Tom Ramstack

WASHINGTON — Former CBS television investigative reporter Catherine Herridge told a congressional panel Thursday about how reprisals she endured for her reports demonstrate a need for a federal law to protect journalists’ news gathering. Herridge refused a court order in February to reveal her sources for... Read More

WASHINGTON — A House panel on Wednesday tried to get its hands around the slippery issue of when inventions or artistic works developed with artificial intelligence should receive intellectual property rights. Intellectual property normally refers to patents for inventions or copyrights for literary, musical or artistic... Read More

WASHINGTON — The heads of the House and Senate Commerce committees reached an agreement on a data privacy bill this week that would override state laws limiting what information corporations can gather on private individuals. It also would give consumers a right to delete their private... Read More

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate is considering legislation to stop judge shopping after a Texas federal judge rejected pleas to revise his jurisdiction’s method for assigning cases. The threat to use legislation to force federal judges to follow a case assignment procedure recommended by the Judicial... Read More

WASHINGTON — Maritime experts told a congressional panel Friday that the March 26 collapse of Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge served as an example of potentially devastating risks confronting U.S. ports. The collapse after collision with a cargo ship temporarily shut down the nation’s ninth largest... Read More

WASHINGTON — A Senate committee sent letters to three private equity firms Monday demanding information about how they staff emergency departments of hospitals they own. The Senate is investigating whether health care is suffering to increase profits for investors. The investigation was prompted by reports from... Read More

BALTIMORE — Owners of the cargo ship that brought down Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge last week in a collision filed a petition in federal court Monday that would limit their liability to $43.6 million, which is roughly the value of the damaged ship. They denied... Read More

WASHINGTON — The Environmental Protection Agency announced tough new tailpipe emission standards Friday for heavy duty vehicles in another bid by President Joe Biden to reduce greenhouse gases. Although the announcement was welcomed by environmentalists, the trucking industry condemned it as unrealistic and said the new... Read More

ORLANDO — The company that runs Walt Disney World reached a settlement Wednesday with appointees of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis who were exerting controversial regulatory control over the huge tourism complex. The settlement resolves some of the disputes that arose after Disney officials publicly denounced the... Read More