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After the murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis set off social justice protests and a racial reckoning in the summer of 2020, California created a task force to look into the issue of reparations. A nine-member panel conducted research on the harm done to the state’s roughly 2.5 million Black residents by systemic racism and […]

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pushed back against criticism from the United States, asserting that calls for a new election were unwarranted amidst the ongoing conflict with Hamas. According to an AP report, US Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, a prominent Jewish figure and staunch supporter of Israel, had urged for fresh elections, saying Netanyahu […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — If some U.S. lawmakers have their way, the United States and China could end up with something in common: TikTok might not be available in either country. The House on Wednesday approved a bill requiring the Beijing-based company ByteDance to sell its subsidiary TikTok or face a nationwide ban. It’s unclear . […]

9 March 2024 Image source, Getty Images US lawmakers have passed a government spending package shortly before a midnight deadline, averting a partial government shutdown. The Senate passed six bills totalling $459bn (£357bn) which funds nearly 30% of the government. It faced opposition, however, from some Republicans who argued the measure did not do enough […]

Less than four years after George Floyd’s murder sparked a mass awakening to the inequities of the criminal justice system, political leaders across the country are returning to a tough-on-crime approach. In some cases . . .

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 […]

Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis testifies during a hearing on the Georgia election interference case, Thursday, Feb. 15, 2024, in Atlanta. The hearing is to determine whether Willis should be removed from the case because of a relationship with Nathan Wade, special prosecutor she hired in the election interference case against former President Donald […]

Rep. Mike Gallagher, who led a delegation to Taiwan this week, said in a letter to Musk that SpaceX could possibly be in breach of its “contractual obligations with the U.S. government.” By David Jeans, Forbes Staff Agroup of U.S. lawmakers are calling on Elon Musk to make SpaceX’s Starshield military-specific satellite communications network available […]

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

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. lawmakers are raising alarms about what they see as America’s failure to compete with China in biotechnology, warning of the risks to U.S. national security and commercial interests. But as the two countries’ rivalry expands into the biotech industry, some say that shutting out Chinese companies would only hurt the U.S. […]


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