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A pair of bipartisan senators are pressing Facebook over its location tracking policies, questioning whether the social media giant continues to track users even when they’ve said they don’t want Facebook to do so. Sens. Chris CoonsChristopher (Chris) Andrew CoonsSenators introduce bipartisan bill restricting police use of facial recognition tech Centrist Democrats seize on state election wins […]

A State Department staffer told House lawmakers last week that he believed officials in Ukraine “gradually came to understand that they were being asked to do something” in order for a hold on security assistance from the U.S. to be lifted, according to a transcript released by House Democrats on Monday evening.  David Holmes, a career […]

The House on Friday passed a bill along party lines to fund and overhaul the Export-Import Bank after a bipartisan agreement crumbled under Democratic opposition. The House voted 235-184 to send the bill to the Senate, where it is unlikely to see action.  Only 13 House Republicans supported the bill Friday after the White House […]

Secretary of State Mike PompeoMichael (Mike) Richard PompeoDemocrats release two new transcripts ahead of next public impeachment hearings McConnell urges Trump to voice support for Hong Kong protesters Overnight Defense — Presented by Boeing — Stopgap spending bill includes military pay raise | Schumer presses Pentagon to protect impeachment witnesses | US ends civil-nuclear waiver […]

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnellAddison (Mitch) Mitchell McConnellFeehery: Pivoting to infrastructure could help heal post-impeachment wounds McConnell urges Trump to voice support for Hong Kong protesters Key GOP senator: ‘We need a breakthrough’ on spending talks MORE (R-Ky.) on Monday threw his support behind a “clean” stopgap bill to fund the government through Dec. 20, […]

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has repeatedly rescheduled and delayed a meeting of an advisory board slated to review a controversial proposal that would block the agency from considering studies that don’t make their underlying data public.  The rule in question is titled “Strengthening Transparency in Regulatory Science,” but it is known as the secret […]

Aides to the leaders of the Senate Finance Committee met earlier this month with a federal employee who alleges possible inappropriate efforts to influence an IRS audit of President TrumpDonald John TrumpMost Americans break with Trump on Ukraine, but just 45 percent think he should be removed: poll Judge orders Democrats to give notice if […]

2020 presidential candidate Sen. Amy KlobucharAmy Jean KlobucharHillicon Valley: Commerce extends Huawei waiver | Senate Dems unveil privacy bill priorities | House funding measure extends surveillance program | Trump to tour Apple factory | GOP bill would restrict US data going to China Fox News anchor apologizes for saying Booker dropped out of 2020 race […]

U.S. and South Korean military forces have indefinitely delayed a planned joint exercise that sparked harsh criticism from North Korea in what Defense Secretary Mark EsperMark EsperPentagon chief confident in military justice system after Trump pardons US, South Korea cancel military exercise after criticism from North Korea Hillicon Valley: Twitter shares more details on political […]

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnellAddison (Mitch) Mitchell McConnellFeehery: Pivoting to infrastructure could help heal post-impeachment wounds McConnell urges Trump to voice support for Hong Kong protesters Key GOP senator: ‘We need a breakthrough’ on spending talks MORE (R-Ky.) is calling on President TrumpDonald John TrumpMost Americans break with Trump on Ukraine, but just 45 percent […]