A leaked NSA tool offers a glimpse into what the NSA knows about the hacking operations of adversaries—some of which may still be secretly ongoing. https://media.wired.com/photos/5a9ede5e2b62655fe349d43a/master/pass/HackersHackingHackers.jpg
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Sputnik news agency’s US content provider registers as foreign agent
US-based company RIA Global, which provides content for Russian news agency Sputnik, has registered under the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA). The company said in its registration filings that it has “independent editorial control” over the shows, newswires, and website articles and that it “respectfully disagrees that FARA should apply.” RIA Global was notified in […]
U.S. health agency’s reported word ban on ‘fetus’ and ‘transgender’ alarms experts
Health leaders say they are alarmed about a report that officials at the nation’s top public health agency are being told not to use certain words or phrases in official budget documents, including ‘fetus,’ ‘transgender’ and ‘science-based.’ CBC | Health News
The CFPB’s Employees Will Determine the Agency’s Fate
A legal struggle is unfolding over control of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, sparked by Richard Cordray’s resignation as director last week. Leandra English, the agency’s deputy director (promoted by Cordray) says she’s in charge, but President Trump says that his pick to run the agency, Mick Mulvaney, is the acting director. A federal district […]
The ‘Red Cross was not there’: Texas official blasts the agency’s response after Hurricane Harvey
Eric Gay/AP This story was co-published with The Texas Tribune. The Red Cross’ anemic response to Hurricane Harvey left officials in several Texas counties seething, emails obtained by ProPublica show. In some cases, the Red Cross simply failed to show up as it promised it would. In DeWitt, a county of 20,000 where Harvey ripped apart […]
UN health agency’s new chief to examine ‘uproar over travel costs’
The new head of the World Health Organization said he is reviewing the agency’s travel expenses, after an Associated Press story revealed the U.N. agency spends more on travel than on fighting AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis combined. CBC | Health News
