Andrew Blake

Roger Stone, former Trump advisor, urges president against interfering with state marijuana laws

President Trump's former campaign advisor, Roger Stone, is calling on the commander in chief to uphold his pre-election promise to ease up on one front in the federal war on drugs: marijuana prosecutions.

June 24, 2017

Richmond mayor creates commission to ‘tell the real story’ of city’s Confederate monuments

Richmond Mayor Levar Stoney proposed a compromise Thursday as a dispute over the Virginia capital's Confederate monuments intensifies with calls for their removal.

June 23, 2017

Bill regulating online anonymizers unanimously passes first ruling in Russian Duma

Russian lawmakers on Friday unanimously approved the first reading of legislation outlawing virtual private network (VPN) services and other technologies that let internet users bypass Moscow's ever-expanding blacklist of banned websites.

June 23, 2017

House probing whether Trump campaign received hacked voter records: Reports

The House Intelligence Committee is said to be investigating whether individuals affiliated with President Trump's 2016 campaign received stolen voter data obtained by election hackers during last year's race, according to multiple reports.

June 23, 2017

Obama authorized deployment of cyber weapons against Russia over election meddling: Report

Former President Barack Obama authorized the U.S. to plant cyber weapons within Russia's infrastructure for his successor to detonate in response to Moscow's meddling in last year's White House race, according to a new report.

June 23, 2017

U.K. ‘wants a way out’ of Julian Assange deadlock, Ecuador says

Britain wishes to resolve the international impasse surrounding WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange more than five years after he sought asylum inside Ecuador's embassy in London, Quito's foreign minister said Thursday, potentially paving the way for his safe passage to South America.

June 23, 2017

Cybercriminals responsible for $1.3 billion in reported losses last year: FBI

The FBI's cybercrime office received nearly 300,000 complaints in 2016 totaling losses of more than $1.3 billion, up nearly a quarter from a year before, the agency said Thursday.

June 22, 2017

Russia bans Google, briefly, over 2016 tax ruling

Google was briefly banned by Moscow's internet watchdog Thursday over a website at the center of a June 2016 federal tax ruling, Russian media reported.

June 22, 2017

Meeting over streets named for Confederate generals ends with five arrests in Florida

Five people were arrested during a city council meeting in Hollywood, Florida, on Wednesday amid a debate surrounding the potential renaming of several local streets currently honoring Confederate Army generals.

June 22, 2017

Vermont punts on marijuana legalization bill after garnering support of Senate, Gov. Phil Scott

Lawmakers in Vermont snuffed a revived bid to legalize recreational marijuana Wednesday, slashing the state's odds of soon becoming the ninth in the nation with legal weed.

June 22, 2017

FBI never contacted Wasserman Schultz after DNC breach, former chairwoman claims

The former chair of the Democratic National Committee said Wednesday that the FBI never contacted her after Russian hackers breached the DNC's computer networks prior to last year's presidential race.

June 22, 2017

Russian hackers targeted election systems in 21 states: DHS

The Trump administration acknowledged Wednesday that Russian hackers targeted election systems in nearly half the country during last year's presidential race, offering the largest on-the-record accounting yet with respect to the scope of Moscow's alleged interference.

June 21, 2017

Chelsea Manning’s military leaks had no significant impact on U.S. interests: Pentagon report

Army Pvt. Chelsea Manning's unauthorized release of hundreds of thousands of classified U.S. military documents to WikiLeaks in 2010 failed to significantly affect American interests, according to a newly released government assessment.

June 21, 2017

Hacker targets Minnesota after officer’s acquittal in Philando Castile shooting case

A hacker angered by the recent acquittal of a Minnesota police officer responsible for fatally shooting motorist Philando Castile last summer has taken credit for breaching a state database and leaking stolen user data in response to Friday's not guilty verdict.

June 21, 2017

WannaCry virus forces Honda car plant to halt operations, delaying production of 1,000 vehicles

A Honda factory near Tokyo was shuttered for over 24 hours this week after its computers became infected with WannaCry, the same ransomware virus responsible for crippling systems in 150 countries last month, the car manufacturer said Wednesday.

June 21, 2017

Sean Hannity, Fox News host, claims a ‘soft coup’ is unfolding against Donald Trump

Conservative political commentator Sean Hannity claimed Tuesday that Obama administration holdovers and members of the media are contributing to a supposed "soft coup" being waged against President Trump.

June 21, 2017

KKK groups advertise across three states ahead of upcoming Klan rally

Recruitment flyers touting the Ku Klux Klan were distributed in at least three states this weekend, including leaflets lauding the notorious hate group as the so-called "Kool Kids Klub."

June 20, 2017

Feds seize nearly 100 pounds of fentanyl, deadly synthetic opiate, in unprecedented drug bust

Federal authorities said Monday that a narcotics probe has resulted in the seizure of nearly 100 pounds of fentanyl, or enough of the drug to kill more than a million people.

June 20, 2017

Moby video depicts Donald Trump as missile-firing Nazi robot

An animated version of President Trump transforms into a robotic, missile-firing swastika in new music video by electronic artist Moby.

June 20, 2017

WannaCry ransomware attack likely waged by North Korea, U.S. and U.K. believe: Reports

Security officials in the U.S. and Britain reportedly now believe that North Korean hackers likely conducted the unprecedented WannaCry cyberattack that crippled millions of computer systems around the world last month.

June 16, 2017