by Casey He | Dec 8, 2023 | Business
WASHINGTON – When Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo was in Beijing in August to discuss trade with economic officials, she and others in the tech industry were shocked by a new smartphone, unveiled by Chinese telecom giant Huawei. The phone was named the Mate 60 Pro,...
by Casey He | Nov 30, 2023 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — The Senate Judiciary Committee authorized subpoenas Thursday to two individuals with close ties to Supreme Court justices, moving forward with an investigation into the personal conduct of the justices and potential conflicts of interests. The subpoenas...
by Casey He | Nov 14, 2023 | Business, Featured, Topics
WASHINGTON – Legislators from both sides of the aisle told Assistant Attorney General Jonathan Kanter on Tuesday that they have concerns over the Department of Justice’s draft merger guidelines. “We need to make sure that no intended consequences are actually created,...
by Casey He | Nov 9, 2023 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON – Ahead of the first meeting between President Joe Biden and President Xi Jinping of China since November 2022, legislators, economic officials and China experts were optimistic about reopening communication channels with China but urged the U.S. to rethink...
by Casey He | Nov 7, 2023 | Business, Featured
WASHINGTON – Testimony from a Meta whistleblower on the company’s reluctance to act on online safety and privacy led to a rare bipartisan push for legislation to protect children’s online safety and privacy Tuesday. “Meta knows the harm kids experience on their...
by Casey He | Oct 31, 2023 | Business, Politics
WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court on Tuesday heard oral arguments in a case that could define how government officials can use social media. The case, O’Connor-Ratcliff v. Garnier, revolves around the question of whether public officials were acting in their official...
by Casey He | Oct 31, 2023 | Business, Featured
WASHINGTON – President Joe Biden signed a long-anticipated executive order on artificial intelligence Monday, marking the federal government’s most comprehensive effort to rein in the technology to date. “One thing is clear: to realize the promise of AI and avoid the...
by Casey He | Oct 26, 2023 | Cybersecurity, Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON — Cutting the budget of the federal cyber defense agency will severely weaken the government’s protection against foreign cyberattacks, cybersecurity officials told lawmakers Wednesday. “A significant cut to our budget would be catastrophic. We would...
by Casey He | Oct 24, 2023 | Business, Featured
WASHINGTON – Congress needs to act on immigration reform for high-skilled workers to fill jobs in the growing U.S. semiconductor industry, a Department of Commerce director and industry experts said on Tuesday. “We are imposing a self-inflicted wound on our country...
by Casey He | Oct 19, 2023 | Business, Featured
WASHINGTON – Artificial intelligence and cybersecurity researchers urged lawmakers on Thursday to enact tougher legislation to protects American companies and their intellectual property from cyberattacks, especially those from China. “The Chinese Communist Party,...
by Casey He | Oct 11, 2023 | Business, Featured
WASHINGTON – The head of marketing at Booking.com, the online travel agency, testified in federal court in Washington on Wednesday about Google’s dominance in the search engine and paid search markets – and how companies like his heavily depend on it. This bench...
by Casey He | Oct 5, 2023 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON – Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo told the Senate on Wednesday that recent reports on Huawei’s new smartphone are still “incredibly disturbing” and expressed support for legislation to strengthen her department’s ability to regulate foreign information and...
