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Congress sends Trump a resolution ending Biden-era rubber tire emissions cleanup rule

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Congress has voted to kill a rule requiring U.S. rubber tire makers to clean up planet-warming emissions from their manufacturing processes.

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Majority Leader John Thune's 'old-fashioned' approach to the Senate has kept Trump on board so far

Read full article: Majority Leader John Thune's 'old-fashioned' approach to the Senate has kept Trump on board so far

The Senate has produced the quickest top-level Cabinet confirmation process in the last 20 years under new Majority Leader John Thune of South Dakota.

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Top senator criticizes Pentagon 'mid-level' leaders on troop level plan in Europe

Read full article: Top senator criticizes Pentagon 'mid-level' leaders on troop level plan in Europe

The chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee criticized Pentagon “mid-level” leadership for what he says is a misguided plan to reduce the number of U.S. troops based in Europe.

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Was classified information shared? Senators overseeing military request probe into Signal leak

Read full article: Was classified information shared? Senators overseeing military request probe into Signal leak

The top Republican and Democrat on the Senate Armed Services Committee are requesting an investigation into how Trump national security officials used the Signal app to discuss military strikes.

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The White House says nothing classified was shared on Signal. Democrats say that strains credulity

Read full article: The White House says nothing classified was shared on Signal. Democrats say that strains credulity

Trump administration officials are struggling to stem the fallout from revelations that top national security officials discussed sensitive attack plans over a messaging app and mistakenly added a journalist to the chain.

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The Atlantic releases the Signal chat showing Hegseth's detailed attack plans against the Houthis

Read full article: The Atlantic releases the Signal chat showing Hegseth's detailed attack plans against the Houthis

The Atlantic has released the Signal chat among Trump senior national security officials.

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Trump is forcing a generational shift in GOP foreign policy. Here's how Republicans are responding

Read full article: Trump is forcing a generational shift in GOP foreign policy. Here's how Republicans are responding

Republicans in Congress have long been intent on countering America’s rivals and spreading U.S. influence abroad.

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Senate advances Pete Hegseth as Trump's defense secretary, despite allegations

Read full article: Senate advances Pete Hegseth as Trump's defense secretary, despite allegations

The Senate has advanced the nomination of Pete Hegseth as President Donald Trump’s defense secretary.

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Key takeaways from Pete Hegseth's fiery confirmation hearing

Read full article: Key takeaways from Pete Hegseth's fiery confirmation hearing

Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for defense secretary, has publicly faced senators for the first time.

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The Latest: Pete Hegseth’s confirmation hearing adjourns following Senate questioning

Read full article: The Latest: Pete Hegseth’s confirmation hearing adjourns following Senate questioning

Confirmation hearings for Donald Trump’s cabinet picks begin this week, starting with Trump’s choice for defense secretary, Pete Hegseth.

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Senate committee to hold confirmation hearing for defense secretary nominee Hegseth on Jan 14

Read full article: Senate committee to hold confirmation hearing for defense secretary nominee Hegseth on Jan 14

President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for Secretary of Defense is expected to face his first public questioning from U.S. senators on Jan. 14.

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Senate passes defense bill that will raise troop pay and aims to counter China's power

Read full article: Senate passes defense bill that will raise troop pay and aims to counter China's power

The Senate has passed a defense bill that authorizes significant pay raises for junior enlisted service members and boosts overall military spending to $895 billion.

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House approves $895B defense bill with military pay raise, ban on transgender care for minors

Read full article: House approves $895B defense bill with military pay raise, ban on transgender care for minors

The House has passed a measure that authorizes a 1% increase in spending this fiscal year and a double-digit pay raise for about half of the enlisted service members in the military.

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Republicans rally around Hegseth, Trump's Pentagon pick, as Gaetz withdraws for attorney general

Read full article: Republicans rally around Hegseth, Trump's Pentagon pick, as Gaetz withdraws for attorney general

President-elect Donald Trump’s allies on Capitol Hill are rallying around Pete Hegseth, Trump’s Pentagon pick.

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Senior Blinken aide is taking a top job with Austin after Senate confirmation holdup

Read full article: Senior Blinken aide is taking a top job with Austin after Senate confirmation holdup

One of Secretary of State Antony Blinken's most senior aides is leaving for a top job with Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and will be replaced by a brother of President Joe Biden's national security adviser.

