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Are China and Iran meddling in US elections? It’s complicated.
In The News
This spring, the Chinese state-run news agency Xinhua posted a roughly two-minute video titled “Once Upon a Virus” on social media, including on official Chinese government ac...
By Carrie Cordero
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Lawmakers question DHS crackdown tactics in protest cities
In The News
The military tactics utilized by Homeland Security officers to control protesters in Portland, Oregon, and other cities are being decried by congressional lawmakers and invest...
By Carrie Cordero
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‘It’s not good for our democracy’: Calls grow for federal officers to shed military-style uniforms
In The News
As authorities crack down on protests in Portland, Ore., military leaders, lawmakers and former government officials have intensified calls for federal officers to shed the ca...
By Carrie Cordero
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Trump Threatens to Send Federal Law Enforcement Forces to More Cities
President Trump plans to deploy federal law enforcement to Chicago and threatened on Monday to send agents to other major cities — all controlled by Democrats. Governors and ...
By Carrie Cordero
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DHS leaders, filling jobs on temporary basis, carry out Trump agenda
The Department of Homeland Security, at the center of some of the administration's most controversial and political actions from immigration restrictions to an aggressive resp...
By Carrie Cordero
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FBI’s Wray Acts Fast to Make Changes After Scathing Report
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FBI Director Christopher Wray has ordered more than 40 changes in how the bureau seeks secret surveillance warrants and handles other matters after the Justice Department insp...
By Carrie Cordero
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Bolton departure removes foreign policy irritant for Trump, strengthens Pompeo
In The News
The abrupt firing or resignation on Tuesday (Sept 10) - depending on who you believe - of the United States' famously mustachioed and notoriously hawkish National Security Adv...
By Carrie Cordero & Neil Bhatiya
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‘Severe Instability:’ Trump Boots Bolton, Third National Security Advisor
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President Donald Trump today fired John Bolton, the fire-eating National Security Advisor who pressed for conflict with Iran and many other places. The next advisor, who Trump...
By Carrie Cordero
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FaceApp: Age Your Photos — And Compromise Your Privacy?
In The News
Have you used FaceApp? The hugely popular app that let’s you age your face? Made by Russian developers, members of Congress say the app could be a national security threat. Ca...
By Carrie Cordero
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What’s Russia still doing to interfere with U.S. politics — and what’s the U.S. doing about it?
In The News
President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke by phone Friday morning, covering, according to both sides, a wide range of issues. Included among them, according t...
By Carrie Cordero
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Even some Republicans balk as Trump targets US spy chiefs
Even after two years, President Donald Trump's assaults on US spy chiefs are shocking coming from a commander in chief. The President's Twitter barrage over a global threat m...
By Carrie Cordero
