Former Rep. Stephen Buyer (R-Ind.), 64, was sentenced in New York to nearly two years in prison on Tuesday for insider trading. The nine-term former congressman was sentenced to 22 months in prison for trading inside information he learned as consultant ahead of two separate companies mergers. After leaving office in 2011, Buyer worked as...
A U.S. District Judge granted a technology trade group NetChoice a preliminary injunction in its lawsuit against California over a children’s online safety law Monday. The preliminary injunction will block California from enforcing the California Age-Appropriate Design Code Act (CAADCA), which puts limits on data collection from minors and sets the highest default privacy settings...
Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) strolled through the Capitol on Tuesday in the comfort of casual shorts, sneakers and a baggy, button-up short-sleeve shirt. The first-term senator’s dressed-down attire has been a point of focus, thanks to a relaxation of the Senate’s rules on what members can wear announced by Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.)...
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Welcome to The Hill's Technology newsletter {beacon} Technology Technology The Big Story Majority in poll say Big Tech has 'too much' market power The majority of Americans said Big Tech companies like Google, Amazon and Meta have “too much power in the market,” according to a poll released Tuesday. © AP Photo/Mark Lennihan The poll,...
After traveling over 6,000 miles visiting towns and cities across the country, 12-foot tall puppet Little Amal stopped in Washington D.C. on its mission to promote human rights — especially for refugees. The global theater project, called “The Walk,” features the not-so-little puppet of Amal, whose name means “hope” in Arabic. The traveling exhibit tells...
A coalition of Hollywood entertainers, led by actor LeVar Burton, signed an open letter petitioning against the recent wave of book bans in the U.S. “As artists, creators, entertainers, and activists, we recognize and are horrified by the threat of censorship in the form of book bans,” the coalition wrote in its letter sent on...