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Ukraine may fire US-provided missiles into Russia wherever it is coming under attack, Pentagon says

Read full article: Ukraine may fire US-provided missiles into Russia wherever it is coming under attack, Pentagon says

The Pentagon says Ukraine’s military is allowed to use longer-range missiles provided by the U.S. to strike targets inside Russia across more than just the front lines near Kharkiv if Kyiv is acting in self-defense.

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Key Republican calls for 'generational' increase in defense spending to counter US adversaries

Read full article: Key Republican calls for 'generational' increase in defense spending to counter US adversaries

The top-ranking Republican on a Senate committee that oversees the military is calling for a “generational investment” in America’s defense.

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Mississippi Republican Sen. Wicker advances to general election. State also holds 4 House primaries

Read full article: Mississippi Republican Sen. Wicker advances to general election. State also holds 4 House primaries

Mississippi Sen. Roger Wicker has defeated two Republican challengers and will face Democrat Ty Pinkins in the Nov. 5 election.

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AP Decision Notes: What to expect in the March 12 presidential contests

Read full article: AP Decision Notes: What to expect in the March 12 presidential contests

Super Tuesday put President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump within reach of clinching their parties' presidential nominations.

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AP Decision Notes: What to expect in Mississippi's presidential and state primaries

Read full article: AP Decision Notes: What to expect in Mississippi's presidential and state primaries

Former President Donald Trump has his hopes set that Republican voters in Mississippi and three other states will push him over the top Tuesday night in his quest to clinch his party’s presidential nomination for the third election in a row.

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Senate Republicans resist advancing on border policy bill, leaving aid for Ukraine in doubt

Read full article: Senate Republicans resist advancing on border policy bill, leaving aid for Ukraine in doubt

Senate Republicans are resisting the advance of a bipartisan proposal intended to clamp down on illegal border crossings.

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AP Election Brief | What to expect in Mississippi's state primaries

Read full article: AP Election Brief | What to expect in Mississippi's state primaries

Tuesday is primary day in Mississippi.

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Senate passes defense bill with bipartisan support, but clash looms with House over social issues

Read full article: Senate passes defense bill with bipartisan support, but clash looms with House over social issues

The Senate has passed a massive annual defense bill that would deliver a 5.2% pay raise for service members and keep the nation’s military operating.

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Defense industry dollars flowed to a Democratic senator after he gained a key role on spending

Read full article: Defense industry dollars flowed to a Democratic senator after he gained a key role on spending

Montana Democratic Sen. Jon Tester is looking to win reelection in a race that could decide control of the Senate.

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Biden's pick to lead FAA faces stormy confirmation hearing

Read full article: Biden's pick to lead FAA faces stormy confirmation hearing

President Joe Biden’s pick to run the Federal Aviation Administration is finally getting a chance to make the case for his stalled nomination.

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EXPLAINER: What to know on Congress' bid to bar rail strike

Read full article: EXPLAINER: What to know on Congress' bid to bar rail strike

President Joe Biden is asking Congress to intervene to avert a potentially crippling freight rail strike before Christmas, even if it means handing a defeat to Democratic allies in the labor movement.

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Boeing behind schedule in gaining approval for new Max jets

Read full article: Boeing behind schedule in gaining approval for new Max jets

Boeing is behind schedule in submitting documentation for new versions of its 737 Max jetliner, and it's asking Congress for more time.

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Bumps, bipartisanship in long fight for semiconductor bill

Read full article: Bumps, bipartisanship in long fight for semiconductor bill

President Joe Biden will soon be signing into law a major bill to revive the U.S. computer chip sector.

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Zelenskyy center stage: Facing Congress, pleading for help

Read full article: Zelenskyy center stage: Facing Congress, pleading for help

Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will address the U.S. Congress — the next stop as the actor-turned-wartime leader uses the Western world’s great legislative bodies as a global stage to help his country.

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Zelenskyy pleads for help in impassioned speech to Congress

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has summoned the memory of Pearl Harbor and the Sept. 11 terror attacks in an impassioned plea to Congress to send more help for Ukraine’s fight against Russia.

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All smiles, Jackson tries for Senate reset on Supreme Court

Read full article: All smiles, Jackson tries for Senate reset on Supreme Court

Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson may not get any Republican votes.

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Sen. Collins, key vote on Supreme Court, praises Jackson

Read full article: Sen. Collins, key vote on Supreme Court, praises Jackson

Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson is winning praise from a key Senate Republican.

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EXPLAINER: What's ahead for Biden's Supreme Court nominee

Read full article: EXPLAINER: What's ahead for Biden's Supreme Court nominee

President Joe Biden’s nomination of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court has launched what Democrats hope will be a quick, bipartisan confirmation process for the court’s first Black woman.

