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No U.S.-Russia cyber unit without Trump notifying Congress, bill says

EghtesadOnline: U.S. President Donald Trump would be required to notify U.S. lawmakers before creating a joint U.S.-Russia cyber security unit - an idea that has drawn criticism across the political spectrum - under legislation advancing in Congress.
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Publish Date:23/August/2017 | 05:28

House panel wants Google, Facebook, AT&T CEOs to testify on internet rules

EghtesadOnline: The chairman of the U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee on Tuesday asked chief executives from companies representing the two sides of the net neutrality debate, including Alphabet, Facebook, AT&T and Verizon, to testify at a Sept. 7 hearing.
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Publish Date:26/July/2017 | 06:03

House Passes New Russia Sanctions That Would Curb Trump's Power

EghtesadOnline: The U.S. House voted to strengthen sanctions against Russia and rebuked President Donald Trump, whose campaign is being investigated for possible ties to Moscow, by preventing him from unilaterally lifting penalties.
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Publish Date:26/July/2017 | 04:52

Mitch McConnell: 'The man in the middle' of U.S. healthcare war

EghtesadOnline: For seven years, U.S. Senator Mitch McConnell vowed to slay Obamacare if only his Republican Party controlled both chambers of Congress and the White House. Pull it out "root and branch," he pledged.
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Publish Date:19/July/2017 | 05:26

Trump Ready to Shake Things Up as Russia Investigations Grind On

EghtesadOnline: President Donald Trump is planning to shake up his legal team and is also evaluating options for his communications shop as the FBI and congressional investigations into his campaign’s possible ties to Russia heat up.
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Publish Date:17/July/2017 | 06:00

Stalled Russia sanctions bill hits North Korean snag in U.S. Congress

EghtesadOnline: A bill that many lawmakers hoped would send a message to President Donald Trump to keep a strong line against Russia hit a new snag in the U.S. House of Representatives on Friday, as Republicans proposed combining it with sanctions on North Korea.
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Publish Date:15/July/2017 | 04:48

Russia Sanctions Bill Stalled in House Amid Trump Objections

EghtesadOnline: Legislation imposing new sanctions on Russia is stalled in the House amid a partisan battle over whether all lawmakers should have the authority to start a process to block a unilateral decision by President Donald Trump to lift penalties.
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Publish Date:12/July/2017 | 04:43

Republican senator dismisses procedural claims on Russia sanctions bill

EghtesadOnline: The Republican chairman of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee said on Monday that if the House of Representatives does not pass a Russian sanctions bill, it is because members do not want to impose new sanctions, not because of a procedural issue cited by Republican leaders in the House.
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Publish Date:11/July/2017 | 05:36

House Republicans Seek Fix for Russia-Iran Sanctions Bill

EghtesadOnline: House Republicans say they have proposed a way for the Senate to resolve a procedural dispute over a bill to impose sanctions on Russia and Iran, allowing the House to take up the measure passed by the Senate.
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Publish Date:23/June/2017 | 10:42

U.S. Senate votes near unanimously for Russia, Iran sanctions

EghtesadOnline: The U.S. Senate voted nearly unanimously on Thursday for legislation to impose new sanctions on Russia, and to force President Donald Trump to get Congress' approval before easing any existing sanctions on Russia.
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Publish Date:15/June/2017 | 22:35

Mueller's Expanding Probe Raises Stakes for Trump Presidency

EghtesadOnline: Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s move to investigate whether Donald Trump sought to get the FBI to back off from a probe of his former national security adviser has angered the president and raised the stakes in the inquiry of Russian meddling in the U.S. election.
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Publish Date:15/June/2017 | 22:07

Major U.S. tech firms press Congress for internet surveillance reforms

EghtesadOnline: Facebook, Amazon and more than two dozen other U.S. technology companies pressed Congress on Friday to make changes to a broad internet surveillance law, saying they were necessary to improve privacy protections and increase government transparency.
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Publish Date:28/May/2017 | 05:19

House Passes Obamacare Repeal in Razor-Thin GOP Victory

EghtesadOnline: House Republicans mustered just enough votes to pass their health-care bill Thursday, salvaging what at times appeared to be a doomed mission to repeal and partially replace Obamacare under intense pressure from President Donald Trump to produce legislative accomplishments.
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Publish Date:04/May/2017 | 20:16