News about Richard Blumenthal

Major retailers from Amazon to Target drop popular baby product over safety fears

www.dailymail.co.uk, April 30, 2024
Amazon, Target, and Babylist have announced they will no longer be selling the weighted infant sleep sacks and swaddles (left, right), citing safety concerns. Experts say weighted sacks restrict movement, which is dangerous for infants. Leah Rocketto (inset), the associate commerce director at What to Expect, said that she's surprised this change hasn't happened sooner.

Boeing releases video of factory fatigue testing to prove aircrafts can be trusted after devastating whistleblower testimony

www.dailymail.co.uk, April 18, 2024
The rarely seen footage comes as the company fiercely fights back following a whistleblower's testimony on Capitol Hill, where a longtime engineer made some alarming allegations about the embattled aircraft manufacturer. Boeing is now pushing back in a ways never seen before, going as far as to reveal video from some of its testing. The footage shows parts of the same plane Sam Salehpour deemed unsafe, staying strong during the application of a large, dynamic force, despite already being intentionally damaged. Boeing went on to issue a statement saying Salehpour's claims he was retaliated upon after airing concerns about practices he saw while with the company were false, and that they are 'fully confident' in the safety and durability of their aircraft. https://twitter.com/GMA/status/1780921050387059120 Embedded successfully (but no preview is available) URL: Insert Existing URL Embeds cannot be edited within CC - external links may contain tracking or scripts not covered by our cookie policy. To edit an existing URL Embed, please contact App Support: support@mailonline.co.uk New URL Embeds may be created for approved sites but certain URL Embeds may contain tracking not covered by our cookie policy. The following Embeds are normally acceptable: - youtube.com - twitter.com - instagram.com - facebook.com - tiktok.com Sorry, but something went wrong. Check the link and try again. Sorry this is an invalid url for embed.

Fresh flightmare for Boeing as whistleblower prepares to testify in Congress that 787 Dreamliner should be GROUNDED because the company cut safety corners during building

www.dailymail.co.uk, April 17, 2024
The main event will be a second hearing featuring Sam Salehpour who claims that sections of the 787 Dreamliner jets are not properly secured. Salehpour's lawyer says Boeing has ignored his concerns and prevented him from talking to experts about fixing the problems. On Tuesday night, Salehpour told NBC News that the jets should be grounded on account of 'fatal flaws' that could cause the plane to fall apart mid air.

More woes for Boeing: New whistleblower claims airline maker's 777 and 787 Dreamliner jets are flawed and could become catastrophic as Congress orders CEO to testify

www.dailymail.co.uk, April 10, 2024
Another whistleblower has come forward to accuse airline making behemoth Boeing of taking shortcuts when building the 777 and 787 Dreamliner jets and of retaliating against him when he raised concerns with management. Meanwhile, he company's outgoing CEO David Calhoun, shown left, has also been summoned to appear before a government panel on April 17. It has not been confirmed if he will in fact appear. Sam Salehpour's allegations come just a month after the mysterious suicide of Boeing whistleblower John Barnett, a long time employee who made similar claims, including those of retaliation in a still unresolved lawsuit. Salehpour will now take part in a government hearing on Boeing's safety record. Salehpour is expected to detail safety concerns involving the manufacture and assembly of the 787 Dreamliner. The subcommittee said in a letter that those problems could create 'potentially catastrophic safety risks.'

Senators take a midday break to don't wear protective eyewear and gaze at the solar eclipse engulfing the US Capitol into near-darkness while boasting about the 'first and final' eclipse committee meeting

www.dailymail.co.uk, April 8, 2024
Time seemed to have come to an end, and Capitol Hill's normal operation came to a halt as lawmakers, aides, and the public all slammed into the sun. The senators, who were largely divided by political party, were gathered together for an event that humankind has adored for millenniums - the solar eclipse. Hundreds of protesters gathered outside the Capitol, many with mouths agape, celebrating the rare celestial spectacle as the moon rotated into position.

