Tech Policy & Government | TechCrunch https://techcrunch.com/category/government-policy/ Startup and Technology News Thu, 22 May 2025 19:58:34 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/cropped-cropped-favicon-gradient.png?w=32 Tech Policy & Government | TechCrunch https://techcrunch.com/category/government-policy/ 32 32 Senate votes to revoke California’s ability to set air pollution standards https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/22/senate-votes-to-revoke-californias-ability-to-set-air-pollution-standards/ Thu, 22 May 2025 18:40:06 +0000 https://techcrunch.com/?p=3011066 4 days left: Up to $900 off your ticket and 90% off for your plus-one at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/22/4-days-left-up-to-900-off-your-ticket-and-90-off-for-your-1-at-techcrunch-disrupt-2025/ Thu, 22 May 2025 14:00:00 +0000 https://techcrunch.com/?p=3010833 Wyden: AT&T, T-Mobile, and Verizon weren’t notifying senators of surveillance 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https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/14/the-kids-online-safety-act-is-back-with-the-potential-to-change-the-internet/ Wed, 14 May 2025 19:14:04 +0000 https://techcrunch.com/?p=3007318 White House scraps plan to block data brokers from selling Americans’ sensitive data https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/14/white-house-scraps-plan-to-block-data-brokers-from-selling-americans-sensitive-data/ Wed, 14 May 2025 18:35:20 +0000 https://techcrunch.com/?p=3007323 A new bipartisan bill aims to lift the 52-year ban on supersonic flight https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/14/a-new-bipartisan-bill-aims-to-lift-the-52-year-ban-on-supersonic-flight/ Wed, 14 May 2025 15:20:26 +0000 https://techcrunch.com/?p=3007104 Elon Musk’s The Boring Company might be in line for an Amtrak contract https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/13/elon-musks-the-boring-company-might-be-in-line-for-an-amtrak-contract/ Tue, 13 May 2025 17:12:20 +0000 https://techcrunch.com/?p=3006645 Trump administration officially rescinds Biden’s AI diffusion 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