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Epoch Times
3 days ago
- Business
- Epoch Times
Bipartisan Senators Urge Apple, Google to Remove China-Owned VPN Apps
A bipartisan group of senators has called on Apple and Google to remove China-owned virtual private networks, or VPNs, from their app stores, warning that these apps pose a threat to U.S. national security due to their ties to China's military. Sens. Eric Schmitt (R-Mo.) and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), both serving on the Armed Services Committee, sent a letter dated July 24 to Apple CEO Tim Cook and Google CEO Sundar Pichai. The lawmakers expressed concern that some Chinese VPN apps are linked to Qihoo 360, a Chinese cybersecurity company that was added to the Commerce Department's economic blacklist for supporting the procurement of items for use by the Chinese military.
Time of India
7 days ago
- Politics
- Time of India
'DEI is a cynical ideology': GOP Sen. Eric Schmitt makes explosive claim at Senate hearing
Sen. Eric Schmitt (R-MO) delivered a powerful critique of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) policies, calling them a 'cynical ideology' that undermines core American values. The hearing, titled 'Ending Illegal DEI Discrimination & Preferences: Enforcing Our Civil Rights Laws,' was held by the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Limited Government, and featured intense debate on whether DEI practices violate civil rights laws and create new systems of discrimination. Show more Show less
Fox News
24-07-2025
- Politics
- Fox News
Sen. Hirono slammed after suggesting anti-DEI lawmakers doubt her trustworthiness because she is a minority
Sen. Mazie Hirono, D-Hawaii, was slammed by a Republican colleague on Wednesday after suggesting that lawmakers who are critical of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives must inherently think her views are untrustworthy because she is a minority. The comments came during a Wednesday afternoon hearing about the state of DEI in the United States under the second Trump administration. The senator's comments came after she got into a back-and-forth with a witness from an anti-DEI law group over whether the courts have ever opined on the constitutionality of DEI. "Okay, well, I'm out of time," Hirono said, seemingly unsatisfied that the witness pushed back on her claims that the courts have never called diversity, equity and inclusion unconstitutional. "You can see that we are very – we are a very divergent group of people here." "Intellectually diverse!" Sen. Eric Schmitt, R-Mo., chairman of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, quipped in response to Hirono. Hirono looked in Schmitt's direction and smiled before saying: "You know, on the basis of the suspicion supposedly for people who are DEI, that would mean that you suspect me of something – I cannot be trusted. I hope that is not your view." "I don't know if you're talking – hopefully you're not talking about me, because that is a ridiculous accusation," Schmitt shot back. Hirono then turned back to Schmitt and said, "good, thank you." "I wish everybody else would say the same thing – about those people in our country who happen to look different from the rest of us…" she continued before Schmitt interjected to adjourn the hearing. "Okay – your time has expired, senator. Thanks. Thanks so much." Hirono has frequently criticized Republicans, President Donald Trump and his administration over the past few months, and she had an odd line of questioning for many of Trump's nominations during the confirmation process. During his confirmation hearing to be defense secretary, Hirono accused then-nominee Pete Hegseth of being willing to shoot at lawful protesters. She was also the only lawmaker on the Senate's Veterans' Affairs Committee to oppose the confirmation of Trump's nominee for Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary.
Yahoo
20-07-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Sen. Eric Schmitt on being a White House whisperer and Senate budget reformer
Missouri Sen. Eric Schmitt is a lawyer, former state attorney general and a skilled navigator of the old — and new — wings of the Republican Party. He also has another title: White House whisperer. Schmitt joins POLITICO's Dasha Burns to talk about his closeness with the Trump administration, driving the Senate's $9.4 billion rescissions bill, his involvement with passing Trump's 'big, beautiful bill,' his belief in Medicaid reform, the controversy over the release of the Epstein files and what he describes as his 'America First' — but not isolationist — foreign policy approach. 'I think a slur that's often uttered is that it's an isolationist point of view,' Schmitt told Burns. 'That's not true at all.' (Note: This interview was conducted before the Senate and House passage of the rescissions bill.) Plus, POLITICO reporter Ben Jacobs digs into his reporting on social media influencers running for office and how the phenomenon is reshaping electoral politics. Listen and subscribe to The Conversation with Dasha Burns on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts.
Politico
20-07-2025
- Politics
- Politico
Sen. Eric Schmitt on being a White House whisperer and Senate budget reformer
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