Target-owned grocery delivery service Shipt acknowledged an error in its tipping system Friday after dozens of shopper complaints.

In an email sent to shoppers affected by the glitch obtained by The Hill, workers were told the tips that failed to transfer would be added to their accounts next week.

Shoppers affected by the glitch will receive an additional $5 on top of the refunded tip.

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Shipt chief communications officer Molly Synder told The Hill that the company “discovered a system glitch that caused a very small number of tips from being transferred to shoppers.”

“The glitch was not specific to any one retailer and has been resolved,” she continued.

Synder also noted that the glitch affected “less than .01% of delivered orders and the average tip value was $10.”

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The company will audit all tipped and failed orders quarterly moving forward.

Shipt’s shoppers have long complained about the glitches leaving them without tips, a source of income that has been especially crucial for many during the coronavirus pandemic.

The Washington Post reported on the glitches earlier this month, citing interviews with several shoppers.

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Willy Solis, a leader of a worker campaign to improve conditions called Shipt Shoppers, told The Hill that shoppers remain skeptical despite the company’s commitment to do audits.

“This is second time this year they have acknowledged a ‘glitch’ with tips,” he said Friday. “The app is plagued with ‘glitches’ that are affecting shoppers’ pay.”

Solis noted that few details of the audit process have been made public and that Shipt has not disclosed what the issue was that caused the glitch.

“We are still receiving reports related to tip issues,” he continued. “We will continue to monitor tip and pay issues and demand transparency and accountability from Shipt.”

Shipt, along with other grocery delivery companies, has expanded massively in 2020, hiring thousands of new gig workers and expanding to partner with new stores, including Walmart.

Its shoppers have gone on strike multiple times this year, saying that Shipt has failed to protect them during the coronavirus pandemic while also lowering pay by instituting new opaque algorithms. 

House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Eliot EngelEliot Lance EngelOutgoing Democratic chairman faces time crunch with Pompeo probe Biden unites Democrats — for now House Foreign Affairs chair: US media agency chief ‘has much to answer for’ MORE (D-N.Y.) and Secretary of State Mike PompeoMichael (Mike) Richard PompeoOutgoing Democratic chairman faces time crunch with Pompeo probe Overnight Defense: Army seeks help in search for missing soldier | Biden vows to restore allies’ respect Iran unveils new ballistic cruise missiles after US triggers snapback sanctions MORE are in a standoff that’s certain to end, one way or another, before the end of the year.

Engel, whose congressional panel has oversight of the State Department, is accusing Pompeo of stonewalling his committee amid multiple investigations into the secretary’s conduct and allegations of politicization of the State Department.

House Democrats are looking into Pompeo’s role in the ousting of the agency’s internal watchdog as well as the State Department’s refusal to hand over tens of thousands of documents related to former Vice President Joe BidenJoe BidenHouse passes B bill to boost Postal Service Trump seeks to overcome eroding support among women Here are the states where Kanye West is on the ballot MORE that were delivered to Senate Republicans conducting a probe of Biden’s dealings with Ukraine.

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The pace of Engel’s probes is likely to accelerate in the coming weeks and months. The veteran lawmaker’s days in Congress are numbered after he lost his primary to a progressive challenger.

Pompeo, who has shown no signs of acquiescing, appears willing to wait out Engel by refusing committee requests, rejecting subpoenas and accusing the chairman of conducting a crusade against him.

“Mr. Chairman, the courts have found that congressional investigations conducted solely for the ‘personal aggrandizement of the investigators or to “punish” those investigated are indefensible,’” Pompeo wrote to Engel on Aug. 7 in a letter obtained by NBC News.

While conflict between opposing political parties is nothing new, the tensions between Engel and Pompeo are “unique,” said Linda Fowler, a professor at Dartmouth College and the author of “Watchdogs on the Hill: The Decline of Congressional Oversight of U.S. Foreign Relations.”

“It’s unique in the sense that it has not been customary for secretaries of State to ignore subpoenas. Period,” Fowler said. “The level of tension is unusual.”

One former senior State Department official said the back-and-forth between Engel and Pompeo “has reached new levels of acrimony.”

