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House Pulls Vote on FISA Reauthorization Bill After Trump Threatens Veto…

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The House of Representatives canceled its plans on Wednesday to vote on the reauthorization of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) after President Donald Trump threatened to veto the bill, and Republican leaders and top liberal Democrats said they would oppose it. House Democratic leaders abruptly adjourned Wednesday evening, saying that a vote on the […]

OPPOSITION TO FISA SURVEILLANCE RENEWAL GAINING STEAM IN THE HOUSE…

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Speaker Nancy Pelosi and top Democrats are making a last-ditch attempt to salvage a bill to renew expired surveillance tools Wednesday amid mounting opposition from Republicans and liberals in their own party, but it’s still unclear whether the gamble will succeed. Hours ahead of the scheduled floor vote, Pelosi and her top deputies were still […]

China Faces “Economic Reckoning” as Wuhan Virus Turns World Against Globalization…

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Trump, Brexit, trade war… the forces against globalisation have been gathering pace since 2008. Now the coronavirus threatens the knockout blow…That’s bad news for an economic giant that is one of its biggest beneficiaries…One of the more worrying consequences of the coronavirus is that it looks likely to become a catalyst for deglobalisation. At the […]

Majority of Americans Don’t Trust Tech Companies with Contact-Tracing…

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With the idea of contact tracing as a plan to help re-open businesses and stop the spread of the COVID-19 virus, many Americans are skeptical about their privacy and how much data these tracing tools will collect on their lives. In a joint survey between the Washington Post and the University of Maryland, only 43 […]

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