WASHINGTON, Sept. 24 (TNSLrpt) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following report (No. R47884) on Sept. 23, 2025, entitled "Identifying Minors Online" by Clare Y. Cho, industrial organization and business policy specialist. Here are excerpts: * * * SUMMARY Concerns about potential harms to minors on the internet, particularly on social media platforms, have grown in recent years. Dating to the 1990s, policymakers have enacted legislation seeking to protect minors online, some   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 24 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan, Tillis, Gillibrand, Mullin Reintroduce Bipartisan Legislation to Support Schools Serving Students in Military and Tribal Communities * U.S. Senators Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), and Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.) reintroduced the Advancing Toward Impact Aid Full Funding Act, bipartisan legislation to advance Impact Aid programs closer to full fun  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 24 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release: * * * Man Arrested and Charged with Attempting to Provide Al-Qaida with Weapons * A criminal complaint was unsealed today after a Tulsa, Oklahoma, man appeared before a federal judge for attempting to provide 3-D printed weapons to an individual he believed was receiving them on behalf of al-Qaida. Andrew Scott Hastings, 25, is charged with attempting to provide material support or resources to design  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 24 -- Sen. Markwayne Mullin, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release: * * * Senate Passes Mullin, Padilla Bill Strengthening Cybersecurity for the 988 Suicide & Crisis * Last week, the U.S. Senate passed the 9-8-8 Lifeline Cybersecurity Responsibility Act unanimously as part of H.R.2483, the SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Reauthorization Act. Introduced earlier this year by Senators Markwayne Mullin (R-OK) and Alex Padilla (D-CA), this bill will strengthen the c  more