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| 20.06.2025 | Political Violence: A Dark Tide Rising in America | In the United States, political violence is no longer a distant threat. It has become a grim reality, manifesting in chilling acts that shake the very foundations of democracy. Recent events in Minnesota illustrate this unsettling trend. A ... |
| 18.06.2025 | A Dark Chapter in Minnesota Politics: The Assassination of Melissa Hortman and the Stalking of Lawmakers | In the quiet suburbs of Minnesota, a storm brewed. It was a storm of violence, fear, and political turmoil. On June 14, 2025, a gunman, Vance Luther Boelter, turned a peaceful neighborhood into a battleground. He wore a mask and tactical ge... |
| 17.06.2025 | Suspect in Minnesota lawmaker killing visited other legislators' homes, prosecutors say | MINNEAPOLIS: The suspect accused of assassinating a Minnesota lawmaker and shooting another this weekend drove to the homes of at least four state politicians as part of a planned killing spree, US authorities said on Monday (Jun 16).
Vance... |
| 17.06.2025 | 40 hours of violence and fear as gunman stalks Minnesota politicians | The man got out of the car wearing tactical clothing, body armor and what looked like a police badge. He was carrying a 9 mm Beretta pistol.
He knocked loudly and repeatedly shouted, “This is the police, open the door.”
Later, even law enfo... |
| 16.06.2025 | Suspect in custody after shooting Minnesota lawmakers while posing as officer, ABC News says | MINNEAPOLIS: Police arrested a man on Sunday (Jun 15) who allegedly shot dead a Democratic state lawmaker and her husband while posing as a police officer, according to ABC News, citing several sources.
ABC News said the man was arrested ne... |
| 05.04.2025 | The Tariff Tug-of-War: Congress Faces a Reckoning | The air is thick with tension in Washington. Tariffs, once a tool of trade, have become a battleground. The stakes are high, and the players are divided. On one side, President Trump’s “America First” strategy promises to revive U.S. manufa... |
| 04.04.2025 | Congress has the power to halt Trump’s tariffs. But Republicans aren’t ready to use it | Congress, however, was jittery.
A handful of Republicans have rebuked Trump’s strategy as a foolhardy path that will burden U.S. households. Kentucky Sen. Mitch McConnell, the longtime Senate leader who was the standard-bearer for past gene... |
| 07.03.2025 | Dear Democrats: It Would Be Nice If You Could Lead, And Not Off A Cliff | We really should have two major parties committed to upholding the Constitution. But at the moment we seem to have none. Because not only have the Republicans been captured by the corrupt fascism of Trump but, instead of standing against th... |
| 28.02.2025 | Navigating the Storm: Protecting Borrowers in Uncertain Times | In a world where the winds of change blow fiercely, student loan borrowers find themselves at a crossroads. The U.S. Department of Education faces unprecedented threats, and consumer advocates are sounding the alarm. The stakes are high, an... |
| 28.02.2025 | National Politics | What US lawmakers are saying about the White House clash between Trump and Zelenskyy | “What I saw in the Oval office was disrespectful and I don’t know if we can ever do business with Zelenskyy again.”
SECRETARY OF STATE MARCO RUBIO:
“Thank you @POTUS for standing up for America in a way that no President has ever had the co... |
| 25.02.2025 | Democrat senators question what Elon Musk plans to do with sensitive CFPB data | Democrat lawmakers led by Sen. Elizabeth Warren on Tuesday held a forum pushing back against the moves that the Trump administration and Elon Musk have taken to neutralize the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
The lawmakers questioned w... |
| 20.01.2025 | National Politics | Inside the intimate inauguration: Close-up encounters between political rivals, some awkward | IN THE ROTUNDA
On Monday, the center of the action was in the gleaming, circular space of statues and history.
The tableau bore little resemblance to what would have been on the outside. Seated closely behind Trump in prime seats was a tigh... |
| 20.11.2024 | Dear Senators Klobuchar & Lujan: Now Do You See Why Letting HHS Censor “Misinformation” Is A Terrible Idea? | You have likely heard that Donald Trump has nominated conspiracy theorist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to be his next Secretary of Health and Human Services. This is dangerous and cruel for a very long list of reasons, but his nomination also expo... |
| 02.10.2024 | On Fires, Theaters, And Censorship: Neither Vice Presidential Candidate Understands Free Speech | Well, that was quite the end to last night’s Vice Presidential debate. While the overall debate was pretty boring (though hilarious when JD Vance flipped out and whined that the moderators had promised not to fact check him), towards the ve... |
| 09.09.2024 | National Politics | Harris’ past debates: A prosecutor’s style with narrative flair but risks in a matchup with Trump | Julian Castro, a Democrat who ran for president against Harris in the 2020 primary, said Harris blended “knowledge, poise and the ability to explain things well” to stand out during crowded primary debates.
