Technology Reporter, Associated Press
Technology reporter for Associated Press
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Michael Liedtke
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FROM Michael Liedtke
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Google Branches Out, Then Out Again The rest of the economy may have stalled out, but one company has so much money it's reaching way beyond what seemed to be its core mission. Over the years, Google has invested mountains of cash in ways that have puzzled Wall Street. Sales chief Nikesh Arora says, "We try many things and some of them work." So how about driverless cars and a wind farm in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean? Michael Liedtke covers Google for the Associated Press.
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Replacing Obamacare: Now you see it… now you don’t As the Senate deliberates replacing Obmacare, health coverage for millions of people is at stake. There've been no public hearings, and a draft measure won't be made public. Is the House version so unpopular that that Senate is hiding a version that looks much the same?
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Is the threat from Russia missing from the Russia meddling probe? There's much being made about the Trump administration's possible ties with Russia. But the bottom line is Russia's effort to influence American democracy. Do the President and his aides care enough to take action before voters go back to the polls?
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White House budget proposal slashes and burns President Trump's first budget request is considered dead on arrival in Congress — a familiar development in Capitol Hill. We hear what it reveals about the priorities of the new administration. What's likely to die… and what might survive?
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Ex-FBI Director Comey tells his side of the story Today, former FBI Director James Comey came close to calling the President who fired him a liar. The White House denied the claim and called it insulting, but Republican Senators did not challenge Comey’s truthfulness. Many questions remain: did the President try to obstruct a federal investigation? Later, we’ll go behind the “velvet rope” for a look at 5-Star health care for the richest Americans.