assistant

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Its core members included David Harvilicz, a DHS assistant secretary tasked with overseeing the security of election infrastructure, including voting machines, and three of his top staffers.

From Salon • Apr. 14, 2026

“I desperately needed an assistant and saw this as a great opportunity to bring out my brother Marty,” Sid said of his youngest brother.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2026

The union representing principals and assistant principals, Associated Administrators Los Angeles, said it earned a 12% raise over two years.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026

Nicole Grajewski, an assistant professor at Sciences Po's Center for International Research, said a US blockade was "not a minor coercive signal" but could rather be considered an effective resumption of the war.

From Barron's • Apr. 13, 2026

The vet assistant plopped him onto the scale and held her hands on either side of his shivering body without touching, trying to keep him in place.

From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas