Senate GOP Must Seize Opportunity To Expand Trump Tax Cuts

zerohedge.com Senate GOP Must Seize Opportunity To Expand Trump Tax Cuts Authored by Stephen Moore and Adam Brandon via RealClear Politics, President Joe Biden came into office promising…

Divided FCC Brings Back Obama-Era Open Internet Rules

mediapost.com The Federal Communications Commission on Thursday voted along party lines to reinstate net neutrality rules that prohibit carriers from blocking or throttling traffic and…

Sources: Microsoft has scrambled to respond to new attacks from the Russia-linked SolarWinds hackers, as its engineers prioritize security over new features

theverge.com The world’s largest tech company has a security problem. A series of high-profile security incidents have rocked Microsoft over the past few years, and a scathing report…

Shouldn't Teams, Zoom, Slack all interoperate securely for the Feds? Wyden is asking

theregister.com Collaboration software used by federal government agencies — this includes apps from Microsoft, Zoom, Slack, and Google — will be required to work together and be securely…

Senate Demands ByteDance Divest from TikTok or Face U.S. Ban

tftc.io The United States Senate approved a bill demanding that Chinese firm ByteDance divest its ownership of the popular social media app TikTok within 270 days or forfeit access…

US Senators Making the Biggest Impact

247wallst.com The Senate consists of 100 lawmakers – two from each state, and its’ constitutional powers include oversight over the federal budget, declaring wars, approving or rejecting…

The Patriot Act 2.0

bitcoinmagazine.com Edward Snowden has called the recent renewal of FISA 702, “the biggest encroachment on your privacy rights since the Patriot Act.” In the middle of the night, in secret, the…

TikTok Plans Legal Battle as US Senate Passes Divest-or-Ban Bill

asiafinancial.com TikTok and the app’s users in the United States are expected to mount a legal battle in the coming weeks against the passing of a bill requiring China’s ByteDance to either…

Senate Passes Bill That Forces TikTok Owner to Sell App or Face Ban in U.S

billboard.com The Senate passed legislation Tuesday night that would force TikTok’s China-based parent company to sell the social media platform under the threat of a ban, a contentious…

3 big changes coming to Medicare in 2025

aol.com It may be months before the calendar flips to 2025, but not for Medicare. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), which runs the program, just announced two…

FBI and friends get two more years of warrantless FISA Section 702 snooping

theregister.com US lawmakers on Saturday reauthorized a contentious warrantless surveillance tool for another two years — and added a whole bunch of people and organizations to the list of…

The Adderall Shortage: DEA versus FDA in a Regulatory War

marginalrevolution.com A record number of drugs are in shortage across the United States. In any particular case, it’s difficult to trace out the exact causes of the shortage but health care is…

Crypto Industry Faces New Threat: Section 702 US Surveillance Bill Passed

bitcoinist.com The US Senate has voted to reauthorize Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), a move that has sparked widespread debate and concern among civil…

Vitalik Buterin Critiques FISA Renewal, Cites Threat to Crypto Community

coingape.com The renewal of Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) has been slammed by Vitalik Buterin, the co-founder of Ethereum, who has expressed fears that…

FISA Surveillance Program Reauthorized After Late-Night Senate Vote

tftc.io In a late-night vote on April 20, the Senate passed the Reforming Intelligence and Securing America Act, a bill that reauthorizes Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence…

Oh, The Irony: Congress Passes FISA-702 Extension, Allowing Warrantless Document Searches & Electronic Surveillance Of Americans, On Patriots Day 2024

zerohedge.com Oh, The Irony: Congress Passes FISA-702 Extension, Allowing Warrantless Document Searches & Electronic Surveillance Of Americans, On Patriots Day 2024 Authored by 'Sundance'…

Lawmakers vote to reauthorize US spying law that critics say expands government surveillance

techcrunch.com Lawmakers passed legislation early Saturday reauthorizing and expanding a controversial U.S. surveillance law shortly after the powers expired at midnight, rejecting…

Senate passes bill renewing key FISA surveillance power moments after it expires

nbcnews.com WASHINGTON — The Senate voted to reauthorize a powerful surveillance tool the U.S. government describes as critical to combating terrorism, after defeating efforts by civil…

