Pentagon field tests ‘molar mic,’ an encrypted radio that attaches to your tooth

Think your new wireless Apple Airpod ear buds are pretty special, don't you? The U.S. Department of Defense is working with a Silicon Valley startup to fine-tune a crystal-clear, two-way radio so small it clips to your tooth. The device, nicknamed the "molar mic," is designed to transmit an encrypted, wireless signal clear enough to whisper in a hurricane and hear back with equal clarity -- all inside your head, with no earpiece.

Low-key senator steps into spotlight, tells men to ‘step up’

Hawaii Sen. Mazie Hirono, one of only four women on the 21-member Senate Judiciary Committee, asked Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh the same questions on sexual harrassment she has asked dozens of other nominees. Had Kavanaugh "made unwanted requests for sexual favors" or committed verbal or physical harrassment of a sexual nature since he became a legal adult? And had he ever faced discipline or settled with anyone over that kind of conduct? Kavanaugh said "no" to both questions at his confirmation hearing earlier this month.

Skubick: Key Republicans blast breakaway party members backing Whitmer

Michigan Republicans were quick to denounce the formation of a "Republicans and Independents for Whitmer committee" which 6 News told you about for the first time Wednesday night. State Republican chair Ron Weiser, Sen. Mike Shirkey and Rep. Lee Chatfield complained this group is "working to tear down not only Bill Schuette but the top of the ticket."

Fundraiser stages homage to former Texas governor

The late Texas Gov. Ann Richards charmed the delegates at the 1988 Democratic National Convention with her famous quote about women's penchant for nimble cooperation. Actress Holland Taylor penned a one-woman show, Ann, that dramatizes the silver-haired politician's life in and out of office.

Top Grassley aide fuels fight over Kavanaugh accuser

Sen. Chuck Grassley walks to the Senate floor for a vote after a meeting in Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's office in the Capitol. A top Senate Judiciary Committee staffer gave critics of the panel's efforts to speedily confirm Brett Kavanaugh more ammo Thursday, after suggesting that the Supreme Court nominee's confirmation was already in the bag.

How a CIA veteran-turned-candidate got branded with terrorism claims

Former CIA officer and Democratic candidate for the 7th district Congressional seat, Abigail Spanberger, right, speaks to supporters at a rally in Richmond, Va., Wednesday, July 18, 2018. WASHINGTON How did a former undercover CIA operative who spent more than eight years fighting terrorism get branded as a teacher at "Terror High?" The strange ordeal for Abigail Spanberger, a Democratic House candidate, began when U.S. Postal Service employees wrongly delivered her confidential personnel file to Republican operatives.

Donald Trump may have to wait to see public release of FBI documents on the Russia case

Intelligence officials are reviewing documents ordered declassified by President Donald Trump; no one knows how long the review will take. Donald Trump may have to wait to see public release of FBI documents on the Russia case Intelligence officials are reviewing documents ordered declassified by President Donald Trump; no one knows how long the review will take.

The Latest: Foreign hackers target US senators, aides’ Gmail

A Google spokesman says the company has notified an unspecified number of senators and aides that their personal email accounts continue to be targeted by state-backed foreign hackers. Spokesman Aaron Stein would not disclose further details such as who was behind the attempted break-ins, their timing or who was targeted.

The Latest: Gillibrand says GOP is ‘bullying’ Christine Ford

The Latest on Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh and a woman who accuses him of sexually assaulting her decades ago : Groups fighting Brett Kavanaugh's nomination to the Supreme Court say a Judiciary Committee lawyer's tweet shows Republicans are biased against Christine Blasey Ford's allegation of sexual assault. Mike Davis, the chief counsel for Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, tweeted late Wednesday that he had personally interviewed Kavanaugh as part of the committee's review but was "still waiting" for Ford's lawyers to get back to him.

AT&T to Appeals Court: No Clear Error in Decision Allowing Time Warner Merger

The Justice Department is looking to unwind the merger after failing to convince a trial judge it would violate antitrust law. On Thursday, AT&T and Time Warner told the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals in a brief that there's no good reason to unwind the mega-merger between the companies on antitrust grounds.

Donald Trump – Donald Trump wrong on FBI limits in Kavanaugh Supreme Court hearings

As the Senate Judiciary Committee moves to assess the allegations of sexual assault during Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh's high school years, President Donald Trump dismissed a role for the FBI. When a reporter asked if he would ask the FBI to investigate the allegations, Trump said that "it would seem that the FBI really doesn't do that."