FBI Paid $900K to Hack into San Bernardino Killer's Phone
Sen. Dianne Feinstein, the top Democrat on the Senate committee that oversees the FBI, said publicly this week that the government paid $900,000 to break into the locked iPhone of a gunman in the San Bernardino, California, shootings, even though the FBI considers the figure to be classified information. The FBI also has protected the identity of the vendor it paid to do the work. Both pieces of information are the subject of a federal lawsuit by ... Read More
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US Expanding Operations Against Taliban in Afghanistan
The U.S. is preparing to expand its military effort against a resurgent Taliban in Afghanistan, The Washington Post reported. The new strategy would give the military broader authority to use airstrikes against Taliban militants and authorize the Pentagon to set troop numbers in Afghanistan. Obama-era restrictions that limited the mobility of U.S. military advisers on the battlefield would also be lifted. ... Read More
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Trump's First International Trip Shows Middle East a Priority
President Donald Trump could be indicating his highest international priority in traveling to the Middle East ahead of European summits later this month, experts say, while also honoring three of the world’s major religions. Trump will travel to Saudi Arabia, then to Israel, and finally to Italy to visit the Vatican in Rome. This will be his first international trip ... Read More
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Senate Republicans Revise House’s ‘Repeal and Replace’ Health Care Bill
Senate Republicans picked up the health care debate Monday by promising a new start, saying they'll write their own legislation that looks substantially different than the embattled plan that cleared the House last week. Ideas already are pouring in from across the GOP. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito of West Virginia ...Read More
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Texas Concealed Carry Holder Thwarts Potential Mass Shooting
Police in Texas say a concealed carry holder is a hero for shooting a crazed attacker Wednesday and preventing what could have been a slaughter inside a crowded sports bar. The man, who was dining with his wife at Zona Caliente in Arlington, Texas, quickly sprung into action when he witnessed the gunman allegedly shoot and kill the bar manager, police said. The man took a gun he had on a concealed carry permit and quickly shot the assailant, who ... Read More
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