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Federal officials are saying little about how they chose a Nebraska startup to build an $11 million section of border wall in California, including whether they knew of the company's connections to a construction firm flagged in a government audit for "many potential fraud indicators."
The United States on Friday charged nine Iranians and an Iranian company with attempting to hack into hundreds of U.S. and international universities , dozens of companies and parts of the U.S. government on behalf of the Tehran government. From a report: The cyber attack pilfered more than 31 terabytes of academic data and intellectual property from 144 U.S. universities and 176 universities in 21 foreign countries, the U.S. Department of Justice said in a statement.
Support for tougher gun control laws is soaring in the United States, according to a new poll that found a majority of gun owners and half of Republicans favor new laws to address gun violence in the weeks after a Florida school shooting left 17 dead and sparked nationwide protests. The poll, conducted by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research, found that nearly 7 in 10 adults now favor stricter gun control measures.
Guccifer 2.0, the "lone hacker" who took credit for providing WikiLeaks with stolen emails from the Democratic National Committee, was in fact an officer of Russia's military intelligence directorate , The Daily Beast has learned. It's an attribution that resulted from a fleeting but critical slip-up in GRU tradecraft.
Cardi B attends the 2018 GQ All Star Party at Nomad Los Angeles on Feb. 17, 2018 in Los Angeles. Cardi B, for those unaware, is a reality TV star who broke out internationally last year with her hit song "Bodak Yellow."
The conservative House Freedom Caucus says it would support President Donald Trump if he vetoed a $1.3 trillion spending bill. Republican Rep. Mark Meadows of North Carolina, chairman of the freedom caucus, says in a tweet the group would "fully support" a veto.
Police are investigating a "prior relationship" between the gunman who wounded two students inside his Maryland high school Tuesday morning and a female victim. The shooter died during a confrontation with a school resource officer.
Between California and Hawaii, there's a teeming patch of garbage that's stretched over an area more than double the size of Texas. We already knew it was huge.
The president's Twitter response to the former vice president's comments come as the U.S. faces a problem with bullying. Why spat between Donald Trump and Joe Biden might hurt anti-bullying efforts The president's Twitter response to the former vice president's comments come as the U.S. faces a problem with bullying.
Russia is supporting and even supplying arms to the Taliban, the head of US forces in Afghanistan has told the BBC. In an exclusive interview, Gen John Nicholson said he'd seen "destabilising activity by the Russians."
Caption: Newark police Capt. Brian O'Hara talks to officers during roll call about new policies and training the department will implement to comply with a federal consent decree issued by the U.S. Department of Justice.
The Norwegian ski r... . FILE - In this Feb. 12, 1994, file photo, Britt Pedersen, right, an Olympic medalist in 1984 and 1988, hands the Olympic Torch to ski jumper Stein Gruben, left, as Gruben prepares to ski down a ski jump during openin... .
When Maryland Democrats drew new U.S. House of Representatives district maps in 2011, long-time Republican voter Bill Eyler found himself removed from a conservative rural district and inserted into a liberal one encompassing Washington suburbs. FILE PHOTO: A sign welcoming visitors to the town of Thurmont, is pictured in Thurmont, Maryland, U.S., March 12, 2018.
A Texas lawmaker is facing backlash after announcing a resolution to declare the birthday of one of most venerated Mexican-American leaders "National Border Control Day." Republican Congressman Louie Gohmert this week tweeted he had filed the resolution, which calls for Chicano civil rights and United Farmworkers of America co-founder Cesar Chavez's birthday, March 31st, to be named in a manner that ostensibly praises border protection.
In this July 27, 2017, file photo Mississippi Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce Cindy Hyde-Smith speaks at the Neshoba County Fair in Philadelphia, Miss. The state's governor will appoint Hyde-Smith as Mississippi's first female member of Congress to fill the Senate vacancy that will soon be created when Sen. Thad Cochran retires, three state Republicans told The Associated Press on Tuesday, March 20, 2018.
The PGA Tour, which is staging the Dell Match Play Championship in west Austin this week, says its security advisers are collaborating closely with law enforcement to try to ensure the safety of players and fans. The PGA said Monday that it doesn't comment on the specifics of its security measures, but that the safety of players and fans is its top priority.
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Congresswoman Louise Slaughter's funeral in Rochester today will include speeches from Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Hillary Clinton Friday, when the long serving Buffalo and Rochester area representative is laid to rest with a public service in the Eastman Theater Congressman John Lewis, the Georgia congressman and civil rights leader will also speak and more than 40 members of Congress are expected to attend d Slaughter was serving her 16th term in the House, and her 31 years in the chamber were the third longest, according to the official House website. She chaired the Rules committee from 2007 through 2010.