Mexico, US meet amid electrical power dispute Mexican and American officials met amid disagreements about an electrical power reform The Independent UK · Apr 1, 2022
House passes bill to lower insulin costs, but prospects unclear in Senate WASHINGTON — The House moved Thursday to revive one of the more popular provisions of last year’s failed social safety net package, passing a narrow healthcare bill that would dramatically lower out-of-pocket costs for insulin users. Los Angeles Times · Mar 31, 2022
Researchers Accuse Russia's Yandex Of Breach Of User Privacy Researchers alleged that Russian internet company Yandex NV (NASDAQ:YNDX) had embedded code into apps found on mobile devices that help to transmit user information to Russian servers, the Financial Times reports. Yandex's software helped developers create apps for devices running Apple Inc's (NASDAQ:AAPL) iOS and Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG) (NASDAQ:GOOGL) Google's Android, systems that ran the vast majority… Benzinga · Mar 29, 2022
Senators ask GAO to examine Medicaid’s low COVID vaccination rates Two prominent Democratic senators have requested a Government Accountability Office study of why COVID-19 vaccination rates remain far lower among Medicaid enrollees than the general population and what barriers are impeding state efforts to increase immunizations among program beneficiaries, low-income people who have been disproportionately affected by the virus. Tribune News Service · Mar 27, 2022
Justices decide for themselves when to step aside from cases Reports that the wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas implored Donald Trump’s White House chief of staff to act to overturn the 2020 election results have put a spotlight on how justices decide whether to step aside from a case The Independent UK · Mar 25, 2022
Ginni Thomas’ pro-Trump texts put husband’s Supreme Court role in focus WASHINGTON — Justice Clarence Thomas is facing calls to recuse himself from U.S. Supreme Court cases involving the 2020 presidential election after revelations that his wife repeatedly pushed former President Donald Trump’s chief of staff to do more to overturn his loss to Joe Biden. Tribune News Service · Mar 25, 2022
Democratic senator and Ilhan Omar turn up the pressure on Clarence Thomas over wife Ginni’s ‘Big Lie’ texts Comes after reports of text messages of her exchange with White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows. The Independent UK · Mar 25, 2022
Biden in Poland for meetings on Ukraine refugee crisis – US politics as it happened President travels to Rzeszow, 60 miles from Ukraine border, to meet US troops and Polish counterpart – follow the day’s politics news The Guardian - US · Mar 25, 2022
Congress’ protections for whistleblowers only go so far WASHINGTON — Congress wants to ensure that former President Donald Trump’s attempted coercion of Ukraine in 2019 — and his effort to thwart and intimidate the official who disclosed it — never recur. But a new law aimed at doing that is insufficient, several whistleblower advocates contended. Tribune News Service · Mar 23, 2022
Congress' protections for whistleblowers only go so far - Roll Call New whistleblower protections, a response to Donald Trump's first impeachment, don't go far enough, advocates for whistleblowers say. Roll Call · Mar 23, 2022
Encryption Protects Ukrainians, Dissident Russians, and You No class of governments can be trusted with access to people’s private communications. Reason · Mar 14, 2022
California Preschools Faced 'Raid' Over Mask Policies Plus: Russian tactics in Ukraine getting uglier, DHS does bulk surveillance of money transfers, Biden's overhyped cryptocurrency order, and more... Reason · Mar 10, 2022
Omnibus talks appear on track; House vote expected Wednesday WASHINGTON — Top appropriators and congressional leaders are aiming to wrap up omnibus negotiations in time to file the massive spending package in the House as soon as Tuesday, vote on it in that chamber Wednesday and get it through the Senate before Friday at midnight when stopgap funding expires. Tribune News Service · Mar 8, 2022
Omnibus talks appear on track; House vote expected Wednesday - Roll Call Top appropriators and congressional leaders are aiming to wrap up omnibus negotiations so lawmakers can vote this week. Roll Call · Mar 7, 2022
Tribune News Service · Mar 7, 2022 Uphill climb seen for employment tax credit in omnibus talks WASHINGTON — Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle want to restore a pandemic-era tax break for small businesses and nonprofits as part of a massive spending bill taking shape, after Congress stripped the benefit away for the final months of 2021.
The Guardian - US · Mar 7, 2022 Democrats and Republicans agree on plan to suspend trade relations with Russia and Belarus – as it happened Lawmakers draft legislation aiming to ‘stop Russia’s unconscionable and unjust war on Ukraine and hold Belarus accountable for its involvement’
Roll Call · Mar 7, 2022 Uphill climb seen for employment tax credit in omnibus talks - Roll Call Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle want to restore a pandemic-era employee retention tax break for small businesses and nonprofits.
Ballotpedia · Feb 25, 2022 Senators argue against private facial recognition for unemployment insurance proof of identity U.S. Senators Ron Wyden (D-Ore), Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass) published a letter to the U.S. labor secretary on Feb. 15 arguing against the outsourcing of facial recognition and identity verification for unemployment insurance benefits to the private sector.
Roll Call · Feb 25, 2022 Cannabis advocates push senators to ease draft bill's tax burden - Roll Call As top Senate Democrats finalize their plan for making marijuana legal nationwide, industry and advocacy groups are urging a lower tax rate.
The Guardian - US · Feb 11, 2022 Declassified documents reveal CIA has been sweeping up information on Americans Civil liberties watchdogs condemn agency’s collection of domestic data without congressional or court approval or oversight
Reason · Feb 11, 2022 New Report Highlights an Old Problem—the CIA Is Still Snooping on Americans In a program separate from the ones disclosed by Edward Snowden, we see more mass secret domestic data collection.
The Independent UK · Feb 11, 2022 Senators say CIA is collecting Americans’ private data in secret bulk surveillance program ‘The secret nature of the CIA’s activities in PCLOB report raise these very concerns,’ Sens Martin Heinrich and Ron Wyden wrote.
The Independent UK · Feb 11, 2022 Senators: CIA has secret program that collects American data Two Democrats on the Senate Intelligence Committee say the CIA has a secret, undisclosed data repository that includes information collected about Americans
Tribune News Service · Feb 11, 2022 La criptoindustria está lista para desempeñar un papel más importante en las campañas de mitad de periodo WASHINGTON— Las elecciones de 2022 pondrán a prueba si el sector de las criptomonedas, cuyo valor se quintuplicó a finales de 2020 y que aumentó gracias a una disposición fiscal promulgada en noviembre, impulsará el gasto para las campañas políticas.
Benzinga · Feb 10, 2022 Chuck Schumer Urges Senators To Help Finalize Marijuana Legalization Bill He Will File In April Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.), Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) asked senators to help them complete the marijuana legalization bill expected to be filed in April.