Apple to undercut popular law-enforcement tool for cracking iPhones

The company told Reuters it was aiming to protect all customers, especially in countries where phones are readily obtained by police or by criminals with extensive resources, and to head off further spread of the attack technique. The privacy standard-bearer of the tech industry said it will change default settings in the iPhone operating system to cut off communication through the USB port when the phone has not been unlocked in the past hour.

Lawmakers to challenge Trump administration over pre-existing conditions

In a turn of events, Republicans - despite multiple attempts over the last decade to repeal and replace President Barack Obama's signature health care legislation - are now coming to the beleaguered law's defense. Add Donald Trump as an interest to stay up to date on the latest Donald Trump news, video, and analysis from ABC News.

INLAND: Child-porn probe nets 500,000 images, 9 arrests

Nine Inland Southern California men were arrested this week by federal agents in a crackdown on what they called one of the largest child-pornography distribution operations ever. Agents from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's Homeland Security Investigations unit took eight of the men into custody in cities throughout the region.

Lawsuit says DOJ not providing documents to ex-FBI official

The Justice Department has repeatedly refused to provide former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe with documents related to his firing, according to a lawsuit filed on his behalf. The complaint filed Tuesday says the Justice Department has publicly defended the firing yet failed to identify for McCabe the policies and procedures it followed before dismissing him.

Lawsuit: Justice Dept. failed to give McCabe info on firing

The Justice Department has repeatedly refused to provide former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe with documents related to his firing, according to a lawsuit filed on his behalf Tuesday. The complaint says the Justice Department has publicly defended the firing yet failed to identify for McCabe the policies and procedures it followed before dismissing him.

Ex-EPA aides: Old queries had priority

Three former aides to Environmental Protection Agency chief Scott Pruitt confirmed to congressional investigators that the EPA delayed producing emails and other government documents sought by members of the public through open-records requests by choosing to first respond to old petitions made during the Barack Obama administration. The "first in, first out" tactic for requests made through the Freedom of Information Act is seen as yet another example of the EPA restricting what records make their way into the public eye since Pruitt has taken office.

APNewsBreak: US launches bid to find citizenship cheaters

In this Dec. 13, 2017 file photo, L. Francis Cissna, director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, sits during an interview in Los Angeles. The U.S. government agency that oversees immigrants' applications to become citizens is starting an office tasked with stripping naturalized Americans of their citizenship if they cheated to get it.

$28M verdict upheld in Nebraska wrongful conviction case

A federal appeals court on Monday upheld a $28.1 million judgment awarded to six people who were wrongfully convicted of murder in one of the nation's largest false-confession cases, a ruling that could force a Nebraska county closer to bankruptcy. A three-judge panel of the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals declined to overturn the jury's 2016 verdict against Gage County and two former law enforcement officials.

Trump Administration Won’t Defend Obamacare, Says Mandate Is Unconstitutional

The Trump administration told a federal court on Thursday that it would no longer defend crucial provisions of the Affordable Care Act that protect consumers with pre-existing medical conditions. Under those provisions of the law, insurance companies cannot deny coverage or charge higher rates to people with pre-existing conditions.

OSHA to provide grace period for good-faith silica rule compliance

General industry and maritime employers making good-faith efforts to comply with the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration's silica regulation could avoid citations during the first 30 days after the agency begins enforcing the rule. The Occupational Exposure to Respirable Crystalline Silica rule reduces the permissible exposure limit for crystalline silica over an eight-hour shift to 50 micrograms per cubic meter of air for the construction industry, one-fifth of the previous maximum, as well as for general industry and the maritime industry at half of the previous maximum.

NFIB v. Sebelius Comes Backto Bite Obamacare

Unless you have been vacationing in a far away galaxy, you will have heard the ululations of Obamacare apologists enraged by the Trump administration's refusal to defend the health care law against a 20-state lawsuit challenging its constitutionality.Obamacare advocates claim that the failure to defend the ACA in Texas v. United States is an unprecedented dereliction of duty by the Department of Justice .

ACA lawsuit could jeopardize 52 million Americans’ access to

An obscure district court lawsuit over the Affordable Care Act became a potent threat to one of the law's most popular provisions last week,when the Justice Department filed a brief arguing that as of Jan. 1, 2019, the protections for people with pre-existing conditions should be invalidated. The Justice Department argued the judge should strike down the section of the law that protects people buying insurance from being charged higher premiums due to their health history.

Disabled Protesters Show Up At Trump Officials House In The Rain, Get Arrested

About 60 disabled protesters showed up at Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar's private residence Sunday, but he wasn't home and some of them got arrested. Disability advocacy group ADAPT organized the protest, bringing handicap-accessible busses to Azar's home in the Indianapolis, Ind., suburb to protest what they call an inhumane type of electric shock therapy.

How worried should you be about Medicare and Social Security?

The problems may only keep getting worse in a time of political tension and deep partisan divisions. Here are some questions and answers on an issue that ultimately will affect every American family and isn't going away: The government's annual Trustees Reports on the programs shows the financial condition of both worsening significantly since last year.