“Some candidates get too caught u... |
| 19.08.2024 | The Political Landscape: Challenges and Shifts in Minnesota and Beyond | The political arena is a battleground, with candidates vying for attention and support. In Minnesota, Representative Ilhan Omar faces a fierce primary challenge. Meanwhile, the Democratic National Convention is poised to pivot from Presiden... |
| 13.08.2024 | National Politics | US Rep. Ilhan Omar, a member of the progressive ‘Squad,’ faces repeat primary challenge in Minnesota | Both Bush and Bowman faced well-funded challengers and millions of dollars in spending by the United Democracy Project, a super political action committee affiliated with the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, which appears to be sit... |
| 07.08.2024 | Kamala Harris and Tim Walz: A New Chapter in American Politics | In a political landscape that often feels like a game of chess, Kamala Harris has made a bold move. On August 6, 2024, she selected Minnesota Governor Tim Walz as her running mate. This decision is more than just a partnership; it’s a strat... |
| 06.08.2024 | National Politics | Harris and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz will debut as the 2024 Democratic ticket at a Philadelphia rally | Walz is joining Harris on the ticket during one of the most turbulent periods in modern American politics. Republicans have rallied around former President Donald Trump after he was targeted in an attempted assassination in July. Just days ... |
| 23.05.2024 | Live Nation 'suffocates its competition', US says in monopoly lawsuit | WASHINGTON: The US Justice Department and a group of 30 states and the District of Columbia Thursday (May 23) sued to break up Live Nation arguing the big concert promoter and its Ticketmaster unit illegally inflated concert ticket prices a... |
| 22.05.2024 | FCC to consider rules for AI-generated political ads on TV, radio, but it can't regulate streaming | The head of the Federal Communications Commission introduced a proposal Wednesday that would require political advertisers to disclose when they use AI-generated content in broadcast TV and radio ads.
The proposal, if adopted by the commiss... |
| 18.03.2024 | Moderating Eating Disorder Content Is Harder Than You Think | Both troubled teens and government agencies are asking, “How thin is thin enough?” The teens are thinking about how thin they want to look, while the government is thinking about what’s too thin to post online.
The refrain is always the sam... |
| 21.02.2024 | NG9-1-1 INSTITUTE ANNOUNCES 21ST ANNUAL 911 HONOR AWARDEES | Serving Public Safety Since 2003
Annual National Event Recognizes Leaders and Heroes in Public Safety and Emergency Response Technologies at Capitol Hill Celebration
The Board of Directors of the Institute is honored to be able to recognize... |
| 08.02.2024 | Frustrated Taylor Swift fans battle ticket bots and Ticketmaster | U.S. lawmakers are giving fans a spark of hope they could buy event tickets at more affordable prices. Several senators told CBS News they would support federal legislation that limits the profit sellers can make on the ticket resale market... |
| 27.12.2023 | The COVID-era mental health companies: where are they now? | Some companies have continued to raise funding, while many have had to cut staff
If there was a silver lining to the pandemic, it's that it spurring innovation and adoption of mental health tools, as every age group, racial and ethnic group... |
| 08.12.2023 | Pharmalittle: Biden pharma patent proposal spurs fears; Klobuchar questions company behind price spike of lead poisoning antidote | And so, another working week will soon draw to a close. Not a moment too soon, yes? This is, you may recall, our treasured signal to daydream about weekend plans. Our agenda is still shaping up, but we do plan to tidy the grounds, promenade... |
| 07.12.2023 | ROA praises backlogged flag officer confirmations | Friction and contention in Congress is inherent in its design by the founders. ROA will work to ease such friction when our nation’s military readiness is at stake.”
— ROA executive director, Maj. Gen. (Ret.) Jeffrey Phillips, U.S. Army
WAS... |
| 08.11.2023 | Meta will start requiring disclosures for political ads manipulated with AI | In 2024, Meta will begin requiring advertisers running political or issue ads on its platforms to disclose when their ads are “digitally created or altered” through the use of AI.
