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Senate subcommittee considers whether giant tech companies have too much power
by
Erika Beras
Sep 18, 2019
Do giant tech companies require more oversight?
The partial shutdown could delay economic data, too
by
Justin Ho
Dec 26, 2018
We’re now five days into the partial government shutdown. While the Senate is expected to reconvene Thursday and resume negotiations over how to end the shutdown, odds are that it’ll continue into January. The impasse is already cutting into the supply of something that is essential to just about every market out there: federal economic data. […]
How the midterm elections could shape tech policy
by
Molly Wood
Nov 9, 2018
Congress is changing. And so is its attitude toward tech.
With midterm elections just days away, candidates focus on health care
Oct 24, 2018
The ads tell the story as Democrats and Republicans work to ease voters' fears about pre-existing conditions.
With midterm elections just days away, candidates focus on health care
Oct 24, 2018
The ads tell the story as Democrats and Republicans work to ease voters' fears about pre-existing conditions.
Brett Kavanaugh and the missing women on the Senate Judiciary Committee
Sep 26, 2018
Fundamental questions about workplace diversity and privilege are playing out in Congress as the Judiciary Committee meets to consider the Supreme Court nomination.
Facebook, Twitter pledge to defend against foreign intrusion
Sep 5, 2018
Facebook’s No. 2 executive, Sheryl Sandberg, and Twitter’s CEO, Jack Dorsey, testified before the Senate intelligence committee.
For public good, not for profit.
First-time candidates rush to staff up for the elections
Aug 28, 2018
With hundreds of first-time candidates on the ballot across the country this year, many are learning the ropes of campaigning as they go.
Did our lack of trust in Big Cable sway the net neutrality vote?
by
Molly Wood
, Stephanie Hughes
and Shaheen Ainpour
May 18, 2018
The rules aren't likely to be resurrected soon. But the Senate vote did accomplish something.
Mulvaney on the CFPB: "We need to be a regulator, not somebody's child"
by
Kai Ryssdal
Apr 20, 2018
The acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau talks about the agency's decision to fine Wells Fargo.