Daylight saving timeis going to begin Sunday the same way thetwice-a-year time changehas started for the last 17 years, only to end in November 2024 — but that end won't be permanent. Time ran out for a proposal thatcleared a major hurdle in Congressin 2022 to end the decades-old ...
Congress has so far failed to enact any of the appropriations bills that fund the government, although this is not unusual. It has only managed to pass all 12 spending bills on time in four years, and that last occurred in 1997. In most years, Congress passes some of the individual appro...
“Congress has taken the unprecedented step of expressly singling out and banning TikTok: a vibrant online forum for protected speech and expression used by 170 million Americans to create, share, and view videos over the Internet,” ByteDance said in its lawsuit Tuesd...
Birthright citizenship as we know it took effect following the Civil War. Passed by Congress in 1866 and ratified by the states in 1868,the 14th Amendment of the Constitutionopens by saying that "All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are...
As of yet, Biden’s plan has not passed Congress, which oversees significant changes to the Social Security program. Some analysts believe it’s unlikely to pass. Read: Here's How Much Money You Could Lose if Social Security Goes Bankrupt SECURE 2.0 Act Becomes Law In December, Biden ...
Federal AI regulation.AI risk assessment is presently a top priority for the federal government. Congress has made considerable progress in passing laws that support domestic AI research and the implementation of AI within federal agencies, such as theNational AI Initiative Act of 2020and theAI in...
Deepfakes Accountability Act.Congresswoman Yvette Clarke and Congressman Glenn Ivey introduced in September 2023 the Deepfakes Accountability Act, which requires creators to digitally watermark deepfake content and makes it a crime to fail to identify malicious deepfakes, including those depicting sexual ...
Because many had previously provided false or misleading information, public faith in the integrity of the securities markets plunged. To restore investor confidence, Congress passed the Securities Act of 1933, which aimed to ensure more transparency in financial statements so investors could make ...
The U.S. joined WHO via a 1948 joint resolution passed by both chambers of Congress, which has subsequently been supported by all administrations. The resolution requires the U.S. to provide a one-year notice period should it decide to leave WHO. What does this mean for WHO? It’...