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| Jun 17, 2026 | Cruz, Cantwell, Wicker, Blunt-Rochester, Budd, and Padilla Introduce Hurricane Hunter Aircraft Recapitalization Act | Legislation modernizes NOAA’s Hurricane Hunter fleet, strengthens hurricane forecasting, and protects Gulf Coast communities
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senate Commerce Committee Chairman T... |
| Mar 27, 2026 | CU Boulder student Megan Trussell’s disappearance and death sparked the idea for a new bill. It’s cruising through the Statehouse | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
A bill aimed at making colleges and universities across the state respond faster to reports of missing students in the wake of University of Colorado Boulder student Megan Trussell’s death last yea... |
| Mar 26, 2026 | ‘There’s a snake in my bag!’ CU Boulder student returns from Costa Rica, finds venomous stowaway | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
When Samara Kahan went on spring break to Costa Rica, she didn’t expect to come back and get jump-scared by a stowaway in her carry-on suitcase.
But one little venomous snake had plans for a spring... |
| Mar 3, 2026 | Ted Cruz Named Mr. South Texas by WBCA in Laredo | U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz holds a plaque recognizing him as the Washington’s Birthday Celebration Association’s 2026 Mr. South Texas, standing alongside past distinguished recipients and Laredo business leaders. Courtesy photo, Office of Sen. Cruz... |
| Mar 3, 2026 | Five races to watch on the day the 2026 midterm elections kick off | The first midterm primaries are Tuesday in Texas, North Carolina and Arkansas.
Democrats could flip the Texas Senate depending on who the Republican and Democratic nominees are.
Several House races will pit mainstream incumbents of both par... |
| Dec 21, 2025 | Colorado leaders vow to keep pursuing AI regulations despite President Trump’s threats against states | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
Colorado lawmakers and state officials say President Donald Trump’s recent order threatening to challenge state artificial intelligence regulations won’t deter their efforts to regulate the new tec... |
| Dec 17, 2025 | FCC leader says agency is no longer independent as he’s grilled by Democrats over Kimmel controversy | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
By JOEY CAPPELLETTI and MATT SEDENSKY, Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic senators on Wednesday hammered the Federal Communications Commission’s leader for pressuring broadcasters to tak... |
| Dec 16, 2025 | Trump Issues AI Order, Sparks Legal Challenge Fears | President Trump enacted an executive order establishing national AI standards. This move preempts state regulations. Tech firms lobbied for this change. Democrats and advocates predict legal battles. The order aims to boost U.S. competitive... |
| Dec 11, 2025 | Trump signs executive order for single national AI regulation standard, limiting power of states | President Donald Trump signed an executive order issuing a single regulation framework for artificial intelligence.
Alongside the president for signing were David Sacks, the White House AI and crypto czar, and fellow tech investor and podca... |
| Sep 17, 2025 | Trump’s threat to target ‘radical left’ after Kirk killing raises fears he’s trying to silence foes | By CHRIS MEGERIAN, LISA MASCARO and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER, Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is escalating threats to crack down on what he describes as the “radical left” following Charlie Kirk’s assassination, stirr... |
| Jun 21, 2025 | Trump’s move against Iran may draw more criticism from MAGA’s anti-interventionists | As the possibility of military action neared, some of those voices tamped down their rhetoric. According to Trump, Carlson even called to “apologize.”
Here’s a look at what some of Trump’s biggest advocates had said about U.S. military invo... |
| Jun 7, 2025 | The TAKE IT DOWN Act: A Double-Edged Sword in the Fight Against Non-Consensual Imagery | In the digital age, where images can be manipulated with a click, the line between consent and exploitation blurs. The TAKE IT DOWN Act, recently signed into law, aims to combat non-consensual intimate imagery (NCII). But is it a shield for... |
| Jun 5, 2025 | A Takedown Of The Take It Down Act | This is a cross post from Prof. Eric Goldman’s blog, mostly written by Prof. Jess Miers, with additional commentary at the end from Eric.
