FBI: Reported Internet Crimes Topped $1.4 Billion Last Year

The FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center logged more than 301,000 complaints of Internet crimes last year that resulted in losses of more than $1.4 billion - and that's just from consumers and businesses that reported incidents to the bureau. Victims who reported attacks to the IC3 mostly were hit with so-called non-payment/non-delivery scams, personal data breaches, and phishing attacks.

Lincoln Chafee, a political enigma, eyes his old Senate seat

In this Dec. 13, 2006 file photo, newly elected U.S. Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, right, speaks with the media following a transition meeting with outgoing Sen. Lincoln Chafee, left, at Chafee's office in Providence, R.I. Chafee, a Republican-turned independent-turned-Democrat, is considering a 2018 run for the Senate seat Whitehouse won from him in 2006. FILE - In this Oct. 13, 2015, file photo, former Rhode Island Gov. Lincoln Chafee speaks during the a Democratic presidential debate in Las Vegas.

Paul Ryan warns a blue wavea could wipe out Trump accomplishments

House Speaker Paul Ryan said Saturday he thinks President Donald Trump will be an asset to GOP candidates this fall in states like Wisconsin that he narrowly won, even as he warned fellow Republicans that a "blue wave" could wipe out advancements made during his presidency. Ryan addressed about 600 people at the Wisconsin Republican convention, his final one after 20 years in office.

America after Trump

In the imaginations of his hopeful defenders, President Trump was supposed to transcend left and right. He'd break the Republican Party from the shibboleths of the Reagan Era and create a new ideology mindful of the interests of the party's working-class supporters.

Indiana lawmakers returning to clean up session’s mess

Indiana lawmakers will be back at the Statehouse on Monday for a special session called to take action on a handful of bills that died in March when bickering Republicans brought the year's regular legislative session to a chaotic close. A GOP-dominated legislative panel recently signed off on five bills - among them a contentious schools takeover measure - and clearing the way for the full General Assembly to proceed during what's expected to be a one-day session.

Under Trump proposal, lawful immigrants might be inclined to shun health benefits

The Trump administration is considering a policy change that might discourage immigrants who are seeking permanent residency from using government-supported health care, a scenario that is alarming some doctors, hospitals and patient advocates. Under the proposed plan, a lawful immigrant holding a visa could be passed over for getting permanent residency - a green card - if they use Medicaid, a subsidized Obamacare plan, food stamps, tax credits or a list of other non-cash government benefits, according to a draft of the plan published by The Washington Post.

The End of the Iran Deal and Trump’s New, Confrontational Foreign Policy

Big on headlines, brash in demands, but short on long-term strategy, his course risks failing in Iran, North Korea, and beyond. On January 20, 1981, John Limbert and fifty-one other American diplomats were taken to Tehran's international airport on a bus, after being held in captivity by young revolutionaries for four hundred and forty-four days.

Umatilla group works to regain land purchased by Army Corps

ADVANCE FOR WEEKEND EDITIONS, MAY12-13 - This May 4, 2018 photo, shows the marina, a portion of the 2600 aches of land the federal government and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers owns in the City of Umatilla, Ore. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, acting on flood predictions, acquired the city's land along the banks of the Columbia River.

Berry, Morphis flesh out their stances in District 68 race

A few months after announcing their intentions to run for an open state House seat in a district near Russellville, two Republicans facing each other in the primary have better formed their messages for the voters. When the campaign began in early February, neither candidate offered a clear idea of what each wanted to accomplish if elected to succeed outgoing state Rep. Trevor Drown, R-Dover.