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For Black women, hopes and dreams rest on Biden court choice

Read full article: For Black women, hopes and dreams rest on Biden court choice

Black women have been buoyed by President Joe Biden’s pledge to nominate a Black woman to the court.

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Biden reaches for GOP support for Supreme Court nominee

Read full article: Biden reaches for GOP support for Supreme Court nominee

President Joe Biden is reaching out to Republican as well as Democratic Senate Judiciary Committee leaders as he works to gain GOP support for his Supreme Court nominee.

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Democrats eye new strategy after failure of voting bill

Read full article: Democrats eye new strategy after failure of voting bill

Democrats are picking up the pieces after the collapse of their sweeping voting rights legislation.

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Invoking Jan. 6, Dems pivot to fight for voting legislation

Read full article: Invoking Jan. 6, Dems pivot to fight for voting legislation

Democrats are mounting an impassioned bid to overhaul Senate rules that stand in the way of their sweeping voting legislation.

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EPA overturns approval of Mississippi Yazoo Pumps Project

Read full article: EPA overturns approval of Mississippi Yazoo Pumps Project

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has overturned the approval of a massive flood-control project in the south Mississippi Delta that officials said was erroneously greenlit in the final days of the Trump administration.

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Biden bill includes boost for union-made electric vehicles

Read full article: Biden bill includes boost for union-made electric vehicles

President Joe Biden and Democrats in Congress are looking to give U.S. automakers with union employees the inside track when it comes to winning the burgeoning electric vehicle market.

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Mississippi blues promoter and raconteur Bill Luckett dies

Read full article: Mississippi blues promoter and raconteur Bill Luckett dies

Bill Luckett was an attorney, small-town mayor, candidate for Mississippi governor, storyteller, blues promoter and business partner and friend of Academy Award-winning actor Morgan Freeman.

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Three senators test positive for COVID in breakthrough cases

Read full article: Three senators test positive for COVID in breakthrough cases

Three senators say they have tested positive for COVID-19 despite being vaccinated.

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Lawmakers agree NCAA needs NIL help, but how much and when?

Read full article: Lawmakers agree NCAA needs NIL help, but how much and when?

A federal law governing how college athletes can earn money off their fame seems like a certainty.

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WH legislative team pursues 'politics is personal' strategy

Read full article: WH legislative team pursues 'politics is personal' strategy

While President Joe Biden pitches his infrastructure plan to the American public, the real work of delivering his legislative agenda takes place behind the scenes.

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Biden, GOP senators upbeat, plan more infrastructure talks

Read full article: Biden, GOP senators upbeat, plan more infrastructure talks

After meeting at the White House, President Joe Biden and a group of Republican senators have agreed to talk again early next week as negotiations on an infrastructure plan are intensifying.

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Republicans promote pandemic relief they voted against

Read full article: Republicans promote pandemic relief they voted against

Every Republican in Congress voted against the $1.9 trillion "American Rescue Plan," which President Joe Biden signed into law three months ago.

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Biden wants infrastructure deal, but GOP doubts persist

Read full article: Biden wants infrastructure deal, but GOP doubts persist

President Joe Biden wants Congress to know he’s sincere about cutting a deal on infrastructure.

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Biden aims for bipartisanship but applies stealthy pressure

Read full article: Biden aims for bipartisanship but applies stealthy pressure

President Joe Biden has begun publicly courting Republicans to back his sweeping infrastructure plan, but his reach across the aisle is intended just as much to keep Democrats in line as it is a first step in an uphill climb to any bipartisan deal.

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Biden wants infrastructure deal, but GOP doubts persist

Read full article: Biden wants infrastructure deal, but GOP doubts persist

President Joe Biden wants Congress to know he’s sincere about cutting a deal on infrastructure.

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EXPLAINER: What Biden's new $100B plan for broadband means

Read full article: EXPLAINER: What Biden's new $100B plan for broadband means

Broadband internet in the U.S. costs more than in many other rich nations, it still doesn’t reach tens of millions of Americans and the companies that provide it don’t face much competition.

