Sonny Smith’s Garage Pop Is Ready for the Mainstream
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Sonny SmithRod for Your LoveEasy Eye Sound On his own, or as leader of Sonny and the Sunsets, the engaging Sonny Smith specializes in finely observed vignettes about everyday people that showcase his wry, slackerish voice. For all its rough edges, though, there’s nothing casual…
Facebook Info Loss Now Up to 2 Billion
Jaap Arriens Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. How many people have had their personal information compromised by Facebook? Here’s how the estimates have changed over time starting from early March: 270 thousand 50 million 87 million 2 billion Meh. What’s a factor of 10,000 between friends? And make no mistake:…
Special Counsel Robert Mueller Is Asking Russian Oligarchs if They Gave Money to Trump
J. Scott Applewhite/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Robert Mueller’s special counsel team has questioned several Russian oligarchs about the possibility that they illegally funneled Russian money into Donald Trump’s presidential campaign, according to a CNN report published on Wednesday evening. Mueller, tasked with investigating Russian interference in the US election and…
Trump Wants Do-Over on Spending Bill
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. ABC News reports that President Trump may ask Congress to use its recission authority to slash some of the programs in the $1.3 trillion spending bill it passed a couple of weeks ago: Trump has been talking with House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., about…
It Looks Like Trump Is Actually Sending Troops to the Border
Evan Vucci/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The Trump administration is making good on the president’s pledge to send troops to the Mexican border. On Wednesday afternoon, Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen said the administration will work with governors to deploy National Guardsmen to the border. The announcement is the culmination of…
Facebook Admits Millions More People Were Affected by Cambridge Analytica Breach Than Previously Known
Marcio Jose Sanchez/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Facebook said Wednesday that personal data for up to 87 million people—tens of millions more than originally thought—may have been “improperly shared” with Cambridge Analytica, the data analytics firm that worked for Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign. Most of those affected were in…