FTC launches effort to review, update data privacy rules
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) will launch an effort to review and update rules over how companies collect and use data, the agency announced Thursday. The FTC said it will explore rules to “crack down on harmful commercial surveillance and lax data security,” expanding on Democratic Chair Lina Khan’s aggressive action targeting tech companies. “The growing digitization of our economy—coupled with business models that can incentivize endless hoovering up of sensitive user data and a vast expansion of how this data is used—means that potentially unlawful practi
Read MoreMulvaney says he never saw 'intentional destruction of documents' at Trump White House
Former White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney on Thursday said that he saw former President Trump rip up documents but never saw the intentional destruction of important papers. The remarks from Mulvaney, who has been critical of Trump, come days after the FBI conducted a search of Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate that is linked to a probe on classified documents. “I never saw the intentional destruction of documents for the purpose of keeping anything for the National Archives, or the public in the future,” Mulvaney told CNN’s “New Day” host Brianna Keilar
Read MoreLet’s honor Social Security’s 87th anniversary by strengthening and expanding it
When President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Social Security into law 87 years ago on Aug. 14, 1935, he did not intend for it to remain frozen in place. He knew that his landmark social insurance program — enacted during the depths of the Great Depression — would need to be expanded to meet Americans’ needs as times changed. The Social Security Act of 1935, he said, “
Read MoreMatt Damon, José Andrés, Lin-Manuel Miranda to speak at return of Clinton Global Initiative
The Clinton Global Initiative is giving a star-studded boost to its first meeting since 2016, with actor Matt Damon, “Hamilton’s” Lin-Manuel Miranda and famed chef José Andrés all announced as participants this year. The lineup of famous faces will join former President Clinton, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and author and health advocate Chelsea Clinton at the two-day event beginning Sept. 19 in New York, the Clinton Foundation announced on Thursday. Other prominent figures who are poised to appear include: New York Mayor Eric Adams (D), New York Gov. Kathy
Read MoreRussia confirms negotiations with US on prisoner exchange
Russian officials confirmed on Thursday they are negotiating with the United States over a prisoner swap. U.S. officials have reportedly proposed exchanging WNBA star Brittney Griner and former Marine Paul Whelan for notorious Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout. Russian foreign ministry deputy spokesman Ivan Nechayev said at a news briefing that "corresponding competent authorities have been instructed to negotiate the issue" and "are in talks" on the matter, according
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