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A shooter opened fire in a Walmart in Virginia late Tuesday, leaving six people dead, police said, in the second high-profile mass killing in a handful of days. The assailant is also dead.

WASHINGTON — Two U.S. senators called TikTok a Chinese surveillance tool, issuing a bipartisan warning as the Biden administration weighs a deal that could let the video-sharing app keep operating in the U.S.

The FBI is concerned that the Chinese government could use TikTok to influence American users or control their devices. The company is working with the U.S. government towards a security agreement.

The health care sector faces increasing pressure from cyberattacks while it deals with old equipment and systems, Sen. Warner’s office warns.

Economy and Society is Ballotpedia’s weekly review of the developments in corporate activism; corporate political engagement; and the Environmental, Social, and Corporate Governance (ESG) trends and events that characterize the growing intersection between business and politics.

WASHINGTON — After passing legislation that could pump almost $250 billion into cutting-edge scientific research and semiconductor manufacturing, lawmakers are turning their attention to protecting the fruits of that spending from theft by America’s rivals, particularly China.

Congress is providing billions for science and tech research and lawmakers are now worried that foreign rivals could steal the results.

After the FBI searched former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home last month for classified material, Democrats and Republicans on the historically bipartisan Senate Intelligence Committee responded with one voice.

Senate Banking Democrats see the specter of the 2008 financial crisis in emerging products that lack protections, such as buy now, pay later.

Lawmakers are demanding answers after a woman bluffed her way into the golf resort

Democrat says clarification from judge urgently needed and the mishandling of state secrets could have disastrous consequences