Tag: Watchdog

"I couldn't believe that after Republicans took the majority in the election in 1994 ... that we never did end this practice of having an automatic increase in every federal department's budget every year," said Louie Gohmert. (Graeme Jennings/Examiner)

Gohmert: Waging war against Washington spending

Rudy Takala · May 23, 2016 4:01 am

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg delivers the keynote address at the F8 Facebook Developer Conference in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)

On Facebook, critics see long pattern of discrimination

Rudy Takala · May 23, 2016 4:01 am

The "Stop Mass Hacking Act," proposed on Thursday by Wyden and a bipartisan group of his colleagues, is aimed chiefly at preventing the FBI from hacking thousands of computers via so-called "botnets" using a single warrant. (iStock photo)

National Security

Nonprofits and trade group support bill to prevent mass hacking by feds

Rudy Takala · May 20, 2016 8:03 pm

Man says his team could have provided reinforcements to the Americans under attack in September 2012. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Benghazi Republicans turn to unlikely source in defense of Gowdy

Sarah Bedford · May 20, 2016 6:49 pm

Ben and Jerry's co-founders Ben Cohen, left, and Jerry Greenfield, second from right, unveil a new ice cream flavor called "Empower Mint." (Kaitlin McKeown/The Herald-Sun via AP)

Ben and Jerry’s calls on consumers to combat male oppression with ice cream

Rudy Takala · May 20, 2016 2:35 pm

DNC officials are preparing to offer Sen. Bernie Sanders and his supporters a chance to shape the party’s platform at the convention in July. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings, File)

Report: DNC to offer Sanders olive branch at convention

Sarah Bedford · May 20, 2016 2:12 pm

A federal court is taking more time than normal to release a ruling on the legality of "net neutrality" regulations passed by the Federal Communications Commission in 2015, intensifying the speculation of the outcome on both sides of the argument. (AP Photo/Kostas Tsironis)

Critics hope ‘net neutrality’ dies through delays

Rudy Takala · May 20, 2016 4:01 am

"The proposal will significantly increase the power of foreign governments over the Internet, expand ICANN's historical core mission by creating a gateway to content regulation, and embolden [its] leadership to act without any real accountability," said the letter, which was signed by Republican senators, including Ted Cruz of Texas and Mike Lee of Utah. (AP Photo/Molly Riley)

Senators warn against plan to let China, Iran in on Internet governance

Rudy Takala · May 19, 2016 10:44 pm

It was first reported that Facebook was counting URLs sent in private messages as "likes" in 2012, but the site discontinued the practice shortly afterwards. (AP Photo)

Facebook sued for scanning private user messages

Rudy Takala · May 19, 2016 8:01 pm

Issue centers on February heist that came through a penetration of the bank's SWIFT Alliance Access software. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

National Security

Senators propose bill to stop FBI mass hacking policy

Rudy Takala · May 19, 2016 5:10 pm

FTC rejects congressional request to investigate Clinton Foundation

Rudy Takala · May 19, 2016 3:59 pm

House GOP gears up for final battle with Obama IRS

Sarah Bedford · May 19, 2016 3:57 pm