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It is sponsored by five members of the House of Representatives led by Representative Jared Huffman called the U.S. Space Force “costly and unnecessary.”

Nearly two months after his nomination to lead the U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division, a group of progressive organizations called for swift Senate action Wednesday to confirm Google critic Jonathan Kanter, warning that "the window for reining in Big Tech's dominance may soon be closing."

The Capitol Police officer who fatally shot Ashli Babbitt on Jan. 6 has been cleared of wrongdoing, the department announced on Monday.

The confrontation between authorities and a man who pulled up next to the Library of Congress claiming to have a bomb in his truck ended with his surrender

"The biggest shortcomings in Hill pay right now are on the lower levels, not with chiefs [of staff]," one senior Democratic aide told Insider.

His name was apparently divulged at a hearing as the cop who shot Ashli Babbitt. Most police departments — including Washington, D.C.’s Metropolitan Police — are required to release an officer’s name within days of a fatal shooting. Not the U.S. Capitol Police, which is controlled by Congress and answers only to Congress. It can keep the public in the dark about the identity and investigation of an officer involved in a shooting indefinitely. Which is what happened with the Jan. 6 shoot...

More than 20 civil liberties organizations and thousands of their supporters are calling on Amazon to shut down its 'surveillance empire.'

More than 20 civil rights groups are demanding Amazon "permanently" divest its surveillance technology and end its relationship with law enforcement.

Recent deadly encounters highlight the lack of information on federal policing.

"You're going to be overworked and underpaid," one senior staffer told Insider. Lawmakers are trying to fix that — but don't have a solution yet.