Senate Democrats play hardball, won't advance House stopgap - Roll Call Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer, D-N.Y., said Democrats will push for a one-month funding extension instead of the GOP budget bill. Roll Call · Mar 12, 2025
Matt Taibbi: The Collapse of the Censorship Regime The award-winning journalist discusses the collapse of a post–World War II consensus, online speech police, and the legacy media on the latest episode of Just Asking Questions. Reason · Feb 27, 2025
Senate confirms Greer to be the US trade representative - Roll Call The Senate confirmed Jamieson Greer to be U.S. trade representative, a post that will initially require him to examine case-by-case tariffs. Roll Call · Feb 26, 2025
U.K. Demands Access to Any Apple User's Data, Anywhere in the World The reported order from Britain's Home Office is further proof that governments pose a greater privacy risk than corporations. Reason · Feb 18, 2025
Elon Musk, DOGE Target IRS Tax Records: Is Your Personal Data at Risk? Some wonder whether Elon Musk and other private citizens should have access to confidential taxpayer information. Kiplinger · Feb 18, 2025
Elon Musk’s DOGE seeks access to US taxpayers’ data, sparking privacy fears Democratic lawmakers express concern that Tesla CEO is seeking to weaponise the tax system against his rivals. Al Jazeera · Feb 18, 2025
DOGE being at the IRS could delay your tax refund, Democrat senator says Gavin Kliger, 25, reportedly visited the tax-collection agency’s District of Columbia offices to examine its systems The Independent UK · Feb 14, 2025
Treasury watchdog begins audit of Musk DOGE team's access to federal government's payment system The Treasury Department’s Office of Inspector General says it's launching an audit of the security controls for the federal government’s payment system The Independent UK · Feb 14, 2025
US lawmakers want Trump to call out UK Apple iCloud encryption backdoor demand US officials are urging the Director of National Intelligence to reconsider US-UK cybersecurity arrangements. TechRadar · Feb 14, 2025
Senators Warn Of UK's Backdoor Apple Data Demand Sen. Wyden and Rep. Biggs express concerns over U.K. demanding iCloud backdoor access, highlighting risks to privacy and security. Top News · Feb 13, 2025
Senate Finance advances Greer to be US trade representative - Roll Call Jamieson Greer, the nominee to become U.S. trade representative, received the backing of the Senate Finance Committee on Wednesday. Roll Call · Feb 12, 2025
Senate confirms Gabbard to be director of national intelligence - Roll Call Kentucky Sen. Mitch McConnell is only Republican opponent of Tulsi Gabbard as the Senate confirms her for director of national intelligence. Roll Call · Feb 12, 2025
RFK Jr clears crucial Senate panel vote to advance HHS secretary nomination Republicans unanimously voted for the controversial cabinet pick; full Senate vote expected in coming days The Guardian - US · Feb 4, 2025
Senate panel approves RFK Jr. nomination - Roll Call The Finance Committee voted to approve Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as Health and Human Services secretary, paving the way for a full Senate vote. Roll Call · Feb 4, 2025
Kiplinger · Feb 4, 2025 Could Elon Musk Be Paying Your Social Security Check? Musk has had access the US Treasury payment system, which handles Social Security payments. Will your check be on time? Will your data be safe?
Latin Times · Feb 3, 2025 Democratic Senators 'Pull the Fire Alarm' on Elon Musk's Involvement in Trump Council: 'Most Corrupt Administration in Our History' " Democratic Senators have issued warnings about the Department of Government Efficiency, headed by billionaire Elon Musk, after employees of the department attempted to access confidential computer systems at the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).
The Independent UK · Feb 3, 2025 Why Musk's access to the Treasury payment system is so dangerous Critics sound the alarm after Musk and DOGE allies ‘given access’ to internal Treasury payment system
Top News · Feb 3, 2025 Senators Raise Concerns Over Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.'S Vaccine Ties Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. faces scrutiny over financial ties to vaccine litigation as nominee for HHS secretary. Senators express concerns over his history of...
The Guardian - US · Feb 2, 2025 Elon Musk’s Doge team granted ‘full access’ to federal payment system Trump’s treasury secretary gives the world’s richest person entry to one of the most sensitive US government databases
Roll Call · Jan 31, 2025 ‘A real injection of chutzpah’: Wyden offers a progressive playbook - Roll Call Bolder can be better, the longtime senator says. His “12 rules of chutzpah” range from making noise to always playing the long game.
Reason · Jan 30, 2025 Just Asking Questions About RFK Jr.'s Senate Hearing And not much liking the answers.
Salon · Jan 29, 2025 RFK Jr. denies role in measles outbreak RFK Jr.'s testimony to senators clashed with past articles and letters he wrote concerning Samoan vaccine policy
Al Jazeera · Jan 29, 2025 RFK Jr’s view on vaccines comes under fire at contentious US Senate hearing Trump’s nominee to lead federal health department says he is ‘not anti-vaccine’ as Democrats zero in on past remarks.
The Independent UK · Jan 29, 2025 In a chaotic Senate hearing, RFK Jr. insists that some of his best friends are vaccines ANALYSIS: At his confirmation hearing, Robert F Kennedy Jr. was haunted by dozens of hours of podcast appearances from his time on the fringes of health science, Richard Hall writes.
Latin Times · Jan 29, 2025 RFK Jr. Accused of 'Lying to Congress' Over Apparent Flipped Stance on Vaccines: 'Did You Lie on All Those Podcasts?' Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was accused of contradicting himself on vaccines in a heated exchange during his senate confirmation hearing Wednesday.