More than half of Americans believe TikTok data ends up with the Chinese government yet say it should not be banned by a small margin

www.dailymail.co.uk, March 29, 2024
According to the most recent J.L., more than half of Americans agree that TikTok's collected data will be shared with the Chinese government. According to a survey released by Partners/DailyMail.com, the 2024 survey was a success. However, the public is split on whether or not to outlaw the app because of the zealous enthusiasm for the website among young people. According to the findings, Americans are becoming more aware of the Chinese-owned app as legislators consider legislation that could result in the company being barred from phones in the United States. According to a poll of 1,000 potential voters online, 52% said that Chinese Communist Party (CCP) officials should have access to the social media's information, including that of TikTok's 170,000 million American users. Even accounting for the margin of error of 3.1 percent, Americans still believe the data can be accessed in China.

As the tech cold war heats, China BLOCKS the use of American AMD and Intel chips

www.dailymail.co.uk, March 25, 2024
In favor of domestic options, China has released plans to phase out chips manufactured by Intel and Advanced Micro Devices, as well as the ability to disable Microsoft's Windows and AX databases. Chip stocks plummeted after the ban was announced. Experts said that the ban could wipe Intel and a few hundred million of Advanced Micro Devices from sales of about $1.5 billion.

TikTok's ability to destabilize the 2024 elections is like a 'gun pointed at Americans' heads': Senators are concerned that the app's vulnerability is coming out of a security briefing that will require the app to either be released or be sold

www.dailymail.co.uk, March 20, 2024
Senators were sent a classified intelligence briefing on TikTok, afraid that the app could be used against the United States in the forthcoming elections, like the app to a "gun pointed at American heads." The meeting with senators was held to share information about TikTok's data sharing activities and highlight dangers the app faces. The classified hearing came a week after the House passed legislation forcing ByteDance, headquartered in TikTok, to withhold for six months or face a ban, and the Senate considers the next steps on how to proceed.

Fatal accidents, a grounded fleet, and allegations of missed safety inspections have resulted in fatal accidents. Is Boeing's attempt to regulate the skies after terrified passengers saw a door knocked off mid-flight?

www.dailymail.co.uk, February 16, 2024
The Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 went from Portland, Oregon, to the small city of Ontario, California, in less than six minutes. When the tragedy struck at 16,000 feet, it was still averaging hole in the plane's ft. With a loud bang and a door 'plug' that 'plugged' the space where an emergency exit would be made, it sprang out. As the first officer forward, a Boeing 737 Max 9, thrashed the cockpit door and jolted the first officer forward, knocking off her headset as the first officer forward's hating in.

If cooperating with the US Senate's investigation into LIV Golf and the PGA Tour's merger, Saudi Arabia's settlers and consultants can face 20 years in prison.'

www.dailymail.co.uk, February 7, 2024
Although talks between the Tour and LIV's financiers, Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund, progresse, the US senate committee is continuing to look at the potential merger of golf's two rival sides. However, as the committee's inquiry progresses, bankers and consultants who support PIF have testified that if cooperating, they will face "criminal and financial fines." According to a Bloomberg News article, the PIF sued its consultants in a Saudi court last November, preventing them from sharing information with the US Senate committee on homeland defense and governmental affairs.

Is the US in the Middle East at WAR? Senators are split on whether repeated missile strikes targeting Houthis rebels in Yemen can be labeled a 'conflict' or declaration of war

www.dailymail.co.uk, January 27, 2024
Senators in the United States are split on whether the Biden administration's military operations in Yemen involving Houthi rebels can be described as a war. Several rounds of airstrikes have been launched in Yemen over the past week as a result of Houthi assaults on civilian and military ships traveling through the Red Sea by the Houthi. However, the US Constitution requires congressional permission for a full war, muddying the waters on how to characterize the Middle East's escalating conflict.

