by Anna Waters | Feb 15, 2017 | Cybersecurity
This summer, Apple’s more than 500 million users received an urgent message on their phones urging them to update to the new operating system. But this wasn’t just a routine update. The new operating system contained an urgent fix for a major security vulnerability...
by Anna Waters | Nov 30, 2016 | Campaign 2016, Topics
WASHINGTON — In mid-November, a congressional committee unveiled a bipartisan report recommending the construction of an American Women’s History Museum on the National Mall. But that museum will be missing what most expected to be its crowning jewel. One week...
by Anna Waters | Nov 15, 2016 | Campaign 2016, Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — Speaking on the Senate floor, outgoing Minority Leader Harry Reid, denounced president-elect Donald Trump and implored Americans not to normalize him. “This election has sparked a wave of hate crimes across America,” Reid said. He cited 315...
by Anna Waters | Nov 14, 2016 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – First lady Michelle Obama predicted Monday that successful efforts to reduce homelessness among veterans will continue under the new administration. As she began to speak at the White House, a member of the audience shouted, “Run for president!”...
by Anna Waters | Nov 9, 2016 | Campaign 2016
WASHINGTON — In the early morning hours of Nov. 9, hundreds of people gathered outside of the White House, stunned. Many assumed they would be celebrating the election of the first female president. Now, they held their Clinton-Kaine posters at half-mast. Dozens...
by Anna Waters | Nov 2, 2016 | Featured, Politics, Topics
Vincent Natale, a 29-year-old from Washington, was a registered Democrat who cried with joy when President Barack Obama beat Republican Mitt Romney in the 2012 election. He even threw a party to celebrate, elated in part because he was sure Obama would help fight for...
by Anna Waters | Oct 25, 2016 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton’s record of commitment to Ukraine sovereignty through financial and military aid and opposition to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s incursions into Ukraine offer clear reasons to choose her instead of...
by Anna Waters | Oct 25, 2016 | Immigration
WASHINGTON, D.C. — At the end of its first official visit to the United States, the U.N. Working Group on Arbitrary Detention said the United States should close the Guantanamo Bay detention camp and end mandatory detention of asylum seekers, undocumented...
by Anna Waters | Oct 24, 2016 | Health & Science, Topics
WASHINGTON — The Department of Health and Human Services expects that 1 million more Americans will sign up for health insurance through the Affordable Care Act exchanges in 2017, raising the total number of exchange participants to 13.8 million, HHS Secretary...
by Anna Waters | Oct 18, 2016 | Environment, Featured, Health & Science
WASHINGTON — The recently concluded United Nations climate change meeting in Johannesburg created the strongest protections in history for endangered species, according to U.S. wildlife officials and other experts who attended the meeting. Sharon Guynup of the Wilson...
by Anna Waters | Oct 12, 2016 | Campaign 2016, Featured
WASHINGTON — A new survey by Gallup finds that Americans who make up Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump’s base will still be relevant politically after the Nov. 8 election and may be part of a new normal. The University of Virginia Institute for...
