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‘THIS IS ME’: Rioters flaunt involvement in Capitol siege

By ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON (AP) — These suspects weren’t exactly in hiding. “THIS IS ME,” one man posted on Instagram with a hand emoji pointing to himself in a picture Read More

House delivers article of impeachment to the Senate as Democrats prepare to showcase how rioters reacted to Trump’s remarks

House impeachment managers plan to spotlight former president Donald Trump’s own words during his Senate trial. (Salwan Georges/The Washington Post) House Democrats plan to focus impeachment trial on how rioters Read More

Janet Yellen wins Senate approval as treasury secretary

By ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate on Monday approved President Joe Biden’s nomination of Janet Yellen to be the nation’s 78th treasury secretary, making her the first woman Read More

Five killed in mass shooting in Indianapolis

By Elizabeth Joseph and Alaa Elassar, CNN Sun January 24, 2021 Five people including a pregnant woman were killed in Indianapolis’ ‘largest mass casualty shooting’ in more than a decade (CNN)Five Read More

U.S. to reverse Trump’s ‘draconian’ immigration policies, Biden tells Mexican president

By REUTERS WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States plans to reverse the Trump administration’s “draconian” immigration approach while working on policies addressing the causes of migration, President Joe Biden told Read More

US House passes $900 billion COVID relief, catchall measure

By ANDREW TAYLOR, The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The House easily passed a $900 billion pandemic relief package Monday night that would finally deliver long-sought cash to businesses and Read More

Inside the US’s NSA’s Secret Tool for Mapping Your Social Network

By BACK CHANNEL / WIRED Inside the NSA’s Secret Tool for Mapping Your Social NetworkEdward Snowden revealed the agency’s phone-record tracking program. But thanks to “precomputed contact chaining,” that database Read More

Hack against US is ‘grave’ threat, cybersecurity agency says

By BEN FOX, The Associated Press 21 minutes ago WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal authorities expressed increased alarm Thursday about a long-undetected intrusion into U.S. and other computer systems around the Read More

Annually, the United States government invests $1 billion in Ugandan

U.S. Embassy in Uganda By U.S. Embassy Kampala | October 28, 2020 STATEMENT FROM THE UNITED STATES EMBASSY ON UGANDA’S UPCOMING ELECTIONS The United States has a broad and strong Read More

Russian government spies are behind a broad hacking campaign that has breached U.S. agencies and a top cyber firm

By Ellen Nakashima, THE WASHINGTON POSTDec. 13, 2020 at 4:57 p.m. AST The Russian government hackers who breached a top cybersecurity firm are behind a global espionage campaign that also Read More