“The White House has serious concerns with this action, and is reviewing it,” a senior White House official said in a written statement late Thursday. “It appears only to help Fannie and Freddie and not the American consumer.”At issue is a 0.5% surcharge that the government-controlled mortgage giants said they would begin to impose on…
Kamala Harris is a sitting U.S. senator who was vetted during the primaries, the daughter of immigrants and the first black woman and Indian-American on a major-party ticket. She thus satisfies the basic requirements of a vice-presidential choice: First do no harm, and second pick up what you can. She rose far fast. She was…
BEIRUT—The throngs of antiestablishment protesters marching in Beirut after last week’s devastating explosion have turned their sights on one group above all: Hezbollah, the powerful, Iranian-backed Shiite political party and militia that has in recent years become a nearly untouchable force in Lebanon. Hezbollah, which since its birth has billed itself as a bulwark against…
Two U.S. senators have asked the Federal Trade Commission to investigate TikTok’s data collection practices after a Wall Street Journal article showed that the company covertly collected data on millions of users through a method that appeared to violate Google’s policies. Sens. Jerry Moran (R., Kan.) and John Thune (R., S.D.) made the request in…
Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden’s selection of Sen. Kamala Harris as his running mate suggests Big Tech might avoid the hammer blow of a breakup if the ticket wins the White House.Public scrutiny of fields such as artificial intelligence, digital surveillance and cybersecurity have sparked more talk in Congress about a slew of new…
Now Playing 8/13/2020 6:16PM After dozens tested positive for Covid-19 in a Georgia school district, over 800 students and staffers were quarantined. WSJ’s Tawnell Hobbs reports. Photo: Robin Rayne/Zuma Press Up Next Editor Picks Shelf 10:06 Covid Chasers: The Nurses Fighting Coronavirus From Hot Spot to Hot Spot 8/8/2020 7:07AM 8/8/2020 6:08 Coronavirus Pandemic Fuels…
The Justice Department said Yale University has discriminated against Asian-American and white applicants, issuing its findings roughly two years after opening an investigation into the school’s admissions practices. The department said Thursday that it found Yale discriminates based on race and national origin, violating federal civil-rights law, and that race was the “determinative factor” in…
The Trump administration has for the first time confiscated vessels allegedly loaded with Iran fuel in violation of sanctions, U.S. officials said, as it steps up its campaign of maximum pressure against Tehran.Last month U.S. federal prosecutors filed suit to seize the four tankers of gasoline that Iran was sending to Venezuela, the latest move…
Hunkered around conference tables at the World Health Organization’s Geneva headquarters, a group of scientists debated which of the world’s most frightening epidemic diseases deserved the greatest attention. Ebola, a ferocious killer that drains its victims of bodily fluids, made the list. So did Nipah, which makes the brain swell before most of its victims…
WASHINGTON—The Defense Department will offer in-person instruction at half of its U.S.-based schools and all of its schools in Europe during the coming academic year, a recognition of the difference in progress the U.S. and Europe have made in curbing the coronavirus pandemic. The decision, announced Thursday, is the result of a monthslong assessment of…