Facebook and Instagram ads about elections, politics and soc... |
| 06.05.2023 | Biden admin offers temporary fix to Afghan refugees in limbo | The Biden administration announced Friday a plan to allow Afghan refugees who fled their homes for safety to temporarily extend their time in the U.S. as they face uncertainty about their future.
Why it matters: Thousands of refugees, many ... |
| 05.05.2023 | The Inflation Reduction Act Was Only The Beginning | Cost Control getty |
| 27.04.2023 | Fans berate Ticketmaster over King Charles' coronation concert ticket debacle | Ticketmaster has made a royal mess of issuing tickets to King Charles' coronation concert at Windsor Castle, angry fans are saying on social media.
The ticketing platform was charged with handling applications to attend the BBC event linked... |
| 31.03.2023 | News Publishers Admit They Get Value From Search Traffic, Even As They Demand Extra Compensation For It | In recent years, major media organizations have been lobbying Congress to enact legislation, the “Journalism Competition and Preservation Act,” requiring search engine providers to engage in a form of collective bargaining about the tax the... |
| 31.03.2023 | News/Media Alliance Applauds Members of Senate for Reintroducing Journalism Competition & Preservation Act | “A compensation framework between news publishers and the tech platforms will help correct the current imbalance in the marketplace whereby Google and Meta have set the rules that everyone else must play by."
ARLINGTON, Va. (PRWEB) Mar... |
| 20.03.2023 | News/Media Alliance Applauds California State Assembly for Introducing California Journalism Preservation Act | We applaud California Assemblymember Wicks for introducing this legislation and for recognizing the critical importance of high-quality journalism to ensuring informed and engaged communities.
ARLINGTON, Va. (PRWEB) March 20, 2023
The News/... |
| 04.03.2023 | New Senate Bill Seeks Better Health Data Protection Following Roe v. Wade Reversal | Jace Dela Cruz, Tech Times 04 March 2023, 08:03 am
US Democrat senators introduced a new bill that aims to better protect the health data of Americans.
The introduction of the Upholding Protections for Health and Online Location Data (UPHOL... |
| 23.02.2023 | The Senators who grilled Ticketmaster's executives over Taylor Swift tickets want the Department of Justice to keep examining the company's merger with Live Nation | Taylor Swift / Amy Klobuchar Sarah Morris/FilmMagic / Jerod Harris/Getty Images for Vox Media
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Sens. Amy Klobuchar and Mike Lee are asking the DOJ to keep examining Ticketmaster and Live Nation.
The senators, who held a hearing on... |
| 13.02.2023 | Digital health news, funding round up in the prior week; February 13, 2023 | ShiftMed raised $200M; CVS Health bought Oak Street Health; Blue Shield of California added Virta
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VideaHealth, a dental artificial intelligence platform, announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued 510(k) cl... |
| 23.12.2022 | The Jan. 6 Report: A Summary With Some Analysis | ’Twas three nights before Christmas
And all through the House,
Not a creature was stirring
Except the staff of the Jan. 6 committee, which was frantically trying to release their final report and many hundreds of accompanying documents befo... |
| 29.11.2022 | Business
Business | Kroger CEO says at congressional hearing no stores would close in proposed Albertsons merger | Kroger CEO Rodney McMullen vowed at a congressional hearing Tuesday not to close stores or lay off frontline associates if the proposed merger between his company and Albertsons succeeds.
He and Albertsons CEO Vivek Sankaran testified befor... |
| 28.07.2022 | After Dobbs, Democrats and Republicans Switch Places on Speech Policy | The Supreme Court’s decision overturning Roe v. Wade is likely to have a sweeping effect on abortion and privacy, but it will also set the stage for a battle over what people can and can’t say online. Democrats and Republicans are already p... |
| 28.06.2022 | CVS resumes coverage of blockbuster blood thinner after price drop follows January exclusion | Following some backlash from the American College of Cardiology and patients, Bristol Myers Squibb and Pfizer lowered the price of their blockbuster blood thinner Eliquis, thus ensuring that CVS Caremark would cover the... |
| 23.05.2022 | Democrats call on FTC to protect mobile location data of people seeking abortions, amid concern it could be bought by anti-abortion vigilantes | Democrats told the FTC they're worried about data brokers selling location data from people seeking abortions.
