The Obama Administration has decided to allow Shell Oil company to drill in the Arctic off the coast of Alaska. The company must secure additional permits before it can proceed, but the green light...
The U.S. Second Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Thursday that the NSA’s telephone bulk collection of telephone metadata is illegal, even under the sweeping surveillance provisions granted by Section 215 of the PATRIOT Act....
The Senate Committee on Finance advanced legislation that would grant President Obama authority to fast track a massive trade deal called the Trans-Pacific Partnership, or TPP. The issue’s split Democrats on the Hill and...
Protesters took to the White House Thursday to demand greater accountability in campaign financing in this era of Citizens United — the Supreme Court case that provided the legal pathway for unlimited campaign contributions...
The USA PATRIOT Act expires in June and Congress will once again face a debate on privacy and bulk surveillance. Two members of Congress have reintroduced a bill to rein in the surveillance programs...
House Republicans got their chance to grill Federal Communications Commission Chair Tom Wheeler this week, after the agency voted in favor of regulating the internet as a utility. Internet freedom advocates celebrated the FCC’s...
Attorney general nominee Loretta Lynch is one step closer to becoming the first female African American attorney general in U.S. history. It’s been one of the longest nomination periods in recent memory. But it...
Today the Federal Communications Commission, or FCC, passed two important measures for equal internet access in a party line 3-2 vote. The first overrules state limits placed on Wilson, North Carolina, and Chattanooga, Tennessee...
The Federal Communications Commission, or FCC, will soon vote on a proposal by Chairman Tom Wheeler to classify the internet as a utility. Many net neutrality advocates seen this as as a victory, but...
The Federal Election Commission held a rare public hearing this week. The all-day, standing-room-only event came after the FEC received 32,000 comments about potential changes to federal campaign finance laws following the Supreme Court’s...
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