Byron Banks, Author at The Georgetown Post

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Featured

U.S. Entertainment Industry Faces Shutdown as Hollywood Actors Announce Strike

Posted byby Byron Banks
July 21, 2023
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2 min

Hollywood’s largest union representing about 160,000 actors and workers in television and film announced a strike on Thursday, leading to the first industry-wide shutdown...

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Defence

Former Sheriff Who Nabbed ‘Green River Killer’ to Run for Washington Governor

Posted byby Byron Banks
July 15, 2023
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1 min

A former sheriff and congressman known for his work that led to the capture of the “Green River Killer” has entered the race to...

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Featured

Army Combat Veteran to Take Over Key Election Security Role Working With State, Local Officials

Posted byby Byron Banks
July 13, 2023
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2 min

An Army combat veteran with extensive cybersecurity and counterterrorism experience is taking over as one of the nation’s top election security officials, the director of the...

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Foreign Policy

Blinken visit seeks to ease fraught US relationship with China

Posted byby Byron Banks
July 1, 2023
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3 min

US secretary of state’s visit comes amid tense exchanges as China’s foreign minister says US should respect the ‘Taiwan issue’ In a long-awaited visit,...

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Economy

Canadian lawyer allegedly tied to major fraud case joins new NOC program office

Posted byby Byron Banks
June 29, 2023
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4 min

Libya’s state-owned oil company, the National Oil Corporation (NOC), had established last month a new program office, but multiple foreign press reports claim that one...

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Law

Detroit-area man gets 14 years in prison for fighting for Islamic State

Posted byby Byron Banks
June 24, 2023
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1 min

A Detroit-area man who was captured on a Syrian battlefield in 2018 fighting for Islamic State was sentenced Thursday to 14 years in prison....

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United States

Supreme Court preserves law that aims to keep Native American children with tribal families

Posted byby Byron Banks
June 20, 2023
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3 min

The Supreme Court on Thursday preserved the system that gives preference to Native American families in foster care and adoption proceedings of Native children, rejecting a...

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Europe

The Guardian View on Water Politics in Europe: a New Fault Line

Posted byby Byron Banks
June 7, 2023
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2 min

In April, Spain’s prime minister, Pedro Sánchez, suggested that severe drought would become “one of the central political and territorial debates of our country in...

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George Town

‘Transformers’ Testify Against Removal of Georgetown Statues

Posted byby Byron Banks
May 29, 2023
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2 min

Voice actors behind the Transformers testified in support of letting three huge Transformers statues remain outside a house in the Georgetown neighborhood — but...

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Global News

How Sharad Pawar Ensured Maharashtra Politics Will Revolve Around Him

Posted byby Byron Banks
May 20, 2023
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4 min

His resignation as NCP chief also leaves the door open for possible alliance with BJP FORMER UNION MINISTER and founder president of the Nationalist...