A Researcher Found a Bunch of Voting Machine Passwords Online
Kelly Owen/Zuma Press A little more than a week ago the Department of Homeland Security confirmed that it was going to forensically analyze computer equipment associated with part of the 2016 elections in North Carolina in association with questions about Russian hacking. The news prompted an information security researcher to announce last week that he’d…
Trump Tries to Walk Back His Admission That He’d Accept Foreign Election Help
President Donald Trump on Friday attempted to clarify his astonishing admission that he’d be willing to accept damaging information on his political rivals from a foreign government—remarks Democrats, including 2020 candidates, say are clear evidence that the president has yet to learn from the Russia investigation. But in trying to settle the controversy, Trump on…
Elizabeth Warren Just Unveiled a Plan to Close the Racial Wealth Gap
Jack Kurtz/Zuma Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) released a plan Friday to close the racial wealth gap by issuing $7 billion in grants to entrepreneurs of color. The grants could be used for startup capital to support an estimated 100,000 new minority-owned businesses, potentially creating 1.1 million jobs. “Every American should have a fair shot at…
This Refugee-Run Catering Company Cures Homesickness With Hummus
Getty On a recent afternoon in a kitchen in the Long Island City neighborhood of Queens, Chef Diaa Alhanoun drizzled olive oil over creamy hummus and garnished it with pita bread. Diaa grew up in Syria. There, he barbequed meats and crispy kibbeh, or potato croquettes, that are stuffed with minced beef, onion, and spices,…
Elizabeth Warren Has a Plan for Winning the White House, and Right Now It’s Working
Sen. Elizabeth Warren at a campaign rally in VirginiaCliff Owen/AP Elizabeth Warren is having what political reporters like to call “a moment.” This policy maven seeking the White House has risen to third place in the Real Clear Politics national polling average of Democratic voters, trailing frontrunner Joe Biden and second-placer Bernie Sanders but surpassing…
Space Force Yes! Baby Nukes No! What Congress Is Sticking in the Pentagon Budget.
Evan Vucci/Associated Press Congress completed its most significant step toward funding the Pentagon for the next year—and it only took close to 21 hours. By 6:53 a.m. this morning, when House Armed Services Committee Chair Adam Smith (D-Wash.) gaveled his panel out of session, members had resurrected President Trump’s beloved Space Force, blocked the Pentagon…