Attorney General Jeff Sessions has directed federal prosecutors to pursue the death penalty in cases involving drug traffickers he announced today. In a memo written to U.S. Attorneys, Sessions said the drug epidemic and specifically the opioid epidemic, has inflicted …
Continue ReadingRevelations continue to be made about Facebook’s relationship with a data research company that bills itself as a company that help sway votes and win elections for politicians all over the world.
Cambridge Analytica, a subsidiary of Strategic Communications Laboratory, …
Continue ReadingA Pennsylvania state representative has introduced a resolution to impeach state Supreme Court Justices who voted redraw Pennsylvania’s congressional district map over the objections of Republicans in the state legislature. The new map is largely seen as a boon to …
Continue ReadingThe suspect in a series of bombings that have terrorized Austin, TX, is dead, authorities say, blowing himself up with an explosive device as law enforcement authorities closed in on him. The suspect’s death brings to a close a …
Continue ReadingPresident Trump, contrary to advice given to him by his national security advisers, called Russian President Vladimir Putin and congratulated him on his election victory today. Putin won reelection Sunday, ensuring he will remain Russia’s president for the …
Continue ReadingThe Senate Intelligence Committee rolled out a list of recommendations for federal, state and local officials to adhere to, to fortify election systems against foreign interference. The Committee made clear that no legislation would follow from the recommendations, as the …
Continue ReadingA high school resource officer shot and killed a gunman at Great Mills High School in Great Mills, Maryland this morning after the gunman shot two fellow students with a handgun. The attacker, Austin Wyatt Rollins shot a fellow classmate, …
Continue ReadingFacebook announced the departure of Alex Stamos, its chief information security officer yesterday. Stamos has been with the company since 2015. His departure comes as the company struggles with a rapidly-growing problem over the role it played in Russian …
Continue ReadingA package whose final destination was Austin, Texas, exploded in a Federal Express sorting facility in San Antonio shortly after midnight this morning, leaving an employee with non-life-threatening injuries. The wound was said to be a “percussion-type” injury from the …
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The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to issue an injunction blocking a congressional map put into effect by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court last month largely seen as a boon to democrats. The High Court issued a …
Continue ReadingA woman in Tempe, Arizona, has been killed after being struck by a self-driving Uber car at about 10 p.m. last night. The victim’s name has not as of yet been released.
The vehicle was in autonomous, or self-driving mode, …
Continue ReadingA new study by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, a healthcare education and advocacy group, has found that the re-establishment of certain subsidies implemented under Obamacare but repealed by President Trump last year may actually be detrimental to premium prices…
Continue ReadingJared Kushner’s father, Charles Kushner, met with the Qatari Finance Minister last year in the hopes of securing financing for a debt-ridden asset in the company’s portfolio the company confirmed yesterday. Kushner maintains however that he turned down offers form …
Continue ReadingAn Ohio high school student was suspended for refusing to participate in a walkout protesting gun violence last week. Hilliard Davidson High School Senior Jacob Shoemaker said he was presented with a choice, he could either participate in the walkout …
Continue ReadingRussian President Vladimir Putin won reelection yesterday, remaining Russia’s president for at least another six years. The Russian leader has been the head of the country since 1999, serving as either president or prime minister in that time. Putin …
Continue ReadingRecords obtained from the City of New York show that Kushner Companies, the real estate company owned by the family of presidential son-in-law Jared Kushner falsely filed dozens of documents that allowed it to nuisance tenants in buildings owned by …
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Bob Mercer was raised in New Mexico in the 1960’s. While in high school, he was able to work his way into a job at a nearby Air Force weapons lab writing computer programs. He once showed superiors at the …
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