As a plane-maker is accused of using 'cr***y stuff' from suppliers days after the stock plummets, Boeing CEO David Calhoun takes responsibility for the Alaska Airlines mid-air blow-out and tells staff, 'We're acknowledging our mistake.'

www.dailymail.co.uk, January 10, 2024
Boeing's president and chief executive, David Calhoun, said the company was 'acknowledging our mistake' and promised for "complete transparency' as the aviation giant fights to recover from its latest crisis. In the aftermath of the crash, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has grounded 171 737 MAX 9 planes in the same manner as the Alaska Airlines jet, and the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has opened an investigation into the incident. Boeing has come under fire for relying on 'cr***y stuff' from subcontractor Spirit AeroSystems, which made the door plug that blew out mid-flight. Boeing is 'good' is with the vendor 'because it's cheap,' said former US congressman Peter DeFazio, who supervised an inquiry into previous issues with Boeing's planes.

Even though college's laws barred classes from being disrupted, billionaire Bill Ackman blasts Harvard over a video of a Pro-Palestine student disrupting a lecture with a bullhorn

www.dailymail.co.uk, December 4, 2023
Bill Ackman, a hedge fund billionaire, has continued to slammed Harvard University, accusing the school and its president of turning a blind eye to anti-Semitism on campus in the aftermath of Hamas' barbaric assault on Israel in October. Ackman, 57, released a video showing a pro-Palestinian student disrupting a class with a bullhorn, ranting about Harvard's apparent involvement in assisting Israel and chanting: "Free Palestine." Ackman wrote in the caption, "This is what you get for $73,600/year at harvard." The Pershing Square Capital Management founder, who has a net worth of $3.8 billion, earned a degree in social studies from Harvard in 1988 and then obtained an MBA in 1992.

Elon Musk's anti-semitic speech is dismissed by Ron DeSantis, and Sen. Blumenthal says Tesla converted the X'into a slew of hate speech.'

www.dailymail.co.uk, November 19, 2023
Gov. Brad DeKayan visited Florida on Monday to visit the White House. Elon Musk had been a "target" since his purchase of Twitter, according to Ron DeSantis, who defended the billionaire for posting in favor of an anti-Semitic tweet. Sen. Richard Blumenthal slammed Tesla CEO Richard Blumenthal, who bought Twitter and renamed it X, for his'sickening' message. DeSantis, who declared his 2024 presidential campaign in a live interview on X seven months after Musk's purchase, said he hadn't seen the anti-Semitic newspaper and Musk's defiance of it.

As the teenage mental health crisis escalates, Facebook's "total disregard" for youth is revealed during bombshell Senate testimony

www.dailymail.co.uk, November 6, 2023
During a Senate hearing on Tuesday, a leading Big Tech whistleblower is expected to sue Facebook for policies that perpetuated the teen mental health crisis. Arturo Bejar, a former compliance official, has accused Facebook, which recently rebranded to 'Meta,' of misinterpreting data that could shield teens and lowering safety measures to shield their bottom line.' It's a rare issue that brings together Republicans and Democrats.

Democrats and Republicans are calling for documents to reveal if the kingdom was involved

www.dailymail.co.uk, September 11, 2023
Senators from both parties are urging the Biden administration to declassify any information relating to Saudi Arabia's involvement in the 9/11 attacks. Senators said that the FBI and the Department of Justice had stonewalled their attempts to get to the bottom of how Riyadh was affected by the 22 years ago. Sen. : Sens. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., and Ron Johnson, R-Wis., wrote to Attorney General Merrick Garland and FBI Director Christopher Wray in July, demanding that the US government provide complete and detailed information into the attacks, particularly as it pertains to Saudi Arabia's involvement.' They requested that complete, unredacted information regarding the Saudi involvement be handed over, as well as an explanation for any classified portions of the data. The senators said they had not received a single document from the FBI and Department of Justice, more than a month later (DOJ).

'Underwater commandant Karl L. Schultz, the former chief of the US Coast Guard, 'covered up an investigation into Fouled Anchor' that revealed decades of sexual assaults at academy's.'

www.dailymail.co.uk, August 8, 2023
According to CNN, Commandant Karl K. Schultz was scheduled to share the findings of the probe with Congress and include them in Naval Academy classes. The paper was published in 2018 – about the time he took power. Schultz, on the other hand, did not present the damning report to authorities as he was supposed to, according to CNN sources.

