https://dailycaller.com/2021/10/04/house-republicans-climate-change-progressive-groups-chinese-communist-party/

A pair of top House Republicans demanded information from several progressive organizations on their ties to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).

Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Cathy McMorris Rodgers and Oversight and Investigations Ranking Member Morgan Griffith wrote letters Sunday to four left-wing climate-focused groups with a series of questions. The groups — Sunrise Movement, Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS), MoveOn and Earthworks — asked the Biden administration in a July letter to “eschew the dominant antagonistic approach” toward China and work with it on combating climate change.

“We are concerned that foreign interests may be influencing your advocacy activities directed toward Congress,” the letters continued. “In light of our jurisdiction over foreign commerce and environmental policy, we seek to understand the relationship between your work and Chinese efforts to influence U.S. policy development.”

The GOP leaders asked the groups if they have received funding from the Chinese government, if an individual or group affiliated with the CCP had asked them to sign the July letter and if they have ever criticized China’s genocide of Uyghur Muslims. They gave the four organizations until Oct. 15 to respond to their inquiries.

https://www.metro.us/new-u-s-legislation-seeks/

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. senator introduced legislation on Monday to broaden protections for election workers, their family members and physical polling locations in response to a Reuters investigation into threats against election administrators.

The Election Worker and Polling Place Protection Act aims to make the workers who help administer America’s elections safer — from officials to volunteers and the contractors who set up and maintain voting equipment. The protections would extend to family members of election officials and prohibit threats of damage to polling places, tabulation centers or other election infrastructure.

The measure, sponsored by Georgia Democratic Senator Jon Ossoff, cites two recent Reuters reports about threats of physical harm and death against election workers across the country, from senior officials to volunteer poll workers along with their families.

https://www.kuow.org/stories/facebook-asks-court-to-toss-ftc-lawsuit-over-its-buys-of-instagram-and-whatsapp

Facebook is again asking a federal court to throw out the Federal Trade Commission's antitrust lawsuit accusing the company of crushing its rivals, in the latest chapter of the company's showdown with Washington critics.

"The case is entirely without legal or factual support. This is as true now as it was before," Facebook said in a filing with the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia on Monday.