/ https://www.defense.gov/News/Live-Events/ https://www.dvidshub.net/webcast/34223 3:30 PM EDT Secretary Antony J. Blinken Meets With Maltese Foreign Minister Ian Borg Department of State https://www.state.gov/public-schedule-April-16-2024/ https://www.youtube.com/@StateDept/streams - Secretary Blinken Meets with Maltese Foreign Minister Secretary of State Antony Blinken meets with Malta’s foreign minister at the State Department. https://www.c-span.org/video/?534957-1/secretary-blinken-meets-maltese-foreign-minister 3:30 PM EDT TAL Hearing: Fiscal Year 2025 Budget Request of the Department of Defense for Fixed-Wing Tactical and Training Aircraft Programs House Armed Services Committee ^ WITNESSES: The Honorable Andrew P. Hunter Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics Department of the Air Force ^ The Honorable Nickolas H. Guertin Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research, Development, and Acquisition (ASN/RDA), and Senior Acquisition Executive for the F-35 Program Department of the Navy ^ Dr. Raymond D. O’Toole, Jr. (Acting) Director, Operational Test and Evaluation Department of Defense ^ Lieutenant General Richard G. Moore Deputy Chief of Staff for Plans and Programs Department of the Air Force ^ Lieutenant General Bradford J. Gering Deputy Commandant for Aviation U.S. Marine Corps ^ Lieutenant General Michael J. Schmidt F-35 Program Executive Officer Department of the Air Force ^ Rear Admiral Michael Donnelly Director, Air Warfare Division Department of the Navy ^ https://armedservices.house.gov/hearings/tal-hearing-fiscal-year-2025-budget-request-department-defense-fixed-wing-tactical-and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRIPEbxXfdI - Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research, Development, and Acquisition, and Senior Acquisition Executive for the F-35 Program Nickolas H. Guertin; Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics Andrew P. Hunter; Director, Operational Test and Evaluation Dr. Douglas C. Schmidt; Air Force Deputy Chief of Staff for Plans and Programs Lt. Gen. Richard G. Moore; Marine Corps Deputy Commandant for Aviation Lt. Gen. Bradford J. Gering; Air Force Lt. Gen. Michael J. Schmidt, F-35 program executive officer; and Navy Rear Adm. Michael Donnelly, director Air Warfare Division, provide testimony at 3:30 p.m. EDT at a House Armed Services Subcommittee on Tactical Air and Land Forces Subcommittee hearing on the Department of Defense fiscal 2025 budget request for fixed-wing tactical and training aircraft programs, Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, D.C. Department of Defense https://www.defense.gov/News/Today-in-DOD/Date/2024-04-16/ https://www.defense.gov/News/Live-Events/ 3:00 PM EDT Subcommittee on Health Markup on Pending Legislation House Veterans' Affairs Committee https://veterans.house.gov/calendar/eventsingle.aspx?EventID=6428 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kA2f7KJ7-y8 3:30 PM EDT 2024 IMF and World Bank Spring Meetings: Climate Voices: Working Together - Lessons from Costa Rica and Kenya IMF Event Open https://www.worldbank.org/en/meetings/splash/spring/schedule 4:00 PM EDT 2024 IMF and World Bank Spring Meetings: Governor Talks – Egypt IMF Event Open https://www.worldbank.org/en/meetings/splash/spring/schedule 4:00 PM EDT 2024 IMF and World Bank Spring Meetings: Knowledge Café: Bending the Methane Curve WBG Event Open https://www.worldbank.org/en/meetings/splash/spring/schedule 4:00 PM EDT 2024 IMF and World Bank Spring Meetings: The Bretton Woods Committee IMF Event Open https://www.worldbank.org/en/meetings/splash/spring/schedule 4:00 PM EDT Lessons from the NPT Regime for India for setting up a Multilateral AI Governance Framework | Mahima Sikand Stanford University Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies https://fsi.stanford.edu/events/lessons-npt-regime-india-setting-multilateral-ai-governance-framework-mahima-sikand 4:00 PM EDT Veterans Town Hall - Myerstown, Pennsylvania Veterans Administration https://www.va.gov/lebanon-health-care/events/67509/ 4:00 PM EDT Demystifying Medicine — Multiple Myeloma National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services https://demystifyingmedicine.od.nih.gov/ https://videocast.nih.gov/watch=54043 4:00 PM EDT Weekly Weather and Crop Bulletin - Released No Later Than 4:00 p.m. ET Every Tuesday (Or Second Business Day) National Agricultural Statistics Service and World Agricultural Outlook Board, U.S. Department of Agriculture https://www.usda.gov/sites/default/files/documents/wwcb.pdf 4:00 PM EDT Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff Air Force Gen. Charles Q. Brown, Jr. provides remarks National Defense Industrial Association (NDIA) 2024 Missile Defense Conference https://www.ndia.org/events/2024/4/16/4md3---rr-missile-defense-conference https://www.defense.gov/News/Today-in-DOD/Date/2024-04-16/ 4:30 PM EDT 2024 IMF and World Bank Spring Meetings: Unveiling Pathways Towards Sustainable and Innovative Financing for Public Health in Africa IMF Event Restricted Event https://www.worldbank.org/en/meetings/splash/spring/schedule 5:00 PM EDT Washington Today Catch up on the stories of the day in Washington, DC. Hear portions of key events and interviews with journalists and policy makers who provide background and perspective. https://www.c-span.org/radio/ 5:00 PM EDT NIH Neurodiversity Group Meeting National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services https://calendar.nih.gov/event/view/45523 5:30 PM EDT 2024 IMF and World Bank Spring Meetings: V20 Ministerial WBG Event Restricted Event https://www.worldbank.org/en/meetings/splash/spring/schedule 5:40 PM EDT The President participates in a campaign event Scranton, Pennsylvania https://factba.se/biden/calendar/ - Campaign 2024: President Biden Remarks in Scranton, PA 2024 Democratic presumptive presidential nominee President Joe Biden campaigns in Scranton, Pennsylvania and gives remarks on the U.S. tax code. https://www.c-span.org/video/?534907-1/president-biden-remarks-scranton-pa 6:00 PM EDT 2024 IMF and World Bank Spring Meetings: G-24/AFI Roundtable Meeting IMF Event Restricted Event https://www.worldbank.org/en/meetings/splash/spring/schedule 6:00 PM EDT Online - VA Gaming Outreach Team: MVG (Military and Veteran Gaming) VA Healthcare Q&A Veterans Administration https://www.va.gov/outreach-and-events/events/66883/ https://discord.com/invite/military 6:30 PM EDT 2024 IMF and World Bank Spring Meetings: Bretton Woods Reception IMF Event Restricted Event https://www.worldbank.org/en/meetings/splash/spring/schedule 6:30 PM EDT Washington Today Podcast Catch up on the biggest stories of the day from Washington with interviews and analysis from leading journalists. Posted weekdays at 6:30 pm ET. F https://www.c-span.org/podcasts/subpage/?series=washingtonToday 7:00 PM EDT VIRTUAL: Curators of Crime - Art-Inspired Murders & Mysteries Tewksbury Library https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/2517102597320/WN_Gi6aQGYASSOie88pq6SDlg#/registration https://tewksburypl.assabetinteractive.com/calendar/virtual-curators-of-crime-art-inspired-murders-mysteries/ 8:00 PM EDT Green Alliances: Cultivating US and Chinese Climate Leadership Woodrow Wilson Center https://www.wilsoncenter.org/event/green-alliances-cultivating-us-and-chinese-climate-leadership