Why Facebook Is More Worried About Europe Than the U.S.

Whistleblower Frances Haugen’s revelations aren’t sparking a European move to regulate the social media giant — they’re sealing it. | Continue reading


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5-year-olds soon have to show vaccine cards in San Francisco

San Francisco Health Officer Susan Philip said the requirement won't kick in for at least two months. | Continue reading


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Diet-related diseases pose a major risk for Covid-19. The U.S. overlooks them

Other countries have been galvanized to confront diet issues. The U.S. has had no such wakeup call. | Continue reading


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Diving into ‘woke racism’ with John McWhorter

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Where in the World Is the U.S. Military? (2015)

Over there. | Continue reading


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First Covid raised the murder rate. Now it’s changing the politics of crime

Violent crime spiked across the country during the pandemic, forcing a reckoning in cities like Atlanta. | Continue reading


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Biden expected to name 2 FCC picks in race to avert Republican majority

The president could name his choices of Jessica Rosenworcel and Gigi Sohn as early as Tuesday, people familiar with the moves said. | Continue reading


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State Department tested diplomats for 'directed energy exposure'

A whistleblower victim provided new documents to POLITICO and is alleging retaliation for speaking out. | Continue reading


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Legal weed industry in CA can't compete with illicit market

Local government opposition, high taxes and competition from unlicensed businesses are complicating the state's push to build a thriving legal market. | Continue reading


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Google sought fellow tech giants' help in stalling kids' privacy protections

Unsealed court documents say the search giant sought help from Apple, Facebook and Microsoft to "find areas of alignment." | Continue reading


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Trump regulator gave quiet legal blessing to crypto trading by banks

A formal move to green-light crypto trading by banks would probably be met with resistance by advocates of tough financial rules. | Continue reading


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Covid means remote workers can live anywhere. So where’s 'anywhere'?

Some Americans fled from cities during the pandemic, some went the opposite way. Will cities start competing for footloose workers instead of factories and sports teams? | Continue reading


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Taiwan's digital minister on China's digital authoritarianism

Audrey Tang insists that what has torn other democracies apart can help keep Taiwan together: digital tech. | Continue reading


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What the Supply Chain Crisis Reveals About American Infrastructure

Politicians like to argue in favor of more infrastructure — and more spending on it. But we can use the capacity we already have in much smarter ways. | Continue reading


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U.S. sees biggest tax revenue surge in 44 years despite pandemic

Revenues jumped 18 percent in the fiscal year that just ended, analysts say — the biggest one-year increase since 1977. | Continue reading


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History Says Constitutional Reforms Come in Waves. We May Be Approaching One

In U.S. history, previous periods of gridlock and partisanship eventually gave way to bursts of constitutional amendments. | Continue reading


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Maryland husband and wife arrested in nuclear submarine spy case

The couple are accused of selling nuclear secrets, including on a SD card concealed in a peanut butter sandwich. | Continue reading


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Georgia election official takes the fight to Trump

Trump’s election nemesis refuses to shut up and take the former president’s abuse. | Continue reading


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Trump’s election nemesis refuses to shut up and take the former president’s abuse. | Continue reading


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Investigators largely suspect directed-energy attacks behind Havana Syndrome

The National Security Council has been convening more frequent high-level meetings on the topic — a sign that the government’s review is accelerating. | Continue reading


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California students will have to take ethnic studies to get a highschool diploma

The new law comes after a year in which California leaders and activists focused more on racial justice following the May 2020 police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis. | Continue reading


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Trump tells four former aides to defy Jan. 6 committee's subpoena

The House panel probing the Capitol attack had demanded documents and testimony from the former president's former aides by Thursday. | Continue reading


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Francis Collins to step down as NIH director by year's end

National Institutes of Health Director Francis Collins plans to announce his resignation on Tuesday after nearly three decades at the agency. | Continue reading


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When I Ran for President, It Messed with My Head

We should worry about what the modern campaign process is doing to all of our leaders. | Continue reading


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POLITICO-Harvard poll: Drug price negotiation is Americans' top priority

Despite the feverish negotiations and the stakes involved, more than half of Americans are not closely watching the debate in Congress, according to the poll. | Continue reading


