UK Prime Minister Theresa May has proposed a new tax on technology firms, including communications service providers, to “counter Internet harms.” The move comes amid increasing cooperation at the policy…
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As Hurricane Irma made a path towards the US Virgin Islands, Governor Kenneth Mapp took steps to prove civil libertarians are justified in their fears that many politicians would use…
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The beleaguered socialist government of Venezuela, flirting with defaulting on its debt obligations as its economy flounders, intends to restructure its financial obligations to investors, estimated to range between $100…
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In joint testimony before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Secretary of Defense James Mattis and Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said that Congress should not repeal the Authorization for Use…
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In the first step of a battle that will likely end at the US Supreme Court, Oregon’s Democrat Governor Kate Brown has signed into law legislation that would allow government…
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Officials with the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) have mounted a campaign calling for technology companies to weaken the encryption on consumer mobile devices.…
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President Trump’s controversial ban on transgender people enlisting in the military was partially stonewalled by federal court judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly. Kollar-Kotelly issued a preliminary injunction which halted two key provisions…
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With Congress feeling heat from President Donald Trump to get a tax reform package to him by Thanksgiving, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) unveiled the Tax…
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Industrial-scale poaching of elephants and rhinos across Africa has fueled an unprecedented militarization of conservation efforts on the continent. Now, two major green groups, the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and…
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Senate Democrats are planning to stall the nomination of Kansas Governor Sam Brownback to Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom because of Brownback’s position on marriage. The obstructionism will force Senate…