Sen. Marco Rubio, Florida Republican, on Thursday chided President-elect Joseph R. Biden for heightening political tensions in the aftermath of the siege by a pro-Trump mob on the U.S. Capitol.
Working group of US intelligence agencies asserts Russia is “likely” behind SolarWinds hack
A working group of four US intelligence agencies has issued a press release declaring that hackers behind the unprecedented cyberattack on hundreds of government and corporate users of the SolarWinds Orion platform were “likely Russian in origin.”
The joint statement by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) and the National Security Agency (NSA) was first published on Tuesday afternoon on the website of the ODNI.
The statement says that the Trump administration’s National Security Council has created a task force called the cyber Unified Coordinating Group (UCG) composed of the four agencies to organize “the investigation and remediation of this significant cyber incident involving federal government networks.” It says that the UCG is “still working to
Dr. Marcella Nunez-Smith Takes Aim at Racial Gaps in Health Care
Appointed head of the incoming administration’s task force on health equity, the Yale University scientist “is not sitting in her ivory tower.”
Dr. Marcella Nunez-Smith will run the Biden administration’s task force on health equity. “The Biden-Harris team has been really clear on saying that our response and recovery needs to be equitable,” she said.Credit.Yale University
Jan. 8, 2021
Growing up in the United States Virgin Islands, Dr. Marcella Nunez-Smith saw firsthand what can happen in a community with limited access to health care. Her father, Moleto “Bishop” Smith Sr., was only in his 40s when he suffered a debilitating stroke that left him partly paralyzed and with slurred speech.
CANTON â In response to Wednesdayâs riot at the U.S. Capitol, protesters across the north country took to the streets Thursday, calling for Rep. Elise M. Stefanikâs resignation â including her former Democratic challenger, Tedra L. Cobb.
The protesters accused Rep. Stefanik, as well as other GOP lawmakers, of promoting sedition, or the incitement of rebellion against the authority of the government, when they challenged the results of the Nov. 3 election that saw President-elect Joseph R. Biden win the presidency.
On Wednesday, during a joint session of the House and Senate where the Electoral College votes were officially counted, Rep. Stefanik planned to object to four statesâ Electoral College votes â Pennsylvania, Georgia, Wisconsin and Michigan â citing changes those states made to their election laws to account for the ongoing coronavirus pandemic as unconstitutional overreaches by those statesâ various officials and judges.