GOP senators press Google on reports it developed a smart speaker with Huawei
Republicans senators Marco Rubio (Fla.), Tom Cotton (Ark.), and Josh Hawley (Mo.) demanded answers from Google on Wednesday about its work to develop a smart speaker with Chinese telecommunications...
View ArticleTop NSA cyber official points to ransomware attacks as key threat to 2020...
Anne Neuberger, director of the newly formed Cybersecurity Directorate at the National Security Agency (NSA), on Wednesday pointed to ransomware attacks as a key danger to the 2020...
View ArticleDemocrats press for action on election security
Congressional Democrats renewed their call for election security legislation during a national day of action on Tuesday, as a Senate Appropriations subcommittee left out funding for it in its annual...
View ArticleSenate Democrats introduce legislation to limit foreign interference in...
Sens. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) and Jack Reed (D-R.I.) introduced legislation on Wednesday meant to combat foreign influence in U.S. elections through the establishment of a response center that...
View ArticleElection security funds passed by Senate seen as welcome first step
Members of Congress and key federal and state officials on Thursday praised the $250 million approved by the Senate Appropriations Committee for election security efforts across the country, but noted...
View ArticleFBI arrests Army soldier who allegedly discussed bombing news network
A U.S. Army soldier who allegedly discussed attacking a news station was charged in federal court Monday for sending instructions to build bombs over social media.Jarrett William Smith, 24, was charged...
View ArticleDemocrats seize on whistleblower report to push for election security
Democrats renewed their push for election security legislation after a stark warning from acting Director of National Intelligence Joseph Maguire and the release of a whistleblower complaint about...
View ArticleSuccession at DHS up in the air as Trump set to nominate new head
President Trump is expected to announce a new Homeland Security secretary this week, amid chaotic turnover in the department's top ranks.Trump wrote Friday that acting Homeland Security Secretary Kevin...
View ArticleJudge rules DOJ improperly redacted court filing related to Mueller probe
The Department of Justice improperly redacted a court filing related to the Mueller investigation and must reveal the names of two individuals who figured prominently in the probe, a federal judge in...
View ArticleIntelligence agencies have stopped collecting cellphone data without...
Intelligence agencies have not collected any GPS records or other cell-site location data (CSLI) without a warrant since a 2018 Supreme Court decision involving cellphone privacy, according to a letter...
View ArticleTrump administration designates White supremacist group in Russia as terrorists
The State Department announced Monday that it is classifying a foreign white supremacist organization as terrorists, marking the first time the U.S. government has made such a designation.The State...
View ArticleLawmakers cry foul as Trump considers retreating from Open Skies Treaty
Supporters of a treaty meant to reduce the risk of accidental war are sounding the alarm President Trump could withdraw from the agreement as the world's attention is consumed by the coronavirus...
View ArticleACLU calls for dissolving of Department of Homeland Security
The American Civil Liberties Union on Monday called for the dissolution of the Department of Homeland Security, calling it a “fail[ed] experiment” that has become a “badge of shame” under President...
View ArticlePolice three times more likely to use force against left-wing protests: analysis
U.S. police are three times as likely to use force against Black Lives Matter demonstrators and other left-wing protests as they are against right-wing or pro-Trump protesters, according to a Guardian...
View ArticleBiden condemns gun violence in Indianapolis
President Biden on Friday condemned gun violence in Indianapolis, Ind., following the shooting at a FedEx facility that killed eight people. In a statement released by the White House at around noon...
View ArticleGiuliani lays off staffers: report
Rudy Giuliani has reportedly laid off a number of staffers and independent contractors in the last few weeks as the embattled lawyer finds himself the subject of a growing number of legal...
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