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White House backs bill to allow ban on Chinese-owned TikTok

White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan claims bill addresses “technology-based threats” to Americans.

Al Jazeera

Biden administration backs new TikTok bill, wants swift passage

The White House endorsed a bipartisan bill that could give the president authority to ban or force a sale of TikTok, support that could hasten its passage and break a deadlock over how to handle privacy concerns around the the popular Chinese-owned app.

Tribune News Service

The Senate is entering the chat on TikTok

"We think this approach has a better chance of withstanding ... a legal challenge."

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US TikTok ban shifts to Senate bill that Biden team may support

WASHINGTON — The U.S. is moving closer to restricting access to the popular video-sharing app TikTok, with Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Mark Warner set to unveil a bill Tuesday that the Biden administration is poised to support, according to people familiar with the issue.

Tribune News Service

Attorney general Merrick Garland to face plenty of controversy at oversight hearing

WASHINGTON — Attorney General Merrick B. Garland returns to the Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday for the first time in more than a year, where senators will have the chance to confront him about Justice Department actions on a wide range of high-profile issues.

Tribune News Service

Attorney general to face plenty of controversy at oversight hearing - Roll Call

Attorney General Merrick B. Garland returns to the Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday for the first time in more than a year.

Roll Call

Roll Call’s Bill Clark snaps up WHNPA wins - Roll Call

Roll Call photo editor Bill Clark won multiple accolades in the White House News Photographers Association’s 2023 Eyes of History contest.

Roll Call

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Senate pressure mounts on Biden to nominate first Latino to Fed - Roll Call

Several Senate Banking Committee Democrats are pushing President Joe Biden to nominate a Latino for the Federal Reserve Board.

Roll Call

Virginia competes with Maryland to land new FBI headquarters

Virginia’s political leaders are making their case for moving the FBI headquarters to the state, arguing that the federal government would be wise to follow the steps of Amazon and other corporate leaders that have come to the commonwealth

The Independent UK

Virginia congressional delegation makes pitch for FBI headquarters - Roll Call

Members of Virginia’s congressional delegation gathered to drive home their pitch for relocating the FBI headquarters to their state.

Roll Call

Google targets low-income US women with ads for anti-abortion pregnancy centers, study shows

Exclusive: research finds ads directing women in two cities to crisis pregnancy centers when they search for abortion care

The Guardian - US

Senators Warner, Rubio claim Beijing can meddle with what's trending on TikTok

“I don't know how our national security interests and the operation of TikTok in this country, as long as it's owned by ByteDance, can coexist," Senator Marco Rubio said on CBS's Face the Nation.

Fortune

Senators: Officials blocking access to mishandled documents

Members of the Senate intelligence committee say they should have access to classified documents that were discovered in the homes of President Joe Biden, former President Donald Trump and former Vice President Mike Pence

The Independent UK

Inside Google's black box ad empire

Reporters uncovered a multi-billion-dollar ad network containing manga piracy, porn, fraud and disinformation

Salon

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Tribune News Service

Navy report says suicides among USS George Washington sailors not connected, points to ‘life stressors’

Marital turmoil, mental health struggles and an “inability to acclimate” to military life — “life stressors” contributed to the life-ending decisions of three sailors assigned to the USS George Washington in April, a Navy investigation released Monday reported.

The Independent UK

Youngkin executive order bans TikTok from state computers

Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin has banned the use of several Chinese-owned apps including TikTok and WeChat on state government devices and wireless networks

Tribune News Service

Gillibrand calls new NDAA ‘huge milestone’ in military justice

WASHINGTON — The newly released defense authorization bill for fiscal 2023 all but completes a decade-long campaign to overhaul the tradition-bound military justice system, advocates of the change say.

Roll Call

Gillibrand calls new NDAA 'huge milestone' in military justice - Roll Call

The defense authorization measure would move authority over prosecutions for major crimes from commanders to professional prosecutors.

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Daily Mirror

Walmart manager who shot dead six was 'addicted to Red Bull and nobody liked him'

Walmart manager Andre Bing open fired on colleagues and shoppers during a bloody rampage at the supermarket in Chesapeake, Virginia, US, before turning the gun on himself

The Independent UK

Gunman who killed six in Walmart Chesapeake shooting identified as disgruntled worker

Six victims were killed in the attack before the assailant allegedly turned the gun on himself, police said

WEKU

Police say 6 people and the assailant are dead in Virginia Walmart shooting

A shooter opened fire in a Walmart in Virginia late Tuesday, leaving six people dead, police said, in the second high-profile mass killing in a handful of days. The assailant is also dead.

Tribune News Service

TikTok draws bipartisan fire on concerns over China surveillance

WASHINGTON — Two U.S. senators called TikTok a Chinese surveillance tool, issuing a bipartisan warning as the Biden administration weighs a deal that could let the video-sharing app keep operating in the U.S.

WEKU

The FBI alleges TikTok poses national security concerns

The FBI is concerned that the Chinese government could use TikTok to influence American users or control their devices. The company is working with the U.S. government towards a security agreement.

Roll Call

Warner warns of cyberthreats to health care industry - Roll Call

The health care sector faces increasing pressure from cyberattacks while it deals with old equipment and systems, Sen. Warner’s office warns.

Ballotpedia

Economy and Society, November 1, 2022: How will voters affect the control of state financial offices?

Economy and Society is Ballotpedia’s weekly review of the developments in corporate activism; corporate political engagement; and the Environmental, Social, and Corporate Governance (ESG) trends and events that characterize the growing intersection between business and politics.

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