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NRCC targets 10 Dems following census reapportionment in Calif., Ill., Mich., Pa. and N.Y.

The National Republican Congressional Committee has set its sights on defeating 10 Democrats in the 2022 midterm elections from states that are losing U.S. House seats following the reapportionment directed by the Census Bureau.

May 4, 2021

New Jersey offering free beer as incentive to get vaccinated

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy said Monday that his state was offering free beer as an incentive to get more people vaccinated.

May 3, 2021

Facebook’s Oversight Board to decide the fate of Donald Trump’s ban on Wednesday

Facebook's Oversight Board said Monday it would decide this week whether to reverse or maintain the company's ban against former President Donald Trump.

May 3, 2021

Republican lawmakers push for end to iCOP, the Postal Service surveillance

Republican lawmakers said they are pushing to end the U.S. Postal Service's surveillance of Americans via its internet covert operations program (iCOP).

April 30, 2021

Ryan Zinke, Former Trump Interior secretary, files to run for Congress

Former Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke has filed paperwork with the Federal Election Commission that shows he is seeking a return to Congress from Montana.

April 30, 2021

EU says Apple is violating competition rules in music-streaming market via the App Store

The European Commission said Friday that Apple had "abused its dominant position" for the distribution of music-streaming apps via the company's App Store.

April 30, 2021

Jim Langevin, Mike Gallagher: Cybersecurity agency needs $400 million more

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency is set up to fail unless it receives at least $400 million more in funding, a bipartisan pair of lawmakers warned.

April 29, 2021

Twitter blocking ‘Uncle Tim’ slur against Sen. Tim Scott from trending over Biden rebuttal

Twitter said Thursday that it is blocking "Uncle Tim" from trending on its platform after its use as a racist slur against Republican Sen. Tim Scott.

April 29, 2021

Google sued over alleged privacy invasions via COVID-19 contact-tracing system

Users alleging that Google exposed their personal data via its COVID-19 exposure-notification system with Apple have sued Google in federal court for invasion of privacy.

April 28, 2021

US Postal Service ‘wildly unprepared’ to answer questions on alleged spying on Americans: Rep. Mace

The U.S. Postal Service failed to answer basic questions about its alleged spying on Americans in a private briefing with House members, according to lawmakers who attended, deepening concerns that the agency is targeting conservatives.

April 28, 2021

Facebook, Twitter, YouTube accused of profiting from ‘addiction’ as lawmakers eye crackdown

Facebook, Twitter and YouTube fought against lawmakers' charges on Tuesday that the tech companies' business is built on warping reality and addicting users.

April 27, 2021

D.C. police computers breached by hacker, department says

The Metropolitan Police Department appears to be the latest victim of a computer hacking group that is threatening to leak sensitive information unless the agency pays a ransom.

April 27, 2021

Lawmakers blast Big Tech firms during hearing but promote their books on those platforms

Lawmakers that questioned the business practices of Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube during a Senate hearing on Tuesday simultaneously used those same platforms to promote their books. Missouri Republican Sen. Josh Hawley, for example, tweeted an Amazon link for his new book, "The Tyranny of Big Tech," just minutes before a hearing convened in which he took the e-commerce giant to task.

April 27, 2021

Marco Rubio rips Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg for allegedly asking Chinese president to name his baby

Sen. Marco Rubio, Florida Republican, criticized Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg for allegedly asking Chinese President Xi Jinping to name the tech titan's baby.

April 26, 2021

Republican lawmakers want U.S. Postal Service to explain its alleged spying on Americans

Republican lawmakers are demanding that the U.S. Postal Service explain its actions to allegedly spy on Americans via monitoring their social media posts.

April 23, 2021

Former Coca-Cola worker convicted in conspiracy to commit economic espionage for China

A federal jury in Tennessee convicted Xiaorong You in a conspiracy to commit economic espionage benefiting China stemming from her work at Coca-Cola.

April 23, 2021

U.S. scientists feared compromised by China

More than 500 federally funded scientists are under investigation for being compromised by China and other foreign powers, the National Institutes of Health revealed Thursday.

April 22, 2021

Lawmakers warn Apple, Google of upcoming antitrust crackdown

Senators warned Apple and Google on Wednesday that an antitrust crackdown is coming — and the warning was bipartisan.

April 21, 2021

20 senators push bipartisan proposal to stop sale of data to law enforcement and intel agencies

A bipartisan coalition of 20 senators proposed new data privacy legislation on Wednesday designed to prevent the sale of American users' data to law enforcement and intelligence agencies.

April 21, 2021

Apple, Google face antitrust hearing on Capitol Hill

Apple and Google are set to square off with lawmakers Wednesday over whether the companies' app stores violate antitrust rules.

April 20, 2021