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Co-hosts Gary Polland and Dallas Jones check in with local U.S. Representatives for updates on the 116th U.S. Congressional Session. They are joined by Congresswoman Sylvia Garcia, U.S. House Representative for Texas' 29th Congressional District (D- Houston); and Congressman Randy Weber, U.S.
New York (CNN Business)Facebook's original target launch date for the Libra cryptocurrency is still months away, but hurdles are mounting for the project as it tries to get off the ground.
U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen (Both D-Md.), together with 49 senators and 123 U.S. Representatives and former lawmakers have filed an amicus brief in the Supreme Court in support of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. The Supreme Court will hear arguments on DACA on November 12, 2019.
PayPal has become the first company to walk out officially from the group of organizations that Facebook assembled in a bid to launch the Libra cryptocurrency payment network.
Regulators are once again hounding CEO Mark Zuckerberg about the Facebook-led Libra stablecoin project. This time, it's members of the House of Representatives Financial Services.
PayPal is withdrawing from Facebook's Libra Association, the company announced Friday.
PayPal, the online payments company, said Friday it is withdrawing from the Libra Association, becoming the first major backer of Facebook's planned cryptocurrency to exit the project amid escalating regulatory pressure.
Every five years, Debbie Smith watches as Congress comes to the brink of letting the federal program bearing her name expire.
But lawmakers always found a way to pass the Debbie Smith Act, which sends resources to crime laboratories across the country to test rape kits and DNA evidence from other unsolved crimes.
The 2019 Texas Tribune Festival, held Sept. 26 - 28 in downtown Austin, was the biggest one yet. Thousands turned out to hear hundreds of speakers, attend dozens of panels, watch live podcast recordings and join in countless other special events, large and small.