Senator says FBI paid $900K for iPhone hacking tool

In this Nov. 18, 2016 photo, a faded photo collage showing images of the 14 victims who were killed in the Dec. 2, 2015, San Bernardino terror attack is adorned with artificial flowers at a makeshift memorial near the Inland Regional Center in San Bernardino, Calif., where the shooting took place. Family members of San Bernardino terror attack victims are suing Facebook, Google and Twitter for providing platforms to aid terrorists.

Wisconsin GOP Senate candidates’ vote records may haunt them

Two potential Republican candidates for U.S. Senate in Wisconsin have voting records that could call into question their conservative credentials and hurt them in a potentially crowded GOP primary. Kevin Nicholson and Nicole Schneider are among several possible challengers to Democratic Sen. Tammy Baldwin in 2018.

Democrats Rally After Trump Calls for a ‘Shutdown’ of the Government

Trump's tweets come ahead of expected votes this week on a bipartisan budget deal to avoid a government shutdown and a possible vote in the House on a health care overhaul. The President complained on Twitter earlier Tuesday that Republicans needed Democratic votes to reach the 60-vote threshold required to pass a recent short-term federal government spending bill.

.com | Government ‘needs a good shutdown’, frustrated Trump tweets

President Donald Trump declared on Tuesday the US government "needs a good shutdown" this fall to fix a "mess" in the Senate, signalling on Twitter his displeasure with a bill to keep operations running. But Republican leaders and Trump himself also praised the stopgap measure as a major accomplishment and a sign of his masterful negotiating with Democrats.

Trump: Government ‘needs a good shutdown’

President Donald Trump talks with reporters as he walks to the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, May 2, 2017. President Donald Trump says the nation "needs a good `shutdown' in September" to fix a "mess" in the Senate, saying on Twitter that the country needs to "either elect more Republican Senators in 2018 or change the rules now to 51 ," suggesting more rules changes ahead in the Senate.

Government ‘needs a good shutdown,’ frustrated Trump tweets

Washington a President Donald Trump declared Tuesday the U.S. government "needs a good shutdown" this fall to fix a "mess" in the Senate, signaling on Twitter his displeasure with a bill to keep operations running. But Republican leaders and Trump himself also praised the stopgap measure as a major accomplishment and a sign of his masterful negotiating with Democrats.

Trump: US needs September a shutdowna to fix Senate a messa

President Donald Trump tweeted Tuesday that the U.S. government "needs a good shutdown" in September to fix a "mess" in the Senate, signaling his displeasure with a temporary spending bill that Republican congressional leaders - and Trump himself - are praising as a major accomplishment. On Twitter and then in a White House ceremony, Trump issued contradictory statements ahead of key votes in Congress on the budget bill to keep the government running into the fall.

Twitter goes wild as P Diddy lies down at Met Gala 2017

The night of the young guns! Gigi, Bella and Kendall battle it out to rule the red carpet as they join a host of stars at the Met Gala The hero truck driver who comforted a badly-burned dying woman while others took PHOTOS after her truck crashed and burst into flames The truth about diet and cancer: Top dietitian JANE CLARKE reveals what to eat to beat the disease Andrew Jackson 'would never let it happen!' Trump doubles down on his claim that the seventh president could have stopped the Civil War - if he hadn't died 16 years before it started Kim Jong-un accuses America of pushing him to the brink of nuclear war after 'two US bombers practiced bombing in North Korea' 'Troubled' Christian biology student knifeman stabs aspiring singer to death and wounds three others in terrifying stabbing rampage at the University of Texas Johnny Depp must undergo mental evaluation for 'compulsive ... (more)

The parody accounts that make Twitter bearable in the era of Trump

Over the course of his first months in the White House, President Trump notoriously turned Twitter into his personal outlet for unhinged political venting. That of course inspired the creation of dozens of parody accounts that became tools of resistance, coping mechanisms, and light-hearted distractions from the political chaos.

How Trump’s Tweets Have Changed in 100 Days as @POTUS

In this Jan. 27, 2017 file photo, the Twitter Inc. accounts of President Donald Trump, @POTUS and @realDonaldTrump, are seen on an iPhone arranged for a photograph in Washington, D.C. tweeting, a habit he believes helped him win the election. But as his term progressed, the number of likes and retweets each post received started to fall.

Trump rejects push to help solve Puerto Rico debt crisis

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday that he is opposed to a push to help Puerto Rico resolve its $70 billion debt load as the U.S. territory faces looming austerity measures amid a deep economic crisis. Trump issued a Twitter blast aimed at efforts to help the island cover its Medicaid costs - an issue that's entangled in Puerto Rico's last-minute debt negotiations.

In Photos: Scientists Worldwide Fight Back Against Anti-Science Trump Agenda

An estimated 10,000 people took part in the March for Science in Berlin, Germany, on Saturday. Tens of thousands are celebrating Earth Day by marching Saturday against President Donald Trump's ongoing attacks on science, in an unprecedented global uprising of scientists against the anti-science Trump administration.

Rogue Twitter account that criticized Trump at the centre of abuse of power probe

The U.S. Homeland Security Department's inspector general said on Friday he was investigating possible abuse of authority in a case that triggered a lawsuit against the department by Twitter Inc. Inspector General John Roth described the probe in a letter to Senator Ron Wyden, an Oregon Democrat who had asked for an investigation due to concerns about free speech protections. In a lawsuit on April 6, Twitter disclosed that it received a summons in March from the U.S. Bureau of Customs and Border Protection, an agency within Homeland Security, demanding records about an account on the social media platform identified by the handle @ALT_uscis .

French election: Fake news spreads ahead of presidential poll

Lille, France: So called 'Twitter bots' that masquerade as real people and spread fake news and propaganda on social media have been detected in action in France in the lead-up to this weekend's presidential election.However, French voters are sharing much better quality information online than what many US voters shared in last year's presidential election, according to an analysis released on Saturday by a group of experts from Oxford University. France attack raises new questions over election The killing of a policeman in an Islamist militant attack overshadows the last day of France's unpredictable presidential election campaign as centrist Emmanuel Macron holds onto his status as frontrunner in the polls.

Rep. Steve King celebrates DREAMer’s deportation

Republican Rep. Steve King of Iowa, an inveterate advocate of immigration reform and border security, noted the deportation of an illegal alien, Juan Manuel Montes, a so-called "DREAMer" who entered the United States more than a decade ago as a child. In a Twitter post, King added a photograph of a mug of beer to the words, "Border patrol, this one's for you."

Staff shortage stifles psychiatric care access in youth detention: legal service

A youth inmate at the troubled Malmsbury Youth Justice Centre attempted suicide and self-harm 20 times in three months but has not received adequate psychiatric care, an Aboriginal legal service says.Staff shortages meant inmates, in some cases, were unable to access psychiatric appointments for up to three weeks or missing appointments entirely, a Victorian parliamentary inquiry into youth justice centres was told. SHARE Share on Facebook SHARE Share on Twitter TWEET Link Inmates riot at Malmsbury in January.