A group of Republican Senators called out the president of the National Education Association (NEA), the largest teacher’s union in the United States, this week over alleged plans to spend thousands of dollars to create a so-called “enemies list.” Lawmakers James Lankford (R-Okla.), Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.), and Steve Daines (R-Mont.) sent a letter NEA…
GOP Senators Call Out NEA for Creating ‘Enemies List’ That May Target Concerned Parents
Senators Strike Deal to Reallocate $10 Billion in Unspent COVID-19 Funds
Senate Republicans and Democrats on April 4 struck a deal for$10 billion in additional funding for the United States’ COVID-19 response, Sen. Mitt Romney (R-UT) said. The funding will provide urgent COVID-19 needs and therapeutics by “repurposing unspent COVID funds primarily from the Democrats’ American Rescue Plan,” Romney said. The $10 billion will be allocated to…
Security Committee Finds Gaps in Federal Cyberdefences That Place Vital Data at Risk
OTTAWA—The committee of MPs and senators which oversees federal security policy has uncovered gaps in Canada’s cyberdefences that could leave many agencies vulnerable to state-sponsored hackers from countries like China and Russia. In a new report, the National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians says cyberthreats to government systems and networks are a significant risk…
Senators Put YouTube, TikTok, Snap on Defensive on Kids’ Use
October 26, 2021
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WASHINGTON—Senators put executives from YouTube, TikTok, and Snapchat on the defensive Tuesday, questioning them about what they’re doing to ensure young users’ safety on their platforms. Citing the harm that can come to vulnerable young people from the sites—ranging from eating disorders to exposure to sexually explicit content and material promoting addictive drugs—the lawmakers also…
Senators Put YouTube, TikTok, Snap on Defensive on Children’s Use
October 26, 2021
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WASHINGTON—Senators put executives from YouTube, TikTok, and Snapchat on the defensive Tuesday, questioning them about what they’re doing to ensure young users’ safety on their platforms. Citing the harm that can come to vulnerable young people from the sites—ranging from eating disorders to exposure to sexually explicit content and material promoting addictive drugs—the lawmakers also…
Senate Democrats Urge State Department to Speed up Clearing Student Visa Backlog
A group of 24 Senate Democrats are calling on the U.S. Department of State to “do everything it can” to expedite the student visa process, so that international students may begin their studies in the United States before the new academic year begins. In a letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken, the senators suggested…
3 US Senators to Visit Taiwan, Trip Likely to Irritate China
June 5, 2021
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TAIPEI—Three U.S. senators will visit Taiwan on Sunday and will meet President Tsai Ing-wen to discuss security and other issues, Taiwan’s government and the de facto U.S. embassy in Taipei said on Saturday, a trip that will likely irritate China. The United States, like most countries, has no formal diplomatic ties with the island that…
3 US Senators to Visit Taiwan, Trip Likely to Irritate Chinese Regime
June 5, 2021
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TAIPEI—Three U.S. senators will visit Taiwan on Sunday and will meet President Tsai Ing-wen to discuss security and other issues, Taiwan’s government and the de facto U.S. embassy in Taipei said on Saturday, a trip that will likely irritate the Chinese regime in Beijing. The United States, like most countries, maintains unofficial diplomatic ties with…
All but 5 Senators Say They Haven’t Travelled Abroad During Pandemic
OTTAWA—All but five of Canada’s 93 senators say they have not travelled outside the country in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. Eighty-eight senators say they’ve been following public health guidelines to refrain from international travel in bid to curb the spread of the deadly coronavirus that causes COVID-19. Two have admitted to travelling abroad…
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The Nation Speaks (Jan. 2): Rep. Vernon Jones on What’s at Stake in Georgia; What Polling Can Tell Us About GA Runoff Elections; 2020 Year in Review
In this episode of The Nation Speaks, we sit down with Rep. Vernon Jones to talk about what’s at stake in Georgia. Then, we take a look at what polling can tell us about the Georgia Senate runoff elections with Craig Keshishian, senior advisor at InsiderAdvantage and Robert Cahaly, chief pollster at the Trafalgar Group….