Congress has failed to pass any legislation to secure U.S. voting systems in the two years since Russia interfered in the 2016 election, a troubling setback with the midterms less than six weeks away. Lawmakers have repeatedly demanded agencies step up their efforts to prevent election meddling but in the end struggled to act themselves, raising questions about whether the U.S. has done enough to protect future elections.
The White House has "authorised offensive cyber operations" against US adversaries, in line with a new policy that eases the rules on the use of digital weapons to protect the nation, National Security Adviser John Bolton said Thursday. "Our hands are not tied as they were in the Obama administration," Bolton said during a news briefing to unveil a new national cyber strategy.
Congressman Jim Langevin is accepting applications for interns in his Rhode Island and Washington D.C. for the summer of 2018. This unpaid program is open to civic-minded college students who are available for at least 10 hours per week.