A group of Senate Democrats reintroduced legislation that would give statehood to Washington, D.C., something many Democrats have indicated support for.
The Cybersecurity 202: International law enforcement took down a leading cybercrime gang Tonya Riley
with Aaron Schaffer European, U.S., British and Canadian law enforcement teamed up to yesterday take down one of the biggest international cybercrime groups, Europol announced.
The Emotet takedown shows that law enforcement is getting more aggressive against international hackers. But keeping them offline comes with enormous challenges, cybersecurity experts say. Emotet is one of the world s biggest cybercriminal organizations with affiliates around the world including in Ukraine.
Law enforcement shut down Emotet s botnet, a network of infected computers used by criminals to scale up their hacking operations, by knocking out all its servers at once, isolating the infections. Computers were then redirected toward “law enforcement-controlled infrastructure.”
What Ted Cruz gets wrong about climate, jobs and Pittsburgh Christopher Wilson
Hours after taking the oath of office, President Biden signed a slew of executive orders making good on his campaign promises to environmental activists (among other members of his coalition) by canceling the Keystone XL pipeline and rejoining the Paris climate agreement. Opponents of the treaty reacted with predictable outrage. The Wall Street Journal editorial board and the petroleum industry decried the effects on workers and the economy as a whole. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, was especially scathing, issuing a statement that condensed a season’s worth of Fox News talking points into just 28 words.
QAnon-aligned Rep. Marjorie Greene s support for a bullet to the head for Pelosi draws rebuke from House GOP leader Christopher Wilson
Newly uncovered Facebook posts by Georgia freshman Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene expressing support for the murder of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi were called “deeply disturbing” by the top Republican in the House, whose office said he planned to “have a conversation with her” about it.
On Tuesday, CNN reported that Greene had shown support for executing prominent Democrats before she ran for Congress in 2020. Greene, a supporter of the QAnon conspiracy theory who has a long history of racist comments, was elected to the House in November after winning the Republican primary in a heavily conservative district.
Sen. Ted Cruz reintroduces amendment imposing term limits on congressional members
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Senator Ted Cruz, a Republican from Texas, speaks during a Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee confirmation hearing for U.S. Secretary of Transportation nominee Pete Buttigieg in Washington, D.C.Stefani Reynolds / Bloomberg
Texas Sen. Ted Cruz has reintroduced a constitutional amendment that would impose term limits on members of Congress for the third time.
If passed, the amendment would limit U.S. senators to two six-year terms and members of the House of Representatives to three two-year terms.
Today my colleagues and I reintroduced a constitutional amendment to impose #TermLimits on Members of Congress. The amendment would limit U.S. senators to two six-year terms and members of the U.S. House of Representatives to three two-year terms. pic.twitter.com/1izmg5EQ6B Senator Ted Cruz (@SenTedCruz) January 25, 2021