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Congress OKs $1.9T virus relief bill in win for Biden, Dems

Read full article: Congress OKs $1.9T virus relief bill in win for Biden, Dems

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer of N.Y., pose after signing the $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill during an enrollment ceremony on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, March 10, 2021, in Washington. Ad“Help is here,” Biden tweeted moments after the roll call, which ended with applause from Democratic lawmakers. The measure addresses Democrats’ campaign promises and Biden’s top initial priority of easing a one-two punch that first hit the country a year ago. According to a CNN poll released Wednesday, the relief bill is backed by 61% of Americans, including nearly all Democrats, 58% of independents and 26% of Republicans. On the relief bill, progressives had to swallow big concessions to solidify moderate support.

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Trump's trial starting: 'Grievous crime' or just 'theater'?

Read full article: Trump's trial starting: 'Grievous crime' or just 'theater'?

Under COVID-19 protocols senators will distance for the trial, some even using the visitors' galleries. “This trial is one way of having that difficult national conversation about the difference between dissent and insurrection," he said. Trump's defenders are preparing to challenge both the constitutionality of the trial and any suggestion that he was to blame for the insurrection. The trial was set to break Friday evening for the Jewish Sabbath at the request of Trump's defense team, and resume Sunday. Trump's second impeachment trial is expected to diverge from the lengthy, complicated affair of a year ago.

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Senate Republicans back Trump as impeachment trial nears

Read full article: Senate Republicans back Trump as impeachment trial nears

AdMany senators including Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell immediately denounced the violence and pointed a finger of blame at Trump. Those partisan divisions appear to be hardening ahead of Trump’s trial, a sign of his continuing grip on the GOP. On Sunday, Wicker described Trump's impeachment trial as a “meaningless messaging partisan exercise." Democratic Sen. Patrick Leahy of Vermont will preside over the trial as Senate president pro tempore. Forty-four Republican senators sided with Paul and voted to oppose holding an impeachment trial at all.

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Latest bill would bar NCAA limits on athlete NIL rights

Read full article: Latest bill would bar NCAA limits on athlete NIL rights

The College Athlete Economic Freedom Act is the third piece of legislation related to name, image and likeness compensation for college athletes introduced in Congress since December and second sponsored by Democrats. Iowa became the latest state to get in the game, with lawmakers introducing a bill Wednesday they hope will go into effect July 1. The bill would give college athletes unfettered access to the free market, allow them to organize and make group licensing deals, and hand oversight to the Federal Trade Commission. ), chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee, put forth an NIL bill that is narrowly focused like Murphy's, but with numerous restrictions that critics consider too NCAA-friendly. Wicker's bill would provide antitrust protections to the NCAA, shielding the association from legal challenges to its NIL rules, and allow the association to limit the types of financial agreements for athletes.

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Senate confirms Pete Buttigieg as transportation secretary

Read full article: Senate confirms Pete Buttigieg as transportation secretary

FILE - In this Jan. 21, 2021, file photo, Transportation Secretary nominee Pete Buttigieg speaks during a Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Stefani Reynolds/Pool via AP)WASHINGTON – Pete Buttigieg won Senate approval Tuesday as transportation secretary, the first openly gay person to be confirmed to a Cabinet post. Ad“We all know the nominee as Mayor Pete, a man who basically came onto the national stage as a Midwest mayor, who had lots of enthusiasm for making investments in America’s future,” she said. Under President Donald Trump, Richard Grenell served as acting director of national intelligence and is openly gay, but did not have to face Senate confirmation as an acting director. Ad“Congratulations to Secretary Pete Buttigieg on his historic confirmation,” Alphonso David, president of Human Rights Campaign, an LGBTQ advocacy group, said after the vote.

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Senate investigators fault FAA over Boeing jet, safety

Read full article: Senate investigators fault FAA over Boeing jet, safety

In a report released Friday, Dec. 18, 2020 the Senate Commerce Committee also said the FAA continues to retaliate against whistleblowers. In a report released Friday, the Senate Commerce Committee also said the FAA continues to retaliate against whistleblowers. Both grew out of concern about the agency's approval of the Boeing Max. The Senate report, however, criticized a key part of the FAA review. It said that Boeing “inappropriately influenced" FAA testing of pilot-reaction time to a nose-down pitch of the plane.

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Booker, Democratic lawmakers introducing NCAA reform bill

Read full article: Booker, Democratic lawmakers introducing NCAA reform bill

The College Athletes Bill of Rights is sponsored by U.S. The bill also protects the NCAA from future antitrust challenges to its compensation rules. Booker and Blumenthal's bill, however, goes way beyond NIL rights for athletes and is not nearly as NCAA-friendly. The legislation would allow college athletes to earn money off their names, images and likenesses with minimal restrictions, through either individual or group licensing deals. — Establish a nine-member Commission on College Athletics that would include at least five former college athletes and individuals with legal expertise, including in the area of Title IX.