Fans of Taylor Swift overwhelmed Ticketmaster in a blitz for tickets from the 1990s

www.popsugar.co.uk, July 13, 2023
Everyone knew it was going to be a challenge to buy tickets to Taylor Swift's The Eras Tour. But no one, particularly Ticketmaster, who sells tickets, seemed to be remotely aware of how complicated the process would be. Now, it appears that the ticketmaster and Live Nation companies are getting even larger, as the Senate is scheduled to hold a hearing that may result in the dissolution of Ticketmaster and Live Nation as a group. Swift first announced The Eras Tour on Nov. 1, 2022, and then added eight more dates on Nov. 4, 2022. Later this year, she revealed additional dates in Europe, including stops in France, Germany, and Portugal. The fact that some brides were considering shifting their wedding dates in order to attend the tour hints at the commotion that would ensue when tickets went on sale.

When businesses are accused of disclosing details, tens of millions of taxpayer details are compromised

www.dailymail.co.uk, July 12, 2023
According to a seven-month congressional investigation led by Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren, H&R Block, TaxAct, and TaxSlayer uses visitor tracking systems embedded in websites to share the details. The investigation discovered that data had been misappropriated for targeted ads in some cases, which may have resulted in a potential violation of federal law. According to the study, companies also published details regarding taxpayers' filing status, income, and tax refund amount, in addition to sharing numbers such as addresses and phone numbers. They even posted details about which buttons and text fields customers clicked on when filling out a tax form, which could reveal which tax exemptions they have claimed or if they are using any government services.

According to the US Senate, the PGA Tour merger with LIV Golf prevents criticism of Saudi Arabia

www.dailymail.co.uk, July 11, 2023
Senators in the United States have discovered a "non-disparage clause" in the bombshell deal between the PGA Tour and LIV Golf that has barred golfers from critizing Saudi Arabia. And after the shock merger, which ended golf's bitter civil war, is finalized, PGA Tour officials can't guarantee that players will not be gagged. During a Senate hearing on the proposed joint venture between the Saudi Public Investment Fund, the PGA Tour, and DP World Tour, the clause was revealed.

Pedophiles are exploiting AI chatbots to produce child-sex abuse data

www.dailymail.co.uk, July 2, 2023
Thousands of AI-generated child violence images now populate dark web forums as predators exploit new, publicly available technology. The code to their advanced chatbots - computer applications that use AI to communicate with humans and create life-like images - have recently been posted by tech companies, including Facebook's parent company Meta. But pedophils are now producing reams of child porn, while YouTube influencers have provided videos on how to build 'uncensored' chatbots.

The rebels are expected to return if the PGA Tour and LIV Golf decided to 'establish a fair process.'

www.dailymail.co.uk, June 27, 2023
The framework was introduced following a ceasefire to golf's civil war by the PGA Tour and LIV Golf, which also announced a bombshell merger. However, the full picture of how the game of golf would look forward has yet to be decided. Now, according to the deal signed by the PGA Tour and the Saudis, the for-profit corporation will be the "entity for professional golf" and will coexist with LIV Golf.

Blumenthal suggests 'betrayed' golfers might comply with Senate probe into PGA/LIV merger

www.dailymail.co.uk, June 18, 2023
Sen. Richard Blumenthal has scheduled a hearing on the merger between the PGA Tour and the Saudi-backed LIV Golf in the coming weeks, and says he wants players to participate in the probe. According to CBS Face the Country on Sunday, the Saudis are attempting to take over golf's 'entire sport.' According to him, it's likely that the subpoena could use subpoena power to gather all the truth.

How golf's split - and reunion - caused some of the ugliest spats in sport

www.dailymail.co.uk, June 17, 2023
For a brief moment on Sunday evening, the RBC Canadian Openway turned away from the seismic events of the previous few weeks to the 18th green. In front of a home audience in dramatic circumstances, Nick Taylor won his third victory on the PGA Tour. During a playoff against Tommy Fleetwood, the Canadian claimed a dramatic and tough win. And although Adam Hadwin was tackled to the ground by a security guard on the 18th green, the evening brought a rosier tone to what had been a bizarre and difficult week for golf.