Sixteen Democratic senators wrote to FTC commissioner Lina Khan to ask that this data is protected.
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| 23.03.2022 | AAAA Thanks Members of Congress for Taking the Lead on Helping Ukrainian Children in Adoption Process | Academy of Adoption & Assisted Reproduction Attorneys “Children waiting to be adopted deserve every opportunity to be united with safe, loving families,” said AAAA President Genie Miller Gillespie. “Especially as we watch the horror of ... |
| 04.03.2022 | Apple Sent another Letter to U.S. Lawmakers to continue their opposition to the push for Apple to accept Sideloading
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| 04.03.2022 | Apple Sent another Letter to U.S. Lawmakers to continue their opposition to the push for Apple to accept Sideloading
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| 24.02.2022 | Mazars Creep and the Jan. 6 Committee | According to Stanley Brand, the former general counsel to the House of Representatives, the House select committee probe into the Jan. 6 Capitol riot is “the mother of all investigations.” It’s “a quantum leap for Congress in a way I’ve nev... |
| 16.02.2022 | Senator Klobuchar's Next Unconstitutional Speech Control Bill: The NUDGE Act | Is there a contest in the Senate to see who can propose the highest number of unconstitutional bills? You might think that the leader in any such contest would have to be a crazed populist like a Josh Hawley or a Ted Cruz, but it seems like... |
| 25.01.2022 | Washington’s Election Misinformation Bill Demonstrates Dangers of Compromising First Amendment Values | Exactly one year after the Jan. 6 violence at the Capitol, Washington Governor Jay Inslee announced his support for a bill that his office said “would outlaw attempts by candidates and elected officials to spread lies about free and fair el... |
| 21.01.2022 | The Senate took a big step toward regulating Big Tech | The Senate Judiciary Committee voted to advance a bill meant to rein in Big Tech.
If passed, the bill would bar tech platforms from giving preferential treatment to their products.
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| 20.01.2022 | The first big tech antitrust bill lumbers toward reality | A major Senate bill that would prevent tech companies from giving preference to their own products and services just passed a significant hurdle in Congress, bringing it one step closer to becoming law.
The Senate Judiciary Committee voted ... |
| 18.01.2022 | What’s in the major voting rights bill Senate Democrats are mounting a last-ditch effort to pass | Protester David Barrows carries a sign during a rally to press Congress to pass voting rights protections and the ‘Build Back Better Act,’ Monday, Dec. 13, 2021, in Washington. Patrick Semansky/AP
Senate Democrats are facing an uphill battl... |
| 18.01.2022 | Snapchat says it’s getting better at finding illicit drug dealers before users do | Snapchat has faced increasing criticism in recent years as the opioid crisis plays out on social media, often with tragic results.
In October, an NBC investigation reported the stories of a number of young people aged 13 to 23 who died afte... |
| 11.01.2022 | ‘I will not yield’: Biden puts out a forceful call for the Senate to change its rules to pass voting rights legislation | President Joe Biden takes off his face mask as he prepares to speak in support of changing the Senate filibuster rules that have stalled voting rights legislation, at Atlanta University Center Consortium, on the grounds of Morehouse College... |
| 14.12.2021 | Klobuchar, Grassley Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Provide Certainty to Biofuel Producers | Legislation would prohibit the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from reducing the Renewable Volume Obligations (RVOs) once the annual rule is finalized
WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and Chuck Grassley (R-IA) introduce... |
| 09.12.2021 | Klobuchar Announces USDA Assistance for Biofuel Producers Hurt by the Pandemic | Federal funding was secured through bipartisan legislation introduced by Klobuchar and Grassley to reimburse biofuel producers for feedstock purchases
WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) announced that the United States Departmen... |
| 08.12.2021 | At Commerce Committee Hearing, Klobuchar Emphasizes Need to Address Supply Chain Disruptions, Rising Costs of Container Shipments | Klobuchar: "In the last two years ag exporters have lost 22 percent of [foreign] sales. Meanwhile, ocean carriers have reported record profits from the increased demand for imported goods...So that's when you step in, because we want t... |
| 09.11.2021 | Klobuchar, Cotton Competition Bill Latest To Pretend 'Big Tech' Is The Only Industry With Problems | So we've noted a few times that the recent Congressional fixation on "big tech monopolies" is weirdly myopic. As in, the United States is absolutely jam-packed with heavily monopolized sectors including banking, telecom, energy, a... |
