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An employee works near screens in the virus lab at the headquarters of Russian cyber security company Kaspersky Labs in Moscow July 29, 2013. Reuters/Sergei Karpukhin Washington: US electronics retailer Best Buy has stopped selling products by leading computer security firm Kaspersky Lab amid concerns the company has links to Russian intelligence, the two companies confirmed Friday.
The Capitol is seen at as Congress returns from the August recess to face work on immigration, the debt limit, funding the government, and help for victims of Hurricane Harvey, in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2017.
With the window closing fast for anyone wanting to escape, Irma hurtled toward Florida with 125 mph winds Saturday on a shifting course that took it away from Miami and instead threatened the first direct hit on the Tampa area from a major hurricane in nearly a century. That represented a significant turn in the forecast, which for days had made it look as if the Miami metropolitan area of 6 million people was going to get slammed head-on by the Big One.
Two Republican lawmakers said they were mistakenly put on a legal brief filed ahead of a case on gerrymandering that will be argued before the Supreme Court Oct. 3. Reps. Mark Meadows and Walter Jones, both of North Carolina, were listed among 36 current and former lawmakers in the brief urging the Justices to curb partisan gerrymandering, The Hill reported Saturday.
Dozens of personnel from the Environmental Protection Agency worked to secure some of the nation's most contaminated toxic waste sites as Hurricane Irma bore down on Florida. The agency said its employees evacuated personnel, secured equipment and safeguarded hazardous materials in anticipation of storm surges and heavy rains.
Budget Director Mick Mulvaney speaks to reporters following a closed-door Republican strategy session that included Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, R-Wis., at the Capitol in Washingt... . Budget Director Mick Mulvaney speaks to reporters following a closed-door Republican strategy session that included Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, R-Wis., at the Capitol in Washingt... WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump ignored seething Republicans and made good on his deal with Democrats, signing legislation that links $15.3 billion in disaster aid to an increase in the U.S. borrowing limit.
Georgia is bracing for potentially far-flung impacts from Hurricane Irma, which could swamp the coast with storm surge and topple trees and power lines in Atlanta. The National Hurricane Center placed the entire Georgia coast under a hurricane watch Saturday as residents packed their cars and trickled onto the highways in six counties under a mandatory evacuation.
A coalition of major progressive organizations has launched a campaign aimed at pressuring members of the Senate Judiciary Committee to slow down the confirmation process for federal judges, thereby limiting how many President Donald Trump can seat. " Tell the Senate Judiciary Committee : No lifetime judicial appointments for a white supremacist in chief with no respect for the Constitution or the rule of law," Credo, one of the groups leading the charge, told activists.
When Michael McFaul was the U.S. ambassador to Russia, he used social media to debate policy with everyday Russians and clashed online with the country's trolls in their own language. In a way that's atypical of most former ambassadors, McFaul, who worked in the Obama administration and served as America's man in Moscow from 2012 to 2014, has become one of the most prominent public voices criticizing Trump for his Russia and national security policies.
So Paul Ryan's pal, Gutierrez, has a plan ! In an emotional press conference with progressive and immigrant activists, Rep. Luis Gutierrez said Democratic House leaders have told him they will support stopping the government to protect 800,000 people whose status has been in limbo since the Trump administration announced it will suspend Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals in six months.
A French artist has erected a giant cut-out of a boy peering over a stretch of border fence near San Diego. 'Water is rushing in': More than a week after Harvey, police find body believed to be that of woman who reportedly pleaded for help in flooded elevator.
A U.S. Army division that included Berlin among its ranks started mustering on Long Island a century ago this weekend during World War I. The New York state Division ... A French artist has erected a giant cut-out of a boy peering over a stretch of border fence near San Diego. A French artist has erected a giant cut-out of a boy peering over a stretch of border fence near San Diego.
Renick's family had desperately spent the last week and a half trying to find out what happened to her after she pleaded for help as water rushed into an e... A French artist has erected a giant cut-out of a boy peering over a stretch of border fence near San Diego. A French artist has erected a giant cut-out of a boy peering over a stretch of border fence near San Diego.
In this photo, US President Donald Trump gestures while walking across the South Lawn to board Marine One, bound for Camp David, on September 8, 2017 in Washington, DC. Photo: MANDEL NGAN/AFP The US Senate Appropriations Committee passed a spending bill on Thursday evening that includes $10 million to help fund the United Nations' climate change body that oversees the Paris Climate Agreement, despite President Donald Trump's decision to stop funding it.
Pennsylvania Insurance Commissioner of Theresa Miller, right, together with state insurance commissioners from left, Tennessee Department of Commerce and Insurance Commissioner Julie Mix McPeak, Washington State Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler, and Alaska Division of Insurance Director Lori Wing-Heier, testifies Wednesday during a Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee hearing on the individual health insurance market. After seven years of demonizing Obamacare and using it primarily for political leverage, Senate Republican leaders appeared to open a new chapter this week with a nascent effort to actually improve the law.
Tom Marino, incumbent candidate for 10th Congressional District, speaks during an interview with the Times Tribune editorial board Wednesday. Michael J. Mullen / Staff Photographer With U.S. Rep. Tom Marino headed for the job of national drug czar - again, maybe - plenty of people want to replace him.
None of the host of ultra-liberal Democrats who would love to succeed her makes the direct argument that at 84 - she'll be one year older by next November's election - fellow Democrat Dianne Feinstein is too aged to be one of California's two United States senators. But that's what they mean.