The Buffalo Chronicle
Washington
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Court’s ruling for Google in Oracle case yields more freedom for programmers
BY MICHAEL ROSEN Last week, the Supreme Court handed down its long-awaited ruling in the copyright fight between Google and Oracle, a decision that figures to provide modestly more room for computer programmers to…
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Ten ways Congress can push back against China
BY DAN BLUMENTHAL The Senate is set to consider a raft of bipartisan legislation promoting competition with China. We have long argued that the US has been in a one-sided fight against an aggressive and…
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Swedish Navy asks the public to be on the lookout
BY ELISABETH BRAW Anyone who has ever visited London has seen the posters and heard the announcements on Tube stations instructing people to “see it, say it, sorted.” The public awareness campaign…
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Putin, Ukraine, and Biden
BY LEON ARON Whether or not Russian troops cross the Ukrainian border to start yet another invasion of Ukraine, the reasons for Russia’s massing troops on the Russian side of the line…
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Facebook’s Supreme Court victory will rein in class actions
BY DANIEL LYONS Earlier this month, the Supreme Court unanimously ruled that Facebook’s texts alerting customers of suspicious account activity did not violate the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA), a 1991 anti-robocall statute.…
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Biden avenges Russian grayzone aggression
BY ELISABETH BRAW In the grayzone between war and peace, the targeted country always struggles with the dilemma of when and how to respond to aggression. In the United States, neither the…
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What we know about Biden’s 2022 defense budget submission to Congress
BY MACKENZIE EAGLEN, JOHN G. FERRARI, and ELAINE McCUSKER As the Pentagon sprints to deliver its full 2022 budget request to Congress next month, Washington is anxious to get more information to…
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American Rescue Plan includes massive commitments to universal child care
BY KATHARINE B. STEVENS Last Saturday, the US House of Representatives narrowly passed the massive $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan, now under consideration in the Senate. The so-called “COVID-19 relief package” includes multiple…
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New Fauci emails detail WHO accommodations to Chinese confidentiality terms
Judicial Watch announced today that it and the Daily Caller News Foundation (DCNF) received 301 pages of emails and other records of Dr. Anthony Fauci and Dr. H. Clifford Lane from the U.S.…
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Judicial Watch sues for Solyndra records of Biden’s Chief of Staff Ron Klain
Judicial Watch announced today that it filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit against the Office of Management and Budget and the U.S. Department of Energy to obtain records of communications between Ron…
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Senator asks IRS to strip conservative group of nonprofit status over COVID-19
Reminiscent of the Obama Internal Revenue Service’s (IRS) witch hunt of conservative groups, a U.S. Senator who sits on the committee that oversees the tax agency is pushing it to revoke a…
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Agency that oversees nuclear labs fails to revoke former employees’ security clearance
The government agency that oversees the nation’s nuclear laboratories and the highly classified material they house often does not revoke the security clearance of employees and contractors after they leave, potentially compromising…
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Biden to reopen overflow shelter for influx of unaccompanied migrant children
An increase in illegal immigrant minors crossing into the United States from Mexico is evidently forcing the government to reopen a costly and short-lived residential shelter as an overflow facility. With a…
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Professor charged with stealing $1.75 million in research for China
Communist China has long benefitted from American-funded research stolen by Chinese academics who infiltrate colleges throughout the United States. This month a criminal indictment sheds light on a recent scheme allegedly masterminded by a…
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Despite pandemic, Mexican cartels remain criminal threat to U.S.
Mexican cartels adjusted to restrictions imposed by the global pandemic last year to smuggle huge amounts of narcotics into the U.S. and remain the greatest criminal drug threat to the country, expanding…
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DOD to release Al Qaeda operative with ties to 9/11 terrorist from Gitmo
While the nation was preoccupied with holiday celebrations, an Al Qaeda operative incarcerated at the U.S. military jail in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba as a “forever prisoner” was cleared to be released. His…
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Report claims ICE arrestees average four criminal convictions or charges
BY TOM FITTON The overwhelming majority of immigration-related arrestees in 2020 had an average of four criminal convictions or charges, according to a year-end report published by the government. In the document…
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BLM ‘racial justice’ riots result in record number of domestic terrorism cases
A record number of domestic terrorism cases were filed by federal prosecutors last year with the largest concentration in Oregon thanks to the ongoing riots there inspired by the Black Lives Matter…
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‘Problem solvers caucus’ co-chairs highlight bipartisan opportunities to work with President Biden
Today, Problem Solvers Caucus Co-Chairs Tom Reed (R-NY) and Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ) released the following statement: “Today, the Problem Solvers Caucus congratulates Joe Biden on being sworn in as our 46th President.…
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Schumer, Gillibrand renew fight for direct federal aid to state and local governments in pandemic response
Decreasing Revenues During The Coronavirus Pandemic Have Left Local Governments Strapped; Dedicated Federal Funding for Local Communities Would Provide Necessary Relief for Lost Revenues, Increased Costs And Help Avoid Local Tax &…
