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These Grieving Parents Want Congress to Protect Children Online

22 June 2024 at 05:03
A group is using the Mothers Against Drunk Driving playbook, sharing personal tragedies, to lobby for the Kids Online Safety Act.

Β© Amanda Lucier for The New York Times

Kristin Bride, a member of ParentsSOS, next to an apple tree she planted after her son Carson’s suicide in 2020. The apple’s variety is Sweet Sixteen, Carson’s age when he died.

Israel Secretly Targets U.S. Lawmakers With Influence Campaign on Gaza War

6 June 2024 at 11:17
Israel’s Ministry of Diaspora Affairs ordered the operation, which used fake social media accounts urging U.S. lawmakers to fund Israel’s military, according to officials and documents about the effort.

Β© Gabriela Bhaskar for The New York Times, Kenny Holston/The New York Times

The campaign focused on more than a dozen members of Congress, including Representative Ritchie Torres, left, and Hakeem Jeffries, the House minority leader.

U.S. Suspends Funding for Group at Center of Covid Origins Fight

15 May 2024 at 16:17
The decision came after a scorching hearing in which lawmakers barraged EcoHealth Alliance’s president with claims of misrepresenting work with Chinese virologists.

Β© Ting Shen for The New York Times

Peter Daszak, the president of EcoHealth Alliance, faced a barrage of questions during a congressional hearing this month.
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