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The former career official called it “worrisome” that the agency is refusing to provide documents to the Democratic-controlled committee over the Republican Senate committee.

“That’s real raw politics,” the former official said.

Engel on Tuesday said the State Department was having a “temper tantrum” after Pompeo canceled a number of staff-level briefings concerning counterterrorism efforts in Africa and spiraling U.S. and China relations.

The chairman asserted that the canceled meetings were directly tied to his committee’s investigation of the ousting of the State Department’s inspector general.

“Mr. Pompeo is sending a clear message: stop investigating me or the State Department is going to stop engaging Congress on other matters of national security,” Engel said in a statement. “This isn’t just petty; it’s dangerous. Congress and the Administration need to work together on the challenges facing our country or our security will suffer.”

Engel has further accused Pompeo of conducting a “smear campaign” against Biden, who’s now the Democratic presidential nominee, and of using taxpayer dollars to support President TrumpDonald John TrumpTwo ‘The Apprentice’ producers helping with Republican National Convention About 70,000 lives could be saved in near future if people wear masks: researchers Trump issues disaster declaration for California as wildfires rage MORE’s reelection.

The State Department has so far refused to comply with a House subpoena to provide Engel’s committee with more than 16,000 documents it has given Senate Republicans who are investigating Biden.

The Senate GOP probe is focused on a widely discredited narrative that during the Obama administration, Biden tried to remove Ukrainian prosecutor Viktor Shokin to prevent an investigation into Burisma and his son Hunter Biden’s role at the energy company.

“The Department’s rapid, all-hands-on-deck response to the Senators’ patently partisan request, in contrast to its continued defiance of a duly authorized subpoena from the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, reinforces the increasingly obvious conclusion that the Department under your leadership is advancing a narrow political agenda to assist the President’s reelection while ignoring legitimate attempts at oversight,” Engel wrote to Pompeo on Thursday.

Pompeo has argued that the State Department is not required to provide the subpoenaed documents because Engel’s committee is not investigating Biden. Engel has countered that the documents are related to his panel’s investigation into Pompeo’s conduct at the agency.

“To state once more, this committee is investigating your own conduct,” Engel wrote in an earlier request for the documents. 

In addition to the records request, Engel — along with the top Democrats on the House Oversight and Reform Committee and the Senate Foreign Relations Committee — is investigating the circumstances surrounding Trump’s abrupt firing, at Pompeo’s request, of State Department Inspector General Steve Linick in May.

Democrats charge that Pompeo engineered the watchdog’s ousting as an act of political retaliation for investigations into the secretary’s use of an emergency declaration to push through billions of dollars of weapons sales to Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Jordan. Linick was also looking into whether Pompeo and his wife misused federal resources for personal benefit.

Pompeo has dismissed the accusations, saying he recommended firing Linick because the inspector general was a “bad actor” and undermining the mission of the State Department. The secretary has further denied that he was aware of any investigation into misuse of federal resources at the time of Linick’s ousting.

Engel’s committee has so far interviewed Linick, former State Department official Charles Faulkner and Toni Porter, a senior adviser to Pompeo who was reportedly at the center of the investigation over the misuse of funds.

There are three subpoenas out for top State Department officials to appear before the committee, including Under Secretary of State for Management Brian Bulatao, a close ally of Pompeo whose friendship with the secretary of State dates back to their time at West Point and Harvard and then as business partners in Kansas.

The committee is also seeking testimony from acting State Department legal adviser Marik String and Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Political-Military Affairs Michael Miller.

Pompeo has so far managed to delay their testimony. He argued in an Aug. 3 letter to Engel and the committee that the State Department had offered “more than a dozen good faith accommodation offers” to allow officials to testify but that the committee had rejected the agency’s requests.

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A State Department spokesperson said the committee’s “unwillingness to engage in the constitutionally mandated accommodation process has compelled multiple career and non-career department officials to seek personal counsel at great expense.”

The spokesperson addressed the canceled briefings by saying it would be a waste of resources on a committee that has failed to accommodate their requests.

“If the chairman and his staff are unwilling to accept the testimony of department officials, what is the point of sending up additional department officials to brief his staff on any topic if their testimony won’t be accepted?” the spokesperson asked.