Two things can be true: Non-consensual intimate imagery (NCII) is a serious and gendered harm. And, th... |
| May 23, 2025 | The Tax Bill Tug-of-War: A Republican Showdown in Congress | The political arena is a battlefield, and the latest skirmish revolves around President Donald Trump’s ambitious tax bill. Recently passed by the House, this legislation is now headed to the Senate, where it faces a gauntlet of scrutiny and... |
| May 22, 2025 | Not done yet: US Senate Republicans plan changes to House's Trump tax-cuts bill | Not done yet: US Senate Republicans plan changes to House's Trump tax-cuts bill
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| Jan 30, 2025 | Republicans want to reduce CFPB budget to $0 with new bill | Back in control of the House of Representatives, the Senate and the White House, Republicans are reportedly aiming to renew their ongoing war against the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) by targeting the money allocated to it by ... |
| Dec 12, 2024 | Senators say US must boost security after Chinese Salt Typhoon telecom hacking | WASHINGTON: The United States must do more to address hacking threats after China's alleged efforts known as Salt Typhoon to infiltrate American telecommunications companies and steal data about US calls, senators said at a hearing on Wedne... |
| Nov 9, 2024 | The Crucible of Democracy: A Pivotal Election Day in America | The air is thick with tension. November 5, 2024, marks a critical juncture in American politics. Control of Congress hangs in the balance. The stakes are high, and the outcome will shape the future of governance in the United States. Voters... |
| Nov 5, 2024 | Control of US Congress at stake in tight election battle | WASHINGTON: Control of the United States Congress is at stake on Tuesday (Nov 5) in elections that could flip both the House of Representatives and the Senate, while still leaving Capitol Hill divided between Donald Trump's Republicans and ... |
| Jun 10, 2024 | GOP/pro-life coalition frays amid backlash to abortion limits | figcaption>span]:font-sans" data-chromatic="ignore">
Republicans and anti-abortion groups worked in lockstep for decades to dismantle the nationally protected right to abortion in the U.S. — but their unity has frayed s... |
| May 28, 2024 | Editorials | Editorial: Getting back in line like too many Republicans | Former Trump Chief of Staff John Kelly, who emerged from the cauldron of the White House calling Trump “a person who admires autocrats and murderous dictators” who “has nothing but contempt for our democratic institutions, our Constitution,... |
| May 20, 2024 | Republicans Ted Cruz and Katie Britt introduce bill to protect IVF access | Washington — Two Senate Republicans on Monday introduced legislation to protect access to in vitro fertilization, known as IVF, after a Democratic-led effort to do so failed earlier this year in the upper chamber.
The bill, titled the IVF P... |
| May 13, 2024 | Cornyn, Cruz, Texas Colleagues Urge Appropriators to Withhold Funds from Mexico Over Water Treaty Obligations | AUSTIN – U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX) and Ted Cruz (R-TX) and Representatives Monica De La Cruz (TX-15), Vicente Gonzalez (TX-34), Tony Gonzales (TX-23), Henry Cuellar (TX-28), Nathaniel Moran (TX-01), Ronny Jackson (TX-13), Jodey Arrin... |
| May 10, 2024 | Senate reauthorizes FAA programs | figcaption>span]:font-sans">
The Senate late Thursday passed a five-year reauthorization of the Federal Aviation Administration that includes programs to improve safety and protect consumers, ending weeks of grappling that threat... |
| May 2, 2024 | ADVANCE Act unveiled and other FAA moves | figcaption>span]:font-sans">
Lawmakers unveiled the final text of the negotiated ADVANCE Act Wednesday, and they're pushing to include it in the FAA reauthorization.
Why it matters: House and Senate committee leaders have had the... |
| Apr 15, 2024 | Federal law enforcement investigating Baltimore bridge collapse, sources say | Federal authorities are investigating the events that preceded the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, according to two people familiar with the matter.
The FBI currently has agents on the Dali, the shipping vessel that c... |
| Apr 11, 2024 | Cornyn Discusses Mexico’s Delayed Water Deliveries with Secretary Blinken | WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) released the following statement after a phone call this morning with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken to discuss Mexico’s continued delays in supplying water deliveries to Texas pursuant t... |
| Mar 21, 2024 | Minibus energy losers | For energy world, the latest minibus is more about what was left out than what's in it.
