Source: National Post Date: 3/4/2022 Elliott, who has steered the province’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic, will stay on as health minister and deputy premier until the campaign begins for the June 2 election.  “After considerable reflection and discussion with my family, it is with deep gratitude for my 16 years in public life that I recently shared with Premier Ford I will not be seeking re-election in the upcoming provincial contest in June,” Elliott said in a written statement.  “I am truly thankful for the journey I have taken in public life and am looking forward to what the next...

Source: Resist the Mainstream Date: 2/25/2022   Sen. Jim Inhofe, who has been representing Oklahoma since 1994, intends to announce that he’s stepping down at the end of the year. This triggers a special election to select someone to serve the remaining four years of his term. The Oklahoma Republican does plan to serve until the end of the year, but this will reportedly ignite quite a bonfire among Oklahoma Republicans vying to clinch a senate seat. The good news is that Democrats are not going to get this seat. The bad news is that we have a special election that could get nasty and divert...

Source: MSN Date: 2/28/2022 Ted Deutch, a U.S. representative for Florida, announced Monday he will not run for reelection this year. Deutch is the 31st House of Representatives Democrat to announce his retirement, the Miami Herald reported. The number of Democrats poised to retire this year is the highest it has been in three decades, increasing concerns that the party could lose its House majority in the upcoming election. Earlier this month, New York Representative Kathleen Rice became the 30th Democrat to announce she would not seek reelection this year. The last time such...

Source: The Hill Date: 2/19/2022 The number of House Democrats not seeking reelection this year has hit a 30-year high — a bleak benchmark reflecting frustrations with the gridlock on Capitol Hill, the toxicity of relations between the parties and the challenges facing Democrats as they fight to keep their slim majority in the lower chamber.  Rep. Kathleen Rice’s (D-N.Y.) announcement this week that she won’t run again made her the 30th House Democrat to call it quits. That’s the most for the party since 1992, when 41 House Democrats decided to retire even as voters were sending their presidential...

Source: Yahoo News Date: 2/18/2022 The new head of Virginia's information technology agency is leaving after working less than a month in the position. Phil Wittmer, who was tapped by Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R) to be the chief information officer at the Virginia Information Technologies Agency (VITA), is stepping down from his post, a Youngkin aide confirmed to The Hill on Friday. It was not immediately clear why Wittmer was leaving. The Richmond Times-Disptach first reported of Wittmer's departure. The Hill has reached out to VITA and Youngkin's office for further comment. Between...

Source: CBS News Date: 2/17/2022 Steve Dickson, the administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration, has resigned, CBS News confirms. He will leave the administration at the end of March. In an email to his employees obtained by CBS News, Dickson wrote that he wants to "devote my full time and attention" to his family. "As I wrote in my letter to President Biden, it is time to go home. Although my heart is heavy, I am tremendously proud of everything we have accomplished together over the past several years," he said. "The agency is in a better place than it was two years ago, and we...

Source: CNN Date: 2/17/2022 The United States on Thursday accused Russia of having expelled the second-most senior diplomat at the US embassy in Moscow without any justification, calling it an "escalatory" move at a time of heightened alert over the Ukraine crisis. US Deputy Chief of Mission in Moscow Bart Gorman, who is second only to the ambassador at the embassy, was expelled by Russia earlier this year and given two weeks to depart the country, according to a senior US State Department official.   Gorman left Russia last week and has returned to the United States, the official said.   This...

Source: Yahoo Entertainment Date: 2/15/2022 Allison Gollust has stepped down from her chief marketing officer role at CNN following a third-party investigation into the news network amid recent controversy surrounding Chris Cuomo and Jeff Zucker. The announcement was made in a memo from WarnerMedia CEO Jason Kilar that was shared with The Hollywood Reporter. “Based on interviews of more than 40 individuals and a review of over 100,000 texts and emails, the investigation found violations of Company policies, including CNN’s News Standards and Practices, by Jeff Zucker, Allison Gollust, and...

Source: Conservative Brief Date: 2/12/2022 CNN primetime host Anderson Cooper appears to be one of the only people at the network in recent times to not be involved in a scandal. But on Thursday the host left his own show after the first segment and after announcing life changing news. That news was the birth of his new baby son named Sebastian Luke Maisani-Cooper, with his former partner Benjamin Maisani. “There’s a lot to get to tonight. But I wanted to start off with some good news, which also happens to be very personal news,” the host said to start the show. “In April 2020, in the...

Source: Top Info Guide Date: 2/9/2022 Luc Montagnier Death: 2008 Nobel Prize Award Winner, Luc Montagnier is Dead, Cause of Death: Through its official Twitter and Facebook accounts , the FranceSoir newspaper publicly announces at around 12 noon today, Wednesday 9 February, the disappearance of Nobel laureate Luc Montagnier. According to French journalists, he allegedly “died peacefully” on February 8, 2022 in the presence of his children, but among comments and condolences there are those who do not believe the news and try to deny it categorically by falling into the hoax of a fake news...

