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Freshman lawmakers have revived the push for congressional term limits, hoping to spark action on a long-stalled idea on Capitol Hill.

A bipartisan group of young members, led by rising GOP star and freshman Rep. Mike Gallagher (Wis.), took the cause directly to the president during a White House meeting last week, where they received President Trump's full-throated endorsement.

What countries in Eastern Europe might have once assumed were domestic debates over World War II history are spilling over into major international disputes and causing problems for their relations with the United States.

Last month, more than 50 members of Congress sent a letter to the State Department that expressed concerns about "state-sponsored Holocaust distortion and denial." The lawmakers note that both Poland and Ukraine recently passed laws relating to World War II history and claim these are connected to rising incidents of anti-Semitism.

BILL OF RIGHTS UPDATE — A draft of Rep. Ro Khanna's internet bill of rights — a set of consumer data privacy regulations — has been circulated among senior Silicon Valley executives and Washington advocacy groups. The California Democrat is now in the process of soliciting feedback and, he hopes, garnering support from the likes of Facebook, Google and Apple, as well as the Center for Democracy and Technology, Public Knowledge and Electronic Frontier Foundation. He's also bouncing ideas off Obama administration tech officials like Todd Park, Nicole Wong and Alexander Macgillivray.

US Representative Ro Khanna (D-California) represents much of Silicon Valley, but he's not just a cheerleader for the hometown industry. He supports tougher antitrust review of tech mergers, for one thing. Khanna is also trying to draft an "Internet Bill of Rights," principles that he hopes can later form the basis of legislation. On his list: the right to know what data tech companies have about you; the right to limit the use of your data; the right to consent when the data is transferred; and the right to move your data.

Congressman Ro Khanna is set to attend the Cupertino Town Hall, 10185 N. Stelling Road, on May 2 from 7:30 to 9 p.m.

The Town Hall meeting is an opportunity for the public to ask questions and discuss recent developments and legislative actions involving the community.

The event will be first-come, first-serve, but individuals planning to attend are encouraged to fill out a contact form beforehand.

Advocates for tougher campaign finance regulations say comments from Mick Mulvaney seeming to describe a pay-to-play style of politics on Capitol Hill will boost their long-term effort to overhaul the rules and could benefit like-minded candidates in the midterm elections.

Four years ago today (April 25), the Michigan town of Flint switched the source of its water, resulting in dangerous levels of lead and a public health catastrophewhose affects continue. Now, on the anniversary of the start of the crisis, two members of Congress have introduced legislation to prevent a similar situation from happening again.

More than 50 U.S. Congress members condemned Ukrainian legislation that they said "glorifies Nazi collaborators" and therefore goes further than Poland's laws on rhetoric about the Holocaust.

The condemnation came in an open bipartisan letter to Deputy Secretary of State John Sullivan that was initiated by Democratic Reps. Ro Khanna of California and David Cicilline of Rhode Island.