Why it matters: Big-ticket policy riders, like the Russian uranium ban, ADVANCE Act and CFATS reauthorization, didn't make the cut. It could be months b... |
| Jul 10, 2023 | Colorado Rep. Yadira Caraveo attempts to carve out bipartisan path | One of Colorado's newest congressional members has found an unlikely ally on Capitol Hill.
Details: A bill co-introduced by Democratic U.S. Rep. Yadira Caraveo was co-sponsored by Rep. Mike Collins (R-Ga.) and supported by Texas Sen. Ted Cr... |
| Jun 30, 2023 | How affirmative action ruling will impact North Texas universities | The U.S. Supreme Court's ruling on Thursday that colleges can't explicitly consider applicants' race in admissions is likely to change local universities' approach to the process.
Why it matters: The landmark ruling overturning more than 40... |
| Jun 27, 2023 | Austin: Where Remote-Work Crypto Developers Actually Choose to Live | Ranked No. 9 overall, Austin was the 3rd U.S. hub on our list, coming behind Wyoming and Silicon Valley, California. Many of the Crypto Hubs’ criteria were measured on a national basis, so all of the U.S. hubs were hampered by a middling cr... |
| May 17, 2023 | Sen. Cruz announces favorable EPA regs | Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas) answers questions from reporters following a press conference hosted by the Midland-Odessa Transportation Alliance, Sept. 2, 2021. (OA File Photo)
WASHINGTON, D.C. U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz on Wednesday hailed the U.S. E... |
| Apr 21, 2023 | Ted Cruz, one of Trump's staunchest MAGA allies, was begging Fox News behind the scenes to show 'demonstrable facts' and evidence before repeating Trump's 2020 election lies | Ted Cruz. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images
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Cruz told Bartiromo to ensure she had evidence for any election fraud claims aired on Fox News.
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| Apr 14, 2023 | Mike Pence in pink boots, Ron DeSantis in a big ball gown. Here's how the 'RuPublicans' Instagram account uses AI art to call out GOP lawmakers — by dressing them in drag. | Mike Pence, Ted Cruz and Ron DeSantis dressed in drag by AI. @RuPublicans/Midjourney, screengrabs from @RuPublicans
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The "RuPublicans" Instagram account posts AI-generated pictures of GOP lawmakers in full drag.
The imag... |
| Mar 27, 2023 | Former CFTC Chair Giancarlo: A Privacy-Protecting U.S. CBDC Could ‘Take Over the World’ | A U.S. central bank digital currency (CBDC) that protects privacy and is free of surveillance tools could set a global standard and reach mass adoption, said former Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Chairman Christopher J. Giancar... |
| Feb 23, 2023 | Section 230 Won’t Protect ChatGPT | The emergence of products fueled by generative artificial intelligence (AI) such as ChatGPT will usher in a new era in the platform liability wars. Previous waves of new communication technologies—from websites and chat rooms to social medi... |
| Feb 21, 2023 | Trump has been attacking DeSantis, who was once a political ally. Here's how it all fell apart ahead of the 2024 election. | President Donald Trump and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis hold a COVID-19 and storm preparedness roundtable in Belleair, Florida, on July 31, 2020. SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images
Trump first mentioned DeSantis on Twitter almost 11 years ago.
His... |
| Feb 5, 2023 | CBS News pressed Sen. Ted Cruz on why he's running for reelection after he introduced a bill limiting senators to 2 terms in office: 'Why aren't you holding yourself to that standard?' | Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas. AP Photo/John Locher
Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas is running for a third term while also backing a two-term limit for senators.
CBS News "Face the Nation" host Margaret Brennan on Sunday pressed Cruz on his stanc... |
| Jan 27, 2023 | Ted Cruz wants lawmakers who get the munchies to use crypto at Congressional vending machines | Ted Cruz wants to support wider adoption of crypto allowing it to be accepted at vending machines in Congress.
He filed a reintroduction of a resolution toward the goal this week.
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| Jan 3, 2023 | US Army general retires without 'reprimand or admonishment' after spat over Tucker Carlson segment about women in the military | Brig. Gen. Patrick Donahoe, then deputy commanding general-operations, US Eighth Army in South Korea in June 2019. US Army/Chin-U Pak
US Army Maj. Gen. Patrick Donahoe was allowed to retire without reprimand on Sunday.
