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Cybersecurity
Democrats Just Filed a Lawsuit Accusing the Trump Campaign of Helping Russia Disrupt the 2016 Election
The Democratic party is also suing Russia's armed forces and WikiLeak's Julian Assange.
Digital Government
Forget Fixing NAFTA. Give Rural Americans Broadband Internet and Clean Water
The manufacturing era Trump is seeking to recreate has been killed by globalization and technological change.
Policy
Trump Is Quietly Swamping Visa Applicants in Extra Paperwork
The H-1B visa allows American companies to hire skilled foreign workers.
Digital Government
A Three-Day-Old Crowdsourcing Website Is Helping Volunteers Save Lives in Hurricane-Hit Houston
The site lets people in need register their location.
Digital Government
Trump’s Multibillion-Dollar Border Wall Wouldn’t Stop This $5,000 Drone
Earlier this month, border patrol agents intercepted a methamphetamine shipment that had been dropped off via drone on the U.S. side of the border.
Digital Government
U.S. Will Ban Laptops on 180 International Airlines Unless They Meet Mysterious New Security Rules
If the airlines fail to enforce the new standards, the U.S. could bar all large personal electronic devices from their planes.
Digital Government
A US Federal Court Just Used Donald Trump’s Own Tweets to Block His Travel Ban
The proposed policy, which would bar travelers from six majority Muslim countries from entering the US, has been under court review for months.
Digital Government
US Border Patrol Agents Are on Pace to Catch Nine Undocumented Immigrants Each in All of 2017
March had the smallest number of border apprehensions since 1999, according to publicly available records.
Digital Government
The Innovative Suitcase Lab That Could Fight the Zika Virus
The whole thing weighs less than 44 pounds and is operated with a laptop.
Modernization
BlackBerry’s 'End-to-End Security' Didn’t Do El Chapo Any Favors
The notorious criminal was busted after his BlackBerry messages were obtained by the Mexican government.
Digital Government
Feds Expand Iris Scans at Southern Border
Up to now, U.S. border officials have had no way of knowing who overstays, because while they check everyone who comes into the country legally, they don’t keep a record of who leaves by land for Mexico.
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