Andrew Blake

Vast majority of Republicans believe major outlets report ‘fake news’ for political purposes: Poll

Nearly nine-in-ten Republicans believe major U.S. news organizations report "fake news" for political reasons, pollsters said Tuesday.

April 2, 2019

Donald Trump Jr. explains TruNews interview amid uproar

Donald Trump Jr. distanced himself Friday from TruNews, a controversial media outlet that recently interviewed the president's eldest son in-between peddling radical right-wing conspiracy theories.

March 30, 2019

Tyler Barriss sentenced to 20 years over deadly ‘swatting’ call

Tyler Barriss, who admitted placing a bogus emergency call that resulted in police fatally shooting a Kansas man in a "swatting" prank turned tragic, received a 20-year prison sentence Friday by a federal court judge.

March 30, 2019

Chelsea Manning appeals contempt ruling in Fourth Circuit

Chelsea Manning on Friday asked a federal appeals court to reverse the contempt ruling that recently placed the convicted WikiLeaks source back behind bars.

March 30, 2019

The Rolling Stones postpone U.S. shows, citing advice of Mick jagger’s doctors

The Rolling Stones announced Saturday that the band has postponed its upcoming North American tour on the recommendation of doctors treating singer Mick Jagger for an unspecified condition.

March 30, 2019

Trump answers GOP plea over Eddie Gallagher, Navy SEAL awaiting trial for murder

President Trump said Saturday that Edward R. Gallagher, a Navy SEAL charged with war crimes including premeditated murder, will be "moved to less restrictive confinement" while awaiting trial.

March 30, 2019

Maria Butina seeks swift return to Russia as sentencing nears in foreign agent case

Russian agent Maria Butina asked Friday to be extradited home as soon as possible following her recently scheduled sentencing for felony conspiracy.

March 29, 2019

Magento bugs makes Adobe-owned e-commerce platform ripe for hackers

Hundreds of thousands of customers found themselves at risk of a data breach Friday after potentially malicious computer code affecting the popular e-commerce platform Magento was distributed online.

March 29, 2019

Confederate statues protected under Georgia bill, which is on path toward passage

Conservative monuments and other memorials would receive new protections under a bill passed by the Georgia Legislature Thursday.

March 29, 2019

Donald Trump will ‘definitely’ pardon Roger Stone: Mueller witness Randy Credico

President Trump's longtime confidant Roger Stone will "definitely" receive a White House pardon if convicted of charges brought as a result of special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into the 2016 race, a witness in the probe said Thursday.

March 29, 2019

NSA targeted in bipartisan bill seeking end to agency’s collection of U.S. phone data

Bipartisan legislation introduced in both houses of Congress Thursday would terminate the National Security Agency's once-secretive authority to collect U.S. telephone records.

March 29, 2019

Marijuana banking bill easily passes House panel

The first federal marijuana bill to be considered by the 116th Congress easily passed a key hurdle Thursday in the House Financial Services Committee, putting the bipartisan measure on path toward a full vote.

March 28, 2019

Harold Martin, former NSA contractor, enters guilty plea over colossal breach

Harold "Hal" Martin III, a former National Security Agency contractor, pleaded guilty Thursday in connection with perhaps the largest security breach in the history of the U.S. intelligence community.

March 28, 2019

Sentencing set for Russian agent Maria Butina

Maria Butina, a Russian gun rights activist who pleaded guilty to conspiring to act as an unregistered foreign agent, will be sentenced late next month, a federal judge announced Thursday.

March 28, 2019

Jim McGovern: House to consider marijuana reform within weeks

Congress may consider ending federal marijuana prohibition within a matter of weeks, the chairman of the influential House Committee on Rules said Wednesday.

March 28, 2019

Twitter considers labeling Trump tweets otherwise prohibited by terms of service: Report

Twitter is tackling how to let leaders like President Trump break the platform's rules without repercussion, a report said Thursday.

March 28, 2019

Roger Stone, Jerome Corsi spar in civil suit in Mueller probe aftermath

The end of special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into the 2016 race has hardly resolved a rift between Roger Stone and Jerome Corsi, two former colleagues on opposite sides of a related $25 million civil suit that escalated Wednesday.

March 28, 2019

Bipartisan cybersecurity bill would safeguard personal devices of Senate, staff

Passage of bipartisan cybersecurity legislation proposed Wednesday would permit the Senate Sergeant at Arms to help safeguard the personal devices and accounts of certain lawmakers and staff.

March 27, 2019

For local news, Americans narrowly prefer TV to internet: Poll

The internet is nearly on par with television as the preferred outlet among Americans looking for local news coverage, says a Pew Research Center survey released Tuesday.

March 27, 2019

Facebook banning white nationalism, white separatism

Facebook on Wednesday said it will ban "praise, support and representation" of white nationalism and white separatism as part of new rules taking effect next week across the social network and Instagram.

March 27, 2019