Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) are leading a group of bipartisan senators reintroducing a bill that would limit kids’ social media use by setting a minimum age for users and restricting access to the sites in schools. Schatz originally introduced a version of the legislation, called the Kids Off Social Media Act, … Read more
The US Senate passed a bill late Tuesday that allows the government to ban TikTok within a year if it doesn’t make meaningful progress toward separating from its China-based owner, ByteDance. President Joe Biden said in a statement after the vote that he would sign it in law on Wednesday. The version of TikTok impacted … Read more
WASHINGTON — The Senate passed a $95.3 billion package of foreign aid bills on Tuesday — and tucked inside was a provision that could lead to a TikTok ban in the U.S. Senators voted 79 to 18 for legislation that includes a provision forcing TikTok’s Chinese parent company, ByteDance, to divest of the popular social … Read more
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Protesters chanted “Blood on your hands” at Tennessee House Republicans on Tuesday after they passed a bill that would allow some teachers and staff to carry concealed handguns on public school grounds, and bar parents and other teachers from knowing who was armed. The 68-28 vote in favor of the bill … Read more
WASHINGTON – When Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) ran for Senate, he promised voters that he would be a loyal member of the Democratic team, lambasting senators who broke with President Joe Biden’s agenda. “Does anyone in this room fashion themselves a Joe Manchin Democrat?” Fetterman asked the audience at an April 2022 Democratic primary debate, … Read more
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Former U.S. Sen. and two-term Florida Gov. Bob Graham, who gained national prominence as chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee in the aftermath of the 2001 terrorist attacks and as an early critic of the Iraq war, has died. He was 87. Graham’s family announced the death Tuesday in a statement … Read more
When Arizona’s state Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld a near-total abortion ban on the books since 1864, Kari Lake, the leading GOP candidate for Senate in the swing state, came out forcefully against the decision. “I wholeheartedly agree with [former] President [Donald] Trump — this is a very personal issue that should be determined by … Read more
Commerce Committee chairs in the House and Senate released a bipartisan bill Sunday evening that aims to protect Americans’ personal data online. Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) and Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Wash.) unveiled the American Privacy Rights Act on Sunday that would set “clear, national data privacy rights and protections for Americans.” It will preempt states’ data … Read more
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Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) on Tuesday accused Meta of suppressing Palestine-related content on its platforms, calling its actions “deeply troubling.” Their letter, addressed to Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, is a follow-up to a December one Warren sent that was also about Instagram and Facebook suppressing Palestinian content. The senators say Meta’s … Read more