Donahoe's retirement,... |
| Dec 7, 2022 | Content Moderation Sacrificed in Left-Right Deals on Tech Reform | With the clock ticking on the postelection lame-duck session of Congress, tech reformers are pushing for votes on a package of bills that stalled over the summer. Three bills—the American Innovation and Choice Online Act, the Open App Marke... |
| Jul 21, 2022 | Mexico’s president taunts Biden over energy policy trade fight: ‘Ooooh, I’m so scared’ | Sign up for the Fortune Features email list so you don’t miss our biggest features, exclusive interviews, and investigations.
There's a brewing trade dispute between the U.S. and Mexico on energy policy, and it’s getting ugly fast.
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| Apr 10, 2022 | GoFundMe's business is booming and it may be gearing up for an IPO. But the 'do-gooder' brand is being called into question amid right-wing crowdfunding. | This story is available exclusively to Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now.
It was shortly before Christmas in 2018, and GoFundMe employees were furious.
A political activist and United States Air Force veteran name... |
| Apr 5, 2022 | Lawmakers Keep Mentioning Privacy in CBDC Discussions
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| Feb 10, 2022 | Madison Cawthorn says he is launching a campaign to impose 12-year term limits on the House and Senate | Rep. Madison Cawthorn (R-North Carolina) speaks on the House floor. House Television via AP
Rep. Madison Cawthorn says he wants to impose 12-year term limits on the House and Senate.
Cawthorn told Fox News that he is introducing the legisla... |
| Jan 20, 2022 | Sen. Ted Cruz Leads Bipartisan Letter to Department of Energy in Support of Expanding Texas LNG Exports | WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) this week sent a bipartisan, bicameral letter to U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm expressing strong support for Freeport LNG's expansion of export capacity at their liquefaction and ... |
| Jan 14, 2022 | Sen. Cruz on Upcoming Nord Stream 2 Vote: The Eyes of History are Upon Us | WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee (SFRC), spoke this morning in anticipation of a vote the Senate will take later today on his legislation imposing immediate sanctions on the N... |
| Jan 9, 2022 | Wisconsin Senator and Trump ally Ron Johnson to seek third term | January 9, 20226:28 PM UTCLast Updated ago
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Senator Ron Johnson, a Republican from Wisconsin, speaks during a Senate Homeland Securi... |
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| Nov 2, 2021 | ByteDance reorganization offers glimpse into TikTok parent’s future | ByteDance has long been celebrated as an “app factory” for its proven model of churning out apps and monetizing them through a robust back end of shared resources, from engineering to marketing support. The result is a rank of household app... |
| Sep 22, 2021 | US troops should ‘only receive an honorable discharge’ for refusing COVID vaccine, according to a GOP bill | Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas listens during a hearing on Capitol Hill on Tuesday, April 20, 2021. Evelyn Hockstein/Pool via AP
The Department of Defense recently mandated that all members of the military get the COVID vaccine.
The Army said last ... |
| Sep 14, 2021 | Sen. Cruz for RealClearPolitics: Admin Imports Humanitarian Crisis | WASHINGTON, D.C. - In advance of Secretary of State Antony Blinken's testimony before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), a member of the Committee, today penned an op-ed for RealClearPolitics on the acute ... |
| Aug 28, 2021 | Ted Cruz says the Biden administration’s decision to vacate Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan was a ‘political decision’ that ‘proved catastrophic’ | A US Air Force transport plane lands at the Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan on July 1, 2021. Wakil Kohsar/Getty Images
Ted Cruz criticized the Biden administration’s decision to vacate Afghanistan’s Bagram Air Base.
