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ADVERTISEMENT PUSHING FOR ANTITRUST POLICY: A coalition of independent businesses launched Tuesday with the goal of urging federal policy reform to rein in the market power of top tech companies. The coalition, Small Business Rising, specifically takes aim at Amazon accusing the e-commerce giant of anti-competitive tactics and harming small firms nationwide. The coalition is urging lawmakers to help break up and regulate the tech companies it called monopolies. It s also urging lawmakers to block dominating corporations from engaging in abusive tactics by strengthening antitrust laws, as well as outlawing “mega-mergers.” Amazon pushed back on the coalition’s criticism, saying it has in fact empowered small and mediums-sized businesses.

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First global threats hearing in over 2 years set for next week

First global threats hearing in over 2 years set for next week POLITICO 2 hrs ago By Martin Matishak © Melina Mara/The Washington Post via AP, Pool The Senate hearing will be a major test for President Joe Biden and his recently installed agency chiefs. TThe House and Senate will hold public hearings next week on the globe’s greatest threats to U.S. national security after a more than two-year hiatus caused by tensions between the spy community and former President Donald Trump. The Senate Intelligence Committee s Worldwide Threats hearing on April 14 will mark the first time since January 2019 that the country’s intelligence agency chiefs appear for the session one of a handful of opportunities for Americans to hear directly from them on issues such as the dangers posed by countries like Russia, China and North Korea.

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Intel heads to resume worldwide threats hearing scrapped under Trump

Federal law requires the intelligence community to submit an annual worldwide threats assessment, but agencies failed to do so during Trump’s final two years in office. The last worldwide threats hearings were in January 2019. ADVERTISEMENT “Over the last four years, the Trump Administration discarded the tradition of open hearings on World Wide Threats, when it displeased the former president to have his preferred views of rival nations contradicted by agency heads,” House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff The hearing will be the first congressional appearance for many of the witnesses since they were confirmed earlier this year. It comes as the U.S. is facing a diverse set of threats, ranging from geopolitical tensions, a massive cyberattack on the U.S. government, a pandemic and an increase in domestic extremism.

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First global threats hearing in over 2 years set for next week

First global threats hearing in over 2 years set for next week
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