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Amazon says CEO Jeff Bezos is willing to testify before Congress about potential violations of US antitrust law by big tech companies Amazon said on Monday that its founder Jeff Bezos is willing to testify before Congress about potential violations of US antitrust law by big tech companies The company’s attorney sent a letter on … Read more
Republican senators rebelled against Donald Trump late Wednesday by voting to tell the Army to rename bases named after Confederate generals within the next three years. The Armed Services Committee, whose members include Trump ultra-loyalist Tom Cotton, voted behind closed doors for the move, Roll Call first reported. The voice vote was on an amendment … Read more
‘Make law enforcement the solution – not the problem’: George Floyd’s brother begs Congress to reform police and asks what a black man’s life is worth in testimony the day after Houston memorial service Philonise Floyd, the brother of George Floyd, testified in front of the House Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill Wednesday ‘George wasn’t … Read more
Angelina Jolie has urged Congress to help families struggling for food. The Maleficent star has called for senior politicians to increase food stamp benefits for families across the United States in a bid to help them amidst the current coronavirus pandemic. ‘Many of the most vulnerable children in America have missed nearly 740 million meals … Read more
The U.S. House of Representatives Judiciary Committee on Friday called on Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos to testify to the panel about allegations that the online retailer uses data from its own third-party sellers to create competing products. In a letter to Bezos signed by Democratic and Republican members of the panel, the lawmakers referred to … Read more
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro is being heavily criticized after firing Health Minister Luiz Henrique Mandetta on Thursday, just a week after he initially contemplated dismissing him. The far-right leader clashed often with the health expert’s assessment over how the silent yet ravaging coronavirus pandemic should be dealt with. Bolsonaro offered a dismissive tone toward Mandetta’s … Read more
President Donald Trump unexpectedly announced a drastic ban on foreigners traveling to the United States from Europe in an effort to curb the deadly coronavirus from spreading, but his vague plan seemed to only heighten fears. Americans in Europe rushed to airports late on Wednesday and early on Thursday morning in a desperate bid to … Read more
BREAKING: Congress to shut US Capitol, House and Senate office buildings to the public until April 1 in reaction to coronavirus The US Capitol Building in Washington, DC will close to the public from Thursday afternoon Public access to all House and Senate office buildings will also be restricted through April 1 It comes amid … Read more
The federal government reopened its investigation into the brutal slaying of black teenager Emmett Till in 2018, 63 years after the black teenager’s death in Mississippi. The Justice Department told Congress in a report that March it is reinvestigating Till’s slaying in Money, Mississippi, in 1955 after receiving ‘new information’. Till’s accuser Carolyn Bryant, pictured … Read more
A senior intelligence official told lawmakers that Russia is interfering in the 2020 election to re-elect Donald Trump, it emerged Thursday. The New York Times revealed that the official was part of a briefing to the House Intelligence Committee, which is chaired by Democratic Trump enemy Adam Schiff, and told lawmakers of both parties about … Read more