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The House of Representatives passed a bill on Tuesday aimed at overhauling the Department of Veterans Affairs and protecting whistleblowers.

Congress Passes Bill To Increase Accountability Among VA Employees

The bipartisan legislation aims to transform the culture at the Department of Veterans Affairs. It shortens the process for removing negligent staffers and adds protections for whistleblowers.

TikTok says it is banning all accounts that share content related to the QAnon conspiracy theory, hardening its previous policy on the far-right movement.

TikTok Tightens Crackdown On QAnon, Will Ban Accounts That Promote Disinformation

The action hardens the video-sharing app's previous enforcement against QAnon that targeted specific hashtags on the app but let the videos remain.

AM NewsBrief: Feb. 1, 2023

This is the KGOU AM NewsBrief for Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2023

Former El Paso Independent School District Superintendent Lorenzo Garcia is escorted by his attorneys into a Texas courthouse. He was found guilty of fiddling with El Paso schools' test scores for his own financial gain.

El Paso Schools Cheating Scandal: Who's Accountable?

The former superintendent of the Texas school district was sentenced to three years in prison for rigging standardized test scores. Other employees could still face charges for helping him carry out his scheme. Now, local and state education officials are blaming each other for letting it go on so long.

Family and friends of those killed and injured in the school shooting at Robb Elementary take part in a protest march and rally. (Eric Gay/AP)

Uvalde parent protests outside school district to demand accountability for shooting

He's been camping outside school district headquarters for more than a week to demand accountability for police officers' response to the shooting.

Blogging service Tumblr has suspended, but identified, more than 80 accounts that it says were associated with Russia's active measures against the United States and the West.

Tumblr's Ban Of Russian Accounts Adds Detail To Targeting Of Black Americans

The blogging platform has made public a list of accounts that it said were operated as part of the active measures campaign against the United States.

CIA Director John Brennan's Private Email Account Allegedly Hacked

The list of U.S. government officials whose personal email accounts appear to have been hacked now allegedly includes CIA Director John Brennan. It seems the target was Brennan's private AOL account.

A man walks past a Wells Fargo branch in Philadelphia. The banking company says it wants to make good by its customers, but figuring out how to do that will be a tall task.

Wells Fargo's Unauthorized Accounts Likely Hurt Customers' Credit Scores

Regulators say millions of unapproved credit card and bank accounts were opened for Wells Fargo customers. A big question is how to compensate those whose credit scores were hurt by what the bank did.

A baseless voting claim is being amplified by a network of social media accounts

It’s unclear who runs the network of social media accounts that has gotten millions of views amplifying trending claims about alleged voting fraud.

Senator Ties Education Savings Accounts To AP History Ban

A Democratic state senator who opposes a bill creating education savings accounts is proposing three amendments that appear to take a shot at other recent…

The New 'New Thing' In Health Care: Accountable Care Organizations

The Obama administration today released proposed rules that could help hospitals and groups of doctors cooperate more closely in caring for patients. If the approach works, it could save money and improve care.

Former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon, shown here in August, had a Twitter account associated with him suspended after the social media company said his comments violated<strong> </strong>its "policy on the glorification of violence."

Twitter Permanently Suspends Steve Bannon Account After Beheading Comments

Twitter permanently suspended an account from former Trump adviser Steve Bannon after he suggested Dr. Anthony Fauci and FBI Director Christopher Wray should be beheaded.

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