Noem's review leaves $900M waiting at FEMA

{Beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment The Big Story $900 million for FEMA awaits Noem review More than $900 million in Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) grants and loans are awaiting approval under Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem’s controversial policy of personally reviewing major spending, a source at the agency told The Hill. ©…

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How Brent Venables unleashed Oklahoma’s defense in 2025

Eli LedermanDec 19, 2025, 07:00 AM ET Close Eli Lederman covers college football and recruiting for ESPN.com. He joined ESPN in 2024 after covering the University of Oklahoma for Sellout Crowd and the Tulsa World. NORMAN, Okla. — Oklahoma coach Brent Venables carried a somber tone. Disappointed. Embarrassed. An unsmiling Venables had plenty of words…

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Starbucks hires new CTO from Amazon Grocery

Anand Varadarajan, Amazon Vice President of product and technology and worldwide grocery stores speaks during the Delivering the future conference in Mt. Juliet, Tennessee, on October 9, 2024. Seth Herald | Afp | Getty Images Starbucks announced Friday that it has hired its new chief technology officer, Amazon veteran Anand Varadarajan. Varadarajan, who spent nearly…

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