Project Veritas says feds accessed its emails

Lawyer for hidden-camera-sting producer says prosecutors misled court, improperly prolonged gag orders. | Continue reading


@politico.com | 2 years ago

My Life at a Russian Propaganda Network (2017)

I thought they’d let me be a real journalist at Sputnik news. I was wrong. | Continue reading


@politico.com | 2 years ago

What Black Jack Pershing Can Teach Us About Fighting Terrorists (2017)

Trump says to study Pershing. I did, and the lessons are the complete opposite of what he thinks. | Continue reading


@politico.com | 2 years ago

TSA’s First Crack at Protecting Pipelines from Hackers Falls Short

The pipeline industry says a TSA staff shortage and inflexible requirements are undermining the Biden administration’s ability to protect U.S. pipelines from hackers. | Continue reading


@politico.com | 2 years ago

The latest supply chain concern: ballot paper

Election officials are facing delays and shortages as they order the paper and envelopes they need to run elections this year. | Continue reading


@politico.com | 2 years ago

Instagram, TikTok could get sued for addicting kids under California proposal

The proposal from Assemblymembers Jordan Cunningham and Buffy Wicks is the most ambitious state-level attempt yet to hold social media companies accountable for the mental health of their youngest users. | Continue reading


@politico.com | 2 years ago

Russia asked China for military help

Such a request could indicate that Moscow fears its position after struggling to advance deeper into Ukraine more than two weeks into its invasion. | Continue reading


@politico.com | 2 years ago

‘Not the time to go poking around’: How former U.S. hackers view Russia

People with experience in U.S. hacking operations say they expect both Washington and Moscow to show caution in how they wield their digital weapons. | Continue reading


@politico.com | 2 years ago

Tyranny has triumphed in recent years because real courage is rare. | Continue reading


@politico.com | 2 years ago

Opinion | Why Putin Can't Win the Propaganda War at Home

But information technology has gained a significant toehold in Russia, making it difficult for the state to blot out the messages it disdains, and the country's younger citizens have been exposed to too many Western experiences through travel and media to ever swallow whole gover … | Continue reading


@politico.com | 2 years ago

U.S. stunned by Poland's fighter jet offer

“We do not believe Poland’s proposal is a tenable one,” Defense Department spokesperson John Kirby said. | Continue reading


@politico.com | 2 years ago

Biden to sign order clearing way for crypto oversight

The U.S. has trailed some foreign governments in creating a regulatory framework for digital asset markets that have swelled to more than $1.7 trillion after lightning-fast growth in recent years. | Continue reading


@politico.com | 2 years ago

Biden appointees split on key cyber bill

White House and DHS officials say the legislation is essential for fighting hackers. Leaders at the Justice Department say it would make America less safe. | Continue reading


@politico.com | 2 years ago

I joined Truth Social. Why do I feel like the only one? | Continue reading


@politico.com | 2 years ago

Putin withstood sanctions before. The west came back with a better plan

The U.S. has unveiled a raft of measures over the past several days aimed at knee-capping Russia’s economy and undermining Russian President Vladimir Putin’s ability to tap Western financing sources. | Continue reading


@politico.com | 2 years ago

Ukrainian pilots arrive in Poland to pick up donated fighter jets

The Ukrainian parliament on Monday tweeted that Europe was sending 70 fighter planes to Ukraine. | Continue reading


@politico.com | 2 years ago

“Yes, He Would”: Fiona Hill on Putin and Nukes

Putin is trying to take down the entire world order, the veteran Russia watcher said in an interview. But there are ways even ordinary Americans can fight back. | Continue reading


@politico.com | 2 years ago

Delta suspends its agreement with Russia's Aeroflot airlines

The latest ban for Aeroflot customers comes as companies leverage more restrictions on Russian businesses amid the Ukraine crisis. | Continue reading


@politico.com | 2 years ago

Utah Sen. Mike Lee faces a groundswell of opposition. His relationship with Donald Trump is at the center of it. | Continue reading


@politico.com | 2 years ago

Ukraine prepares to remove data from Russia’s reach

Multiple backups and centralized databases are key to Ukrainian cyber contingency plans. | Continue reading


@politico.com | 2 years ago

POLITICO Playbook PM: SCOOP: Milwaukee emerges as favorite for '24 GOP convention

And President Joe Biden says Russia could invade Ukraine in “the next several days.” | Continue reading


@politico.com | 2 years ago

My journey down the rabbit hole of every journalist’s favorite app

Otter.ai has saved reporters countless hours transcribing interviews. Caveat emptor. | Continue reading


