Neera Tanden replaces Susan Rice as head of domestic policy council, as Biden’s domestic agenda faces challenges from Republicans with slim Senate majority. Biden turns to Tanden, ex-president of the Center for American Progress and former Office of Management and Budget nominee. Tanden's 2021 nomination was derailed by prior conflicts and inappropriate tweets.
WASHINGTON, May 5, 2023 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today hosted a high-level Food Security Dialogue with the Philippines Department of Agriculture that showcased critical bilateral efforts to address global food security and climate change.
DURANGO, Colo., May 4, 2023 – Today, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced that the Biden-Harris Administration is investing $63 million from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and the Inflation Reduction Act to expand wildfire barriers, known as fuel breaks, to protect communities and firefighters across the West.
Fuel breaks slow a fire’s spread, create a safe zone for firefighters to work, and a safer place to conduct hazardous fuel reduction treatments like prescribed burns.
1626 - Dutch colonist Peter Minuit organizes the purchase of Manhattan Island from Native Americans for 60 guilders worth of goods, believed to have been Canarsee Indians of the Lenape 1853 - 1st major US rail disaster kills 46 (Norwalk, Connecticut) 1913 - King Nikita I of Montenegro vacates Skoetari, northern Albania 1921 - Teams from the National Association Football League and the Southern New England Soccer League merge to form the American Soccer League (ASL); collapses 1933 1937 - German airship Hindenburg explodes in flames at Lakehurst, New Jersey, killing 35 of the 97 on board and 1 on the ground 1953 - MLB St. Louis Browns Alva "Bobo" Holloman, in his first start game as starting pitcher, no-hits visiting Philadelphia A's, 6-0 1956 - WRCB TV channel 3 in Chattanooga, TN (NBC) begins broadcasting 2002 - Entrepreneur Elon Musk founds SpaceX 2006 - 132nd Kentucky Derby: Edgar Prado aboard Barbaro wins in front of 157,532 fans 2019 - World Snooker Championship, Crucible Theatre, Sheffield: Englishman Judd Trump wins his first world crown beating John Higgins of Scotland, 18-9
