Israeli ex-defense minister says Trump’s new NSC adviser Bolton was pushing him to strike Iran

The newly appointed US National Security Adviser, John Bolton, tried to persuade Israel to conduct a pre-emptive strike against Iran before it achieved nuclear weapons capability, Israel’s ex-Defense Minister has revealed. “I got to know John Bolton when he was the US ambassador to the United Nations,” Shaul Mofaz said at a conference of former […]

All the theories Russia is pushing to claim they weren’t behind the nerve agent attack on a former spy in the UK

Britain has accused Russia of trying to kill former spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter with a deadly nerve agent — but the Kremlin is fighting back. The UK blamed Russia partly on the grounds that Novichok, the poison used in the attack, was developed in the former Soviet Union. Allies including the US, France, […]

AT&T says it supports net neutrality and won’t create internet ‘fast lanes’ — while pushing for the right to do just that (T)

In response to a protest Tuesday in favor of net neutrality, AT&T said it was opposed to “fast lanes and slow lanes” on the internet. In the same statement, though, the company essentially said it actually does want to offer a form of fast lanes for some applications. Those applications would include connections for self-driving […]

Top Gear: Matt LeBlanc reveals TRUTH after being taped pushing Chris Harris through a wall

In the first-look trailer released ahead of the 25th series, Matt, Chris and Rory Reid can be seen heading to Japan, the US, Italy and even Surrey for a set of new adventures. However, in one segment of the teaser, Matt can be seen play-fighting and pushing Chris through a paper wall following a race […]

Riot Blockchain’s CEO is pushing back against critics and trying to convince the world his company is serious about crypto (RIOT)

LinkedIn Riot Blockchain, one of the first companies to pivot to blockchain and see its stock skyrocket, has been accused of fraud. In an interview with Business Insider, CEO John O’Rourke denied the accusations and outlined Riot’s plan to fully realize its pivot to cryptocurrencies.  When Bioptix, a biotechnology equipment maker, announced in October it […]

The right-wing media is pushing a dubious claim about Mueller’s case against Michael Flynn

Jonathan Ernst/Reuters The right-wing media has suggested in recent days that a new court order in the case against former national-security adviser Michael Flynn implies he will be exonerated soon. The judge presiding over the Flynn case, Judge Emmet Sullivan, has issued a similar order in every criminal case he’s overseen since 2009.  Legal experts […]

Bitcoin pushing higher as cryptocurrency market finds its swagger

Cryptocurrencies led by bitcoin surged on Tuesday, as confidence returned to the market following regulation and safety concerns. Read more Bitcoin was up 6 percent, trading above $ 11,500, the highest it has been in February. Ethereum and ripple — the number 2 and 3 cryptocurrencies respectively — also rose, trading 1-2 percent higher. More […]

Trump is pushing to give terminally ill patients the ‘right to try’ experimental treatments — but it could do more harm than good

Getty Images/Christopher Furlong After a year in which President Donald Trump devoted much of his health policy attention to the repeal and replace of the Affordable Care Act, Trump used part of his recent State of the Union address to press Congress to focus attention in 2018 on a new health priority — the passage […]