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Ann Ravel, a Democrat who last year filled her agency's rotating chairmanship, has been criticized over claims that she supports regulating speech on the Internet. (AP Photo)

Regulator: Internet subjecting U.S. elections to foreign influence

Rudy Takala · September 19, 2016 4:11 pm

Committee aides indicated the files might be publicly available on the "dark web."

National Security

Report: Russian hackers may have stolen from Clinton hacker

Rudy Takala · September 19, 2016 1:24 pm

Facebook and Twitter announced that they were going to join several publications considered left-leaning in an effort to "train journalists" and create "a collaborative verification platform" to filter "false information" out of the news.

Tech firms pledge neutrality, yet are still dabbling in politics

Rudy Takala · September 19, 2016 4:01 am

Joan O'Hara is the general counsel at the House Committee on Homeland Security. (Graeme Jennings/Examiner)

Profile: Rowing led to law school, Homeland Security panel

Rudy Takala · September 19, 2016 4:01 am

"The idea of a greater purpose beyond oneself may be alien to political party bosses like Reince Priebus, but it is at the center of everything Gov. Kasich does," John Weaver said. (AP Photo)

Strategist: Kasich won’t be ‘bullied’ into backing Trump

Rudy Takala · September 19, 2016 1:27 am

"If we’re going to put our heads in the sand, if we say we’re going to do nothing in any of these areas, it’s a fiscal cliff," Gary Johnson said. (AP Photo)

Libertarian Johnson: Let’s end 2-party system, not Medicare

Rudy Takala · September 19, 2016 1:05 am

"Looks like Twitter is trying to split the #ZombieHillary hashtag by inventing #ZombieHilary [with] only [one] 'l'," one Twitter user noted. (AP Photo)

Twitter accused of censoring ‘Zombie Hillary’

Rudy Takala · September 18, 2016 11:22 pm

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has seen a groundswell of support from black voters over the last week, according to the results of a tracking poll released over the weekend. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)

Poll: Black voters fueling rise in Trump support

Rudy Takala · September 18, 2016 10:59 pm

St. Cloud, Minn., Police Chief William Blair Anderson and other officials give updated information on the Crossroads Center incident at the St. Cloud Police Department. (Jason Wachter/St. Cloud Times via AP)

National Security

Islamic State claims credit for Minnesota knife attack

Rudy Takala · September 18, 2016 9:03 pm

If the margin holds, Trump will have a better showing in the state than either of the last two Republican nominees. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz)

Survey: Trump may beat Romney, McCain in blue Minnesota

Rudy Takala · September 18, 2016 8:26 pm

"Mr. Snowden's defenders don't deny that he broke the law, not to mention oaths and contractual obligations, when he copied and kept 1.5 million classified documents," the paper argued. (AP Photo/Marco Garcia, File)

National Security

Washington Post calls for convicting source Snowden

Rudy Takala · September 18, 2016 7:45 pm

"I've got tremendous confidence and tremendous respect for certain reporters," Trump said in an interview on Fox News. "But a large portion of the media is disgustingly dishonest." (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

Trump slams CNN: ‘Clinton News Network’

Rudy Takala · September 18, 2016 6:15 pm