| 09.11.2021 | Klobuchar, Cotton Competition Bill Latest To Pretend 'Big Tech' Is The Only Industry With Problems | So we’ve noted a few times that the recent Congressional fixation on “big tech monopolies” is weirdly myopic. As in, the United States is absolutely jam-packed with heavily monopolized sectors including banking, telecom, energy, and air tra... |
| 27.10.2021 | Fischer Renews Request to Meet with White House to Discuss Biofuels Agenda | WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Deb Fischer (R-Neb.) today joined a group of her Republican colleagues in requesting a meeting with President Biden and his cabinet to discuss the Renewable Fuel Standard and the essential role biofuels play ... |
| 19.10.2021 | “Crucial,” “Tangible Difference”: What They're Saying About Senators Klobuchar and Grassley's Bipartisan Legislation to Stop Big Tech From Boxing Out Competition and Hurting Consumers | Boston Globe Editorial Board: "...the measure could make a tangible difference for the small and mid-sized businesses that increasingly rely on Amazon, Google, and Facebook to reach customers"
Public Knowledge: "Nondiscrimina... |
| 28.09.2021 | Klobuchar, Colleagues Urge Biden Administration to Reject Reduction in Biofuel Blending Requirements | WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and Representatives Angie Craig (D-MN), Cheri Bustos (D-IL), and Cindy Axne (D-IA) led a bicameral group of 11 of their colleagues, including Senator Tina Smith (D-MN), in a letter urging the B... |
| 20.09.2021 | Democrats’ ‘bold’ new attempt at bipartisan voting rights reform is failing to win over Manchin’s GOP allies | Martin Luther King III hugs Cliff Albright, executive director of Black Voters Matter, as he arrives to speak at a rally for voting rights, Tuesday, Sept. 14, 2021, on Capitol Hill in Washington. AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin
Senate Democrats w... |
| 18.08.2021 | TikTok under fire from US senators over privacy, Chinese government ties | More On: TikTok
Unvaccinated people are declaring themselves ‘Purebloods’ Man ‘shocked’ to discover hair poking out of 100-year-old grave Costco’s wild return policy offers full refunds for used bedsheets and dead Christmas trees TikTok bat... |
| 18.08.2021 | TikTok under fire from US senators over privacy, Chinese government ties | More On: TikTok
I’m a triplet but I’m four years younger than my sisters Social media star reveals how she fakes hot beach photos for Instagram ‘Bad mom’ shocked to find out how kids accidentally drank spiked water for days My Tinder match ... |
| 18.08.2021 | Big tech has a vaccine misinformation problem. Here’s what a social media expert recommends | With only about half the United States population fully vaccinated for COVID-19 and as the delta variant sweeps the nation, the U.S. surgeon general issued an advisory that called misinformation an urgent threat to public health. The adviso... |
| 07.08.2021 | Trump’s recurring donation tactics led to $12.8m in refunds in 2021, but his PAC is still using pre-checked boxes to steer supporters into unwitting payments | A fundraising email from Save America, sent on Tuesday, included a fundraiser with pre-checked boxes. Save America JFC, via Forbes
Trump and the GOP have refunded millions of dollars to donors in 2021, The New York Times reported.
The refun... |
| 06.08.2021 | Democrats’ voting rights agenda checks off advocates’ boxes and they’re ‘holding out hope’ it’ll break through the filibuster impasse | Senate Democrats are aiming to take a vote on one or more voting proposals before breaking for recess. Michael Nigro/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images
Senate Democrats are proposing bills that check many advocates’ boxes on voting ... |
| 23.07.2021 | Following Urging from Klobuchar, Smith, USDA Announces Additional Coronavirus Relief Funding for Livestock and Poultry Producers | Application period will conclude September 17, 2021
WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and Tina Smith (D-MN) announced today that producers in Minnesota and across the country hit hard by the pandemic can apply for federal reli... |
| 16.07.2021 | Klobuchar, Fellow Members of the Minnesota Congressional Delegation Urge USDA to Authorize Additional Land for Haying and Grazing | WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and Tina Smith (D-MN), members of the Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee, and Representatives Michelle Fischbach (R-MN), Angie Craig (D-MN), Pete Stauber (R-MN), Tom Emmer (R-MN), a... |
| 09.07.2021 | Jason Momoa takes on Big Pharma with car chases and knife fights in a new action movie | Jason Momoa will take on Big Pharma in his upcoming movie with Netflix “Sweet Girl.”