With Engel’s time in Congress running out, Pompeo has the advantage, said Fowler of Dartmouth College.

“I can well imagine that [Engel] must be feeling pretty frustrated and has a brief opportunity before things shut down again for the election, which means that puts Pompeo with the whip hand, he can dictate the terms,” Fowler said.

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A California court ordered President TrumpDonald John TrumpCEO of National Enquirer parent company steps down Biden says he would shut US down amid pandemic if scientists said it was needed Warren calls for Postal Service board members to fire DeJoy or resign MORE to pay $44,100 to Stephanie Clifford, the adult film actress known as Stormy Daniels, to cover her legal fees regarding her nondisclosure agreement. 

The order from California Superior Court Judge Robert Broadbelt, which was filed on Monday but posted online Friday by Clifford’s attorneys, surrounds a $130,000 nondisclosure agreement (NDA) with former attorney Michael CohenMichael Dean CohenCEO of National Enquirer parent company steps down Ethics panel rebukes Gaetz for tweet targeting Cohen Five takeaways on Bannon’s indictment MORE in his capacity representing Trump. Clifford and Cohen both say Trump had an affair with the actress from 2006 to 2007, claims the president denies.

Clifford first sued Trump in 2018 to try to be released from the agreement, and Trump’s lawyers agreed out of court not to countersue or enforce the NDA. Clifford’s suit was ultimately dismissed, and her claims ruled moot since the NDA had been deemed unenforceable.

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This week’s decision was the culmination of Clifford’s efforts to be reimbursed by Trump for the legal expenses related to the case. 

Broadbelt ruled that Clifford was entitled to be reimbursed for the legal fees after deciding she was the “prevailing party” under California law even though the case was dismissed. 

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He also dismissed arguments from Trump’s attorneys that he was not responsible for covering the fees because he did not sign the NDA, ruling that because Trump had reimbursed Cohen for the $130,000 and since the president’s legal team had argued that a defamation suit from Clifford should be handled by an NDA arbiter, Trump was effectively a party to the deal.

The Army is launching an investigation into the two uniformed personnel who were shown during the Democratic National Convention, the service said Wednesday.

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During the second night of the convention, the soldiers appeared next to delegates from American Samoa during the state roll call, prompting questions about whether they violated military rules. The Department of Defense (DOD) forbids service members from appearing in uniform at political events. 

The Army announced it will investigate the two service members, who are assigned to the 9th Mission Support Command, Army spokesperson Lt. Col. Emanuel Ortiz confirmed to The Hill. 

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“Wearing a uniform to a partisan political event like this is prohibited,” he said in a statement. “The Army follows the Department of Defense’s longstanding and well-defined policy regarding political campaigns and elections to avoid the perception of DOD sponsorship, approval or endorsement of any political candidate, campaign or cause.”

A Democratic convention official told The Hill earlier Wednesday that the service members’ appearance in uniform was “an oversight.”

“The composition of that shot was an oversight,” the official said. “Each state was asked to highlight issues and values that matter most and the American Samoa delegation wanted to highlight their commitment to military service when they filmed their segment.”

The Democratic Party’s 2020 platform, expected to be approved by leaders at the convention, commits that the party “will never use active duty soldiers as political props, and we will never send military forces to suppress Americans exercising their constitutional rights.”

The platform’s phrasing came after President TrumpDonald John TrumpThe Memo: Obama enters battle, enraging Trump Harris pledges to fight for country’s ideals in accepting VP nomination Pelosi paints Trump and McConnell as twin impediments to progress MORE has threatened to deploy the military to address unrest and protests in U.S. cities, causing several to worry the military was being politicized.

It’s now or never for Joe BidenJoe BidenHillicon Valley: Biden calls on Facebook to change political speech rules | Dems demand hearings after Georgia election chaos | Microsoft stops selling facial recognition tech to police Trump finalizing executive order calling on police to use ‘force with compassion’ The Hill’s Campaign Report: Biden campaign goes on offensive against Facebook MORE.  

