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☆ No criminal charges expected in Biden classified documents probe: NBC
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-06 | by ( Dan Mangan | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

U.S. President Joe Biden takes questions from reporters on classified documents as he delivers remarks on the economy and inflation in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 12, 2023. Neither President Joe Biden nor anyone else is expected to be criminally charged in an investigation into how classified documents ended up in Biden's Delaware home and a private office, NBC News reported Tuesday. A senior law enforcement official told NBC that a report on that probe by Department of Justice special counsel Robert Hur will be made public in the coming days. By law, such documents should have been sent to the National Archives after Biden ceased being vice president in early 2017. The White House declined to comment when contacted by NBC News, as did a spokesman for the president's personal attorney Bob Bauer.

Persons: Joe Biden, Robert Hur, Hur, Biden, Bob Bauer, Donald Trump, Trump Organizations: Washington , D.C, NBC News, NBC, Department of Justice, D.C, National Archives, Lago, White, Republican, Democrat, CNBC PRO Locations: Washington ,, Biden's Delaware, Wilmington, Washington, Palm Beach , Florida, Florida

LISBON, Nov 14 (Reuters) - Chelsea Manning, a former U.S. army analyst and WikiLeaks source, said on Tuesday that technology tools can be more efficient in protecting people's privacy and information than legal or regulatory mechanisms that risk being tampered with. "I believe very strongly that there are technical means of protecting information and those are more reliable," Manning told Reuters in an interview during Europe's largest technology conference, the Web Summit, in Lisbon, Portugal. Manning currently works as a security consultant at Nym Technologies, a network that aims to prevent governments and companies from tracking people's online activities. 'SIDESTEPPING ETHICS'Artificial intelligence (AI) is the big topic at this year's Web Summit, which draws tens of thousands of participants and high-level speakers from global tech companies, as well as politicians. Reporting by Catarina Demony; Additional reporting by Supantha Mukherjee; Editing by Aurora EllisOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Chelsea Manning, Manning, Barack Obama, Catarina Demony, Supantha Mukherjee, Aurora Ellis Organizations: WikiLeaks, Reuters, Web, Nym Technologies, Thomson Locations: LISBON, U.S, Lisbon, Portugal, Iraq

☆ Trump admits ‘various people’ saw ‘papers and boxes’ brought from White House
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-10 | by ( Dan Mangan | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Trump has pleaded not guilty in the case, arguing that he had the right to take whatever he wanted from the White House. On Friday, Trump went a step further and acknowledged that "various people" in and around the club saw the "papers and boxes" that he took with him, which prosecutors say contained 1,545 pages of classified material. that were openly and plainly brought from the White House, as is my right under the Presidential Records Act," Trump posted on social media. "Under the PRA, the official records of the President and his staff are owned by the United States, not by the President," the site says. The Archives is required under the law to take custody of these records when a president, including Trump, leaves office.

Persons: Donald Trump, Trump, Aileen Cannon Organizations: White, Presidential Records, Records, United, NARA, Trump, Washington , D.C Locations: Florida, United States, Lago, Washington ,

☆ US House Republican opponents of Jordan's speaker bid cite government shutdown worries
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-18 | by ( Moira Warburton | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

But unless you have 217 votes to get behind that idea, it’s not a winning idea," LaLota said in an interview. D'Esposito said he was not sure that Jordan would support a stopgap measure known as a continuing resolution, an outcome becoming increasingly likely, adding: "none of us have crystal balls, but it's pretty clear where we're headed." CONTEXT* The prior Republican speaker, Kevin McCarthy, was ousted after passing the current stopgap funding measure on Sept. 30 with Democratic support, angering hardline Republicans. * Jordan was an architect of the 2013 shutdown over funding former President Barack Obama's Medicare reforms, and he supported the 2018 shutdown over funding for former President Donald Trump's border wall. Reporting by Moira Warburton in Washington; editing by Grant McCoolOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Jim Jordan, Kevin McCarthy, Jordan, Jim Jordan's, Nick LaLota, Anthony D'Esposito, LaLota, That's, it’s, D'Esposito, Barack, Donald Trump's, Moira Warburton, Grant McCool Organizations: Rep, U.S, Capitol, U.S . House, New, Prevent Government, Democratic, Thomson Locations: Washington , U.S, WASHINGTON, U.S, New York City, Ohio, Washington

☆ US House panel approves four funding bills; government shutdown deadline approaches
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-23 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

It was unclear whether enough Republicans will vote on the House floor for the rules, which must be established before the House can proceed to the funding bills themselves. Infighting between far right and moderate House Republicans has so far stymied attempts to advance most legislation that would keep the government running when the new fiscal year starts on Oct. 1. A short-term spending bill, known as a continuing resolution, will almost certainly be needed to avert many federal agencies from suspending operations when existing monies expire in a week. Instead, House Republicans have prepared the four separate, full-year spending bills that are certain to be rejected by the Democratic-controlled Senate. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy has said the House may begin advancing the four bills on Tuesday as he seeks leverage in negotiations with the Senate.

