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Supporters of a data privacy bill hope Congress will pass legislation early in the next Congress or even in the lame-duck session.

SEATTLE — On Christmas Eve 2016, Karlene Petitt, an international long-haul pilot for Delta Air Lines, received a devastating letter that threatened to end her career.

WASHINGTON — Privacy advocates are demanding standards for mobile service providers’ handling of sensitive customer information, especially location data, after a Federal Communications Commission inquiry into the top 15 carriers revealed a huge variation within the industry’s data retention and consumer privacy protocols.

The FCC finds that mobile carriers have widely divergent practices on data, prompting privacy advocates to urge a common standard.

WASHINGTON — A bill to bolster chip manufacturing and scientific research won Senate approval, setting Congress up to clear a trimmed economic competitiveness package after a yearlong-plus push.

A bill to bolster chip manufacturing and scientific research won Senate approval, setting Congress up to clear it by week's end.

WASHINGTON — An economic competitiveness package meant to boost U.S. semiconductor manufacturing and scientific research is on track to pass the Senate this week after overcoming a filibuster on Tuesday.

A handful of senators said they wouldn’t support a semiconductors incentive bill unless it also included science provisions.

An inside look at how senators managed to boost the bill from $52 billion to nearly $250 billion.