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Congress swats back Trump's veto threat of defense bill

Read full article: Congress swats back Trump's veto threat of defense bill

White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany speaks during a briefing at the White House, Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2020, in Washington. But interjecting the complicated tech issue threatens to upend the massive defense bill, which Congress takes pride in having passed unfailingly for half a century. White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany said at briefing Wednesday that the president is serious about vetoing the defense bill unless Congress repeals Section 230. Some Democrats, including Schumer, agree the Section 230 provision could be revisited, even as they disagree with Trump’s tactic of attaching it to the defense bill. But he also said he doesn’t believe Trump will veto the must-pass defense bill.

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Social media CEOs rebuff bias claims, vow to defend election

Read full article: Social media CEOs rebuff bias claims, vow to defend election

The committee summoned the CEOs of Twitter, Facebook and Google to testify during the hearing. Dorsey said Twitter was working closely with state election officials. Dorsey told Cruz that he does not believe that Twitter can influence elections because it's only one source of information. GOP senators raised with the executives an array of allegations of other bias on the platforms regarding Iran, China and Holocaust denial. “We approach our work without political bias, full stop," Pichai said.

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Social media CEOs to face grilling from Republican senators

Read full article: Social media CEOs to face grilling from Republican senators

WASHINGTON – Less than a week before Election Day, the CEOs of Twitter, Facebook and Google are set to face a grilling by Republican senators who accuse the tech giants of anti-conservative bias. With the election looming, Republicans led by President Donald Trump have thrown a barrage of grievances at Big Tech’s social media platforms, which they accuse without evidence of deliberately suppressing conservative, religious and anti-abortion views. The tech platforms are gateways to news online. It proposes that Congress enact rules preventing tech platforms from taking local news content without fair payment. “For too long, social media platforms have hidden behind Section 230 protections to censor content that deviates from their beliefs,” Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., the committee chairman, said recently.

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Barrett vows fair approach as justice, Democrats skeptical

Read full article: Barrett vows fair approach as justice, Democrats skeptical

Sen. Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut was among several Democrats demanding that Barrett pledge not to take part in any election case. One after another, Democrats sought Monday to tie her nomination to the upcoming Obama-era health care case. “Health care coverage for millions of Americans is at stake with this nomination,” said Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California, the committee’s senior Democrat. In one message, he tweeted that he’d have a “FAR BETTER” health care plan, with lower costs and protections for preexisting conditions. But he has not, as yet, discussed an actual health care plan.

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Senators weigh COVID risk for Barrett Supreme Court hearing

Read full article: Senators weigh COVID risk for Barrett Supreme Court hearing

In this Oct. 1, 2020, photo, Supreme Court nominee Judge Amy Coney Barrett, meets with Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., at the Capitol in Washington. Confirmation hearings begin Monday for President Donald Trumps Supreme Court nominee, Amy Coney Barrett. If confirmed, the 48-year-old appeals court judge would fill the seat of liberal Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who died last month. No Supreme Court has ever been confirmed so close to a presidential election. Barrett also is the most openly anti-abortion Supreme Court nominee in decades and her vote could provide a majority to restrict if not overturn abortion rights.

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Five things to know about court nominee Amy Coney Barrett

Read full article: Five things to know about court nominee Amy Coney Barrett

In this Oct. 1, 2020, photo, Supreme Court nominee Judge Amy Coney Barrett, meets with Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., at the Capitol in Washington. Confirmation hearings begin Monday for President Donald Trumps Supreme Court nominee, Amy Coney Barrett. If confirmed, the 48-year-old appeals court judge would fill the seat of liberal Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who died last month. (Graeme Jennings/Pool via AP)WASHINGTON – Confirmation hearings begin Monday for President Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee, Amy Coney Barrett. If confirmed, the 48-year-old appeals court judge would fill the seat of liberal Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who died last month.

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CEOs of 3 tech giants to testify at Oct. 28 Senate hearing

Read full article: CEOs of 3 tech giants to testify at Oct. 28 Senate hearing

WASHINGTON – The CEOs of technology giants Facebook, Google and Twitter are expected to testify for an Oct. 28 Senate hearing on tech companies’ control over hate speech and misinformation on their platforms. It marks a new bipartisan initiative against Big Tech companies, which have been under increasing scrutiny in Washington and from state attorneys general over issues of competition, consumer privacy and hate speech. With Trump leading the way, conservative Republicans have kept up a barrage of criticism of Silicon Valley’s social media platforms, which they accuse without evidence of deliberately suppressing conservative views. The Justice Department has asked Congress to roll back long-held legal protections for online platforms, putting down a legislative marker in Trump’s drive against the social media giants. Democrats, on the other hand, have focused their criticism of social media mainly on hate speech, misinformation and other content that can incite violence or keep people from voting.