Source: People Date: 2/8/2022 Wendy Williams' continued absence from The Wendy Williams Show will remain for the "rest of" season 13, a source close to the situation tells PEOPLE. "Wendy won't be returning to the show for the rest of this season. Her healing is going slower than everyone had hoped. She continues to deal with a number of medical issues, including Graves' disease, and she and her team are taking it one day at a time," the source says. "But reports of a stroke, drugs or addiction issues or a dementia diagnosis are all false. Whether Wendy can return in the fall...

Source: Forbes Date: 2/8/2022 The White House’s top science official Eric Lander resigned Monday, after apologizing to colleagues at the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) for acting in a “disrespectful or demeaning way” after an internal investigation found credible evidence that Lander repeatedly bullied staffers in violation of White House workplace policy. Key Facts After initial indications that Lander may be allowed to remain on the job, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki announced that President Joe Biden had accepted his resignation “with gratitude” for his work...

Source: Resist the Mainstream Date: 2/6/2022 ournalist Lara Logan has announced that she intends to quit big tech social media platforms Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram, accusing the networks of allowing pedophilic content to be shared while censoring free speech and alternate perspectives. The award-winning journalist asserted in a Feb. 4 social media post that she cannot “in good conscience” be part of platforms that “glorify & enrich themselves” while exploiting children. Discovering that these platforms host content showing abuse and sexual exploitation of children as well as animals...

Source: Daily Mail Date: 2/3/2022 The head of Kamala Harris' speechwriting team is leaving the vice president's office, the eighth departure in recent months. Kate Childs Graham is expected to leave at the end of the month. It comes amid reports of a reset in the vice president's office as Harris battles low poll ratings and the Biden administration tries to step up its public engagement with more travel by the president and his vice president.  Herbie Ziskend, deputy communications director to the vice president, paid tribute to his departing colleague on Twitter. 'Kate is committed,...

Source: Epoch Times Date: 2/2/2022 CNN President Jeff Zucker abruptly resigned on Feb. 2 in the fallout from an investigation into former anchor Chris Cuomo. Zucker, also the chairman of WarnerMedia’s news and sports division, told employees that he was asked about a consensual relationship with a close colleague as part of the probe into Cuomo’s time at CNN. “I was required to disclose it when it began but I didn’t. I was wrong,” Zucker wrote in a memorandum. “As a result, I am resigning today.” WarnerMedia, CNN’s parent company, didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment. Zucker...

Source: NY Post Date: 1/25/2022 Rep. Jim Cooper (D-Tenn.) announced Tuesday that he would not seek reelection, making him the 29th House Democrat to opt against contesting their seat this cycle. The 67-year-old Cooper, who was first elected to Congress in 1982, cited redistricting as the major driver of his decision to retire. “Despite my strength at the polls, I could not stop the General Assembly from dismembering Nashville,” he said in a statement. “No one tried harder to keep our city whole. I explored every possible way, including lawsuits, to stop the gerrymandering and to win one...

Source: Breaking 911 Date: 1/26/2022 WASHINGTON – The Mayor of Hyattsville, Maryland, Kevin Ward died Tuesday in an apparent suicide, officials said. He was 44-years-old. Ward’s body was reportedly found in a park in McLean, Virginia. “It is with great sadness that we report that our beloved Hyattsville Mayor Kevin Ward passed away yesterday, January 25, from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound,” the city announced in a statement. “Mayor Ward was a valued and trusted leader and a fierce advocate for all the people of Hyattsville. We are heartbroken at this loss and extend our deepest...

Source: Fox News Date: 1/26/2022 Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer is retiring, Fox News confirmed, setting President Biden up with the first opportunity to fill a vacancy on the high court.  A source close to Breyer told Fox News that the justice will step down at the end of the current Supreme Court term early this summer.  Associate Justice Stephen Breyer poses during a group photo of the justices at the Supreme Court in Washington, April 23, 2021. (Erin Schaff/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo) Breyer, who is 83, has been the subject of rampant speculation about his retirement. Liberal...

Source: Breaking 911 Date: 1/25/2022 Tennessee Rep. Jim Cooper (D) on Tuesday announced he will not seek reelection in the upcoming midterms. Cooper is the 29th Democrat to announce he will not run for another term. Cooper released this statement: “Today I am announcing that I will not run for re-election to Congress. After 32 years in office, I will be leaving Congress next year. “I cannot thank the people of Nashville enough. You backed me more than almost anyone in Tennessee history, making me the state’s 3rd longest-serving member of Congress. You allowed me to help millions of people...

