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Two House committees held the second major hearing this week on the Russian cyber espionage attack that has become known as the SolarWinds hack, and lawmakers are pushing for breach notification legislation. TikTok agreed to pay millions in a settlement over allegations it collected users’ private data, and Facebook apologized to a lawmaker for accidentally labeling and removing a post as hate speech.” Here’s a behind the scenes draft of early versions of Hillicon Valley.
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INTO THE BREACH, PART TWO: House lawmakers on both sides of the aisle lined up behind potential legislation Friday to put in place national breach notification requirements in the wake of a massive foreign cyber espionage attack.
buying blankets, toys and a whole lot more. tonight, the jobs you created by embracing three simple words. made in america! good evening. we begin with breaking news that means more money for nearly every american family. late today, congress reached an agreement on taxes, after weeks of brinksmanship threatened 160 million americans with a tax hike averaging $1,000 a year. that lifts a major cloud over the economy, on a day that was full of all kinds of encouraging signs that this recovery is sticking. abc s jim avila starts us off. and, jim, the big question now, will this reassurance from washington give a boost to the economy? reporter: well, george, it does mean more money in americans pockets and it should help things along. in fact, economists say if they hadn t done this, washington could have put the brakes on the rush of momentum the country is finally feeling. it s the busiest shipping day of the year, and now those 160 million working americans who dodged a