Schumer Announces Senate Floor Vote on Bills Protecting Children Online

Both bills passed through the Senate Commerce Committee last year. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) has announced that he will bring two bills related to children’s online safety and privacy to a floor vote this week. One of the bills, known as the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA), requires social media companies to take

Biden Remains ‘Intensely Focused’ on Next Six Months, Blinken Says

The secretary of state spoke to members of the media at the White House on Tuesday. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday said that President Joe Biden is intensely focused on the work that remains in the next six months, including bringing peace to the Middle East and dealing with the Russia–Ukraine conflict.

Judge Blocks Ohio Election Law That Limited Who Could Return Disabled Voters’ Absentee Ballots

‘This is a win for democracy,’ ACLU’s Freda Levenson said. A federal judge in Ohio has struck down an election law that made it illegal for nearly anyone other than a relatively narrow group of close relatives to return an absentee ballot on behalf of someone with a disability. Judge Bridget Meehan Brennan of the

Secret Service Director Cheatle Resigns in Disgrace Following Disastrous Congressional Testimony

Secret Service director Kimberly Cheatle resigned Tuesday in disgrace following her agency’s failure to prevent the near-assassination of Republican nominee Donald Trump and her disastrous congressional testimony on Monday. “I take full responsibility for the security lapse,” Cheatle wrote in an email to her staff on Tuesday. “In light of recent events, it is with

Health Subcommittee Holds Hearing on CDC Priorities, Public Trust, Improving Health

The Subcommittee on Health holds a hearing titled “Are CDC’s Priorities Restoring Public Trust and Improving the Health of the American People?” This event examines the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) priorities to ensure that it is working to recover public trust and protect the well-being of Americans. The h… Original News Source

House Forms Task Force to Probe Attempted Trump Assassination

‘The security failures that allowed an assassination attempt on Donald Trump’s life are shocking’ Mr. Johnson and Mr. Jeffries said. Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) and Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) on July 23 announced the formation of a House Task Force to investigate the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump. The announcement follows the