As hackers and cybersecurity experts descended on Las Vegas last week for the famous cyber conference Black Hat, they may have noticed an open Wi-Fi network called “#Rewardsnotransoms.” It’s not the kind of place where a network is usually left unprote…
US completely pulling out of embassy in Afghanistan over the next 72 hours
The United States is pulling out all US personnel from its embassy in Kabul over the next 72 hours, including top officials, two sources familiar with the situation told CNN on Sunday.
As Pentagon prepares to make Covid-19 vaccine mandatory, some lawyers see a surge in calls
The messages began pouring into the law office of Joseph Jordan in Killeen, Texas, soon after the Pentagon announced it would seek to make the Covid-19 vaccines mandatory for troops. Service members wanted to know what their options were if they didn’t…
Analysis: With debt limit, Biden tests GOP’s willingness to play with economic fire
The Trumpist Republican Party has shown it will toy with democracy. Now President Joe Biden is testing its willingness to play with economic fire.
Landlords aim to block Biden’s new eviction moratorium in appeals court
Landlord groups challenging the Biden administration’s eviction moratorium are now turning to the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit to try to block the extension of the moratorium.
Biden authorizes 1,000 more troops to be sent to Afghanistan
President Joe Biden announced the authorization of an additional direct deployment of 1,000 troops to Afghanistan in a statement Saturday.
Former Iowa Democratic chair Troy Price hired as New Hampshire Democrats’ executive director
Troy Price, the former chair of the Iowa Democratic Party during the chaotic 2020 Iowa caucuses, is the New Hampshire Democratic Party’s new executive director, the party announced Friday.
Federal judge orders Biden administration to revive Trump-era border policy
A federal judge in Texas has ordered the Biden administration to revive a Trump-era border policy that required migrants to stay in Mexico until their US immigration court date.
As the climate crisis worsens in the US, pressure for action from Biden and Kerry grows
In a summer of deadly and life-altering extreme weather, the Biden administration and Democrats are walking a tightrope, with a razor-thin majority in Congress, to enact policies that will reroute the US economy away from fossil fuels and show the worl…