Hacker News with Generative AI: Congress

Congress funds removal of Chinese telecom gear as feds probe home router risks (msn.com)
Trump DOJ obtained phone, text logs of 43 staff, 2 members of Congress (nbcnews.com)
Seeking to investigate leaks of classified information, the Trump Justice Department in 2017 and 2018 secretly obtained phone and text message logs of 43 congressional staffers and two members of Congress in a far broader probe than previously known, according to a new report by the department’s internal watchdog.
Experts testify at UFO hearing in Congress (text.npr.org)
Is intelligent alien life darting around in space — and even in the skies above us here on Earth? Has the U.S. government been covering up unexplained phenomena, and using secret extraterrestrial discoveries to boost its own technology?
Congressional letter sent to Amazon and Twitch for amplification of antisemitism (twitter.com)
CrowdStrike exec will testify to Congress about July's global IT meltdown (theverge.com)
Congress accidentally legalized THC six years ago (theatlantic.com)
Boeing Emails Handed over to Congress in January 2020 (archive.org)
Mitt Romney Reveals Twisted Reason Why Congress Moved to Ban TikTok (newrepublic.com)
China lobbies Congress behind closed doors on TikTok, staffers say (politico.com)