These Grieving Parents Want Congress to Protect Children Online
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These Grieving Parents Want Congress to Protect Children Online

A group is using the Mothers Against Drunk Driving playbook, sharing personal tragedies, to lobby for the Kids Online Safety Act.
Senators Seek to Curb Facial Recognition at Airports, Citing Privacy Concerns
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Senators Seek to Curb Facial Recognition at Airports, Citing Privacy Concerns

A bipartisan group of lawmakers is pushing to add language to the reauthorization of the Federal Aviation Administration that would halt expansion of the technology.
UnitedHealth’s CEO Slammed Over Cyberattack
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UnitedHealth’s CEO Slammed Over Cyberattack

Several lawmakers questioned whether the company had become so large — with tentacles in every aspect of the nation’s medical care — that the effects of the hack were outsize.