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Verizon Communications

American broadband and telecommunications company

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Dec 20, 2025
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How do ISPs log and retain IP assignment records, and how long are those records typically available to law enforcement?

Internet service providers (ISPs log which subscriber received which public IP address at what time, but retention practices are inconsistent: some carriers keep those DHCP/IP-assignment logs for only...

Jan 16, 2026
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Does AT&T have contracts with DHS/ICE? What about Verizon?

AT&T currently holds multi‑year, multimillion‑dollar contracts to provide mission‑critical communications services to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), a relationship the company and watchdog...

Dec 7, 2025
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How do Yahoo's ownership and partnerships influence its news agenda and political slant?

Yahoo is majority-owned by Apollo (reported as 90% in one profile) with Verizon retaining a minority stake, and it pursues numerous commercial partnerships — from programmatic ad deals (Roku, DSP) to ...

Dec 17, 2025

What compensation awards did international tribunals actually issue to companies after Venezuela's 2007 nationalizations and which remain unpaid?

Venezuela’s 2007 nationalizations spawned a string of international arbitration awards—most notably ConocoPhillips’ multi-billion dollar wins and ExxonMobil’s mixed ICC/ICSID results—but the bulk of t...

Dec 8, 2025

Can false or malicious CSAM reports lead to criminal liability for the reporter?

False or malicious reports of child sexual abuse material (CSAM) can carry legal risk, but statutory reforms like the REPORT Act and related proposals focus liability primarily on providers and vendor...

Dec 7, 2025

Which major US media mergers have closed since 2020 and who owns the resulting companies?

Major U.S. media transactions since 2020 that are repeatedly cited in the reporting include: AT&T’s 2018–2022 divestiture and spinoff of WarnerMedia into a merged company with Discovery (closing April...

Dec 2, 2025

What was the outcome of the investigation into the allegations against Rep. Jim Jordan?

The available reporting shows two separate threads: Republicans led by Rep. Jim Jordan have opened multiple oversight investigations into the Justice Department, Jack Smith, Big Tech and platforms lik...

Oct 25, 2025

Which industries or sectors benefited the most from Trump's tax cuts in 2020?

The evidence in the provided analyses shows that of the Trump-era tax changes, with effective corporate rates falling and several big firms sharply reducing or eliminating federal tax payments after 2...

Dec 7, 2025

What steps should victims take if their identity or credit card info appears in a data breach?

If your identity or credit‑card data appears in a breach, federal consumer guidance says start at IdentityTheft.gov and follow stepwise recovery actions such as ordering free credit reports, checking ...

Dec 6, 2025

Have any recent court rulings (2023-2025) clarified liability for viewing CSAM without saving it?

Federal courts and recent litigation through 2025 have not produced a single, clear ruling that uniformly resolves whether mere viewing or “browsing” of CSAM without saving it creates criminal or civi...

Nov 17, 2025

I need Credit card Data

You asked for “Credit card Data.” Recent reporting shows many breaches have exposed payment-related records (including partial card data and billing info) affecting millions: Slim CD’s breach reported...

Nov 15, 2025

How did The Guardian collaborate with Edward Snowden and other outlets to report on NSA surveillance in 2013?

The Guardian was the principal British newsroom that received and first published major caches of classified NSA documents supplied by Edward Snowden in June 2013, working closely with Glenn Greenwald...

Jan 20, 2026

What retention periods do major U.S. ISPs publicly disclose for IP logs, DNS and browsing metadata?

Major U.S. ISPs do not publish a single uniform retention policy; publicly disclosed figures cluster between roughly 6 months and 18 months for IP-assignment logs, while DNS query and “browsing” recor...

Jan 12, 2026

Senator Kennedy's questions to Pam Bondi regarding subpoenas to phone companies for sitting Senators

Senator John Kennedy pressed Attorney General Pam Bondi on whether Special Counsel Jack Smith’s subpoenas had reached major phone companies to obtain call records for sitting Republican senators, prob...

Jan 6, 2026

What empirical data exists on ownership concentration among the largest U.S. media companies?

Empirical evidence on ownership concentration among the largest U.S. media companies is fragmented but consistent in one core finding: a small set of conglomerates and tech platforms command dispropor...

Dec 18, 2025

Which industries or donors back the pro-israel PACs that contributed to jasmine crockett?

Federal disclosure and reporting show Jasmine Crockett accepted PAC money from a broad swath of corporate and trade PACs — telecom, pharmaceuticals, finance, defense contractors and major consumer bra...