Hillicon Valley — Google fined over location data claims
An Australian court fined Google $43 million for misleading users about how they collect and use their location data. Meanwhile, a new report shows that online shopping prices have fallen for the first time in two years. This is Hillicon Valley, detailing all you need to know about tech and cyber news from Capitol Hill to Silicon Valley. Send tips to The Hill’s Rebecca Klar and Ines Kagub
Read MoreEnergy & Environment — House passes landmark climate bill
The biggest climate bill in U.S. history is headed to President Biden’s desk, plus a federal judge restores a freeze on coal leasing on public lands. This is Overnight Energy & Environment, your source for the latest news focused on energy, the environment and beyond. For The Hill, we’re Rachel Frazin and Zack Budryk.
Read MoreFreedom Caucus and McCarthy find synergy on proxy voting strategy
Republicans in the House Freedom Caucus got a stamp of approval from House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) on a last-ditch strategy to throw a wrench in Democrats’ tax, climate and health care bill that passed the House on Friday. While the tactic failed, it provided some encouragement about the Freedom Caucus’s prospects of working with House GOP leadership in a potential majority next year. “It didn't work, but I have to tell you, here's what I thought was amazing – because it's the first time I saw it happen – was leadership and the Freedom Caucus working to
Read MoreRepublicans rally behind Trump after search warrant is unsealed
House Republicans on Friday wasted no time rallying behind former President Trump following a court’s decision to unseal the search warrant that had empowered the FBI to search his Mar-a-Lago residence in South Florida earlier in the week. The newly public warrant revealed that the Justice Department had suspected Trump of violating the
Read MoreNuclear deterrence: Actions speak louder than words
Nuclear threats are back with, a hard-nosed, in-your-face rhetoric. The Cold War had crises, but it was primarily a bi-polar standoff. It is now known Russia and the United States similarly feared an existential war that neither wanted. On both sides, the costs involved were simply too unpalatable for leaders, most of whom had direct experience of major conflict during World War II. Today is starkly different with proliferation of nuclear weapons to several more states such as North Korea, Pakistan, India and an aspirational atomic Iran to name a few. The leadership of many of the
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