After coming in second in Nevada behind Sen. Bernie SandersBernie SandersThe Hill’s 12:30 Report: Milley apologizes for church photo-op Harris grapples with defund the police movement amid veep talk Biden courts younger voters — who have been a weakness MORE (I-Vt.), the pressure is on the former vice president to prove that he can win a presidential contest — and become the centrist alternative to the progressive front-runner for the party’s presidential nomination.

To become a real rival to Sanders, aides and allies say he must win the primary this Saturday in South Carolina.

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It would be a big victory for Biden that could restart a presidential campaign that was left sputtering about dismal performances in Iowa’s caucuses and New Hampshire’s primary earlier this month.

Team Biden hopes its fortunes improved with a second-place showing in Nevada’s caucuses. Yet even that result left him far behind Sanders, the winner of that contest.

“He’s gotta f——- win!” one longtime ally said of the South Carolina primary, where polls have for months shown Biden with a lead. “All this other stuff about ‘doing well’ is horseshit.” 

Biden is now facing a serious challenge from Sanders, who has closed the gap in polls of South Carolina — a state Biden aides have labeled his firewall — and is trying to win the state himself, which could push Biden out of the race.

A CBS News–YouGov poll out this weekend showed Biden in the lead with 28 percent support among Democrats and independents who are expecting to vote in the state’s primary. But Sanders has gained on Biden in recent weeks and received 23 percent in the new poll.

If Biden loses the Palmetto State, it will be curtains on his dreams of winning the presidency, and it will be a big problem for others trying to prevent Sanders from winning the nomination as well.

“At this point, anything less than a win makes Sanders’s momentum almost insurmountable,” said Basil Smikle, a former aide to Hillary ClintonHillary Diane Rodham ClintonWhite House accuses Biden of pushing ‘conspiracy theories’ with Trump election claim Biden courts younger voters — who have been a weakness Trayvon Martin’s mother Sybrina Fulton qualifies to run for county commissioner in Florida MORE who also served as the executive director of the New York State Democratic Party. 

Smikle said that a Sanders win in South Carolina with substantial support from black voters would boost his coalition and do what Iowa did for former President Obama’s 2008 campaign. 

“It can brand Sanders’ campaign as multi-generational and multi-racial movement with some ability to siphon some Obama-Trump voters from the president,” he said.

Sanders aside, Biden aides and allies say they feel good about the current state of the race after what they saw as a bounce-back performance in Nevada.

For the first time, Biden did come ahead of the other centrists in the race. Former South Bend, Ind., Mayor Pete ButtigiegPete ButtigiegScaled-back Pride Month poses challenges for fundraising, outreach Biden hopes to pick VP by Aug. 1 It’s as if a Trump operative infiltrated the Democratic primary process MORE had defeated him in New Hampshire and Iowa, while Sen. Amy KlobucharAmy KlobucharHillicon Valley: Biden calls on Facebook to change political speech rules | Dems demand hearings after Georgia election chaos | Microsoft stops selling facial recognition tech to police Democrats demand Republican leaders examine election challenges after Georgia voting chaos Harris grapples with defund the police movement amid veep talk MORE (D-Minn.) finished ahead of the former vice president in New Hampshire.

Biden also got a boost from former New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg’s disastrous performance in last week’s presidential debate.

“They feel vindicated in a way because they kept saying that Pete Buttigieg wouldn’t do well past the first two states when he hits more diverse terrain and Mike Bloomberg seems to have flamed out fast after the disastrous debate,” said one longtime ally who is regularly in touch with the campaign.

Biden aides and allies also say they will get a boost from the endorsement of House Majority Whip James Clyburn (D-S.C.), who carries tremendous sway in the Palmetto State. 

“It’s the best thing that happened to us in weeks,” the second ally said. “By a long shot.” 

In an interview on “Face the Nation” on Sunday, Biden said he expects “to do well” in South Carolina. 

But the former vice president pushed back on the notion that the state was his firewall. 

“You said it’s my firewall, I’ve never said that,” he told host Margaret Brennan. “I’ve said I’m going to do well there.” 

The former vice president will spend his time crisscrossing the state this week aiming to solidify his support with black voters, whom he is counting on to be the backbone of the campaign.