Bagram was once the large... |
| Aug 23, 2021 | Extension Of Airline Mask Mandate Angers Some, Is Good For Airlines | While many argue against a mask mandate, the recent extension of this mandate for airlines is good ... [+] for the industry. That's because more people will feel comfortable flying because of the mandate than will avoid flying because of it... |
| Jul 30, 2021 | Ted Cruz says a vaccine mandate is ‘authoritarianism,’ but he supports them in Texas | GOP Sen. Ted Cruz gestures as he speaks to members of the media during the fifth day of the impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump, February 13, 2021. Erin Scott/Reuters
President Biden has said federal workers will have to get ... |
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| Jun 12, 2021 | Sens. Cruz, Johnson, Colleagues Introduce Iran Nuclear Treaty Act to Place Constitutional Check on Iran Deal | WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, along with 21 of their Republican colleagues today introduced the Iran Nuclear Treaty Act. This bill will give the... |
| Jun 11, 2021 | The U.S. Needs a New Licensing Policy for Chinese Companies | The Biden administration inherited policies from the Trump administration that make it harder for U.S. businesses to operate in China and harder for Chinese businesses to operate in the United States. Many of those policies will lead to a w... |
| May 30, 2021 | Chris Cuomo and Ted Cruz traded jabs over who should be controlling women’s bodies | Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, speaks with reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Saturday, Feb. 13, 2021, on the fifth day of the second impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump. Alex Brandon/AP
Chris Cuomo challenged Sen. Ted Cruz in... |
| Apr 30, 2021 | Sens. Cruz, Grassley, Colleagues Introduce Bill to Curb China's Access to World Bank Lending Intended for Developing Nations | WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), Tom Cotton (R-Ark.), and Rick Scott (R-Fla.) today introduced the World Bank Integrity Preser... |
| Mar 13, 2021 | Ted Cruz has been selling signed copies of the Dr. Seuss book ‘Green Eggs and Ham,’ and raised $125,000 in 24 hours | Ted Cruz attending a campaign event. Joshua Lott for The Washington Post via Getty Image
Senator Ted Cruz raised more than $US125 ($161),000 ($161,255) selling signed copies of “Green Eggs and Ham.”
Cruz said he was autographing the books t... |
| Feb 23, 2021 | The Trump Impeachment as Precedent for Future Late Impeachments | During former President Trump’s second impeachment episode, precedents—especially the impeachment trials of former Sen. William Blount in 1798 and former Secretary of War William Belknap in 1876—featured prominently in the discussion. The q... |
| Jan 11, 2021 | How the Capitol riot revived calls to reform Section 230 | Big Tech companies from Facebook to Apple took swift action in the wake of the attack on the US Capitol, banning the people and content that helped incite and organize a violent mob that left at least five people dead and dozens injured. Th... |
| Jan 9, 2021 | Amazon Web Services gives Parler 24-hour notice that it will suspend services to the company | Parler is at risk of disappearing, just as the social media network popular among conservatives was reaching new heights of popularity in the wake of President Donald Trump’s ban from all major tech social platforms.
Amazon Web Services, wh... |
| Jan 5, 2021 | Counting Ballots and Stealing Elections | On Jan. 6, the vice president, in his constitutional role as president of the Senate, and the members of Congress will gather together in the capitol building and do their constitutional duty. We have now reached the final step in the const... |
| Dec 19, 2020 | Facebook told lawmakers it rejected 3.3 million ads during the 2020 presidential election campaign | Facebook rejected about 3.3 million ads submitted during the 2020 presidential election, according to a report from Bloomberg News.
The rejected ad count was disclosed in a 22-page document reportedly sent to officials close to President Do... |
| Jun 24, 2020 | Did Twitter Violate U.S. Sanctions Law? | Is Twitter breaking the law by allowing Iranian officials to post on its platform?
A group of conservative senators says yes. In February, Sen. Ted Cruz—along with Sens. Tom Cotton, Marsha Blackburn and Marco Rubio—wrote to Twitter’s CEO, J... |
| Jun 6, 2020 | New U.S. Sanctions For Nord Stream 2? What’s At Stake. | Sanctions Over RussiaGetty |
| Jun 4, 2020 | Ted Cruz : Sens. Cruz, Shaheen Introduce Legislation Expanding Sanctions to Block Completion of Nord Stream 2 | WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, joined by Sens. John Barrasso (R-Wyo.), Tom Cotton (R-Ark.), and Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), today introduced legisla... |
| Jun 1, 2020 | Will Trump’s Executive Order Harm Online Speech? It Already Did. | President Trump’s executive order on social media did its damage before he even put pen to paper.
