The Obama administration is on the verge of backing an F.B.I. plan for an overhaul of surveillance laws that would make it easier to wiretap people who communicate by Internet rather than phone. Original post on nytimes.com Comments on reddit.com
RT is the first Russian 24/7 English-language news channel which brings the Russian view on global news. Original post on rt.com Comments on reddit.com
Government urges Supreme Court not to review Minnesota woman’s huge penalty. Original post on arstechnica.com Comments on reddit.com
Glenn Greenwald: Cyber-threats are the new pretext to justify expansion of power and profit for the public-private National Security State Original post on guardian.co.uk Comments on reddit.com
A federal judge in San Francisco has indignantly rejected an attempt by the Obama administration to use secret evidence to derail a former Stanford student’s challenge to her apparent inclusion on the government’s no-fly list. According to the judge’s description of the phone call, the agent would then retrieve the evidence and take it back to headquarters while Alsup wrote his ruling, all without notice to Ibrahim’s lawyers. Alsup, who had dismissed the suit twice before and had been overruled both times by a federal appeals court, said the government’s actions this time were Original post on sfgate.com Comments on reddit.com
Babones argues American politics has swung violently to the right. Original post on truth-out.org Comments on reddit.com
Plans call for the U.S. to sell its remaining 500 million shares back to General Motors for $5.5 billion. Original post on latimes.com Comments on reddit.com
In unusually rare and blunt criticism of its top Mideast ally, the Obama administration on Tuesday slammed Israel for continuing to announce new settlement construction on land claimed by the Palestinians. Original post on nytimes.com Comments on reddit.com
Republicans called President Obama’s fiscal proposal outlandish and brushed it off as unserious — but it’s almost entirely comprised of policies Obama campaigned on and included in his budget for the current fiscal year. And it paints Republicans, who have demanded a plan from Obama and have been reluctant to specify their proposals for averting the looming budget cuts, into a tight corner. Original post on talkingpointsmemo.com Comments on reddit.com
Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) today issued a statement essentially conceding that he was wrong in accusing the White House of changing U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice’s talking points on Benghazi for political purposes. Former CIA Director David Petraeus told lawmakers last week that the CIA’s assessment that al Qaeda was responsible for the Sept. 11 attack [...] Original post on thinkprogress.org Comments on reddit.com
Both Obama administration and House Republicans ‘have a long way to go’ when it comes to allowing programmers and the public access to key government data, forthcoming report says. Read this article by Declan McCullagh on CNET News. Original post on cnet.com Comments on reddit.com
President Barack Obama touted his administration’s support for the federal Pell Grant program and other aid for college students. Original post on cnn.com Comments on reddit.com
After saying earlier that Sept. 11 was not the day to criticize President Obama on foreign-policy matters, Mitt Romney late on Tuesday issued a statement blasting the Obama administration for a statement from the U.S. Embassy in Cairo expressing what it characterized as sympathy for Muslims upset by anti-Muslim activity in the United States. But the GOP nominee apparently confused the sequence of events. Original post on al.com Comments on reddit.com
WASHINGTON — As many as 66 countries would be eligible to buy U.S. drones under new Defense Department guidelines but Congress and the State Department, which have a final say, have not yet opened the spigots for exports, a senior Pentagon official said on Wednesday. The 66 cou … Original post on nbcnews.com Comments on reddit.com
The American Presidency Project contains the most comprehensive collection of resources pertaining to the study of the President of the United States. Compiled by John Woolley and Gerhard Peters Original post on ucsb.edu Comments on reddit.com
The Obama administration finalized rules raising the Corporate Average Fuel Economy to 54.5 mpg by 2025. Read this blog post by Wayne Cunningham on Green Tech. Original post on cnet.com Comments on reddit.com
At approximately 11:30 am EDT, the White House removed a petition about the TSA airport screening procedures from the White House Original post on epic.org Comments on reddit.com
Back in March, when the US State Department responded to Ron Wyden’s questions about the feds’ authority to negotiate and sign onto ACTA without Congressional approval (damn you, Constitution), it made an odd (and rather new) claim: that… Original post on techdirt.com Comments on reddit.com
The United States has for now abandoned efforts for a diplomatic settlement to Syria’s conflict, and instead will add aid for opponents of President Bashar al-Assad. Original post on nytimes.com Comments on reddit.com
In the final gubernatorial recall debate, Gov. Scott Walker sought to close the door on opponent Tom Barrett’s claim that Wisconsin lost jobs in 2011, as monthly surveys of businesses have shown. His administration had drawn criticism in mid May from Democrats for rushing out much more favorable jobs numbers — part of a more detailed census of businesses — before federal labor officials could sign off on them. In the May 31, 2012 debate, Walker stressed that those federal officials had now completed their review of the more comprehensive data — and confirmed that Wisconsin not only hadn’t lost… Original post on politifact.com Comments on digg.com
Pelosi’s willingness to call out Obama over the huge gap between his administration’s actions and past pledges shows how important and popular an issue medical marijuana really is. Original post on alternet.org Comments on reddit.com
The White House issued a veto threat Wednesday against the current version of CISPA as House Republicans prepared to take it to the floor. Just as the House Rules Committee convened to weigh amendments to the measure, spearheaded by Reps. Mike Rogers (R-Mich.) and Dutch Ruppersberger (D-Md.), the administration released a formal policy statement that… Original post on politico.com Comments on reddit.com
Hillary Clinton adviser reiterates president’s opposition to Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act ahead of vote Original post on guardian.co.uk Comments on reddit.com
WASHINGTON — Potentially problematic and certainly embarrassing video of the General Services Administration’s infamous $820,000 Las Vegas conference has been obtained by The Huffington Post, showing well-dressed employees singing Frank Sinatra, downing margaritas and making light of lavish spending. Original post on huffingtonpost.com Comments on digg.com
Why does Obama want you thinking about taxes in an election year? Hint: A tough economy and Mitt Romney’s enormous personal wealth. Original post on good.is Comments on digg.com
If we don’t speak out, we’re part of the problem – Progressive blogging for the middle class, not corporate welfare. Original post on freakoutnation.com Comments on digg.com
If we don’t speak out, we’re part of the problem – Progressive blogging for the middle class, not corporate welfare. Original post on freakoutnation.com Comments on reddit.com
Two ambitious missions that NASA had hoped to launch to Mars, in 2016 and 2018, will be canceled. Original post on nytimes.com Comments on reddit.com