Andrew Blake

Steven Seagal teases run in Russian gubernatorial race

Steven Seagal has aspirations of running for office in Russia, the Michigan-born action-movie star revealed Wednesday, but he's likely out of luck unless he considers renouncing his United States citizenship.

September 26, 2018

Randy Credico, comedian linked to Trump campaign and WikiLeaks, subpoenaed by Senate panel

Randy Credico, a longtime acquaintance of President Trump's former campaign adviser Roger Stone, has been subpoenaed by the Senate Intelligence Committee as part of the panel's ongoing investigation into Russia's interference during the 2016 race.

September 26, 2018

Nghia Hoang Pho, former NSA developer, sentenced for willful retention of classified material

Nghia Hoang Pho, a former software developer for the U.S. National Security Agency, was sentenced Tuesday in connection with removing classified material from NSA headquarters in Fort Meade, Maryland.

September 25, 2018

Twitter plans to prohibit ‘dehumanizing language,’ such as comparisons to animals, viruses

Twitter on Tuesday announced plans to prohibit "dehumanizing language" on its platform, including tweets comparing people to animals and viruses.

September 25, 2018

Recreational marijuana bill introduced in Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania is on a path to potentially legalizing recreational marijuana after a Democratic state representative introduced a bill Monday permitting adults to possess, use and grow the plant.

September 25, 2018

Sundar Pichai, Google CEO, to meet with Republicans to discuss alleged bias, China

Google's chief executive, Sundar Pichai, will meet privately with Republican lawmakers on Friday in the face of lingering questions involving its operations in the U.S. and abroad.

September 25, 2018

Jerome Corsi, conspiracy theorist tied to Roger Stone, makes appearance before Mueller probe: Report

Jerome Corsi, a conspiracy theorist linked to President Trump's former campaign adviser Roger Stone, met Friday with a federal grand jury convened as part of special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into the 2016 election, ABC News reported.

September 22, 2018

D.C. police to shift towards citations over arrests for people caught using marijuana in public

Police have revised their policies for arresting people caught using marijuana in Washington, D.C., where the plant is permitted for recreational purposes on private property but not in public.

September 22, 2018

Executive order drafted directing agencies to investigate Facebook, Google: Report

President Trump's administration has drafted an executive order directing federal authorities to investigate the business practices of major internet companies, paving the way for potential antitrust probes into firms including Facebook and Google, Bloomberg News reported Saturday.

September 22, 2018

PayPal cuts off Alex Jones by permanently banning Infowars, related sites

PayPal is permanently banning websites run by Alex Jones, marking another blow against the right-wing media personality's efforts to keep his Infowars empire afloat after getting the boot recently from fellow tech titans ranging from Apple to YouTube.

September 22, 2018

Twitter says bug exposed some users’ private messages for 16 months

Twitter has fixed a bug that caused private messages sent between certain users to be with shared with third-party software developers for more than a year, the company said Friday.

September 22, 2018

Romanian pleads guilty in hack of D.C. police surveillance cameras prior to Inauguration Day

Eveline Cismaru, one of two Romanians accused of disabling more than 100 surveillance cameras used by D.C police days prior to President Trump's inauguration ceremony, has pleaded guilty to related charges.

September 21, 2018

Tilray, Canadian marijuana firm, sees stock price tumble days after DEA deal spurred surge

Canadian marijuana company Tilray capped off a whirlwind week on Wall Street by seeing its stock price tumble 30 percent on Friday following a recent surge spurred by inking a deal with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration.

September 21, 2018

FEMA test to put ‘presidential alert’ on 75 percent of U.S. cellphones, agency expects

Three-quarters of the country's cellphones should display a "presidential alert" during an inaugural test of a nationwide notification system next month, a Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) official said Friday.

September 21, 2018

Russia plotted sneaking Julian Assange out of Ecuadorian Embassy in London: Report

Russian diplomats have secretly discussed extracting WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange from the Ecuadorian Embassy in London and escorting him out of the U.K. and beyond the reach of a potential U.S. extradition request, The Guardian reported Friday.

September 21, 2018

Matt Gaetz rips DEA deal with Canadian marijuana biz: ‘What happened to ‘buy American’?’

The U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency's decision to import marijuana extracts from Canada has fired up Rep. Matt Gaetz, Florida Republican, in light of the Justice Department causing obstacles for the U.S. cannabis industry.

September 20, 2018

Bryan Caforio, former House candidate, suffered repeated cyberattacks before primary defeat: Report

Bryan Caforio, a former Democratic candidate for Congress, was reportedly on the receiving end of no fewer than four separate cyberattacks prior to narrowly finishing third in California's state primary.

September 20, 2018

Donald Trump credits Fox hosts for decision to declassify Russian probe text messages

President Trump has credited several Fox News hosts with his decision to declassify material related to the government investigation into his own election.

September 20, 2018

Ann Scott, wife of Florida governor, swindled out of $350k in ‘sophisticated’ cybercrime scheme

Ann Scott, the wife of Florida Gov. Rick Scott, was twice targeted by online scams that resulted in the theft of $350,000, a report revealed Wednesday.

September 20, 2018

DOJ sued over records involving surveillance of New York Times reporter Ali Watkins

The Department of Justice was sued Wednesday for withholding documents involving the government's surveillance of Ali Watkins, a New York Times reporter whose email and phone records were secretly seized by federal investigators probing classified leaks.

September 20, 2018