2019

Congress and Trump Agreed They Want a National Privacy Law. It Is Nowhere in Sight.

Technology /

WASHINGTON — A rare thing emerged in Washington early this year: agreement. Republicans and Democrats in Congress, as well as the Trump White House, all said they wanted a new federal law to protect people’s online privacy. Numerous tech companies urged them on. And they had a deadline. With a broad California privacy law set […]

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Republicans Changing Delegate Rules to Prevent Discord at Convention

Politics /

[Which Democrats are leading the 2020 presidential race this week?] Bill Stepien, a senior political adviser to the president, Mr. Clark and other campaign officials have spent most of this year working with state Republican officials either to change rules or to push for party chairs who are favorable to Mr. Trump. Republican parties in

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LEADING OFF: A’s choose Manaea, Rays start Morton in WC game

Sports /

A look at what’s happening around the majors Wednesday: THAT’S WILD Oakland tabbed left-hander Sean Manaea (4-0, 1.21 ERA) to start the AL wild-card game against Tampa Bay. The 27-year-old Manaea was sidelined last year when the Athletics lost the wild-card game to the Yankees, and missed most of this season following shoulder surgery. He

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As Impeachment Moves Forward, Trump’s Language Turns Darker

Politics /

In the past, Mr. Trump has defined treason as a crime with “long jail sentences” and, during the special counsel investigation into his campaign’s ties to Russia, he brought up the case of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, who were executed in 1953 after being found guilty of conspiracy to commit espionage. “When they say ‘treason,’

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Pipeline rules adopted years after deadly explosion, spills

Finance /

U.S. transportation officials on Tuesday adopted long-delayed measures that are meant to prevent pipeline spills and deadly gas explosions but don’t address recommended steps to lessen accidents once they occur. The new rules from the Department of Transportation apply to more than 500,000 miles of pipelines that carry natural gas, oil and other hazardous materials

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Kansas conservatives push to undo abortion rights ruling

Lifestyle /

Kansas conservatives are trying to overturn a state Supreme Court decision that protects abortion rights and threatens years’ worth of Republican-enacted restrictions, guaranteeing an election-year fight over amending the state constitution. A legislative study committee opened two days of hearings Tuesday on a ruling in April by the state’s highest court that access to abortion

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