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Congressional probe digging deeper on LIV Golf fund poses questions about American investments

Disclosures show that PIF’s public U.S. holdings have increased from $2.3 billion in March 2019 to $35.5 billion in March 2023.

USA Today Sports Media Group · Sep 13, 2023

In closed forum, tech titans to give senators advice on artificial intelligence

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer has been talking for several months about accomplishing a potentially impossible task: Passing bipartisan legislation within the next year that both encourages the rapid development of artificial intelligence and also mitigates its biggest risks

The Independent UK · Sep 13, 2023

Threats like AI-aided bioweapons confound policymakers - Roll Call

AI-generated biothreats are among risks that the White House, U.S. lawmakers and foreign officials are working furiously to prevent.

Roll Call · Sep 12, 2023

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Senate to examine pending PGA Tour deal, Saudi Arabian PIF’s investments in U.S.

PIF Governor Yasir Al-Rumayyan once again denied a request to testify before the subcommittee.

USA Today Sports Media Group · Sep 8, 2023

LIV Golf signs on high-powered D.C. lobbying firm amid congressional probe

A representative of Akin Gump said Al-Rumayyan should not be forced to take part in any future hearings.

USA Today Sports Media Group · Sep 1, 2023

Senator Challenges PIF Governor Yasir Al-Rumayyan Over Refusal To Testify On PGA Tour/PIF Deal

Senator Blumenthal has challenged the governor of the Saudi Public Investment Fund over his refusal to testify about the PGA Tour/PIF link up

Golf Monthly · Aug 17, 2023

US senator warns top Saudi over refusal to testify on PGA golf deal

Richard Blumenthal to consider ‘other legal methods’ to compel Yasir al-Rumayyan to speak to Senate oversight committee

The Guardian - US · Aug 16, 2023

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U.S. Senators Drafting Bill to Create National NIL Standards

A bipartisan group of senators announced Thursday they’re working on a critical breakthrough for college athletics’ name, image and likeness policies.

Sports Illustrated · Jul 20, 2023

PGA Tour feared it would be ruined by LIV Golf without unifying deal

Documents retrieved by a US Senate committee show there were plans for Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy to play under the LIV umbrella

The Guardian - UK · Jul 11, 2023

Senate hearing scrutinizes PGA-LIV golf merger

PGA Tour leaders argued a deal would allow expensive legal fights and fracturing player and fan base to end. But lawmakers caution against too much involvement with the Saudi government.

WEKU · Jul 11, 2023

Golf Twitter reacts to the PGA Tour-PIF Senate hearing

What's your take on Tuesday's hearing?

USA Today Sports Media Group · Jul 11, 2023

Senate hearing revealed Greg Norman’s fate after PGA, LIV Golf merger, and golf fans had jokes

Greg Norman is going to be ousted once the merger happens.

USA Today Sports Media Group · Jul 11, 2023

What you need to know from the Senate subcommittee hearing involving PGA Tour-PIF agreement

Here are some of the best nuggets we found out during the Senate subcommittee hearing.

USA Today Sports Media Group · Jul 11, 2023

PGA Tour executives set to be grilled by Congress about deal with PIF, LIV Golf

A pair of PGA Tour executives are set to field questions from members of a Senate subcommittee this morning.

USA Today Sports Media Group · Jul 11, 2023

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USA Today Sports Media Group · Jul 7, 2023

This U.S. Senator is worried about the ‘purity’ of golf ahead of next week’s PGA Tour, PIF, LIV Golf hearings

Johnson indicated he would like to see the competitive nature of the PGA Tour remain unchanged by Saudi Arabian involvement.

Tribune News Service · Jul 4, 2023

PGA Tour officials to testify on LIV golf merger at Senate hearing next week

WASHINGTON — PGA Tour Chief Operating Officer Ron Price and board member Jimmy Dunne are set to testify July 11 before a U.S. Senate panel about the circuit’s surprise merger with Saudi-owned LIV Golf.

The Independent UK · Jul 3, 2023

PGA Tour is sending 2 executives to a Senate hearing as LIV cites conflicts

The PGA Tour is sending two leading figures to next week's Senate panel reviewing its surprise business agreement with the Saudi backers of LIV Golf

The Guardian - US · Jun 27, 2023

PGA and Saudi-backed LIV merger ‘in enormous flux’, says Republican senator

Parties are facing a six-month deadline to agree the final details of a deal, according to senator Ron Johnson investigating the deal

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The Independent UK · Jun 27, 2023

Players returning from LIV Golf is part of Saudis' agreement with PGA Tour

Now that the PGA Tour and European tour have a deal with the Saudis, one step is deciding how players can return from LIV Golf if they so choose

The Independent UK · Jun 26, 2023

Buffalo Bills’ Jordan Poyer reveals why he cancelled golf event at Trump club

Poyer says ‘location of the event led to a few sponsors and golfers withdrawing at the last minute due to external pressures’

The National (Scotland) · Jun 22, 2023

Leading figures summoned to Senate hearing over shock PGA Tour-LIV Golf merger

Key personnel have been asked to appear at a Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations meeting on July 11.

The Independent UK · Jun 21, 2023

PGA Tour will appear before a Senate panel investigating its deal with Saudi backers of LIV

A Senate subcommittee is asking executives from the PGA Tour, Saudi golf interests and LIV Golf to testify as Congress investigates the shocking business deal that upended the sport

Golf Monthly · Jun 21, 2023

Monahan, Al-Rumayyan And Norman Invited To Testify At Senate Hearing

The PGA Tour, PIF and LIV Golf officials have been invited to testify at the hearing scheduled for 11 July

USA Today Sports Media Group · Jun 21, 2023

PGA Tour, LIV Golf and Public Investment Fund leaders invited to U.S. Senate hearing in July

"Americans deserve to know what the structure and governance of this new entity will be."

Tribune News Service · Jun 20, 2023

Connecticut is epicenter of gun violence prevention movement. Advocates ‘are at the forefront because we had to be’

HARTFORD, Conn. — Among the many that gathered at the University of Hartford for the National Safer Communities Summit last week were dozens of activists whose work to bring about federal gun reform legislation is rooted right here in Connecticut.

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