Trump said he called the families of ‘virtually everybody’ who died in service — but internal White House-Pentagon emails tell a different story

Kevin Dietsch-Pool/Getty Images President Trump said he called the families of “virtually” every servicemember killed in action since his inuaguration Emails obtained by Roll Call tell a different story   When President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he had contacted the families of “virtually everybody” who had been killed in the military since he took […]

SEC hack came as internal security team begged for funding

Somebody didn’t hear that whistle blowing. (credit: Securities and Exchange Commission Office of the Whistleblower) Last month, the Securities and Exchange Commission revealed a 2016 breach of a test system that allowed an unknown party to get access to unpublished corporate information in the SEC’s Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval (EDGAR) system. The breach […]

California considers internal combustion car ban

Gasoline and diesel cars in California may have a bleak future. According to Bloomberg, the state is considering instituting some type of ban on the sale of internal combustion automobiles. The news source got this information from the chairman of the California Air Resources Board (CARB), Mary Nichols. Nichols also told Bloomberg that if such […]

New York Times encourages govt officials to leak secret information – internal emails

In an effort to obtain juicy anti-Trump leaks, the New York Times is soliciting such information from government employees, encouraging them to divulge information with the promise of anonymity, Breitbart reports, citing emails it obtained. An email from New York Times (NYT) energy and environment correspondent Coral Davenport to John J. O’Grady, the president of […]

Internal messages show some Googlers supported fired engineer’s manifesto (GOOGL, GOOG)

Justin Sullivan/Getty Images • According to screenshots acquired by Wired, support for James Damore’s anti-diversity manifesto was shared and discussed on Google’s internal message system. • One commenter made a direct comparison to the 2016 election, saying Google’s culture led Damore to feel “like they are being forcibly dragged into [sic] ideological indoctrination chamber.” • […]

An internal battle is reportedly being waged at $240 billion money manager Guggenheim

Reuters/Vladimir Pirogov All is not well at $ 240 billion money manager Guggenheim Partners.  Ten senior staffers have left the company and returns have suffered in the past 15 months amid a power struggle between the firm’s two top executives, according to reporting from Sujeet Indap, Kara Scannell and James Fontanella-Khan at the Financial Times.  Mark Walter, the […]

Despite internal struggle, Uber is still a very popular service

It’s no secret that Uber is a bit of a mess right now and the subject of a number of different scandals. The company is recently CEO-less (and remains COO-, CFO-, and general counsel-less as well). It has lost a board member and fired 20 employees because of sexist comments and sexual harassment. And the […]

‘Meddling in internal affairs’: Bahrain & Saudi Arabia cut diplomatic ties with Qatar

[unable to retrieve full-text content] Bahrain announced early Monday that it is severing diplomatic relations with neighboring Qatar and cutting air and sea connections with Doha, accusing it of meddling in its internal affairs. Saudi Arabia then did the same, citing “national security.” Read Full Article at RT.com RT – Daily news

Police detention of boy reciting Hamlet on Moscow street sparks outcry, internal inquiry (VIDEO)

Russia’s Investigative Committee has launched a pre-investigation check into the actions of police officers after a video of a crying boy being forcefully led away and shoved into a police car in central Moscow gained the attention of the online community and human rights advocates. The boy, who is reportedly nine or ten years old, […]