The order comes just days after Twitter applied its fact-checking policy to a presidential tweet that contained misinformation about mail-in v... |
| May 23, 2020 | Sen. Cruz Leads Calls for Fundamental Reassessment of U.S.-China Relationship | HOUSTON, Texas - U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) is leading the charge in the Senate to fundamentally reassess the U.S.-China relationship as the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) continues to lie and engage in a massive coverup of the coronavirus... |
| Apr 22, 2020 | When Can the President Withdraw From the Open Skies Treaty? | Several weeks ago, in early April 2020, Secretary of Defense Mark Esper and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo reportedly agreed to begin withdrawing the United States from the Treaty on Open Skies, a multilateral agreement that facilitates rec... |
| Feb 14, 2020 | Russia’s Proposed New Pipeline Threatens U.S. National Security Interests | Since 2014, Russia and Ukraine have been locked in a conflict in Donbas that has killed thousands. Despite the fighting, the two countries have been able to maintain an economic relationship centered around one industry: energy. A new Russi... |
| Feb 7, 2020 | Senators attempt to force Twitter to ban Iranian leadership | Four senators, including Ted Cruz (R-TX), have asserted that, as a consequence of sanctions placed on Iran, Twitter must cease providing its services to Ayatollah Khamenei and other leaders in the country. “The Ayatollah enjoys zero protect... |
| Dec 10, 2019 | The Senate Foreign Relations Committee’s Conflicting Views on the Role of Sanctions in America’s Strategy Toward Russia | On Tuesday, Dec. 3, shortly before the House Intelligence Committee released its majority report on the impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee gaveled into session a hearing on the future of ... |
| Feb 26, 2018 | Apple CEO to co-chair China Development Forum after handover of Chinese iCloud accounts | Apple CEO Tim Cook will co-chair the 18th annual China Development Forum, a Chinese government event held in Beijing from March 18-20, according to a Wall Street Journal report this morning. The announcement of Cook’s role in the event come... |
| Feb 26, 2018 | Apple CEO to co-chair China Development Forum after handover of Chinese iCloud accounts | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
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| Oct 20, 2017 | US Senators Ask Apple Why VPN Apps Were Removed in China | As part of what is now clearly a crackdown on Great Firewall-evading tools and services, during the summer Chinese government pressure reached technology giant Apple.
On or around July 29, Apple removed many of the most-used VPN application... |
| Feb 9, 2017 | If Trump or Congress Decides the Muslim Brotherhood is a Terrorist Organization, Brace for the Blowback | In his inaugural address, President Donald Trump called to “unite the civilized world against radical Islamic terrorism, which we will eradicate completely from the face of the earth.” Members of Congress and Trump's cabinet appointees have... |
| Feb 9, 2017 | A Ted Cruz proposal to speed FDA approvals may have limited impact | In late 2015, Senator Ted Cruz introduced a bill to make more drugs available to Americans more quickly. Specifically, his idea would have the Food and Drug Administration approve products for which there is an unmet medical need if those d... |
| Jan 27, 2017 | Should the Muslim Brotherhood be Designated a Terrorist Organization? | Certain segments of the American Right have long been spoiling to designate the Muslim Brotherhood as a foreign terrorist organization under the material support statute. And now that Donald Trump is president, talk of designating the Broth... |
| Jan 19, 2017 | Defunding the United Nations over Resolution 2334 Would Be a Huge Mistake | The list of political institutions and norms that I have taken for granted and which are now under threat seems to grow by the day. High on the list are the multilateral organizations that have formed the core of the postwar liberal interna... |
| Oct 11, 2016 | Obama wants to go to Mars, but will the next administration? | President Obama released an op-ed on CNN today, praising the accomplishments of NASA to date and encouraging the nation to keep its sights set on Mars. While it was an inspiring endorsement for NASA and space exploration, it comes on the ta... |
| Jun 10, 2016 | Yes, Getting The US Government Out Of 'Managing' Internet Domain Governance Is A Good Thing | A little over two years ago, when the Commerce Department officially announced plans to “relinquish control” over ICANN’s IANA (Internet Assigned Numbers Authority) we tried to explain why people should stop freaking out. There were a bunch... |
| Feb 27, 2016 | Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio Join the Latest GOP Attack on Net Neutrality | One year after federal regulators approved the most sweeping open internet protections in US history, Republicans are escalating their assault on net neutrality, the principle that all content on the internet should be equally accessible.