The trailer shows his character trying to avenge his wife’s death after a pharmaceutical company pulls her life-saving treatment from the market.
The pay-f... |
| 01.07.2021 | Following Letter from Klobuchar, Smith, and Craig, USDA Announces Additional Coronavirus Relief Funding for Farmers and Agricultural Businesses | New aid includes $700 million for biofuels producers, $200 million for timber harvesting and hauling, and assistance for livestock producers
WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and Tina Smith (D-MN), members of the Senate Agricu... |
| 24.06.2021 | At Hearing on Rural Economies, Klobuchar Highlights Importance of Renewable Energy Investments and Upholding Renewable Fuel Standard | Chaired by Sen. Smith (D-MN), the hearing featured testimony from three Minnesota witnesses
WASHINGTON - At a Senate Agriculture subcommittee hearing on rural economies chaired by Senator Tina Smith (D-MN), Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) enga... |
| 17.06.2021 | Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand wants to create a new agency to deal with data privacy | Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) is introducing a revamped version of her Data Protection Act, which would create a new government agency in charge of regulating and enforcing federal privacy laws — the ones we have now as well as any we migh... |
| 14.06.2021 | Bipartisan bill seeks to break up Big Tech’s stranglehold on innovation | A bipartisan group of House lawmakers introduced sweeping antitrust legislation last Friday aimed at Amazon, Apple, Google, and Facebook per The New York Times. The five bills propose to prohibit discrimination by dominant platforms, forbid... |
| 29.05.2021 | Sen. Klobuchar wants the Justice Department to investigate Amazon's $8.45 billion MGM purchase over antitrust concerns | Sen. Klobuchar said the Justice Department "must conduct a thorough investigation" of Amazon's $8.45 billion MGM deal.
MGM's extensive film library gives Amazon an edge in the crowded streaming market.
Republicans are also concern... |
| 27.05.2021 | Sen. Klobuchar wants the Justice Department to investigate Amazon’s $8.45 billion MGM purchase over antitrust concerns | Sen. Amy Klobuchar. Samuel Corum/Pool/AFP
Sen. Klobuchar said the Justice Department “must conduct a thorough investigation” of Amazon’s $8.45 billion MGM deal.
MGM’s extensive film library gives Amazon an edge in the crowded streaming mark... |
| 19.05.2021 | Restrictions on acquisitions would stifle the US startup ecosystem, not rein in big tech | Jeff Farrah Contributor
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| 12.05.2021 | Amy Klobuchar : Klobuchar, Smith Announce USDA Funding for Rural Water, Energy, and Biofuel Infrastructure | WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and Tina Smith (D-MN) announced that the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is investing more than $4.4 million in critical infrastructure that will help Minnesota's rural c... |
| 23.04.2021 | Amy Klobuchar : Klobuchar, Fischer Lead Bipartisan Letter to EPA Highlighting Need to Uphold and Restore Confidence in Renewable Fuel Standard | The Senators asked Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael Regan to reject requests to waive or reduce the Renewable Volume Obligations (RVOs) under the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS)
WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Amy Klobuc... |
| 22.04.2021 | The US government’s next pandemic aid will cover broadband. What will it mean for Baltimore’s digital divide? | In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the federal government has offered direct stimulus checks and targeted relief over the last year. The next area it’s supporting: Broadband.
The pandemic has put a spotlight on the high cost of internet,... |
| 21.04.2021 | Apple Accused of ‘Power Grab’ in Senate App Store Hearing
Apple Accused of ‘Power Grab’ in Senate App Store Hearing | (Bloomberg) -- Music-streaming service Spotify Technology SA and Match Group Inc., which operates online dating apps, accused Apple Inc. of squeezing software developers that depend on its App Store to reach customers by extracting monopoly... |
| 19.04.2021 | TechTank: With New Investments in Broadband Infrastructure, Can We Finally Close the Digital Divide? | President Biden has put forth a Build Back Better agenda that now includes physical infrastructure and job creation to stir economic recovery in the United States. Broadband infrastructure is included in his trillion-dollar plan, alongside ... |
| 09.04.2021 | Apple Refuses to Send Witness to Senate Hearing | Lionell Moore, Tech Times 09 April 2021, 08:04 pm
Apple has reluctance attending its hearing on Friday, April 9. The company has done a poor job of cooperating with the senate during its hearing on Anti-Competitive App Store Practices. Even... |
| 02.04.2021 | Biden’s plan to fix America’s broken internet, briefly explained | President Biden’s $2 trillion American Jobs Plan infrastructure proposal used a broader definition of infrastructure than most people tend to associate with the word. It took on everything from roads, pipes, and electricity to climate chang... |
| 18.03.2021 | After Australia, now US wants to make Facebook & Google pay | Australia has dramatically changed the relationship between the news media and digital platforms by requiring Google and Facebook to pay for original content. The U.S. Congress is considering a similar approach.
