by Isabella Gutierrez | Mar 27, 2016 | Campaign 2016
WASHINGTON – Democrats are often praised for their cutting-edge data collection techniques but the massive databases they use also have created problems. The centralized collection leaves years of information vulnerable to misuse, analysts say. The exclusive use of...
by Isabella Gutierrez | Mar 18, 2016 | National Security
WASHINGTON – When Apple said no to the FBI order to unlock an iPhone used by one of the San Bernardino terrorists, a debate between privacy advocates and national security officials erupted. But the tension between those two interests is as old as the Bill of Rights....
by Isabella Gutierrez | Feb 22, 2016 | Environment, Politics
WASHINGTON— The late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia’s death leaves uncertainties surrounding government Clean Power Plan in doubt, a former governor said on Monday. Earlier this month in a 5 to 4 vote, the Supreme Court ordered the Obama administration...
by Isabella Gutierrez | Feb 10, 2016 | Topics
WASHINGTON—For the fourth consecutive year, the U.S. ranked first in the world for the strength of its intellectual property rights, but was fifth internationally in IP rights enforcement, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce said Wednesday. The chamber’s annual International...
by Isabella Gutierrez | Feb 9, 2016 | Environment
WASHINGTON– President Barack Obama, in his 2017 budget, has proposed a 21 percent increase in clean energy funding as the next step toward a goal of doubling the federal investment by 2021. The president’s budget, released Tuesday, includes $5.85 billion in...
by Isabella Gutierrez | Jan 20, 2016 | National Security, Topics
WASHINGTON – Even though the Islamic State has suffered territorial losses in recent months, Americans should not have false hopes that the terrorist threat in the United States is diminished. In fact, the opposite may be true, a Princeton scholar said Wednesday....
by Isabella Gutierrez | Jan 13, 2016 | National Security, Politics
WASHINGTON– U.S. foreign policy this year will focus on the refugee crisis and violent extremism in Syria, and the Islamic State “will be defeated,” Secretary of State John Kerry said in a speech at the National Defense University Wednesday. The changing nature...
by Isabella Gutierrez | Jan 11, 2016 | National Security
WASHINGTON — The U.S. is once again competing for military dominance because of challenges in technology and global information systems by other countries, the chief of U.S. naval operations said in a National Press Club speech Monday. Adm. John Richardson...
by Isabella Gutierrez | Jan 6, 2016 | National Security
WASHINGTON – A top General Services Administration official told a House subcommittee Wednesday that the agency has reduced by 15 percent its backlog of reimbursement requests under the Army’s family assistance program, but the panel’s chairman said GSA...
