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Mar 12 2024
News
TikTok Tells Users to Call Congress to Complain
TikTok is urging users throughout the U.S. to call on Congress to stop a shutdown of the app amid new proposed legislation that could result in the app being banned.
On X, formerly Twitter, many users shared screenshots of notifications they received from TikTok on Thursday urging them to contact Congress and tell them to stop a possible shutdown of the app.
"When I opened TikTok
NewsweekMar 22 2024
News
D.C. Memo: Congress wades into the Trooper Londregan case - MinnPost
WASHINGTON — Congress this week jumped into the controversy surrounding the prosecution of trooper Ryan Londregan, who was charged with murder, manslaughter and assault in the death of Ricky Cobb II at a traffic stop. Rep. Michelle Fischbach, R-7th District, announced that Minnesota’s GOP members of Congress will ask the House Judiciary Committee to investigate the conduct of Hennepin County
MinnPostMar 12 2024
Opinion
Congress Should Force China to Sell TikTok
Last Thursday, the House Energy and Commerce Committee met to consider a bill that would force ByteDance, the Chinese company that owns TikTok, to either divest itself of the company financially or be forbidden from placing the product in online app stores. TikTok responded with a coordinated campaign of lobbying; users of the app were pressured to call their local congressman (with a number
National Review (Opinion)Apr 01 2024
News
Speaker Johnson says House will move on Ukraine aid when Congress is back in DC
Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., suggested the House of Representatives will act in the coming weeks to get more funding to Ukraine. "When we return after this period, we'll be moving a product. But it's going to, I think, have some important innovations," Johnson told Fox News’ "Sunday Night in America with Trey Gowdy." Both the House and Senate are currently on the second week of a two-week
Fox News (Online News)Mar 21 2024
News
Mike Johnson aims to invite Benjamin Netanyahu to address Congress
House Speaker Mike Johnson on Thursday said he’ll ask Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to speak before Congress.
“I would love to have him come and address a joint session of Congress. We’ll certainly extend that invitation,” Mr. Johnson said on CNBC’s “Squawk Box.”
This comes after Mr. Netanyahu spoke virtually with Senate Republicans during lunch Wednesday. Senate
Washington TimesMar 25 2024
News
Pick A Side: Hoboken Councilmen Give Endorsements For Bhalla And Menendez For Congress
Hoboken Mayor Ravi Bhalla will compete against incumbent Rob Menendez Jr. and Kyle Jasey for the Democratic nomination in the June 4 primary. The winner of that contest will face off in November against Republicans and potential independents. The 8th District includes Hoboken, some of Jersey City, most Hudson County towns, Elizabeth, and the East and North Wards of Newark. On Monday, Ruben
Patch.comMar 16 2024
News
Congress hears suggestions for changes to wildfire response in US
The traditional wildfire season is right around the corner in Washington state, just as some experts are saying the idea of wildfire seasons is out of date. "Reminders of the immediate need to address this crisis are all too frequent, from the recent fires in Texas, and Hawaii, to the smoky skies experienced last summer,” said Joan M. Mooney from the US Department of the Interior during
KOMO NewsMar 20 2024
News
Spokane Mayor Lisa Brown endorses Carmela Conroy for Congress
Spokane Mayor Lisa Brown has publicly endorsed former diplomat Carmela Conroy to represent Eastern Washington in Congress. Conroy is one of three Democrats running for a seat held by Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, who announced last month that she would not seek an 11th term. Seven Republicans have also announced they are running. She clarified her support in response to a Wednesday article in
Spokesman ReviewApr 08 2024
News
Democratic group to spend $9.5M on Portland area ad blitz for seats in Congress; only LA and NYC targeted for more
A super PAC that focuses on electing Democrats to the U.S. House reserved nearly $10 million worth of broadcast ad time in Oregon as Democrats try to flip Oregon’s 5th Congressional District and keep Democratic incumbents in two swing districts in Oregon and Washington. The nearly $9.5 million the House Majority PAC plans to spend in Portland and the nearly $250,000 in Bend during the 10 weeks
The OregonianApr 08 2024
News
House GOP chair threatens to slap Legal Aid union with contempt of Congress for dodging subpoena about ‘antisemitic’ resolution
A House Republican committee chairwoman threatened to haul leaders of a Legal Aid Society lawyers’ union before Congress Monday — and consider contempt proceedings — for dodging a subpoena related to the union’s adoption of an “antisemitic” resolution last year. House Education and Workforce Committee chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) accused Lisa Ohta, the president of the Association of Legal
New York Post (News)