Andrew Blake

Support grows among public for Donald Trump impeachment: Poll

Four in 10 registered voters already support impeaching President Trump, a Democratic pollster said Thursday, highlighting growing suspicions surrounding his ability to lead less than two weeks after taking office.

February 3, 2017

New York Times and ACLU encounter record-breaking support as Trump administration takes hold

President Trump's deliberate targeting of the mainstream media and asylum seekers alike has hardly hurt the coffers of either The New York Times or the American Civil Liberties Union. The newspaper and civil rights group separately revealed figures this week that suggest a recent surge in support in spite of ongoing attacks from the Oval Office.

February 3, 2017

‘South Park’ creators say they’ll ‘back off’ Donald Trump: ‘Satire has kind of become reality’

The creators of "South Park" on Thursday said they plan to shift the show's attention away from the Trump administration next season after finding themselves already fatigued from parodying the president and his policies.

February 3, 2017

Texas high school students give Nazi salute, yell ‘Heil Trump’ during class photoshoot: Report

An investigation is underway at Cypress Ranch High School in Cypress, Texas after dozens of students reportedly gave a Nazi salute and shouted "Heil Hitler" and "Heil Trump" as they posed for senior class photos Tuesday.

February 2, 2017

Vladimir Kara-Murza, Putin critic, suffers sudden organ failure

Russian opposition activist Vladimir Kara-Murza, a pro-Democracy crusader revered as one of President Vladimir Putin's fiercest critics, was abruptly hospitalized with organ failure Thursday after unexpectedly becoming critically ill for the second time in two years, his wife told reporters.

February 2, 2017

Keith Olbermann to Donald Trump: ‘They’re called “refugees” you piece of s—-‘

Political commentator Keith Olbermann had harsh words for President Trump on Wednesday after the commander in chief mischaracterized refugees being held at Australian detention centers as "illegal immigrants."

February 2, 2017

Bruce Springsteen plays ‘Don’t Hang Up’ in Australia amid reports of disastrous Trump-Turnbull call

President Trump's controversial phone call this week with Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull spurred a hardly subtle response from Bruce Springsteen Thursday in the form of a timely cover song used to kick off a concert at Melbourne's AAMI Park.

February 2, 2017

Reddit bans popular alt-right communities over apparent policy violations

Reddit on Wednesday purged the website of two high-profile communities associated with the so-called alt-right, spurring cries of censorship from within the fringe conservative movement.

February 2, 2017

Russian hackers charged in treason case accused of cooperating with U.S. intelligence, attorney says

A Russian cybersecurity researcher and two officers of the former KGB have been charged with committing treason for the United States, an attorney for one of them said Wednesday, clarifying recent reports involving a wave of sudden arrests connected to Moscow's cybersecurity and intelligence communities alike.

February 1, 2017

Donald Trump surpasses Vladimir Putin as Russian media’s most-discussed public figure: Report

U.S. President Trump usurped his Kremlin counterpart last month as the most-discussed figure in Russian media, a Moscow-based analysts firm said Wednesday.

February 1, 2017

Ian Lichterman, Philadelphia cop, cleared of wrongdoing after tattoo triggered internal probe

A Philadelphia police officer whose tattoo provoked outrage from the mayor's office and spurred a months-long internal probe has been cleared of wrongdoing, local media reported Tuesday.

February 1, 2017

Tesla customers cancel Model 3 orders over CEO Elon Musk’s involvement in Trump White House: Report

Tesla customers who paid deposits to reserve the company's first mid-priced, fully-electric sedan have begun canceling their orders due to CEO Elon Musk's involvement in President Trump's administration.

February 1, 2017

KKK recruitment fliers distributed across three states in two days

Ku Klux Klan recruitment fliers were distributed throughout towns in North Carolina, Illinois and Maine this week, triggering condemnation across three states from religious leaders, lawmakers and concerned residents alike.

January 31, 2017

FBI, DHS rent office space inside foreign-owned buildings, spurring spying concerns: Report

The FBI, U.S. Secret Service and two dozen other federal agencies lease office space within foreign-owned buildings, a government watchdog reported Monday, raising concerns given the potential it provides for adversaries to conduct espionage against valuable American targets.

January 31, 2017

FBI defends withholding details of iPhone exploit, cites national security, ‘hostile entities’

Disclosing additional details involving how the FBI unlocked an Apple iPhone at the center of a terrorism probe would be detrimental to national security, attorneys for the bureau argued in court filings Monday.

January 31, 2017

Cardinals lose draft picks, $1.8 million over hacking scandal

The St. Louis Cardinals were stripped of its top two draft picks and ordered to pay nearly $2 million in damages to the Houston Astros on Monday as punishment for a hacking scheme perpetrated by the baseball team's former scouting director, Chris Correa.

January 31, 2017

Michael Flynn, Donald Trump national security adviser, disappears from Twitter

The Twitter account used by President Trump's national security adviser, retired Army Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn, ceased to exist Monday without explanation in the wake of his son's account disappearing a day earlier.

January 31, 2017

Police surveillance system hacked in D.C. days prior to Trump’s inauguration

Surveillance cameras deployed across the nation's capital abruptly malfunctioned prior to President Trump's inauguration last week, preventing police from recording video footage for several days leading up to his swearing-in and triggering reinstallation efforts across Washington, D.C., city officials said Friday.

January 28, 2017

‘Lady Liberty is crying,’ Democrats declare in wake of Trump’s visa, asylum executive order

Democratic leadership in the House and Senate slammed President Trump's signing of a broad executive order targeting refugees Friday as antithetical to the nation's tradition of welcoming "huddled masses yearning to breathe free."

January 28, 2017

President Trump targets New York Times, Washington Post in morning Twitter rant

President Trump targeted two of the nation's largest newspapers from his Twitter account Saturday morning, lambasting one as "fake news" without explanation at the start of his second week in office.

January 28, 2017