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Pennsylvania Sen. Bob Casey has reintroduced a bill to protect U.S. call center workers. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Lawmakers push new bills to deter call centers from leaving the US

By Laura Castro Lindarte
Posted July 11, 2019 at 8:00am
The U.S. military is increasingly adept at mounting cyberattacks in places like Russia and Iran, but America’s computers are almost completely defenseless. (iStock)

America is woefully unprepared for cyber-warfare

By Gopal Ratnam and John M. Donnelly
Posted July 11, 2019 at 6:30am
Former Vice President Joe Biden’s sluggish performance at last month’s Democratic debate has not escaped President Donald Trump’s notice. (Getty Images file photos/Composition by Chris Hale/CQ Roll Call)

As other Democratic candidates close in on Biden, Trump tries to ‘soften up the front-runner’

By John T. Bennett
Posted July 11, 2019 at 5:30am
Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., talks with reporters after the Senate Policy luncheons in the Capitol on June 25, 2019. Graham said he wants to hold big tech companies more accountable by making them “earn” liability protections. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Graham: tech companies should ‘earn’ liability shield

By Laura Castro Lindarte
Posted July 9, 2019 at 4:45pm
President Donald Trump speaks during a rally at the Williamsport Regional Airport in Montoursville, Pa., in May. He meets with the emir of Qatar, who has ties to Iran amid tensions with that Middle East power. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Qatar has ties to Iran, but Trump eyes ‘investments’ ahead of talks with emir

By John T. Bennett
Posted July 9, 2019 at 11:29am
Two congressional committees are preparing for hearings on Facebook’s new cryptocurrency, Libra.(Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Hearings on Facebook’s Libra could dim cryptocurrencies’ sheen

By Dean DeChiaro
Posted July 9, 2019 at 6:00am
To attract more tech experts, the Department of Defense should create a universities-to-Pentagon pipeline, professors say. (iStock)

Tech vanguard is dodging Pentagon

By Patrick Kelley
Posted July 9, 2019 at 5:30am
California Rep. Ro Khanna is leading an amendment to the House version of the National Defense Authorization Act that would block the Trump administration from using military force in Iran without congressional approval. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Road ahead: War powers debate shifts to House

By Lindsey McPherson
Posted July 9, 2019 at 5:00am
Sen. Marsha Blackburn says the Snapchat app is a haven for predators and exposes children to explicit content. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Sen. Marsha Blackburn calls Snapchat ‘a child predator’s dream’

By Katherine Tully-McManus
Posted July 8, 2019 at 1:29pm
South Koreans at the Seoul railway station on June 30 watch a TV screen depicting North Korean leader Kim Jong Un meeting with President Donald Trump at the Demilitarized Zone that separates the two Koreas. (Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images)

3 ways Trump’s Asia swing — including his North Korea visit — was peak Trump

By John T. Bennett
Posted July 1, 2019 at 3:37pm