A House committee passed a series of sweeping antitrust reforms Thursday after roughly 23 hours of debate. While the advancement of the six tech-focused bills considered by the House Judiciary Committee beginning Wednesday is a victory for the bipartisan members who introduced them, the markup surfaced rifts within parties that could ultimately hamper their ability to become law. Several lawmakers …
Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, personal attorney to U.S. President Donald Trump, speaks in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, November 7, 2020. Eduardo Munoz | Reuters A New York court on Thursday suspended Rudy Giuliani from practicing law in New York state due to making “false and misleading statements” about the election loss of former President Donald Trump, his client. The …
Eccentric antivirus software company founder John McAfee was found dead of suspected suicide in his prison cell in Barcelona, Spain, on Wednesday, shortly after Spain’s National Court approved his extradition to the United States to face criminal tax evasion charges, Reuters and the Associated Press confirmed. The Spanish newspaper El Mundo first reported that the Catalan Justice Department had said …
Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency Mark Calabria testifies on Capitol Hill during a committee hearing on “Housing Finance Reform: Next Steps” in Washington, DC, September 10, 2019. Jim Watson | AFP | Getty Images The Biden administration will replace the leader of a massive U.S. housing finance agency following the Supreme Court’s ruling that its current structure is …
Tech giants that could be broken up under a series of new antitrust bills are speaking out against the measures as lawmakers are set to debate them on Wednesday. Amazon and Google both released statements on Tuesday opposing the bills. Apple and Facebook, which were also targets of the House Judiciary Committee’s investigation into digital markets, have yet to put …
Senate Majority Chief Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., joined by Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., left, and Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., speaks throughout a information convention to announce the introduction of S.1., the For the Individuals Act in Washington on Wednesday, March 17, 2021. Caroline Brehman | CQ-Roll Name, Inc. | Getty Photos Senate Republicans are poised to dam a sprawling Democratic voting …
U.S. President Joe Biden acknowledges reporters and guests as he departs on journey to Wilmington, Delaware from the South Garden of the White Home in Washington, June 18, 2021. Carlos Barria | Reuters President Joe Biden expects to satisfy with lawmakers this week as a bunch of Democrats and Republicans attempt to forge an infrastructure plan that might get by …
(L-R) Ninety-four-year-old activist and retired educator Opal Lee, often called the Grandmother of Juneteenth, speaks with U.S. President Joe Biden after he signed the Juneteenth Nationwide Independence Day Act into regulation within the East Room of the White Home on June 17, 2021 in Washington, DC. Drew Angerer | Getty Pictures The scene on the White Home on Thursday might …
A farmer prepares to gather a cocoa pod at a cocoa farm in Alepe, Ivory Coast December 7, 2020. Luc Gnago | Reuters The Supreme Court docket on Thursday reversed a lower-court ruling that had allowed six individuals to sue Nestle USA and Cargill over claims they had been trafficked as little one slaves to farms within the west African …
President Joe Biden indicators government orders on well being care, within the Oval Workplace of the White Home in Washington, DC, on January 28, 2021. Mandel Ngan | AFP | Getty Pictures President Joe Biden is about Thursday to signal a invoice establishing Juneteenth, the date marking the top of slavery in the US, as a federal vacation. The three:30 …
