Matt Laslo

“For me, getting blown up again, I’d rather do that than have to go through the detox of getting off those op…

I caught Mitch McConnell taking meetings with Kentucky artists My Morning Jacket and Sturgill Simpson even as…

Cited in 20+ law reviews, including Harvard Journal of Law & Technology, Berkeley Technology Law Journal (“Da…

5. What advice do you have for people looking to break into journalism? "We failed, so don’t do what we di…

...Gardner captured one of the nation’s last purple Senate seats by running as a “freethinker.” Tides churned…

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Pundits and political reporters continue to compare the Jan. 6 select committee hearings t…

WASHINGTON — ...contrary to what other news outlets have reported, in exclusive interviews with all 100 US se…

WASHINGTON — In 2023, after veteran and former intelligence officer David Grusch accused the United States go…

The US Congress is trying to tame the rapid rise of artificial intelligence. But senators' failure to tackle …

Dozens of US senators listened quietly as tech titans and AI ethicists schooled them on the "civilizational r…

Senators are meeting with Silicon Valley's elite to learn how to deal with AI. But can Congress tackle the ra…

With a poor track record on tech regulation, do lawmakers stand a chance?

As the year winds down without any federal online privacy law to show for it, Senate Democrats introduce new …

Even conservative lawmakers say they're open to more regulation when it comes to tech companies and children …

Members of the US Congress touted improvements to children's privacy protections as an urgent priority. So wh…

On Wednesday, US Senators Cynthia Lummis and Kirsten Gillibrand will unveil proposed legislation to decide on…

The legislation would insert the government into online platforms' age-verification efforts-a move that makes…

Congress clarified last year that the CDC can use its budget for gun research, after decades of effectively b…

Democratic senators lacked actionable gun data for their negotiations-so they passed mental health reform ins…

"...while many progressives and gun-safety advocates remain upset the measure doesn’t go further, it’s an und…

“Come on, I’m not going to deal with policy issues right now,” [Rep. Rodney] Davis says. “We can discuss poli…

Lawmakers are increasingly hellbent on punishing the popular social network while efforts to pass a broader p…

The embattled social media company brought out the checkbook to ensure at least 30 of its biggest assets-crea…

Biden's speech calling for better data protections got a standing ovation from both sides of the aisle. So, w…