@politico.com | 2 years ago

Judge throws out Sarah Palin libel case against New York Times

The ruling came as a Manhattan jury was deliberating on Palin’s suit, which claimed the Times defamed her by linking her to a 2011 shooting spree that killed six and wounded then-Rep. Gabby Giffords. | Continue reading


@politico.com | 2 years ago

Starship is threatening NASA’s moon contractors

Starship is threatening NASA’s moon contractors, which are watching its progress with a mix of awe and horror. | Continue reading


@politico.com | 2 years ago

The world is on fire and our leaders are failing, poll finds

Poll respondents voice frustration at being left to take on climate action on their own after governments and companies fail to act. | Continue reading


@politico.com | 2 years ago

Biden officials trying to recalculate U.S. Covid-19 hospitalizations

The administration’s goal is to get a more accurate sense of Covid’s impact across the country. | Continue reading


@politico.com | 2 years ago

Former clerk rewrites SCOTUS contenders’ Wikipedia BIOS

A former clerk for Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson spent the last week amping up his former boss's Wikipedia page while trying to plant seeds of skepticism about other high court hopefuls. | Continue reading


@politico.com | 2 years ago

The chief justice seems to genuinely believe that the Supreme Court should be above partisanship. His own departure would be one way to show it. | Continue reading


@politico.com | 2 years ago

California's single-payer bill dies

A bill to overhaul the state's health care system stalled in the Legislature Monday. | Continue reading


@politico.com | 2 years ago

Suicide hotline shares data with for-profit spinoff, raising ethical questions

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@politico.com | 2 years ago

Potential DOJ suits against Apple and Google delayed amid budget woes

Antitrust prosecutors had aimed to wrap up their probes of the two tech giants by Dec. 31. But now a decision on whether to sue could come in March or later. | Continue reading


@politico.com | 2 years ago

The Congressman Who Doesn’t Use Google

Is it possible to swear off the tech giants and still function in the Capitol? Ken Buck is trying to find out. | Continue reading


@politico.com | 2 years ago

He was hired to fix California schools while running a business in Philadelphia

Daniel Lee's long-distance appointment may run afoul of California rules for state workers. | Continue reading


@politico.com | 2 years ago

Ending China’s 20-year WTO winning streak

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@politico.com | 2 years ago

Clearview AI on track to win U.S. patent for facial recognition technology

The government is moving to award a lucrative patent for a “search engine for faces,” a technology that has members of Congress and privacy advocates up in arms. | Continue reading


@politico.com | 2 years ago

The Alliance for the Future of the Internet (White House)

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@politico.com | 2 years ago

Cable News reaches a tiny fraction of the country, so why does the rest of the media care so much about the stupid things it says? | Continue reading


@politico.com | 2 years ago

What ‘Succession’ Gets That AOC Doesn’t

Americans don’t want to hate the rich. We want to feel sorry for them. | Continue reading


@politico.com | 2 years ago

Once the belle of the resistance ball, the group now has a growing list of detractors. They say they’re still committed to the fight. | Continue reading


@politico.com | 2 years ago

‘Climate Migrants’ Are Roiling American Politics

Refugees fleeing weather-related disasters are changing the political equation in Florida, Virginia, California, Idaho and beyond. | Continue reading


@politico.com | 2 years ago

The Weirdly Political Legacy of ‘Ghostbusters’

Who ya gonna call? Well, that depends on your ideological priors. | Continue reading


@politico.com | 2 years ago

Whose job is it to prevent Armageddon?

Calls grow for a global planetary defense strategy as thousands of near-Earth asteroids are discovered each year. | Continue reading


@politico.com | 2 years ago

FBI raid on Project Veritas founder’s home sparks questions about press freedom

The action against James O’Keefe has prompted concern about the Biden administration’s commitment to the First Amendment. | Continue reading


@politico.com | 2 years ago

Bernie’s Millions

How did he amass three houses and a net worth of more than $1 million? The surprisingly conventional middle-class climbing of a radical-sounding socialist. | Continue reading


@politico.com | 2 years ago

How to Overcome Tribalism, the Shouty Minority and Facebook Toxicity

The social psychologist Jonathan Haidt offers some prescriptions to soothe society. | Continue reading


@politico.com | 2 years ago

The bitter, nasty feud over making daylight saving time permanent

Who knew there were such passions around falling back and springing forward? | Continue reading


@politico.com | 2 years ago

Crude Awakening on Line 5

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@politico.com | 2 years ago

Eric Adams wants Bitcoin payments as NYC mayor

The announcement was a clear statement of political support for crypto. | Continue reading


@politico.com | 2 years ago