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A U.S. Senator has joined security officials calling for stiffer cybersecurity for Internet of Things devices following a major attack last Friday. In a letter to three federal agencies , Sen. Mark Warner on Tuesday called for "improved tools to better protect American consumers, manufacturers, retailers, internet sites and service providers."
Senator Edward J. Markey commended the Obama administration for releasing the initial batch of funding under the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program . The Department of Health and Human Services today released more than $3 billion, 90 percent of the funding made available under the Continuing Resolution funding the government.
This election cycle, where emotions and tensions are particularly high, almost everything is hyperpoliticized and used by candidates, their backers and even media as weapons meant to discredit. In virtually every race this election cycle, from the presidential race to contests for the United States Senate to local races, personal attacks and demagoguery are the focal points of various campaigns instead of substantive debates about policy.
Owners of more than 300,000 Hondas have yet to get their air bags repaired, despite warnings from the automaker and regulators that the inflators have an extremely high chance of rupturing and causing injury or even death. Last week authorities said one of those air bags, equipped with an inflator made by Takata Corp., ruptured and killed a California woman, adding urgency to the search for the noncompliant vehicles.
In the race to replace Jules Bailey in District 1, emergency room doctor Sharon Meieran is battling Eric Zimmerman, chief of staff for McKeel. District 1 seat represents parts of inner east Portland and everything west of the Willamette River.
Authorities have spent more than 24 hours seeking a man they say posted live videos to social media while running from police during a violent crime spree that included shooting two police officers, armed car... Authorities have been hunting for more than 24 hours for an Oklahoma man they say posted live videos to social media while running from police during a violent rampage that included shooting two police officers, armed car... The governors of Illinois and Ohio have bet each other cases of beer, pizza and other ballpark favorites ahead of the World Series contest between the Cubs and the Indians.
Authorities are searching for Vance, who is suspected in a double slaying and accused of shooting and wounding multiple polic... . This undated photo provided by the Lincoln County Sheriff's Office shows Michael Vance.
Nearly 10,000 California National Guard soldiers have been ordered to repay huge enlistment bonuses a decade after signing up to serve in Iraq and Afghanistan. After 21 years in the military, three deployments, and a roadside bomb blast that left him bleeding and unconscious, Christopher Van Meter got a letter from the Pentagon saying he improperly received enlistment bonuses and now owed the government $46,000.
An Army veteran battling cancer files a claim for benefits that gets mired in the system. It will take more than a year, according to the Veterans Administration, to get around to making a decision, a year he might not have.
A new poll finds that young voters ... Graphic shows results of GenFoward poll on attitudes toward 2016 candidates; 2c x 5 inches; 96.3 mm x 127 mm; WASHINGTON - Liane Golightly has finally decided who she'll vote for on Election Day. Hillary Clinton is not a choice the 30-year-old Republican would have predicted, nor one that excites her.
While thousands of voters in McLennan County participated in early voting on Monday, others do not plan to vote at all. As of Monday night, a total of 8,153 people had voted by mail and in person in McLennan County.
Capitol Hill lawmakers from both sides of the aisle blasted the Pentagon for trying to recoup reenlistment bonus money awarded to National Guardsmen years ago, calling the military's effort "a bonehead decision" that Congress can correct. Lawmakers are up in arms over a Defense Department order demanding that National Guard units repay reenlistment bonuses for combat deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan.
In this June 21, 2016 file photo, Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton takes a photo with supporters after speaking at Fort Hayes Vocational School in Columbus, Ohio. A new poll finds that young voters are starting to come through for Clinton, particularly among whites ages 18 to 30. In the final days of the campaign, Clinton is shored up what was once a troubling weakness in a key voting bloc, a sign of strength that helps explain how the former secretary of state may be able to expand her campaign into traditionally Republican states.
Entering the last two weeks of the campaign, President Barack Obama is putting more emphasis on helping Democrats in close Senate and House races with a strategy that ties their Republican opponents to Donald Trump - regardless of whether they support the GOP nominee. With Hillary Clinton leading in the polls, Obama said Monday that Republicans are arguing they need to provide a check on her agenda in Congress.
Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton have both broken from tradition during their campaigns for president by sharing less information with the public than did their predecessors, although the Democratic nominee is more forthcoming than her Republican rival. Both candidates are secretive when it comes to fundraising.
In the first of what could be the start of what could be a national public relations nightmare, California lawmakers from both sides of the aisle piled on the Pentagon after reports it is forcing vets to repay enlistment bonuses improperly paid to thousands of National Guard soldiers a decade ago. Nearly 10,000 California National Guard soldiers have been ordered to repay huge enlistment bonuses a decade after signing up to serve in Iraq and Afghanistan, a newspaper reported Saturday.
US Representative Michael E. Capuano is asking the Department of Justice and the Federal Transit Administration to review whether Keolis Commuter Services violated federal civil rights laws by taking trains from a line that serves lower-income communities to use on suburban lines . In a letter sent Monday, Capuano, a Democrat from Somerville, said the Fairmount Line runs through several lower-income neighborhoods where many residents have "little choice but to rely on public transit for their economic well-being."
The California National Guard says it welcomes attention to the predicament of nearly 10,000 soldiers ordered to repay enlistment bonuses a decade after signing up to serve in Iraq and Afghanistan. Spokesman Capt.
In this Thursday, Oct. 13, 2016 photo, Nicholas Novak poses for a photo in Lynwood, Ill. Novak, a part-time worker needed an operation and found out Medicaid would cover his $46,000 bill.
After public doubt and turmoil, Ohio's GOP chairman has decided to vote for his party's presidential nominee, Donald Trump. Chairman Matt Borges, an ally of Trump critic John Kasich, helped the Trump campaign set up in swing-state Ohio after the New York billionaire secured the nomination.