FBI: Using third-parties to break encryption not solution
The FBI relied on a third party because the work requires highly specialized resources that the agency doesn’t have readily available on its own
GOP leader, House Republicans meet on convention rules
WASHINGTON (AP) – The chairman of the Republican National Committee has told House GOP lawmakers that the rules governing the party’s presidential nominating convention will be made by that gathering’s delegates, not a small group of Republican leaders. That’s what House Republicans say Reince Priebus told them at a private session Tuesday at GOP national…
Sanders backs bill to let 9/11 families sue Saudi Arabia
NEW YORK (AP) – Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders is backing legislation that would let Americans sue Saudi Arabia over the 9/11 terrorist attacks. The bill is opposed by the Obama administration. But’s important to families of 9/11 victims, some of whom believe Saudi officials played some part in the attacks. Sanders spoke in favor…
The few, the proud, the maxed-out Trump donors
WASHINGTON (AP) – Donald Trump – the billionaire businessman who’s the front-runner for the Republican presidential nomination – insists he wants to “self-fund” his campaign. Yet there’s a prominent “donate” button on his campaign website. And he’s raised more than $9.5 million, including from about 200 people who’ve given the maximum allowed by law for…
UPDATE: Quake toll in Ecuador up
PORTOVIEJO, Ecuador (AP) – There are devastating losses along Ecuador’s Pacific Ocean coast, after a magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck over the weekend. At least 272 people were killed, highways buckled and homes and buildings were flattened. President Rafael Correa says Saturday night’s quake was the worst natural disaster to hit Ecuador since a 1949 earthquake…
Trump prepared to cede Wyoming delegate contest
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Donald Trump’s presidential campaign has all but thrown in the towel in Wyoming ahead of Saturday’s Republican convention. A senior Trump adviser, Alan Cobb, says the billionaire businessman’s campaign made a conscious decision not to commit resources to Wyoming. Trump picked only up a single delegate in last month’s Wyoming county…
US researchers see more signs NKorea is producing plutonium
WASHINGTON (AP) – U.S. researchers see further signs from satellite imagery that North Korea is looking to produce more plutonium for nuclear weapons. The activity seen at the Nyongbyon nuclear complex comes amid a flurry of weapons-related tests by North Korea. The website 38 North says that commercial satellite imagery taken Monday shows a rail…