Ryan Lovelace

Joe Biden nominates federal cybersecurity officials

President Biden is nominating new officials to oversee federal cybersecurity policy on Monday, including the nation's first cyber director.

April 12, 2021

McConnell-aligned super PAC backs Murkowski against primary challenge

A super PAC aligned with Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell supports reelecting Sen. Lisa Murkowski in Alaska next year, clashing with former President Donald Trump, who's arguably still the leader of the GOP.

April 9, 2021

Internet companies courting conservatives while cracking down on content

Several of the largest internet companies are courting conservative allies, even as they crack down on content from the right after the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.

April 8, 2021

LinkedIn confirms user data scraped, but says private info not taken

LinkedIn confirmed Thursday that an archive containing its users' data was made available online, but the company said the info was publicly available and that hackers did not breach the company.

April 8, 2021

Gabby Giffords-affiliated gun-control group to install temporary memorial on National Mall

The gun-control group named in honor of wounded former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords is installing a "Gun Violence Memorial" on the National Mall next week featuring 40,000 flowers to represent the number of Americans the group said dies from gun violence each year.

April 8, 2021

Facebook says it’s working to get leaked user data taken down

Facebook said it is working to get the personal data of more than 530 million Facebook users taken down from the web.

April 7, 2021

Ben Carson: ‘Wokeness’ at home poses greater threat to America than foreign adversaries

Former Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson said Wednesday that the "wokeness" dictated by politically correct culture poses a graver threat to America than foreign adversaries.

April 7, 2021

FreedomWorks fights D.C. statehood push with ‘Make D.C. Maryland Again’ campaign

The conservative activists at FreedomWorks are proposing to let Maryland absorb much of Washington, D.C. as part of a new campaign fighting against the liberal push for D.C. statehood.

April 6, 2021

Senators want federal government to take accountability for SolarWinds hack

The leadership of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee wants the Biden administration to take accountability and provide more information on the SolarWinds hack of computer network management software afflicting the government.

April 6, 2021

Conservative group targets Biden judicial nominees in new ad blitz

The conservative Judicial Crisis Network is targeting President Biden's judicial nominees in a new million-dollar ad blitz starting Tuesday.

April 6, 2021

Data of 500 million Facebook users leaked

The personal data of more than 500 million Facebook users became widely available online this weekend, although the social media giant said it fixed the vulnerability used by hackers two years ago.

April 5, 2021

Supreme Court sides with Google in copyright battle against Oracle

The Supreme Court on Monday ruled 6-2 for Google in its years-long copyright fight with Oracle.

April 5, 2021

Tom Cotton tells Republican workers to challenge firms fighting Georgia election law: ‘Send emails’

Sen. Tom Cotton said Monday he wanted conservative and Republican employees to get vocal and counter liberal activists pressuring corporations to oppose Georgia's new election law.

April 5, 2021

Private groups building COVID-19 vaccine ‘passports’ as inoculations expand

The race to build COVID-19 vaccine "passport" credentials has started, with the Biden administration saying it will issue guidance for those developing them.

March 30, 2021

Ransomware attacks growing steadily in 2021, says cybersecurity firm

Ransomware attacks are increasing steadily in 2021, according to the cybersecurity firm Check Point Research.

March 30, 2021

Tech cracks down on faith-based groups at rate of 1 per week in 2021: report

Tech companies have silenced faith-based organizations at a rate of one per week in 2021, according to a new report from the Napa Legal Institute.

March 29, 2021

New ‘Chamber of Progress’ forms to advance liberal agenda for tech

The beleaguered tech sector has new advocacy muscle to run interference against Washington policymakers: the Chamber of Progress, a liberal advocacy coalition started by veteran Democratic aide and Google alumnus Adam Kovacevich.

March 29, 2021

Democrats tie filibuster, federal voting bill in shadow of Georgia election law

Democrats on Sunday seized on Georgia's new election laws to push their federal voting rights legislation and an end to the Senate filibuster, moves that Republicans denounced as naked power grabs.

March 28, 2021

Joe Biden rips Trump plan to visit U.S.-Mexico border

President Biden said Sunday he's going to approach the migrant surge at the southern border his way and he doesn't care about critiques from his predecessor, dismissing him as "the other guy."

March 28, 2021

Sen. Lindsey Graham: Democrats’ voting rights overhaul is ‘biggest power grab’ in history

Sen. Lindsey Graham said Sunday that Democrats' voting rights overhaul proposal is a "sick" attempt at federalizing state elections.

March 28, 2021