The Senate Appropriations Committee’s bill calls for $852.2 billion in defense-related spending in fiscal year 2025. Senate appropriators advanced their proposal for the 2025 national defense budget this week, with $21 billion more on the table than under the House version of the defense budget bill. The Senate Appropriations Committee held a mark-up hearing on
The Department of Justice on Friday sued TikTok and its parent company ByteDance, alleging the Chinese-owned video-sharing platform breached U.S. child privacy laws by allowing millions of children to create accounts without parental consent and unlawfully collecting their personal information. TikTok has violated the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA), according to the Friday lawsuit,
Sen. Jon Tester (D-Mont.) told Montanans during a recent debate with his Republican opponent that “this is a very important election coming up because Montana values are on the line.” Tester is facing high-tech entrepreneur and former Navy SEAL combat veteran Tim Sheehy in November. Premium Picks The two-term Democratic lawmaker from Montana then extolled
Leonard Leo and Paul Singer are backing a challenger, Will Scharf, looking to oust Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey. The most expensive down-ballot race in the country pits some of the most influential figures in the national conservative movement against the wealthiest political boosters in Missouri. In the closing days before the state’s Aug. 6
A panel in Washington has recommended that Jeffrey Clark, one of former President Donald Trump’s officials in the Justice Department, face a two-year suspension from practicing law because of his role in the administration’s response to the 2020 presidential election. In an Aug. 1 report, a three-member panel of the District of Columbia Bar’s Board
Russian military hackers have been hiding credential-harvesting malware in fake luxury car advertisements in a likely attempt to deceive diplomats and potentially access state secrets, Axios reported. Researchers in Palo Alto Networks’s Unit 42 threat intelligence team found proof that, since March, a Russian group has been infecting devices with nefarious hardware via a luxury
Black Muslim Leadership Council Fund was ‘uncommitted’ for Biden R: Black Muslim Leadership Council founder Salima Suswell (X) R: (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images) An anti-Israel group that scorned Joe Biden’s reelection bid over the president’s response to the Jewish state’s war on Hamas is now embracing Vice President Kamala Harris, saying she is more likely to