E&E News' Benjamin Storrow discusses federal spending on the $1.6T allotted for energy and infrastructure programs passed by Congress, and Loyola Law School Professor Jessica Levinson discusses her law and politics podcast "Passing Judgment."
Data security executives testified before a Senate Commerce subcommittee on protecting consumers' data against unauthorized access. One of the witnesses, former Meta privacy manager Prem Trivedi, recommended the establishment of a federal data security and privacy protection standard. Other policy recommendations from the panel included data minimization and strong methods for authentication. According to the subcommittee's chair, Sen. John Hickenlooper (D-CO), there were 3,205 data breaches in the U.S. in 2023 that affected millions of people.
K-12 public school officials from California, Maryland and New York condemned antisemitism and defended their districts' policies during a public hearing before the House Education and the Workforce Subcommittee on Childhood, Elementary and Secondary Education. The hearing followed multiple allegations of antisemitism in school settings after the deadly October 7, 2023, Hamas terror attacks in southern Israel.
Education Secretary Miguel Cardona apologized to families and students for issues surrounding the rollout of the new federal student aid application, also known as FAFSA. Secretary Cardona testified on this and other topics, including antisemitism and pro-Palestinian protests on college campuses nationwide during a public hearing before the House Education and Workforce Committee.
Issue One's Council for Responsible Social Media Co-Chair and former Democratic congressman Richard Gephardt discussed efforts to pass the Kids Online Safety Act.
In 1987, House & Senate select committees jointly examined the clandestine operation of selling missiles to Iran in exchange for the release of hostages in Lebanon, with proceeds going to Contra rebels in Nicaragua.
Duke Ellington was the grandson of slaves. Louis Armstrong was born in a News Orleans slum so tough that it was called "The Battlefield." William James "Count" Basie grew up in a world unfamiliar to his white fans, the son of a coachman and a laundress. Author Larry Tye says the Duke, the Count, and Satchmo transformed America. The book is called "The Jazzmen" and Mr. Tye writes: "How better to bring alive the history of African America in the early to mid-1900s than through the singular lens of America's most gifted, engaging, and enduring African American musicians."
Author and journalists Howell Raines talked about Union soldiers from Alabama who aided General Sherman in his 1864 March to the Sea during the Civil War. The Montclair Public Library in New Jersey sponsored this program.
Duke Ellington was the grandson of slaves. Louis Armstrong was born in a News Orleans slum so tough that it was called "The Battlefield." William James "Count" Basie grew up in a world unfamiliar to his white fans, the son of a coachman and a laundress. Author Larry Tye says the Duke, the Count, and Satchmo transformed America. The book is called "The Jazzmen" and Mr. Tye writes: "How better to bring alive the history of African America in the early to mid-1900s than through the singular lens of America's most gifted, engaging, and enduring African American musicians."
Author and journalists Howell Raines talked about Union soldiers from Alabama who aided General Sherman in his 1864 March to the Sea during the Civil War. The Montclair Public Library in New Jersey sponsored this program.
Duke Ellington was the grandson of slaves. Louis Armstrong was born in a News Orleans slum so tough that it was called "The Battlefield." William James "Count" Basie grew up in a world unfamiliar to his white fans, the son of a coachman and a laundress. Author Larry Tye says the Duke, the Count, and Satchmo transformed America. The book is called "The Jazzmen" and Mr. Tye writes: "How better to bring alive the history of African America in the early to mid-1900s than through the singular lens of America's most gifted, engaging, and enduring African American musicians."
In 1987, House & Senate select committees jointly examined the clandestine operation of selling missiles to Iran in exchange for the release of hostages in Lebanon, with proceeds going to Contra rebels in Nicaragua.