Source: NRCC January 18, 2022 Jim Langevin, a senior member of the House Armed Services Committee, is calling it quits. Langevin is the 28th House Democrat to announce he is not seeking reelection. NRCC Comment: “Nobody wants to run as a House Democrat because their majority is doomed.” – NRCC Spokesman Mike Berg

Source: NRCC Date: 1/18/2022 California Congressman Jerry McNerney just announced his retirement.  He’s the 27th House Democrat to not seek reelection this cycle.  NRCC COMMENT: “No one wants to run as a House Democrat. Jerry McNerney is making the smart decision to quit instead of watching Democrats lose their majority.” – NRCC Spokeswoman Torunn Sinclair

Source: CNA Date: 1/17/2022 SEOUL: The chairman of South Korean construction firm HDC Hyundai Development Co stepped down from his role on Monday after outer wall structures of an apartment complex it was building collapsed last week, with one person found dead and five people still missing. The collapse in Gwangju, South Korea on Jan 11 was the second serious incident within a year for HDC, one of the top 10 housing developers in South Korea. Nine people died and eight were injured when a five-story building being demolished under HDC's purview collapsed in June last year, also in...

Source: Independent Date: 1/16/2022 Lord Myners, who led some of the UK’s best-known businesses and helped shape Gordon Brown’s response to the 2008 financial crisis as his city minister, has died at the age of 73. The crossbench peer died in the early hours of Sunday, according to Edelman UK, where he served as chairman. In a statement distributed by the communications giant, his five children said that he “passed away peacefully” at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital. Lord Myners was born in 1948 and was brought up by his adoptive parents, a butcher and a hairdresser, in Cornwall. After...

Source: HP Reporter Date: 1/15/2022 Billionaire landowner the Duke of Westminster has died at 64. Gerald Cavendish Grosvenor, a close friend of the Royal family, died on Tuesday afternoon, having suddenly become ill. He had been transferred from his Abbeystead Estate to the Royal Preston Hospital in Lancashire. The Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall are “deeply shocked and greatly saddened” by the sudden death, a Clarence House spokeswoman said. The Queen and Duke of Edinburgh will send a message of condolence to the Grosvenor family. One of the Duke’s four children, his only son...

Source: Resist the Mainstream Date: 1/10/2022 Rep. Ed Perlmutter has joined the stampede of House Democrats who say they will not run for reelection later this year. In a Monday statement, the 68-year-old Perlmutter (D-Colo.) announced his departure from Congress, saying it was time to “pass the torch to the next generation.” “After much thought and consideration, I have decided not to run for reelection,” he wrote. “I have loved representing my friends, neighbors and fellow Coloradans in the Congress of the United States of America. I will miss meeting the voters of the new 7th District...

Source: CTV News Date: 1/10/2022 Dr. Horacio Arruda, who has been Quebec's public health chief for the duration of the COVID-19 pandemic, stepped down Monday while admitting a recent "erosion" in public trust. He offered his resignation to Premier François Legault and Legault accepted, according to a spokesperson from the premier's office. Legault's office is making no other comment for the moment but he will hold a press conference Tuesday. In Arruda's letter of resignation, obtained by CTV News, he cited recent criticisms of his work without specifying exactly what he was referring...

Source: Gateway Pundit Date: 1/2/2022 FDIC Chairman Jelena McWilliams announced her resignation on Friday after warning that Democrats had launched a “hostile takeover” of the agency. McWilliams resigned in an open letter addressed to President Biden. McWilliams was appointed to the position in 2018 by President Donald Trump. “When I immigrated to this country 30 years ago, I did so with a firm belief in the American system of government. During my tenure at the Federal Reserve Board of Governors, the United States Senate, and the FDIC, I have developed a deep appreciation for these venerable...

Source: CGTN Date: 1/9/2022 First President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev resigned on his own account from his lifetime position as president of the National Security Committee to help President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev cope with the current and ongoing "difficult situation," his spokesperson Aidos Ukibai told local media on Sunday. The former Kazakh president is "aware that the riots and terror required an immediate and harsh response without concessions on the part of the country's authorities," Ukibai said. He also stressed that Nazarbayev was always "on the same side" with the current...

Source: Hindustan Times Date: 1/10/2022 Actor Sonu Sood explains his decision to voluntarily step down from the post of being Punjab’s state icon, and how he will continue working for the stat Actor Sonu Sood has voluntarily stepped down from the post of being Punjab’s state icon after holding the position for over a year. Sood says his decision comes in sync with the Election Commission’s principles, but maintains that it doesn’t mean an end to his responsibilities and duties towards the public. “For the past two years, I was doing my bit as the State Icon of Punjab, spreading the...

Source: WTOP News Date: 1/9/2022 RICHMOND, Va. — Dr. Danny Avula has stepped down from his position overseeing Virginia’s vaccination efforts during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Richmond Times-Dispatch reports that Avula said he has taken on other responsibilities in the Virginia Department of Health and returned to his position as director of the Richmond City and Henrico County health districts. Christy Gray, the Virginia Department of Health’s Director of the Division of Immunization, will now oversee vaccinations in Virginia. A year ago, Virginia was behind other states in vaccine distribution....