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Biden’s labor secretary could be forcing taxpayers to foot $32B in unemployment fraud she caused in California: GOP senators

President Biden’s Labor Secretary will make U.S. taxpayers pay for nearly $32 billion in unemployment fraud he caused during the coronavirus pandemic while serving as California’s top labor official Possibly, the Republican senators wrote. Wednesday’s letter. Sens. Bill Cassidy and Mike Crapo expressed their concerns in a letter to Labor Secretary Julie Su. Department of […]

Georgia senators find little oversight over how Fani Willis spends taxpayer dollars: ‘Like the Wild West’

Georgia lawmakers on Friday heard testimony from Republican state senators who expressed concerns about how Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis spends her $36.6 million budget with little oversight. State Sen. Bill Cowsert, a Republican representing Athens and chairman of the committee, asked Fulton County Commissioner Rob Pitts and Fulton County Chief Financial Officer Sharon […]

Bipartisan Senators Call on Leaders to Restrict TSA’s Use of Facial Recognition Technology

A bipartisan group of 14 senators is calling on leaders to restrict the Transportation Security Administration’s (TSA) use of facial recognition technology to protect privacy and civil liberties. The group, led by Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), Sen. John Kennedy (R-Louisiana) and Sen. Roger Marshall (R-Kansas), urged Senate leadership in a letter Thursday. requested the Department […]

All GOP senators press Biden not to support expanding WHO pandemic authority

Fox’s first appearance: Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) led the entire Republican Senate in calling on President Biden to reject a deal that would expand the powers of the World Health Organization (WHO) during a global pandemic. . A letter from Johnson and all 48 other Republican senators to Biden said they “strongly urge you not […]

Senators press Biden administration on Iran crypto mining

Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Angus King (D-Maine) on Wednesday asked the Biden administration how to address Iran’s use of cryptocurrency mining to circumvent sanctions. We asked for information on whether the “Iran has raised millions of dollars through mining cryptocurrencies, a steady source of income that allows it to buy imported goods, move funds […]

UnitedHealth CEO defends insurer after major hack, reveals amount of ransom paid as senators question firm’s size

UnitedHealth’s problems are not a threat to the entire economy, the chief executive of the nation’s largest health insurer said after senators asked whether UnitedHealth’s size could pose a system-wide threat. (CEO) told a Senate committee Wednesday. In the first of two scheduled testimony before a Congressional panel about the recent cyberattack on UnitedHealth’s technology […]