The bipartisan legislation would codify the agency’s position as the one in charge of coordinating responses to incidents like the breach on U.S. telecoms.

The sweeping bill had garnered opposition from GOP leadership and others.

The newly proposed federal privacy framework comes with protections for biometric data and against discrimination.

The lawmakers have questions about what they're trying to do to fight it, and more.

When the ransomware crippled the British National Health Service last month, the response at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services was led by a new…