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Vaughn Cockayne

Vaughn Cockayne

vcockayne@washingtontimes.com

Vaughn Cockayne is a Foreign Affairs Correspondent for The Washington Times. He is an Ohio native and holds a bachelor's degree in Multi-Platform Journalism from Bowling Green State University. Vaughn previously worked as a freelance writer, covering data security and privacy issues before joining The Washington Times. He can be reached at vcockayne@washingtontimes.com.

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This Thursday, Feb. 22, 2018 photo shows a display of TurboTax software in a Sam's Club in Pittsburgh. The Federal Trade Commission is suing TurboTax maker Intuit, Tuesday, March 29, 2022, saying its ads for “free” tax filing misled consumers. The consumer protection agency said millions of consumers cannot actually use the free tax-prep software option because they are ineligible for it.   (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)

FTC to TurboTax: Quit touting free services

Popular tax filing service TurboTax has been banned from advertising "free" services after a Federal Trade Commission ruling found the company used deceptive ad practices.

January 23, 2024
The Reddit app icon is seen on a smartphone, Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2023, in Marple Township, Pa. The social media site seeks to launch its initial public offering in March, three years after it first filed. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)

Reddit aims for IPO by March

Social media site Reddit seeks to launch its initial public offering in March, three years after it first filed.

January 18, 2024
The SpaceX logo is displayed on a building, May 26, 2020, at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla. On Wednesday, Jan. 3, 2024, a U.S. labor agency accused SpaceX of unlawfully firing employees who penned an open letter critical of CEO Elon Musk and creating an impression that worker activities were under surveillance by the rocket ship company. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, File)

NASA: No proof of illegal drug use at SpaceX

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration on Thursday announced it found no evidence of illicit drug use at SpaceX that would jeopardize a rocket launch.

January 12, 2024
United Auto Workers members walk in the Labor Day parade in Detroit, Sept. 2, 2019. More than 1,500 employees at Mercedes-Benz's Tuscaloosa, Alabama, plant have signed union cards with the United Auto Workers, the largest step yet in the union's effort to organize nonunion auto shops. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)

Mercedes workers in Alabama line up to back union

Over 1,500 employees at Mercedes-Benz's Tuscaloosa, Alabama, plant have signed union cards with the United Auto Workers, the largest step yet in the union's effort to organize nonunion auto shops.

January 11, 2024