Acting Labor Secretary Keith Sonderling testifies before the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies at the Dirksen Senate Office Building on May 19, 2026 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)
Keith Sonderling told Senate appropriators that the $25M funding request for DOL’s unemployment-insurance program will help the department reduce improper payments.
Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., testifies at a Senate Appropriations Subcommittee hearing on Capitol Hill on Dec. 3, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)
A bipartisan bill introduced this week aims to establish an interagency advisory committee to ensure cooperation in fighting against AI-assisted scammers.
The rewrite, currently being debated in the Senate, includes 29 amendments. One would create an innovative grant program to engage kids on the Internet out of school.
On the same day that the FCC voted to modernize the Lifeline program to include broadband services, Sens. Angus King, I-Maine, and Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.V., introduced…