Democratic strategist Joel Payne, who served as the director of African American Paid Media on Clinton’s 2016 presidential campaign, said it is critical for Biden to run up the score on Sanders with black voters in South Carolina.

“Not only would that undercut Sanders’s chances at running away with the nomination, but it would harm the other moderates in the race like Buttigieg and Klobuchar as well as build some pressure on them to bow out going into Super Tuesday,” he said.  

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Buttigieg, Klobuchar, Biden and Bloomberg all appear to be competing for some of the same voters, while Sanders, to his credit and benefit, has been boosted by loyal supporters in each early-contest state.

Democratic strategist Michael Trujillo said that Biden needs a solid debate performance on Tuesday night to build momentum for the weekend vote in South Carolina and for the 14 contests that follow on March 3.

“With people early voting in many Super Tuesday states now, a debate victory is in many ways more important than a major South Carolina win,” Trujillo said. “Biden has to make sure Bernie leaves Tuesday’s debate in a worse shape than how he entered it.”

The second Biden ally said the former vice president agreed that if Biden can walk away with a solid debate performance and doesn’t make any major gaffes, he’ll “be on his way to victory.” 

But Payne said Biden can’t just win. He needs a solid victory. 

“Meaning it needs to be closer to a 10-point win than a 5-point win,” he said.

The first Biden ally said Biden just needs to win. “Let’s not move the goal post,” the ally said. “A win is a win.”

New York City Mayor Bill de BlasioBill de BlasioProtesters splash red paint on NYC streets to symbolize blood De Blasio: Robert E Lee’s ‘name should be taken off everything in America, period’ House Democratic whip pushes back on calls to defund police: We need to focus on reform MORE (D) ripped Democratic presidential candidate Michael BloombergMichael BloombergEngel scrambles to fend off primary challenge from left It’s as if a Trump operative infiltrated the Democratic primary process Liberals embrace super PACs they once shunned MORE late Wednesday, telling told Fox News host Sean Hannity that he believes the billionaire’s comments about the stop-and-frisk policy he embraced when he served as the city’s mayor are “racist” and that he has “no clue.”

The perspective came after Hannity played an unearthed clip of a 2015 speech at the Aspen Institute, where Bloomberg said the policy included police officers taking “kids” and throwing them “up against the wall” in an effort to disarm them.

“Is that comment racist to you?” Hannity asked de Blasio.

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“Oh, sure, Sean,” replied de Blasio. “Thank you for playing that for your millions of viewers, because now more people get to see who Mike Bloomberg really is.”

A 2013 court ruling while Bloomberg was New York City mayor concluded the policy was racially discriminatory. The city appealed the ruling, but the effort was abandoned after de Blasio took over for Bloomberg the following year.

“He’s totally out of touch with the people of his own city when he says that. It’s derogatory, it’s unfair, it’s not truthful,” de Blasio continued. “But on top of that, what happened? It made it harder for the police and the community to communicate and be on the same page. It created tons of pain for parents [and] grandparents trying to bring up their kids the right way.”

De Blasio, a staunch critic of his predecessor, endorsed Sen. Bernie SandersBernie SandersThe Hill’s 12:30 Report: Milley apologizes for church photo-op Harris grapples with defund the police movement amid veep talk Biden courts younger voters — who have been a weakness MORE’s (I-Vt.) presidential campaign after dropping his own White House bid last September.

“When you watch Michael Bloomberg on that debate stage, he’s got no clue what everyday people are going through. He doesn’t care to know,” de Blasio argued late Wednesday. “When he was mayor here, if you tried to talk about what’s happening in neighborhoods, what was happening to everyday people, all he could think about was that elite he comes from.”

The Hannity interview is de Blasio’s second on the program in the past year.

Bloomberg is not on the ballot in Saturday’s South Carolina primary, but will be on ballot on Super Tuesday, when voters in 14 states will go to the polls.

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Sen. Elizabeth WarrenElizabeth WarrenWarren, Democrats urge Trump to back down from veto threat over changing Confederate-named bases OVERNIGHT DEFENSE: Joint Chiefs chairman says he regrets participating in Trump photo-op | GOP senators back Joint Chiefs chairman who voiced regret over Trump photo-op | Senate panel approves 0B defense policy bill Trump on collision course with Congress over bases with Confederate names MORE’s (D-Mass.) presidential campaign said on Sunday that it brought in more than $29.3 million in February, marking its best month of fundraising to date.  

