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PoliticsCongress is investigating Apple's control of the market for iPhone repairs
- Congress has asked Apple for a trove of documents regarding its restrictions on third-party repairs, and how it promotes its own apps in the App Store, among other issues.
- The request for information is part of a broader congressional antitrust probe into the tech giants that was first announced in June.
- Apple has traditionally placed tight restrictions on allowing third parties to repair iPhones and …
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'They lack humanity': Jon Stewart and 9/11 first responders excoriate GOP senators who blocked renewal of funding for 9/11 victims
"Senator Paul and Senator Lee are opportunists, they are bottom feeders, and any statement that the…
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'I abandon the chair': A congressman presiding over the House got sick of partisan fighting and literally dropped the gavel and left
The unprecedented scene brought the House floor to a standstill and Democratic Rep. G.K. Butterfiel…
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Sen. John Kennedy slams Facebook, accuses it of 'displacing truthful journalism with flagrant displays of bulls---'
During a hearing at the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, Senator John …
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The head of a major pilots' union will criticize Boeing's training in front of Congress, calling it the company's 'final fatal mistake' with the 737 Max
Captain Daniel Carey, the president of the Allied Pilots Association, which represents 15,000 Ameri…
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Ted Cruz just offered to work with Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to make birth control available over-the-counter
A host of Republicans, including President Donald Trump, have endorsed over-the-counter birth contr…
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The House just voted to hold Attorney General William Barr and former White House Counsel Don McGahn in civil contempt
"The committees have a constitutional responsibility to conduct oversight, to make recommendations …
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Trump calls Pelosi 'Nervous Nancy' before a somber D-Day commemoration in Normandy where 20,000 troops died 75 years ago
Trump called Pelosi "nervous Nancy" during an interview with Fox that featured the American cemeter…
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A GOP congressman punished for making racist remarks slams his fellow Republicans for subjecting him to a 'political lynch mob'
According to Politico, King has recruited fellow ultra-conservative members including Reps. Ralph N…
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Ted Cruz say they'll team up to ban lawmakers from becoming lobbyists after they leave office
Ocasio-Cortez and Cruz could not be more different in terms of their political perspectives and if …
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Mueller says he won't testify to Congress about the Russia investigation and it's a new hurdle for Democrats seeking impeachment
The demands for the unredacted report have also led the House Judiciary Committee to subpoena Barr.…
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez tweets about the toll of receiving death threats against her and says she spends some mornings 'reviewing photos of the men who want to kill me'
What people don't (maybe do) realize is when orgs air these hateful messages, my life changes bc of…
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A federal judge dealt a huge blow to Trump's efforts to stonewall Congress
At the center of the legal battle is a subpoena the House Oversight Committee sent to Trump's accou…
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No other member of Congress has a wall like this - take a look at the hundreds of notes plastered outside Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's office
WASHINGTON - Visitors to the United States Capitol Building have taken up a habit of posting little…
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House Judiciary Committee votes to hold Attorney General William Barr in contempt of Congress after marathon hearing
Last week, Barr was set to appear before the House and Senate judiciary committees for back-to-back…
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Massachusetts Rep. Seth Moulton announces 2020 presidential bid
"This election was a call for change," Moulton, who ultimately voted for Pelosi after leading the c…
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Democratic House leader says impeaching Trump isn't 'worthwhile' after the Mueller report
Legal analyst and journalist Jeffrey Toobin cited a particular line from the report as "all but an …
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez says the botched Green New Deal rollout was her biggest mistake yet in Congress
"Our GND rollout was really difficult and it was done in a way that it was really easy to hijack th…
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Top progressive Democrat in Congress says Ilhan Omar 'knows she has to be careful about what she says' after violent threats, Republican scrutiny
"We see her as a valued member of the caucus, and we'd like to focus on the issues instead of the …
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Democrats accuse the New York Post of 'incitement' against Rep. Ilhan Omar with cover of the Twin Towers collapsing on 9/11
"For far too long we have lived with the discomfort of being a second-class citizen and, frankly, I…
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Nancy Pelosi calls Trump's Homeland Security purge a 'downward spiral of indecency' as more officials are given the boot
"The secretary of Homeland Security, I had an appointment to speak with her at five o'clock in the …
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The comment section on YouTube's official livestream of Congress' hearing on white nationalism and social media had to be turned off because it was too racist
The list of expected appearances at the hearings indicates that Facebook's director of public polic…
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Facebook and Google will be grilled by Congress today on white nationalism as they struggle to silence hate speech
The witness list reveals that Facebook's Director of Public Policy Neil Potts and Google's Public P…