Young Kim advances in California House race
California GOP Rep. Young Kim advanced to the general election in a key House race, according to The Associated Press, handing Republicans a win in their effort to take back the House. Kim, who will face Democrat Asif Mahmood in November, garnered Republican backlash over her repeated efforts at bipartisanship. However, she’s veered more to the right after redistricting, which took her seat from having a 5-point Democratic registration advantage to a 5-point GOP registration advantage.
Read MoreThe Hill's Morning Report — Bear market, Jan. 6 witnesses loom large
In split-screen America on Monday, lawmakers listened to testimony about alleged assaults on democracy more than a year and a half ago by the former president of the United States, while at the same hour, markets took a swan dive because of fears of recession, higher inflation, and skepticism that the current Oval Office occupant and the Federal Reserve can keep the economy from cratering.
Read MoreMeta adds parental controls for Quest, Instagram
Meta is adding new parental control features for its Quest virtual reality headsets and updating control features in Instagram, the company announced Tuesday. A new Parent Dashboard for Quest will give guardians more control over approving teen users’ purchases and access to viewing Quest usage. In order for parents to link to their teen’s account, the teen must initiate the process and both the parent and teen have to agree, according to the announcement. The tools will give guardians the ability to approve teen’s downloads or purchases of apps that are blocked b
Read MorePride month marred by rising anti-LGBTQ hate
Pride Month celebrations across the country are playing out against a backdrop of growing threats to the LGBTQ community from conspiracy theorists and far-right extremist groups, and the results have already turned violent. On Saturday, 31 members of a white supremacist group called the Patriot Front were arrested in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, where
Read MoreWhy a bipartisan data privacy proposal faces an uphill battle
A new bipartisan data privacy proposal is facing an uphill battle amid opposition from privacy hawks and business groups. Supporters of the current draft of the American Data Privacy and Protection Act (ADPPA) will have their work cut out for them trying to appeal to both sets of critics during a House hearing Tuesday. Groups on both sides of the spectrum have praised the fact that any bipartisan legislation on this issue has come out as a breakthrough, signaling that there is some appetite to fashion the bill into something that can pass through Congress. The
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