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National Native News: “You’re saying that that’s not Native faces?” — only Native American US Senator accused of anti-native racism
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National Native News: “You’re saying that that’s not Native faces?” — only Native American US Senator accused of anti-native racism

U.S. Sen. Markwayne Mullin (Cherokee/R-OK) is facing criticism for an exchange during a recent hearing on federal recognition for the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina. He’s accused of racial stereotyping based on looks. LCB Correspondent Matt Laslo has the story from Washington.

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Wyoming Public Media: Chris Christie called out Sen. Barrasso when he withdrew from the presidential race. Why does it matter?
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Wyoming Public Media: Chris Christie called out Sen. Barrasso when he withdrew from the presidential race. Why does it matter?

Veteran Washington correspondent Matt Laslo covered energy, climate change, gun control, The Cheneys, the federal budget, tech, new media and wild fires, along with the Jan. 6, 2021 US Capitol insurrection, for Wyoming Public Media for more than a decade.

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Orlando Weekly: Fla. Sen. Rick Scott says Democrats ‘constantly go to taking somebody’s Second Amendment rights away’ following Uvalde shooting
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Orlando Weekly: Fla. Sen. Rick Scott says Democrats ‘constantly go to taking somebody’s Second Amendment rights away’ following Uvalde shooting

Regionally-focused national wire service The LCB brings Congress to life for dozens of local news outlets nationwide, covering everything from gun control and mass shootings to generative artificial intelligence and data privacy

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WIRED: The US Congress Is Starting to Question This Whole Crypto Thing
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WIRED: The US Congress Is Starting to Question This Whole Crypto Thing

Since 2019, Matt’s been a WIRED magazine contributor, covering everything from data privacy and artificial intelligence — namely, generative AI — to crypto and even UAP (aka UFOs).

Matt’s data privacy coverage for WIRED has been quoted in 20+ law reviews, including the Duke Law and Technology Review, Harvard Journal of Law & Technology, University of Illinois Chicago Law Review, etc. His Section 230 work is also quoted in FCC filings and books — like Social Media, Freedom of Speech, and the Future of Our Democracy (Oxford Univ. Press, 2022) or Internet Law (Grey House Publishing, 2020). It’s also been assigned at NYU, UNC Chapel Hill, DePaul, UT Austin Law School, etc.

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