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Democrats move 2 bills showing strength and limits of power ALAN FRAM, Associated Press FacebookTwitterEmail 3 1of3Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer of N.Y., holds up his mask that reads #StopAsianHate as he speaks at a news conference after the Senate passes a COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act on Capitol Hill, Thursday, April 22, 2021, in Washington.Andrew Harnik/APShow MoreShow Less 2of3Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer of N.Y., accompanied by Sen. Mazie Hirono, D-Hawaii, Sen. Tammy...

Climate activists are eagerly awaiting Thursday’s kick-off of the virtual Earth Day Summit hosted by United States President Joe Biden, hoping that a more planet-friendly administration will mark a giant leap forward in US leadership on what many see as the defining challenge of our times. During the two-day confab involving some 40 nations, the US is expected to announce an aggressive new target for curbing carbon emissions by 2030. World leaders are also expected to keep twisting Brazil’s...

Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images President Joe Biden’s administration has quite the pitch to 40 nations at this week’s global climate summit: Yes, America hasn’t truly led on climate change recently, but we will now and into the future. Trust us. Senior administration officials spoke with reporters on a Wednesday call ahead of two days of remote meetings featuring world leaders like Biden, Chinese President Xi Jinping, and Russian President Vladimir Putin. While they didn’t confirm reports ...

Ever since the Biden Administration unveiled its sweeping, $2 trillion American Jobs Plan on March 31, his team’s narrative has been notable for what’s missing. A key goal of the plan is to address climate change, yet largely absent from the sales pitch are dire warnings about a warming planet. In their place are breathless visions of new American manufacturing, innovation, and clean-energy independence. In part the goal is to win vital labor support for the proposal. More broadly, the aim ...

To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: Sen. Hawleys "Trust-Busting for the Twenty-First Century Act," introduced on April 12, 2021, takes aim at "Big Tech, Big Banks, Big Telecom, and Big Pharma" 1 by proposing to curb mergers and acquisitions by large corporations and ease the way for prosecutors and private plaintiffs to prevail in antitrust litigation. Sen. Hawleys bill is the latest proposal for antitrust reform, following Democrat-led efforts such as the House Judicia...

How the Kremlin provides a safe harbor for ransomware hackers In the US last year, ransomware struck more than 100 federal, state and municipal agencies, and more than 500 hospitals and other care centers By Frank Bajak / AP, BOSTON A global epidemic of digital extortion known as ransomware is crippling local governments, hospitals, school districts and businesses by scrambling their data files until they pay up. Law enforcement has been largely powerless to stop it. One big reason: Ransomwar...

US law enforcement and researchers point to Kremlin providing aid, protection to ransomware rackets Firstpost 2 hours ago The Associated Press © Provided by Firstpost US law enforcement and researchers point to Kremlin providing aid, protection to ransomware rackets A global epidemic of digital extortion known as ransomware is crippling local governments, hospitals, school districts and businesses by scrambling their data files until they pay up. Law enforcement has been la...

Biden looks to bolster long-term research and development Niv Elis © Getty Images Biden looks to bolster long-term research and development President Biden is seeking to ramp up government funding of research projects with injections of cash through both his 2022 budget and a major infrastructure package. Bidens budget request, released earlier this month, and his infrastructure proposal from March call for billions of dollars in government research and development, including...

Apr 17, 2021 BOSTON (AP) — A global epidemic of digital extortion known as ransomware is crippling local governments, hospitals, school districts and businesses by scrambling their data files until they pay up. Law enforcement has been largely powerless to stop it. One big reason: Ransomware rackets are dominated by Russian-speaking cybercriminals who are shielded — and sometimes employed — by Russian intelligence agencies, according to security researchers, U.S. law enforcement, and now...

The value of Kremlin protection isn’t lost on the cybercriminals themselves. Earlier this year, a Russian-language dark-web forum lit up with criticism of a ransomware purveyor known only as “Bugatti,” whose gang had been caught in a rare US-Europol sting. The assembled posters accused him of inviting the crackdown with technical sloppiness and by recruiting non-Russian affiliates who might be snitches or undercover cops. Uncredited/AP Ukraine-born Maxsim Yukabets is co-leader of a cybe...