R... |
| Sep 14, 2015 | The Non-Trivial But Probably Losing Argument That The Iran Review Act Bars The President from Lifting U.S. Sanctions Against Iran | Several people (including Senator Cruz, Eugene Kontorovich, Mike Pompeo and David Rivkin, and a majority of the members of the House of Representatives) have argued that the Iran Review Act bars the President from lifting U.S. sanctions aga... |
| Aug 17, 2015 | What Mexican Criminals Think About Donald Trump | Of all the 2016 Republican Presidential candidates, reality TV star Donald Trump has unquestionably been the most controversial. He's generated headlines for lashing out at Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly in bizarre fashion after the first Repu... |
| Feb 13, 2015 | Reactions to the ISIL-Specific AUMF | Below you will find a compilation of public statements and reactions to President Obama’s draft ISIL-specific AUMF. In short: Democrats are concerned there aren't enough limits, and Republicans can’t understand why President Obama is not be... |
| Nov 24, 2014 | Confiscating Passports: Is this a Good Way to Stop Citizens from Joining Jihadists in Syria and Iraq? | Thousands of westerners, including at least 100 Americans and more than 500 Britons, are known to have joined ISIS or the Al Nusra Front in Syria and Iraq. In the United States and the United Kingdom small numbers may have already come back... |
| Nov 4, 2014 | 'It's a Form of Torture': UNHCR Launches Campaign to Eradicate Statelessness | At least 10 million people around the world are currently classified as "stateless," with 600,000 of them in Europe. The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) estimates that a child isborn without a n... |
| Oct 1, 2014 | 8 US Politicians to Receive Bitcoin By Mail This Week | A carefully selected group of US Congress members will soon receive bitcoin donations in the mail. For some, it will likely be the first time they come into direct contact with digital currency.
Led by a Washington, DC-based political actio... |
| Jul 30, 2014 | Who Is Saying What About the Leahy Surveillance Bill | Below you'll find a compilation of public statements on Senator Patrick Leahy's new and improved USA Freedom Act, which he unveiled yesterday.
Suffice it to say: the reviews are generally positive, give or take some rather qualified, less c... |
| Mar 8, 2013 | Publicity Stunt Postscript: Senators Cruz and Paul Propose Legislation on Targeted Killing by Domestic Drones | Readers by now know this much: Senators Rand Paul and Ted Cruz harbor great anxieties about possible drone strikes against U.S. citizens on U.S. soil---chiefly against citizens who pose no imminent threat to our national security. And their... |
| Madison Cawthorn says he is launching a campaign to impose 12-year term limits on the House and Senate | Rep. Madison Cawthorn (R-North Carolina) speaks on the House floor. House Television via AP
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| US troops should 'only receive an honorable discharge' for refusing COVID vaccine, according to a GOP bill | Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas listens during a hearing on Capitol Hill on Tuesday, April 20, 2021. Evelyn Hockstein/Pool via AP
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The Department of Defense recently mandated that all members of the military get the COVID vaccine.
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| Microsoft employees question donations to senators who support Trump's attempt to overturn election | Some Microsoft employees don't agree with the company's financial contributions to political candidates.
It's an ongoing issue that's getting fresh attention after one of Microsoft's top leaders, Brad Smith, called for a smooth transition o... |
| Ted Cruz says the Biden administration's decision to vacate Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan was a 'political decision' that 'proved catastrophic' | A US Air Force transport plane lands at the Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan on July 1, 2021. Wakil Kohsar/Getty Images
Ted Cruz criticized the Biden administration's decision to vacate Afghanistan's Bagram Air Base.
Bagram was once the large... |
| Congress is set to confirm Joe Biden’s win over Trump despite GOP pushback. Here’s what to know | Congress on Wednesday will count and confirm the votes cast by the Electoral College, a process that is virtually guaranteed to finalize President-elect Joe Biden’s victory.
But more than a dozen Republican senators and dozens more in the H... |
| EGEB: Fed paves the way for oil industry bailout | In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB):
The Federal Reserve is expanding coronavirus business loans, which opens things up for oil.
Norway, which accounts for around 2% of the global oil production, cuts its output.
Five of Ørsted’s ... |