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Barrett opposed 'abortion on demand,' raising doubts on Roe

Read full article: Barrett opposed 'abortion on demand,' raising doubts on Roe

President Donald Trump has nominated Barrett to take the seat of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, an abortion rights supporter who died last month. White House spokesperson Judd Deere said Barrett already has distinguished her personal views from her responsibility as a judge. “As Judge Barrett said on the day she was nominated, ‘A judge must apply the law as written. In July, the Supreme Court did, in fact, throw out the panel’s ruling and ordered a new look at the case. Last year, the Supreme Court reinstated the fetal remains law, but not the ban on abortions for race, sex and developmental disabilities.

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Q&A: What to expect from trial of Nissan, ex-director Kelly

Read full article: Q&A: What to expect from trial of Nissan, ex-director Kelly

FILE - In this Friday, April 20, 2018, file photo, Nissan Chairman Carlos Ghosn speaks during an interview in Hong Kong. The criminal trial against Japanese automaker Nissan and its former executive Greg Kelly will open in Tokyo District Court on Sept. 15. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung, File)TOKYO – The criminal trial against Japanese automaker Nissan and its former executive Greg Kelly will open in Tokyo District Court on Tuesday. A: Prosecutors will present their opening statement, outlining their case against Kelly during the first day of the trial. When asked about the trial, Tokyo Deputy Chief Prosecutor Hiroshi Yamamoto said little beyond reiterating his confidence there was plenty of evidence to win a conviction.

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Incarcerated people look to Senate to cap prison phone rates

Read full article: Incarcerated people look to Senate to cap prison phone rates

MINNEAPOLIS Incarcerated people and their families said they are closely watching congressional debates about the next COVID-19 relief bill for proposed legislation that would drastically push down the cost of prison and jail phone calls. For years, they have advocated lowering rates that run as high as $25 for a 15-minute call. Now, they said, with the economic fallout of the coronavirus pandemic, the costs are especially debilitating, separating families at a crucial time. He said the suspension of most in-person visits at facilities nationwide have made calls back home even more important. They went from talking to him every day to talking to him a few times a week.

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Lawmakers rip FAA for not disclosing documents on Boeing Max

Read full article: Lawmakers rip FAA for not disclosing documents on Boeing Max

The committee's top Democrat, Sen. Maria Cantwell of Washington where Boeing builds the long-grounded 737 Max joined Wicker in criticizing FAA's failure to turn over documents. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, pressed Dickson on whether Boeing lied to the FAA about safety concerns around the Boeing plane. This week, Wicker and Cantwell introduced legislation to revamp the FAA's process for certifying new passenger planes. Boeing hopes to win FAA approval this year for changes it is making to the plane so airlines can resume using it. Dickson said, as he has many times, that FAA will approve Boeing's work when it is convinced the plane is safe.

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Senate panel advances Mississippi appeals court nominee

Read full article: Senate panel advances Mississippi appeals court nominee

The American Bar Association is rating the Mississippi judge as well qualified to serve on one of the most conservative federal appeals courts. Circuit Court of Appeals, which handles cases for Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)WASHINGTON The Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday advanced a federal appeals court nominee from Mississippi, despite Democratic objections over derisive comments he made about former President Barack Obama and his signature health care legislation. The GOP-led panel endorsed Mississippi Appeals Court Judge Cory Wilson on a 12-10, party-line vote. Wilson, a former Republican state legislator who has been on the state appeals court for 16 months, was nominated by President Donald Trump for a seat on the New Orleans-based 5th U.S.

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How Trump may bulldoze 'America's Amazon'

Read full article: How Trump may bulldoze 'America's Amazon'

But the mood is giddy because a surprise caller is on speaker -- President Trump. Mike Dunleavy, who has been bonding with Trump during Air Force One refueling stops, often bringing a list of rules and restrictions he wants overturned. "He's a great guy," Trump says of Dunleavy over the speaker. It traps and hold so much carbon, it's known as "America's Amazon." He's been here since 1960, back when the Forestry Service treated Alaska more as America's lumberyard than sanctuary.

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