Sen. Scott Urges Commerce Department to Investigate Chinese-Owned Temu

Product safety, labor practices, unfair competition, data privacy, and counterfeit goods are concerns associated with the company, said Sen. Rick Scott. Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) is calling on the Commerce Department to launch an investigation into the business practices of the Chinese budget online retailer Temu. In a letter dated Aug. 14 to Commerce Secretary

Kamala Harris Finally Has an Economic Plan: Price Controls on Food

Vice President Kamala Harris will call for a first ever federal ban on food and grocery price gouging as she introduces her economic platform in a speech Friday. Shifting the blame for persistently high prices on major corporations, Harris’s price gouging ban would set rules that ensure “big corporations can’t unfairly exploit consumers to run

Google Confirms Iran-Backed Hacking Group Targeted Emails Linked to Biden, Trump Campaigns

Phishing attacks, which took place in May, targeted the personal email accounts of roughly a dozen individuals affiliated with Biden and Trump, Google said. A hacking group allegedly backed by the Iranian government has recently targeted individuals associated with the campaigns of President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump, tech giant Google has confirmed.

Tariff-Free Import Hike Will Boost Maturing Domestic Supply Chain: US Solar Industry

Manufacturers say Biden’s order nearly doubling the solar tariff quota rate will sustain momentum while onshoring production currently dominated by China. The United States’ $60 billion solar energy industry is poised for rapid expansion in the coming decade, but American manufacturers say they’re struggling to compete with low-cost photovoltaic (PV) cell imports from Southeast Asia

Kamala Harris Stonewalls Congressional Probe Into NatSec Adviser’s Ties to Iran Influence Network

‘Such an obvious security risk in your inner circle should have elicited your utmost attention,’ Cotton writes Kamala Harris, Philip Gordon (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) Vice President Kamala Harris is stonewalling a congressional inquiry into her national security adviser’s ties to an Iranian government influence network, the Washington Free Beacon has learned. Sen. Tom Cotton (R.,

Trump Seeks Sentencing Delay in Manhattan Criminal Case Until After Election

Early voting begins before the Sept. 18 sentencing date. Former President Donald Trump’s attorneys have asked the judge overseeing his business records falsification case in New York to postpone the former president’s sentencing from the end of September until after the November election. Trump attorneys wrote in an Aug. 14 letter to Judge Juan Merchan

Federal Government Announces Medicare Drug Price Cuts

Health and Human Services announced price cuts for 10 drugs covered under Medicare, expected to save $1.5 billion in out-of-pocket costs for beneficiaries. The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has announced that it has successfully negotiated lower prices for 10 of the most expensive and widely used drugs covered under Medicare. “For the