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NEW YORK -- Sen. Charles Schumer is slamming a White House proposal that would reduce funding for counterterrorism programs across the country by nearly $300 million. The New York Democrat is pushing President Barack Obama to reconsider the cuts. Schumer notes that the cuts to the Urban Area Security Initiative were included in the proposed 2017 budget released last week by the White House. The initiative helps fund programs in cities across the U.S. to prevent extremist attacks, or respond to and recover from them. The proposed budget would cut the funding from $600 million to $330 million. "These proposed cuts are ill-advised and ill-timed and they must be reversed. End of story," Schumer said in a statement to The Associated Press. "In light of recent attacks in Paris and San Bernardino, and the vow by our extremist enemies to launch more attacks on our shores, it makes no sense to propose cuts to vital terror-prevention programs like UASI." Schumer, who is expected to hold a news … [Read more...] about CBS News Logo Sen. Chuck Schumer blasts Obama budget cuts to anti-terror funds

New York is a hotbed of Apple fans and iPhone users, with four Apple stores in New York City. And when the citizens of New York are upset with Apple, politicians notice.Taking time out from dealing with the unemployment, financial reform and other legislative issues, New York Sen. Charles Schumer  wrote a letter asking Apple CEO Steve Jobs to come clean on the iPhone 4 antenna problem and "provide iPhone 4 customers with a clearly written explanation of the cause of the reception problem and make a public commitment to remedy it free-of-charge."Apple is expected to address the antenna issue during a press conference Friday at the company's Cupertino, CA headquarters. Areport from Bloomberg contended posted Thursday that Jobs knew about the antenna reception problem during early phases of the design process.Below is the text of Sen. Schumer's letter to Steve Jobs: July 15, 2010 Dear Mr. Jobs, I write to express concern regarding the reception problem with the … [Read more...] about CBS News Logo Sen. Schumer Asks Steve Jobs for Quick Action on iPhone 4 Antenna Problem

(CNET) It looks like Apple and Google would rather avoid a federal smartphone privacy probe. Sen. Charles Schumer told The New York Times today that the tech giants have agreed to meet with him to discuss concerns that applications running on their mobile operating systems violate user privacy. Smartphone privacy concerns have increased in the past couple of weeks after it was revealed that Path - a popular iOS and Android application - was found to be collecting user contact information without permission. "We have talked to both of them today and they seem open to talking about it," the New York Democrat told the newspaper. "We asked them if they could find a way on their own to prevent apps from having access to private info. They were friendly and open to the idea that this ought to be changed." Apple loophole may expose photos to app developersApple speaks out on app data-collecting controversyGoogle allegedly tracked iPhone users by cheating Safari In a letter yesterday … [Read more...] about CBS News Logo Apple, Google to meet with Schumer over smartphone privacy