On Tuesday, Facebook reache... |
| 09.02.2021 | The Cyberlaw Podcast: Well, Have You Ever Seen Dr. Octopus and Sen. Klobuchar Together? | This episode features a deep dive into the National Security Agency’s (NSA) self-regulatory approach to overseas signals intelligence, or SIGINT. Frequent contributor David Kris takes us into the details of the SIGINT Annex that governs NSA... |
| 09.02.2021 | In The Rush To Strengthen Antitrust Law, We Could Kill Useful Mergers And Acquisitions | Last week, Senator Amy Klobuchuar introduced a major antitrust reform bill, entitled the Competition and Antitrust Law Enforcement Reform Act. This isn’t much of a surprise, as Democrats have made it quite clear that they seek to use antitr... |
| 09.02.2021 | In The Rush To Strengthen Antitrust Law, We Could Kill Useful Mergers And Acquisitions | Last week, Senator Amy Klobuchuar introduced a major antitrust reform bill, entitled the Competition and Antitrust Law Enforcement Reform Act. This isn't much of a surprise, as Democrats have made it quite clear that they seek to use antitr... |
| 05.02.2021 | Big Tech investors shrug off antitrust developments as Klobuchar pitches sweeping reform | Sen. Amy Klobuchar released a sweeping anti-trust bill on Thursday.
Big Tech stock reactions were muted despite the possibility of serious fines for anti-competitive behavior.
"I don't want to punish success," the senator said. &q... |
| 04.02.2021 | New antitrust reform bill charts one possible path for regulating big tech | As Democrats settle into control of both chambers of Congress, signs of the party’s legislative priorities are starting to manifest. So far, lawmakers’ interest in reimagining tech’s regulatory landscape appears to be alive and well.
Sen. A... |
| 04.02.2021 | A new antitrust bill could pose a huge threat to Google, Amazon, Apple, and Facebook, with potential fines of up to 15% of annual revenue | Senator Amy Klobuchar introduced a sweeping new antitrust bill on Thursday.
It would grant enforcement agencies more power to levy bigger fines on companies breaking competition rules.
Klobuchar has said she wants to regulate Big Tech in pa... |
| 22.01.2021 | Democratic senators urge Facebook, Google and Twitter to crack down on vaccine misinformation | A group of Democratic senators led by Sen. Amy Klobuchar wrote to the CEOs of Facebook, Twitter, Google and YouTube on Thursday asking the companies to crack down on vaccine misinformation and make their efforts more transparent.
As the pan... |
| 11.01.2021 | Now Is the Time to Advance the Decentralized Web | On Jan. 6, 2021 (or what seems like the 739th day of 2020), a riotous mob stormed the United States Capitol. It has been over 200 years since the last storming of the Capitol during the War of 1812. This time, the building remained under oc... |
| 21.12.2020 | Amy Klobuchar On Stimulus Funding For Indie Stages And ‘Live Nations Of The World Not Getting It’ | Save Our Stages champion Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) discusses final push to include bill in the ... [+] stimulus package. Getty Images |
| 18.12.2020 | Amazon’s Halo fitness tracker raises privacy concerns for Amy Klobuchar | After reading a review of Amazon’s new fitness tracker, Minnesota Senator Amy Klobuchar penned an open letter.
“Recent reports have raised concerns about the Halo’s access to this extensive personal and private health information,” the lawm... |
| 14.12.2020 | Amazon’s body-scanning Halo fitness band is now available to everyone in the US | Given all of the…feedback Amazon has received, it’s hard to believe the Halo wasn’t widely available until today. Announced in late-August, the product has been offered in “early access” to invited users. That changes today, however, as the... |
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