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The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to hear a pair of cases on the issue of “faithless electors,” members of the Electoral College who choose not to support the presidential candidate picked by the voters in their state. The move opens the potential for the Supreme Court to impose new rules for the Electoral College […]

A handful of small companies on Friday violated long-standing tech industry norms by testifying publicly against the world’s largest tech firms, alleging for the congressional record that Google, Apple, Amazon and Facebook have hamstrung and harmed their businesses for years. Executives with companies that rely on Big Tech — like Sonos, a smart speaker company, and Popsockets, which used to rely […]

Welcome to Thursday’s Overnight Health Care.  Progressive groups are raising red flags over health insurers donating to Democratic candidates, an HHS proposal on religious groups is getting pushback, and a Trump-appointed FTC commissioner broke with her party on drug prices.  We’ll start with 2020 donors: ADVERTISEMENT   Progressives raise red flags over health insurer donations […]

The Trump administration on Friday announced plans to roll back school lunch standards on vegetables and fruits originally promoted by Michelle ObamaMichelle LeVaughn Robinson ObamaOvernight Health Care: Trump reportedly lashed out at health chief over polling | Justices to hear ObamaCare birth control case | Trump rolls back Michelle Obama school lunch rules Trump to […]

Happy Friday and welcome back to On The Money, where we will be off until Tuesday. I’m Sylvan Lane, and here’s your nightly guide to everything affecting your bills, bank account and bottom line. See something I missed? Let me know at [email protected] or tweet me @SylvanLane. And if you like your newsletter, you can […]

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D) demanded that Facebook CEO Mark ZuckerbergMark Elliot ZuckerbergHillicon Valley: Biden calls for revoking tech legal shield | DHS chief ‘fully expects’ Russia to try to interfere in 2020 | Smaller companies testify against Big Tech ‘monopoly power’ Michigan governor urges Zuckerberg to enforce community guidelines after hate speech, threats surface […]

Iran is reportedly sending black boxes from the downed Ukrainian passenger plane back to Ukraine after Tehran acknowledged that its military accidentally shot down the Boeing 737-800 earlier this month. Specialists from France, Canada and the United States are expected to analyze data from the two boxes that came from the airliner, Reuters reported Saturday, citing […]

Democratic presidential hopeful Mike Bloomberg wants all new cars to be electric by 2035, according to a plan released by the former New York City mayor’s campaign on Friday.  Bloomberg’s campaign said he would instate mileage and pollution standards and “put in place an aggressive schedule to put the U.S. on pace to make 100% of […]

A group of lawmakers on Friday called on the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to investigate one of the top financial data aggregators in the U.S., questioning whether it is collecting reams of sensitive information on Americans without adequate consent.  Sens. Ron WydenRonald (Ron) Lee WydenHillicon Valley: Biden calls for revoking tech legal shield | DHS chief […]

The FBI on Thursday announced a new policy intended to “clarify and guide timely” notification of state and local election officials of any cyber intrusions, marking a major shift three years after Russian intrusions during the 2016 elections.  The new internal policy mandates that a state’s chief election official and local election officials be notified […]