The US Senate reauthorizes FISA's Section 702; some communication service providers had threatened to stop cooperating with the US government in case of a lapse

theverge.com Cornyn was keen on the importance of the FISA spying program, saying, “FBI Director Chris Wray said allowing 702 to expire would be, quote, an act of unilateral disarmament…

FISA Surveillance Powers at Stake as Senate Deadline Approaches

tftc.io Senate leaders are in a race against time to come to a consensus on the reauthorization of a surveillance tool that has been the subject of heated debate due to its…

Down With Big Brother: Warrantless Surveillance Makes A Mockery Of The Constitution

zerohedge.com Down With Big Brother: Warrantless Surveillance Makes A Mockery Of The Constitution Authored by John and Nisha Whitehead via The Rutherford Institute, “Whether he wrote DOWN…

Bank of America Finally Embroiled In Jeffrey Epstein Scandal

dealbreaker.com The nature of the financial services provided by the late, unlamented pedophile Jeffrey Epstein has long been somewhat mysterious. Certainly, his billionaire buddies and the…

House Passes Bill To Block Police From Purchasing Online Data

mediapost.com The U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday passed a bill that would restrict the government's ability to purchase information about Americans' data -- including…

Revised Section 702 surveillance authority poses more danger than ever

reason.com At press time, the U.S. Senate is debating whether to not only renew the U.S. government's spying powers under Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act…

Wyden says he’s ‘not in favor’ of Mnuchin purchasing TikTok as bill gains momentum

thehill.com Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) said Thursday that he is “not in favor” of former Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin participating in efforts to purchase TikTok as a bill that would…

Senate Can Stop Expansion Of Government Surveillance

zerohedge.com Senate Can Stop Expansion Of Government Surveillance Authored by Bob Goodlatte & Mark Udall via RealClear Wire, When the U.S. House passed the Reforming Intelligence and…

US Senate to vote on expanded Section 702 spying powers

theregister.com On Thursday the US Senate is expected to reauthorize the contentious warrantless surveillance powers conferred by Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act…

Biden opposes bill that would keep cops and feds from buying your data

reason.com A bipartisan group of lawmakers is once again trying to keep the government from performing an end run around the Fourth Amendment by buying people's personal data. This…

Schumer And Other Democrats Amplify Calls For Marijuana Reform Ahead Of 4/20, Which Congressman Says Should Be Celebrated ‘Every Day’

marijuanamoment.net Democratic senators, including Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), are “trying to recruit Republicans” to join them in the push for federal marijuana legalization,…

Supercharged Spying Provision Buried In "Terrifying" FISA 702 Reauthorization

zerohedge.com Supercharged Spying Provision Buried In "Terrifying" FISA 702 Reauthorization On Monday, the House finalized procedural business on a bill to reauthorize the nation's…

Impatience over stalled tax deal grows in Senate

thehill.com Supporters of a bipartisan tax deal that sailed through the House in January are growing impatient as the measure stalls in the Senate amid Republican opposition to the…

Bank of America's dealings with Leon Black and Jeffrey Epstein are in the Senate's crosshairs

aol.com None A Senate committee is asking Bank of America about payments from Leon Black to Jeffrey Epstein. • None The Senate is investigating tax avoidance strategies used by the…

Lawmakers Question Bank of America About Leon Black’s Payments to Epstein

nytimes.com A U.S. Senate committee investigating the tax avoidance work that Jeffrey Epstein, the registered sex offender, did for the private equity mogul Leon Black has questioned…

Social Security warning for millions of older Americans

newsweek.com Senators have warned that millions of senior Americans could be at risk of losing their Social Security payments if they default on student loan repayments. Democratic…

NSA "Just Days Away From Taking Over The Internet" Warns Ed Snowden

zerohedge.com NSA "Just Days Away From Taking Over The Internet" Warns Ed Snowden Authored by Tom Mitchelhill via CoinTelegraph.com, The United States National Security Agency (NSA) is…

Senate Republicans’ breathtaking cruelty is hidden in your tax returns

msnbc.com By the end of Monday, tens of millions of American families will have claimed their child tax credit on their 2023 tax returns. But for many families, that credit will be…

House Passes Bill to Ramp Up Section 702 Surveillance Powers

tftc.io The U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill reauthorizing Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), which has sparked significant controversy and…