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July 16, 2020

Delays in sending unemployment checks to scores of jobless workers shows just how far the states and federal government have fallen behind in updating decades-old technology, experts say, and they need to upgrade quickly to better serve the public.


July 13, 2020

Washington, DC – Today, Congressman Seth Moulton (D-MA) partnered with Congressman John Curtis (R-UT) to introduce bipartisan legislation to put American consumers in the driver’s seat by giving them clearer knowledge about the technology they are purchasing. The Informing Consumers about Smart Devices Act, introduced by Reps.


July 13, 2020

It’s a given that Google and Amazon are listening to you, even when their devices are “off.” But what about your refrigerator? Or toaster?

Would that be enough to make people mind their language in the kitchen?

And imagine if those devices were watching you, too. It introduces a whole new level of paranoia to toasting a slice of bread.


July 9, 2020

WASHINGTON — U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper has ordered an investigation into leaks of both classified and unclassified material to media, he told members of the House Armed Services Committee during a Thursday hearing.

The secretary brought up what he called an aggressive effort to pursue leaks after a series of what he called “bad leaks” in the fall.


July 9, 2020

Harvard and MIT are now backed by Northeastern and other colleges from around the country to continue to push against the federal government’s effort to expel foreign students if their school is only offering online courses.

The colleges briefly started a hearing Thursday that will continue at more length 10 a.m. Friday in federal court in Boston.


July 9, 2020

Defense Secretary Mark Esper never received a briefing about alleged Russian practices against U.S. troops in Afghanistan that included the term “bounty,” he told Congress on Thursday.


July 9, 2020

PEORIA, Ariz. - A Peoria family hopes their son’s suicide in the Navy leads to some good for all men and women in uniform.

A bill now in Congress, the Brandon Act, looks to give service members more options for mental health.


July 8, 2020

Washington, D.C. - United States Senators Elizabeth Warren and Edward J. Markey along with Representatives Jim McGovern, Bill Keating, Katherine Clark, Seth Moulton, Lori Trahan, and Ayanna Pressley announced $520,494 in Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) grants to support the reimbursement of personal protective equipment (PPE) at twenty Massachusetts fire departments.


July 6, 2020
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July 2, 2020

SALEM, Mass.— Today, Representative Seth Moulton (D-MA) issued the following statement heading into the Independence Day weekend: