Andrew Blake

Kirstjen Nielsen, DHS chief, on cybersecurity threats: ‘America is not prepared for this’

Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen offered a dire assessment of the nation's ability to withstand a state-sponsored cyberattack.

March 19, 2019

Russia warns of multinational arms race arising from abandoned weapons treaty

Russia warned Tuesday that a "multilateral arms race" risks resulting from the United States withdrawing from the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty, a Cold War-era weapons agreement recently abandoned by President Trump.

March 19, 2019

Milo Yiannopoulos denied Australian visa after calling Islam ‘barbaric, alien’ religion

Milo Yiannopoulos was declared persona non grata Saturday by Australia's top immigration official as a result of the right-wing provocateur's response to the recent massacre at two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand.

March 16, 2019

Donald Trump Jr. defends Chelsea Clinton following confrontation at vigil for New Zealand victims

Donald Trump Jr. defended Chelsea Clinton on Saturday after the former first daughter was confronted at a vigil for victims of the New Zealand mosque attacks.

March 16, 2019

Fraser Anning, Australian senator, egged by teen amid blowback over anti-Muslim remarks

Fraser Anning, an Australian senator who blamed Muslims for the recent massacres at two mosques in New Zealand, was hit in the head with a raw egg while speaking Saturday. Police are investigating his reaction.

March 16, 2019

Beto O’Rourke ‘mortified’ over articles written as teen member of Cult of the Dead Cow hacker group

Democratic presidential candidate Beto O'Rourke expressed regret Friday over writings he contributed as a teenage member of the Cult of the Dead Cow hacker group.

March 16, 2019

Bernie Sanders becomes first White House candidate ever to unionize campaign

Sen. Bernie Sanders on Friday became the first U.S. presidential candidate in the country's history to unionize their White House campaign.

March 16, 2019

Bill Maher: Democrats made ‘terrible decision’ in declining Fox News debate offer

Bill Maher dared Democrats on Friday to appear on Fox News, calling their reluctance a "fundamental problem" complicating the party's effort to defeat President Trump in 2020.

March 16, 2019

Trump discounts threat posed by white nationalists: ‘It’s a small group of people’

President Trump on Friday denied white nationalists pose a growing risk, addressing concerns less than 24 hours after a self-proclaimed racist was arrested for the murders of 49 people at two New Zealand mosques.

March 15, 2019

Russia resisting calls to produce evidence in Paul Whelan case: State Dept.

The U.S. State Department sought answers Friday from Russia over Moscow's stalled case against Paul Whelan, a former U.S. Marine jailed overseas since December.

March 15, 2019

Beto O’Rourke revealed as teenager member of hacker group Cult of the Dead Cow

Beto O'Rourke was revealed Friday to be a former member of an infamous hacker group, the Cult of the Dead Cow, where the presidential hopeful contributed as a teenager under the moniker "Psychedelic Warlord."

March 15, 2019

Benny Gantz, Netanyahu rival, denies hacked cellphone contains blackmail fodder

Benny Gantz, an Israeli politician seeking to unseat Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, denied Friday he risks being blackmailed as a result of having his cellphone hacked ahead of next month's election, calling it "petty, petty gossip" meant to distract from bigger issues.

March 15, 2019

Treasury unable to advise on marijuana issues unless conflicting laws resolved: Mnuchin

Steve Mnuchin, President Trump's secretary of the Treasury, told senators Thursday that clashing state and federal marijuana laws are among "many, many, many complicated issues" facing the nation's financial system.

March 15, 2019

Slack purges 28 accounts from chat platform over ties to hate groups

Popular chat platform Slack announced Thursday that it had purged nearly 30 accounts tied to hate groups on the heels of a report revealing its use by white nationalists.

March 14, 2019

Jacob Wohl, right-wing activist, scrutinized over suspicious Twitter messages reported to police

Jacob Wohl, a right-wing provocateur recently banned from Twitter for running fake accounts, has been accused of fabricating death threats he reported last month to the Minneapolis Police Department.

March 14, 2019

Election security bill would let DHS set cyber standards

Sen. Ron Wyden, Oregon Democrat, announced plans Thursday to pursue legislation allowing the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to establish mandatory cybersecurity requirements for elections.

March 14, 2019

Beto O’Rourke calls for legalizing marijuana at first event since announcing 2020 candidacy

Beto O'Rourke called for federally legalizing marijuana Thursday morning shortly after formally announcing his plans to seek the presidency in 2020.

March 14, 2019

The Jerky Boys plot comedy act’s first new album in 20 years

The Jerky Boys, a comedy act that found fame in the 1990s for selling millions of albums containing crude prank phone calls, plan to release a new record for the first time in 20 years, creator Johnny Brennan said in an interview published Wednesday.

March 13, 2019

Dayton asks court to keep Klan group from staging military-style rally

City leaders in Dayton, Ohio, announced plans Wednesday to keep a group affiliated with the Ku Klux Klan from holding a military-style rally over Memorial Day weekend.

March 13, 2019

Journalist Protection Act reintroduced by Democrats in House, Senate

Democrats in the House and Senate cited President Trump's continuing attacks on the press as the impetus for reintroducing the Journalist Protection Act on Tuesday.

March 13, 2019