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Budzinski, Barrett Introduce Legislation to Protect Veterans' Data

2 weeks 3 days ago
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Nikki Budzinski (IL-13), Ranking Member of the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Subcommittee on Technology Modernization and Congressman Tom Barrett (MI-07), Chair of the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Subcommittee on Technology Modernization introduced the Veteran Data Accountability for Third-party Actors Act (DATA) Act during National Data Privacy Week. This bipartisan legislation would prevent third-party vendors that work wit

Durbin, Others, Express Concerns About Launch Of Trump RX

2 weeks 3 days ago
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) and U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Peter Welch (D-VT) today sent a letter to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) raising serious questions about the operations of TrumpRx, a new direct-to-consumer (DTC) platform that the Trump Administration expects to launch this month. In their letter, the Senators underscored how new guidance issued by the HHS OIG appears insufficient

GOP backlash cancels Missouri chief justice's annual address

2 weeks 3 days ago
Missouri Chief Justice W. Brent Powell did not deliver the yearly State of the Judiciary Address Wednesday after the Senate and House failed to meet in a joint session, a move that comes as Republican lawmakers are protesting a recent Missouri Supreme Court ruling.
Alex Barton

Deanne Lane's Distinguished Reporting Career Celebrated in St. Louis

2 weeks 3 days ago
ST. LOUIS — Deanne Lane, a longtime news anchor and reporter for KSDK in St. Louis, died at the age of 65 following a stroke earlier this week, former colleagues confirmed. Lane joined KSDK in 1983 and quickly became known as the station’s “Night Beat” reporter, a role in which she covered major national and local news events including the Columbine shooting, the Oklahoma City bombing, Hurricane Katrina and the Kirkwood City Hall shooting. She spent

Bari Weiss Pauses Her Pathetic Podcast To Focus Full Time On Ruining CBS

2 weeks 3 days ago
If you’ve been napping, Trump-allied billionaire Larry Ellison and his nepobaby son David hired an unqualified troll named Bari Weiss to “run” CBS News. And by “run” CBS news, I mean destroy what little journalism was left at the media giant and create an alternate-reality safe space for radical right wing billionaire extremists. While pretending to […]
Karl Bode