Warren’s donations last month averaged $31, campaign manager Roger Lau said in a memo. 

Warren saw a surge in donations after her strong performance in the Nevada debate, with her campaign raising $2.8 million in one day. It also raised more than $9.5 million in the period between Wednesday and Friday of that week. 

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With the influx of donations, the campaign is now increasing its spending in Super Tuesday states to more than $2.4 million on TV, digital and traditional media advertising, Lau said. 

“We’ve already reserved media across key markets in Arizona, Illinois, and Georgia — and into Wisconsin, which finishes voting in April. We’re in this race for the long haul,” he said. 

Despite Warren’s fundraising haul, she has yet to win a contest in the first four voting states. 

Sen. Bernie SandersBernie SandersThe Hill’s 12:30 Report: Milley apologizes for church photo-op Harris grapples with defund the police movement amid veep talk Biden courts younger voters — who have been a weakness MORE (I-Vt.) is leading the 2020 Democratic presidential field, but former Vice President Joe BidenJoe BidenHillicon Valley: Biden calls on Facebook to change political speech rules | Dems demand hearings after Georgia election chaos | Microsoft stops selling facial recognition tech to police Trump finalizing executive order calling on police to use ‘force with compassion’ The Hill’s Campaign Report: Biden campaign goes on offensive against Facebook MORE has pulled into second place in terms of pledged delegates after winning Saturday’s South Carolina primary. 

Sanders’s campaign announced that it raised more than $46 million in February, hauling in more than $4.5 million on Saturday alone. 

Biden, who has lagged behind in fundraising throughout the race, announced Sunday his campaign raised $5 million in the past 24 hours during the South Carolina primary. Biden said his campaign brought in almost $18 million in the last month.

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Former Vice President Joe BidenJoe BidenHillicon Valley: Biden calls on Facebook to change political speech rules | Dems demand hearings after Georgia election chaos | Microsoft stops selling facial recognition tech to police Trump finalizing executive order calling on police to use ‘force with compassion’ The Hill’s Campaign Report: Biden campaign goes on offensive against Facebook MORE defeated Sen. Bernie SandersBernie SandersThe Hill’s 12:30 Report: Milley apologizes for church photo-op Harris grapples with defund the police movement amid veep talk Biden courts younger voters — who have been a weakness MORE (I-Vt.) in Michigan’s primary, taking the top prize of the six states voting Tuesday.

Multiple news outlets called the race for Biden shortly after 9 p.m. ET.

Michigan’s primary, which will allocate a total of 125 pledged delegates, was seen as a must-win contest for both candidates as Democrats look to win back a state that went to President TrumpDonald John TrumpSenate advances public lands bill in late-night vote Warren, Democrats urge Trump to back down from veto threat over changing Confederate-named bases Esper orders ‘After Action Review’ of National Guard’s role in protests MORE in 2016.

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Biden was leading by double digits in the state with 40 percent of precincts reporting Tuesday night, following projected wins in Mississippi and Missouri.

Sanders won the Michigan primary over Hillary ClintonHillary Diane Rodham ClintonWhite House accuses Biden of pushing ‘conspiracy theories’ with Trump election claim Biden courts younger voters — who have been a weakness Trayvon Martin’s mother Sybrina Fulton qualifies to run for county commissioner in Florida MORE in 2016. However, he was unable to expand his coalition in the Great Lakes state in the face of Biden’s broad base of support.

Trump’s campaign manager, Brad ParscaleBradley (Brad) James ParscaleMORE, hit Biden and the Democratic establishment in a statement following Biden’s win in Michigan.

“It is also clear that the Democrat establishment has rallied around the confused Joe Biden in an effort to deny the nomination to Bernie Sanders. Either way, President Trump is on an unstoppable drive toward re-election,” Parscale said.

Biden continued to perform well with black voters, which gave him broad support in the South Carolina and last week’s Super Tuesday primaries.

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NBC News exit polls showed 66 percent of the state’s black voters voted for Biden, along with 66 percent voters over the age of 45.  

