Congress · 116th Congress
FAA keeping Senate panel ‘in the dark’ about 737 Max approval, chairman says
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Congress · 116th Congress
CIA suffered historic data loss from lax cybersecurity, report says
[jwp-video n=”1″] Wyden also asked Ratcliffe to answer in an unclassified report questions on how the intelligence agencies are addressing cybersecurity risks, including steps they have taken
Policy · 116th Congress
Fintechs try old bank charters as ‘everything old is new again’
[jwp-video n=”1″] A limited freeze in the rule-making caused by the virus is unlikely to slow the rapidly growing trend of fintech firms looking to use this century-old method to become a bank
Policy · 116th Congress
Pandemic survey results suggest risk of ‘huge eviction surge’
[jwp-video n=”1″] Census data shows a similar spike in households that haven’t paid rent or don’t know whether they will, said Solomon Greene, a senior fellow at the Urban Institute.
Congress · 116th Congress
Capitol Police, a department shrouded in secrecy
[jwp-video n=”1″] Demand Progress, a progressive organization, has written to several lawmakers asking for them to improve the accountability of the Capitol Police.
Policy · 116th Congress
Administration puts ‘hold’ on green card requests from US
[jwp-video n=”1″] The USCIS, which is entirely funded by application fees, has sought $1.2 billion in emergency funding from Congress because of a shortfall it said was caused by a drop in applications
Policy · 116th Congress
DOT to distribute 100 million masks for travelers
But Chao told Politico on June 1 that the issue is one of “labor management” and that the industry should take the lead in protecting workers, arguing that the federal government tended to be “much
Policy · 116th Congress
CDC releases new safety guidance as states lift limits
[jwp-video n=”1″] When asked about the Trump campaign’s planned rallies, Jay Butler, the CDC’s deputy director of infectious diseases and COVID-19 response incident manager, said the guidance
Policy · 116th Congress
White House ‘definitely’ wants more COVID-19 aid, Mnuchin says
Beyond the rocky rollout, over $1 billion went to publicly traded companies that still fell under the 500 employee cap.
Policy · 116th Congress
Researchers push for public test of census privacy tools
[jwp-video n=”1″] The Census Bureau adopted its differential privacy policy after research showed existing methods, like randomly swapping members of households, failed to do enough to protect
Policy · 116th Congress
Trump health official’s approach to contracts faces scrutiny
[jwp-video n=”1″] Ethics experts say laws that forbid contracts from going to allies of federal officials are lax and unlikely to be enforced.
Congress · 116th Congress
Senators worry about COVID-19 as busy wildfire season closes in
Park Police role in aggressively breaking up a peaceful demonstration outside the White House on June 1 by shooting chemical gases at protestors. The U.S.
Policy · 116th Congress
DOJ ‘reassigned’ career members of Board of Immigration Appeals
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Congress · 116th Congress
Transport workers still seek enforceable COVID-19 rules
In a June 1 interview with Politico, she characterized the issue as “labor-management” and argued that industry should take the lead in protecting their workers, arguing that doing so would help restore
Policy · 116th Congress
Senate panel grills housing regulators on racial bias, pandemic
Carson defended his pace, saying the agency put out $1 billion within a week, and was on pace to spend all of the appropriated money by the October deadline set by Congress.
Policy · 116th Congress
Optimism abounds on cryptocurrency ETFs despite lack of action
[jwp-video n=”1″] Fintech website Coindesk reported in May that the total number of bitcoins held in cryptocurrency exchange wallets dropped to an 18-month low, an indication that some people
Policy · 116th Congress
Contact tracing for COVID-19 is hybrid of old and new technologies
[jwp-video n=”1″] Typically, testing labs, hospitals and doctors’ offices in each state electronically report a positive test for any of the trackable diseases into a disease surveillance database
Congress · 116th Congress
A lot riding on conservation bill vote for Gardner, Daines
[jwp-video n=”1″] Texas Republican Ted Cruz is another potential opponent.
Congress · 116th Congress
McConnell sets vote for Trump media agency pick, who has ties to Steve Bannon
The agency has an annual budget of roughly $1 billion and includes U.S. taxpayer-funded news outlets Voice of America, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, Radio Free Asia and the Middle East Broadcasting
Policy · 116th Congress
Lawmakers, tech companies struggle to curb coronavirus disinformation
[jwp-video n=”1″] Other Democrats also want more information about how COVID-19 disinformation is spreading.