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Washington (CNN)Top US lawmakers on the Senate Intelligence Committee want answers from Meta on a newly disclosed internal investigation it conducted in 2018 that found tens of thousands of software developers in China, Russia and other "high-risk" countries may have had access to detailed Facebook user data before the company clamped down on that access beginning in 2014.

The Senate Intelligence Committee is calling on the CIA Inspector General to initiate an immediate investigation into the agency's alleged mishandling of sexual assault and harassment cases, according to a new letter sent to the watchdog's office.The letter from committee chairman Sen. Mark Warner, a Virginia Democrat, and vice chair Sen. Marco Rubio, a Florida Republican, which has not been previously reported, was sent on Wednesday, Rubio's office confirmed to CNN.

Eric Garcetti's nomination to be ambassador to India made incremental progress this week as the former Los Angeles mayor impressed a Republican senator after a private meeting and won over an undecided Democrat.Garcetti, whose nomination has languished for about a year and a half, drew praise from a key swing vote Tuesday, giving new life to a nomination that has seemed all but dead.

Several key Republican senators on Tuesday pushed back against Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' recent comments that US support for Ukraine is not a vital national interest, exposing a key intraparty fault line ahead of the 2024 election.To say this doesn't matter is to say that war crimes don't matter, South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham told CNN, adding that Russian President Vladimir Putin's aggression will go beyond Ukraine and that if you don't get that, you're not listening to what he's saying.

A powerful Senate panel is holding a hearing Thursday on the East Palestine, Ohio, train derailment as lawmakers on both sides of the aisle call for answers and action in the wake of the disaster.The hearing is taking place after the derailment of a Norfolk Southern train on February 3 that released toxic chemicals into the air, water and soil of East Palestine.

Politics Sen. Ed Markey, D-Mass., a co-sponsor of the bill, said Americans "are sick of this tired tradition" and called on Congress to act.Just when sun worshippers lost hope for longer days in gloomy winter months, the Senate may give permanent daylight saving another try.Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., reintroduced the Sunshine Protection Act in the Senate on Wednesday, months after the same bill, which the Senate passed unanimously last March, died in the House at the end of the last session.

The Chinese government could use TikTok to control data on millions of people and harness the short-form video app to shape public opinion should China invade Taiwan, FBI Director Christopher Wray told the Senate Intelligence Committee Wednesday.Wray responded affirmatively to questions from Republican Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida, the panel's ranking member, on whether TikTok would allow Beijing widespread control over data and a valuable influence tool in the event of war in the Taiwan Strait.

As Christmas approaches, not everyone is celebrating.American families - hit hard by inflation, wage stagnation and layoffs - must confront another challenge: an expired child tax credit.The program, which provides cash handouts to parents and is vociferously backed by President Joe Biden, has been hailed as instrumental in reducing child poverty.

Sens. Marco Rubio (R-FL) and Jim Banks (R-IN) have introduced a bill to ban transgender people from serving openly in the U.S. military, effectively bringing back Donald Trump's transgender military ban.But the two senators promise their bill is worse than Trump's ban.The bill, called the "Ensuring Military Readiness Act," says "persons who identify as transgender with a history of diagnosis of gender dysphoria are disqualified from military service."

If you've ever wondered why TikTok suggested a certain video in your feed, you may start to get a little more clarity.TikTok on Tuesday said it is beginning to roll out a new feature to add more context about how the platform's algorithms recommend videos in your For You feed.With the new option, you can click on the share button on the video and then select the question mark icon dubbed, Why this video.

Former President Donald Trump Thursday taunted Republican rivals Ron DeSantis and Mike Pence for skipping the conservative CPAC conference - and bragged that he will rule the roost as usual.Deriding them as "certain 'candidates,'" Trump suggested the Florida governor and former vice president were ducking an unfavorable comparison with him among the right-wing activists who will attend.

Obama looking to position himself well in case government shutdown threatened Marco Rubio tries to turn tables on Obama, laying blame at his feet Republicans will likely use their recess to figure out how far to go with this fight Republicans are right in saying President Barack Obama's new economy road show is a rerun full of policy proposals and political attacks the country, and the GOP, have heard before.

Cotton's stance threatens to shut down an already slow-moving Senate.The chamber has taken just one roll-call vote since being sworn in on Jan. 3: confirming an assistant defense secretary on Monday.The chamber will take its second floor vote on Thursday to dub January National Stalking Awareness Month.

Mario Tama/Getty Images The Senate passed on Wednesday a bill to ban TikTok on U.S. government devices.The No TikTok on Government Devices Act, introduced by Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO), passed by unanimous consent, meaning no senator objected to it being passed without a roll-call vote.Tonight the Senate unanimously passed my bill to BAN TikTok on all government devices, tweeted Hawley.

Mario Tama/Getty Images A bipartisan bill to ban TikTok in the United States was introduced in Congress on Tuesday.The Averting the National Threat of Internet Surveillance, Oppressive Censorship and Influence, and Algorithmic Learning by the Chinese Communist Party Act, or ANTI-SOCIAL CCP Act, would forbid transactions to TikTok or its parent company Bytedance Ltd., or a subsidiary or a successor company of the two.