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By Ariama C. Long, Report for America Corps Member | New York Amsterdam News U.S. Rep. Gregory W. Meeks, along with U.S. Rep. Greg Stanton from Arizona, recently took a two-day trip to the southern border to learn about the current asylum seeker backlog from the frontlines. Meeks favors the bipartisan Senate compromise bill on […]
TikTok, the immensely popular social media app whose China-based parent company has given rise to concerns about data security and foreign influence, is once again in Congress’s crosshairs. The Republican-controlled House will soon vote on a bill requiring TikTok either be divested from ByteDance, its Beijing-based owner, or face . . .
Vote is a major step towards finalising the 2024 federal budget after months of deadlock in the divided Congress. Lawmakers in the United States Senate passed a spending package shortly before a midnight deadline, averting a partial government shutdown. The lower house on Friday voted 75-22 to approve a $460bn spending package of six bills […]
Washington CNN — A powerful House committee advanced a bill on Thursday that could lead to a nationwide ban against TikTok on all electronic devices, renewing lawmakers’ challenge to one of the world’s most popular social media apps and highlighting unresolved fears that TikTok may pose a Chinese government spying risk.
Critics say Beijing could force video-sharing app to share data on its US users and spread propaganda. Lawmakers in the United States are moving ahead with proposals to ban TikTok unless it cuts ties with its Chinese parent company amid claims the platform could be used to spy on Americans and manipulate public opinion. A […]
Washington — A renewed push targeting TikTok is gaining momentum on Capitol Hill, where several previous efforts to ban the widely popular video-sharing app over concerns about its parent company’s ties to China have stalled in the past. Owned by the China-based company ByteDance, TikTok is one of the most widely used apps in the […]
WASHINGTON — Nearly a year after TikTok’s CEO was grilled on Capitol Hill, House Republicans and Democrats are joining together on legislation that would force its parent company, China-based ByteDance, to divest the popular social media company or risk the U.S. banning it from app stores. The bill is co-authored by the bipartisan leaders of […]
Senator Chuck Schumer, the majority leader, traveled to Ukraine on Friday for a visit meant to show American solidarity with a democratic ally under attack by Russia and increase the pressure on Republicans to drop their opposition to additional U.S. aid. The trip, Mr. Schumer’s first official one to Ukraine, comes at a critical time, […]
A pair of U.S. politicians have introduced a bill to open black-box forensic algorithms used in criminal trials. The AI software is a common participant in criminal cases nationwide. One of the most common roles is to judge if a suspect in jail can be released on bond prior to a trial. But
CNN — As funding for Ukraine faces an uncertain future in Congress, the US Army has been left to foot the bill for hundreds of millions of dollars in support for Ukraine’s war effort against Russia over the last few months — and Army officials are increasingly concerned that without new funding, they will have to begin pulling money from . . .