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Lina Khan's big tech crackdown is drawing blowback. It may succeed anyway

The antitrust crusader’s push to shake the FTC out of its “timidity” is alarming tech giants, Republicans and even some of the agency’s own. | Continue reading


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DeSantis pushing election officials to investigate Facebook

The governor is seeking to “determine whether any violations of Florida’s election laws took place.” | Continue reading


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Covert Postal Service unit probed Jan. 6 social media

New documents reveal the involvement of the little-known USPS Internet Covert Operations Program. | Continue reading


@politico.com | 2 years ago

Facial recognition firm Clearview AI hits watchdog groups with subpoenas

Advocacy groups argue the company is trying to bully critics. | Continue reading


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Education secretary backs mandatory school Covid-19 vaccines

“I would like governors who hold those decisions to make those decisions now that [vaccines] are FDA-approved.” | Continue reading


@politico.com | 2 years ago

Facebook paid billions extra to the FTC to spare Zuckerberg in data suit

The company allegedly agreed to overpay on the original $106 million penalty so its CEO and COO could avoid deposition and personal liability. | Continue reading


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Vaccines take center stage in tight Virginia governor's race

Democrats are turning to vaccine requirements and Covid mandates in a tricky political environment. | Continue reading


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Biden's team tightens grip on state use of Covid antibody treatments

Federal health officials plan to allocate specific amounts to each state under the new approach. | Continue reading


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Vaccine Mandates Crash into America’s ‘Don’t Tell Me What to Do’ State

Pummeled by unemployment, Las Vegas tried to reopen without widespread vaccination. Here are the lessons the city learned — and the challenges ahead. | Continue reading


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The Roberts Court Is Dying. Here’s What Comes Next

With the chief justice increasingly sidelined, the Supreme Court's new majority has an aggressive strategy to cement a conservative agenda. | Continue reading


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Washington’s judgment on tech giants already ‘written,’ says top Lina Khan aide

Shaoul Sussman spoke to the publication months before joining the agency as an attorney adviser to new Chair Lina Khan. | Continue reading


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The inmate claimed the state was violating his religious freedom by not letting his pastor lay hands on him at the time of his lethal injection. | Continue reading


@politico.com | 2 years ago

The CIA’s least covert mission

The country’s premier intelligence agency is looking to showcase “a softer side” via social media. | Continue reading


@politico.com | 2 years ago

Space Force wary of taking over UFO mission

The newest branch is among a number of military and intelligence organizations in the running to take over the investigation of unexplained aircraft. | Continue reading


@politico.com | 2 years ago

Biden's top-down booster plan sparks anger at FDA

Acting FDA Commissioner Janet Woodcock sent a memo Tuesday evening to vaccine regulators, reiterating her support as frustration over the process spreads within their ranks. | Continue reading


@politico.com | 2 years ago

Supreme Court halts Biden eviction moratorium

The court's three Democratic appointees dissented. | Continue reading


@politico.com | 2 years ago

A Private Network Is Using a Messaging App to Rescue Afghans

Horrified by U.S. government failures to help former colleagues and friends trapped in Afghanistan, the group is using its connections to fill the breach. | Continue reading


@politico.com | 2 years ago

FCC proposes fining conspiracists $5.1M for voter suppression robocalls

The apparent violations were part of Wohl and Burkman’s voter suppression activities ahead of the Nov. 3 presidential election, aimed at discouraging voting by mail. | Continue reading


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New CDC studies point to waning immunity from vaccines

The publication of the studies comes a week after the agency released its first three reports on vaccine efficacy. | Continue reading


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What I learned about American power watching the U.S. leave Vietnam — and then Afghanistan decades later. | Continue reading


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How the Apple lobbying machine took on Georgia, and won

Poorly resourced state governments are no match for the lobbying firepower of Apple, the most valuable company in the world. | Continue reading


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‘Massive wake-up call’: Crypto faces growing legal crackdown

The enforcement actions are fueling debate about how cryptocurrency players fit into financial regulations. | Continue reading


@politico.com | 2 years ago

BlackBerry resisted announcing major flaw in software powering cars, hospitals

The former smartphone maker turned software firm resisted announcing a major vulnerability until after federal officials stepped in. | Continue reading


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