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The company also said that by using proprietary software, most of those newly suspended accounts were blocked before posting their first Tweet. (iStock photo)

National Security

Twitter suspends 300,000 accounts linked to terrorism

Todd Shepherd · September 19, 2017 5:35 pm

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, center, and his wife Sara Netanyahu, right, and Ambassador to the United Nations Danny Danon listen as U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during the 72nd session of the United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters, Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2017. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

Benjamin Netanyahu applauds Trump’s UN remarks: ‘I never heard a bolder or more courageous speech’

Anna Giaritelli · September 19, 2017 4:36 pm

President Trump tweeted early Tuesday morning: "Big day at the United Nations - many good things, and some tricky ones, happening. We have a great team. Big speech at 10:00 A.M." (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Trump optimistic about his ‘big day’ at the United Nations

Anna Giaritelli · September 19, 2017 11:38 am

Joe Biden hits out at Trump for golf ball retweet: ‘Enough’

Naomi Lim · September 18, 2017 9:43 pm

Freedom Caucus spokeswoman is leaving those cantankerous congressional conservatives to work as press secretary for mild-mannered Mike Pence. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Beltway Confidential

Vice President Mike Pence is poaching talent from the Freedom Caucus now

Philip Wegmann · September 18, 2017 9:42 pm

Feinstein, who is the ranking member on the Senate Judiciary Committee, said Trump should "grow up" and do his job rather than "obsessively lash out" at Clinton. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

Dianne Feinstein: Trump’s golf ball tweet was ‘appalling and disgusting’

Susan Ferrechio · September 18, 2017 8:18 pm

President Trump shared a video of a speech he gave at the agency's Langley, Va., headquarters in January, where he criticized the media and was applauded by his aides, not the senior CIA officials at the event. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Trump wishes CIA ‘Happy 70th Birthday’ by sharing controversial video calling the media ‘dishonest’

Anna Giaritelli · September 18, 2017 2:20 pm

Ricky Kirshner, from left, Glenn Weiss, Stephen Colbert and Jack Sussman participate in the 2017 Primetime Emmy Red Carpet Rollout at the Microsoft Theater on Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2017, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP)

Stephen Colbert mocks Ted Cruz’s Twitter porn incident at the Emmys

Naomi Lim · September 18, 2017 12:34 am

Democratic lawmaker Eric Swalwell calls Trump an ‘ass’ for Hillary Clinton golf GIF

Naomi Lim · September 17, 2017 4:09 pm

The social media post immediately drew criticism for condoning, even encouraging, violence against Clinton and other women. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Trump retweets GIF of himself hitting Hillary Clinton with a golf ball

Naomi Lim · September 17, 2017 1:22 pm

"I spoke with President Moon of South Korea last night. Asked him how Rocket Man is doing. Long gas lines forming in North Korea. Too bad!" Trump tweeted. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)

Trump calls Kim Jong Un ‘Rocket Man’ after call with South Korean leader

Kyle Feldscher · September 17, 2017 12:17 pm

Democrats are demanding action to help younger illegal immigrants because President Trump has said he would rescind the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Tom Cotton, David Perdue want tougher immigration language in DACA deal

Anna Giaritelli · September 16, 2017 4:01 am