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Congress Advances Kids Online Safety Act With New Platform Safeguards

The House moved forward with legislation requiring large technology and social media companies to strengthen age verification and algorithmic protections for minors amid bipartisan pressure for tighter online-safety rules.
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UCLA Appoints New Athletics Leadership After Department Restructuring
Major League Baseball Enters Final Month With Tight Division and Wildcard Races
White House Advances Plans for United States Space Force Academy
US Retail Spending Holds Firm During Back-to-School Season
EPA Defends Vehicle Emissions Standards Amid Congressional and Scientific Scrutiny
Federal Retirement Fund Targets $1.4 Trillion Investment Portfolio
NTSB Investigates Commercial Airline Runway Near-Miss
FBI Arrests Former White House Staffer in Insider-Trading Investigation
JD Vance Campaigns in Michigan for Republican Senate Candidate Mike Rogers
Justice Department Expands AI and Data Analytics in Healthcare Fraud Enforcement
House Panel Examines Cybersecurity Risks to US Broadband Networks
US Treasury Creates Quantum Readiness Task Force for Financial Sector
US Launches Nationwide Crackdown on Commercial Driver License Fraud
US House Advances Kids Online Safety Legislation
Trump Administration Reaches Drug-Pricing Agreements With Nine Pharmaceutical Companies
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US Army Secretary Dan Driscoll Resigns After Disputes With Pentagon Leadership
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Supreme Court Allows $400 Million White House East Wing Project to Proceed
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White House Creates Commission to Develop United States Space Academy
Trump Orders Federal Government to Rename Lake Ontario as Lake America
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Congress Advances Kids Online Safety Act With New Platform Safeguards
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Federal Reserve Holds Interest Rates at 3.5%-3.75%
Trump Administration Reaches Oil Agreement With Venezuela’s Transitional Government
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US and Iranian Forces Exchange Direct Strikes Near Strait of Hormuz
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