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Sixty-three percent of Biden voters in Michigan said they identified as “moderate” or “conservative,” while 63 percent of Biden’s voters said they made their decision this month.

Biden also continued to be a favorite for voters who ranked defeating Trump and uniting the country as their top priorities, according to the exit polls.

The former vice president’s win appears to put him on a direct track to the Democratic nomination.

Biden and Sanders are set to compete in the primary states of Arizona, Florida, Ohio and Illinois next week.

The four states, which have 577 delegates at stake, appear to favor Biden.

Norway announced Wednesday that it has expelled a Russian diplomat days after authorities made an arrest in a spying case they have linked to Moscow.

Siri Svendsen, a foreign ministry spokeswoman, said the official, who worked in the Russian Embassy’s trade section, was given until the end of the week to leave the country.

“We have informed the Russian ambassador that an employee of the Russian embassy is undesirable as a diplomat and will be asked to leave Norway,” she said, according to Agence France-Presse (AFP).

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Svendsen said the expelled Russian official had engaged in actions “not compatible with his status as a diplomat.”

Officials in Norway announced the move after earlier this week arresting a Norwegian man who is accused of meeting a Russian intelligence officer in Oslo.

The Norwegian Police Security Service said Monday it suspected the Norwegian man had delivered information to a foreign country, later confirming it was Russia, AFP reported.

The now-expelled individual was reportedly with the Norwegian suspect when the latter was arrested at an Oslo restaurant Saturday.

The Norwegian man could face up to 15 years in prison if he is found guilty of espionage.

The Hill has reached out to the foreign ministry and the Russian Embassy in Oslo for comment.

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The Norwegian man, 50, worked at a company providing certificates for the insurance of shipping oil, gas and other resources.

He was identified in court documents as Harsharn Singh Tathgar, according to AFP, which reported that he informed investigators he had passed along information for “not insignificant sums in cash,” insisting the information was harmless for the nation’s interests.

A judge on Monday ordered him to be in custody for four weeks, with the first two spent in isolation.

The Norwegian Police Security Service released a warning about espionage in February, highlighting potential risks in political, financial and defense sectors.

The notice underscored Iran, China and Russia as potential threats for spying. 

Updated at noon.

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Mainstream news organizations are pushing for more prosperous terms regarding Apple’s App Store, calling for reduced commissions for the company now worth $2 trillion.

A trade body representing the New York Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal and other publications drafted a letter to Apple CEO Tim Cook inquiring how to get better deal terms that would allot those publications more revenue from digital subscriptions.

App developers and news publishers pay Apple 30 percent of the revenue for first-time subscriptions placed via iOS apps, reducing the commission to 15 percent after a subscriber’s first year, according to the Wall Street Journal.

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“The terms of Apple’s unique marketplace greatly impact the ability to continue to invest in high-quality, trusted news and entertainment particularly in competition with other larger firms,” said the letter, which is signed by Jason Kint, chief executive of the trade body, Digital Content Next.

The Hill reached out to Apple for comment regarding the letter but did not immediately receive a response.

The letter serves as one of several moves larger corporations are making against Apple’s terms.

Last week, video game company Epic Games, known for the popular title “Fortnite” filed a lawsuit against Apple and Alphabet’s Google after the game was removed from both company’s respective digital marketplaces.

At the time, Apple issued a statement saying Epic was pushing for a “special arrangement” on the marketplace, citing the game company’s decision to allow users to make in-app purchases directly to Epic, which would bypass Apple’s commissions and save the company 20 percent.

Apple’s policy has also agitated some European antitrust regulators and Congress members who have cited issues and concerns about the company’s monopoly power.

In late July, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry NadlerJerrold (Jerry) Lewis NadlerBy questioning Barr, Democrats unmasked their policy of betrayal Chris Wallace: Barr hearing ‘an embarrassment’ for Democrats: ‘Just wanted to excoriate him’ Apple posts blowout third quarter MORE (D-N.Y.) pressed Cook on whether Apple was engaging in profiteering as many companies have been forced to switch to digital models during pandemic times.

“We would never do that,” said Cook, denying the charges.