Persons: Evelyn Hockstein, Andy Ogles, Marc Molinaro, Kevin McCarthy, Donald Trump, Chuck Schumer, McCarthy, Makini Brice, David Gregorio Our Organizations: U.S, United States Capitol, REUTERS, Rights, U.S . House, Representatives, Republicans, Defense, Agriculture, State and Homeland Security, House Republicans, Democratic, Republican, Senate, Democrats, Democrat, Thomson Locations: Washington , U.S, State

☆ Members of Congress are so tired of government shutdowns that some want to pass a bill to get rid of them forever
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-22 | by ( Ayelet Sheffey | Juliana Kaplan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Congress has yet to reach an agreement on avoiding a government shutdown by September 30. Politico reported that legislators in the House and Senate are passing around a letter calling for a vote on legislation to get rid of shutdowns. Under that law, a two-week extension of funding would automatically kick in should Congress not pass appropriations bills in time. Congress would also not be allowed to recess or adjourn for over 23 hours during that shutdown period. "There's Democrats talking to Democrats, Republicans talking to Republicans about the bill.

Persons: James Lankford, Maggie Hassan, SCOTUS, Lankford, Chuck Schumer, Kevin McCarthy, McConnell, It's, Schumer Organizations: Service, Politico, Act, Republican, Democratic, Republicans, Independents, CNN, Management Locations: Wall, Silicon, shutdowns, —

☆ Meta Threads doesn't need the 'negativity' of hard news and politics, exec says
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-07 | by ( Rohan Goswami | In Rohangoswamicnbc | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Adam Mosseri, who oversees both Instagram and the text-based, Instagram-powered Threads, offered the commentary in an unusually candid post on the new social network on Friday. Meta representatives did not immediately respond to CNBC's request for comment on whether Meta would downrank news or political content on Threads as the company has periodically done on other platforms. Mosseri's comment came even as Meta fights to prevent governments from forcing the company to pay newsrooms for the content that Meta leverages for advertises and engagement. new legislation would require Meta to pay money to Canadian newsrooms, something that would cost both Google and Meta an estimated $329 million Canadian dollars against billions of advertising revenue. In response, Meta blocked Canadian outlets from appearing on Meta and Instagram search results, a restriction that would presumably apply to Threads if the platform's search functionality is expanded.

Persons: Adam Mosseri, we're, Mosseri, Meta Organizations: Commonwealth Club, Meta, Google, Elon Locations: San Francisco , California, Canada, Australia

☆ Legislators call Biden's treatment of classified documents 'irresponsible'
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-22 | by ( Ashley Capoot | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

After the FBI found more classified documents at the Wilmington, Delaware, home of President Joe Biden during a consensual search Friday, legislators said Sunday that Biden's actions were "unbelievable" and "irresponsible." The discovery was the fourth time since November that classified records or materials have been found at a private address of Biden's. Former President Donald Trump is under criminal investigation by another special counsel for taking hundreds of classified records and other government documents from the White House when he left office. Most Americans think both Biden and Trump have handled classified material inappropriately, according to a poll released Sunday by ABC News. "There is one important document that distinguishes former President Trump from President Biden — that's a warrant," Coons said.

☆ Kentucky abortion vote will test support for post-Roe state bans
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-18 | by ( Gabriella Borter | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

REUTERS/Gabriella Borter/File PhotoOct 18 (Reuters) - An abortion rights vote in Kentucky on Nov. 8 will determine if the conservative state becomes Kansas 2.0. The upcoming vote is a test of public support for Kentucky's strict abortion laws, which took effect after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade's federal abortion protections in June. Kentucky is the only one of those states to have voters weigh in on abortion rights while enforcing a near-total ban. A coalition of state and national abortion rights groups called Protect Kentucky Access aims to win support from conservatives who disagree with the overturn of the 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling and the state's abortion ban. Leticia Martinez, a consultant who has advised both opposition campaigns, said while the Kansas win informed the Kentucky efforts, the current strategy was tailored to Kentucky voters specifically.

☆ U.S. Senator Manchin to unveil energy permitting measure on Wednesday
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-20 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) holds up a visual aid while speaking to reporters at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., September 20, 2022. Senator Joe Manchin will unveil his full energy permitting bill on Wednesday to speed fossil fuel projects and offer incentives for renewable energy electricity transmission, legislation that faces an uphill battle. Manchin, an important swing vote in the 50-50 Senate, reached a side deal with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer during talks for the wider Inflation Reduction Act for his permitting measure to be voted on this fall. "I've never seen stranger bedfellows than Bernie Sanders and the extreme liberal left siding up with Republican leadership" and its rank-and-file senators, Manchin said. But Schatz said the bill has a chance if it offers incentives for renewable energy including transmission lines.

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