The President released a video statement last night emphasizing the importance of Congress acting on immigration. The president characterized immigration as a national security issue outlining loopholes within the system that are allowing gang members, like those affiliated with MS-13, …
Continue ReadingThe Olympic Games in PyeongChang, South Korea, are drawing an element from all over the world besides athletes: Cyber attackers. Experts believe the biggest security threat to the Games may be virtual.
Cyber criminals have long targeted Olympic Games. …
Continue ReadingThe White House has floated a new proposal ahead of a critical immigration debate that is set to dominate Capitol Hill next week. Under the proposal, immigration would stay at current levels – about 1.1. million people a year – …
Continue ReadingThe data breach that affected consumer credit reporting company Equifax affected more information than the company originally divulged according to documents given to Congress.
The company had originally said that the breach of its computer systems, announced last September, had …
Continue ReadingRepublican members of the House Intelligence Committee are planning to build a wall, in the form of a physical barrier, in the Committee’s secure spaces to separate Republicans staffers from Democratic staffers. The construction of the wall is expected …
Continue ReadingTwo police officers have been fatally shot after responding to a potential domestic situation in Ohio this afternoon. The officers were shot as they entered an apartment responding to a 911 call that ended with a hang-up.
Officers Anthony Morelli, …
Continue ReadingDozens of White House staffers and other administration officials still have not been fully cleared in terms of security, it’s been learned. CNN has put the number at between thirty to forty individuals, including Jared Kushner, the President’s son-in-law, …
Continue ReadingThe House of Representatives passed legislation that bolsters cybersecurity cooperation between the U.S. and Ukraine. The bill compels the State Department to provide support to Ukraine in fortifying its government networks and critical infrastructure.
The bill passed with an overwhelming …
Continue ReadingThe House Intelligence Committee voted last Monday to release a memo written by Democratic members that rebuts a Republican memo alleging FBI abuses. The committee voted unanimously to release the memo and send it to the White House for the …
Continue ReadingSenate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has moved to begin debate on an immigration bill in the Senate in an unorthodox way – by not starting with an immigration bill. McConnell said that he will not use a bill as …
Continue ReadingSouth Korean President Moon Jae-in has been invited to North Korea in what would be the first meeting between Korean leaders since 2007. The invitation was extended by Kim Yo Jong, the younger sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong …
Continue ReadingDemocratic Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Dianne Feinstein, issued a minority report today criticizing the criminal referral that fellow committee members, Senators Grassley and Graham, sent to the Department of Justice over Christopher Steele, the author of the …
Continue ReadingPresident Trump has declined to release a Democratic memo that was written in response to the Republican memo released last week alleging abuses by the FBI. The President has sent the memo back and allowed the House Intelligence Committee to …
Continue ReadingRachel Brand, the associate attorney general and No. 3 official at the Justice Department, will be leaving her post it was learned today. Brand had been in that role for just nine months.
Brand had become the subject of much …
Continue ReadingAmazon is testing a delivery service that would compete with shipping giants UPS and FedEx, it was announced today. The service is being tested in Los Angeles and would only be available to businesses selling goods on Amazon’s platform, …
Continue ReadingTwo more government officials have resigned this week in relation to text messages exchanged between two FBI agents.
The inspector general for the Department of Justice has been conducting an investigation into the actions of the FBI as they relate …
Continue ReadingFBI monitoring of conversations of former Trump campaign adviser Carter Page may have picked up conversations Page had with senior Trump aide at the time, Steve Bannon. Page, a former foreign policy advisor to Trump campaign, has been under …
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