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Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is meeting with conservative leaders on Wednesday in light of a report that Facebook downplays conservative news subjects in its "Trending Topics" feature. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)

Here’s what Kristen Soltis Anderson wants to hear from Facebook

Rudy Takala · May 17, 2016 12:03 pm

"Core Republican voters are dying," said Sen. Ben Sasse. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik)

Sasse from Washington: GOP activists ‘not really representative’ of Americans

Rudy Takala · May 16, 2016 11:14 pm

Former Mississippi governor, and GreenTech Automotive chairman Terry McAuliffe, right, after the unveiling of the company's new electric MyCar. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

Green company tied to Clinton got subsidies, but missed job targets

Rudy Takala · May 16, 2016 8:11 pm

The CIA's inspector general is claiming it inadvertently destroyed its only copy of a classified, three-volume Senate report on torture. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

National Security

CIA watchdog ‘accidentally’ deletes torture report, destroys physical copy

Rudy Takala · May 16, 2016 4:58 pm

"This matters to us because Facebook has always been a place where anyone can share their opinions and engage in discussion. And it especially matters to me," Joel Kaplan wrote. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds, File)

Facebook deploys former Bush official to fight claims of bias

Rudy Takala · May 16, 2016 3:32 pm

The United Kingdom's chief intelligence agency Government Communications Headquarters took a step on Monday toward joining its American counterparts on Twitter. (Wikipedia)

National Security

Top British spy agency joins Twitter

Rudy Takala · May 16, 2016 2:55 pm

"From my background as a pastor and as an attorney, I have seen the issues with mental health that are crowding our criminal justice system right now," said Rep. Doug Collins, R-Ga. (AP Photo)

Screening for mental health problems among criminals

Rudy Takala · May 16, 2016 4:01 am

Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act was passed by Congress in 2008, though its full application went unknown to the public until it was exposed by Edward Snowden in 2013. (Bloomberg)

Is FISA finally finished?

Rudy Takala · May 16, 2016 4:01 am

The promise of the sharing economy is real. It lowers prices for consumers, empowers workers by providing flexible work and extends goods and services to underserved populations. (AP Photo)

What’s the government’s role in regulating Uber and Lyft?

Rudy Takala · May 16, 2016 12:01 am

GSA chat app exposed more than 100 Google drives

Rudy Takala · May 14, 2016 2:30 am

Permits officials to look at the social media profiles of applicants for security clearances. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)

National Security

Intel community to start using social media in security clearance checks

Rudy Takala · May 13, 2016 3:53 pm

"Thus, the FBI neither confirms nor denies the existence of any records." (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)

National Security

FBI can’t say whether it’s stealing passwords

Rudy Takala · May 12, 2016 10:53 pm