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Deb Riechmann December 22, 2020 - 9:27 PM WASHINGTON - The special counsel investigating the origins of the FBI's probe into the 2016 election now has the authority to use classified information indefinitely in his investigation, a procedural step following his earlier appointment, according to a memorandum issued by President Donald Trump. Outgoing Attorney General William Barr named U.S. attorney John Durham as a special counsel in the investigation into the origins of the FBI’s probe of the 2016 election. Durham was already leading an investigation, but the...

Numbers tell the story of the Trump legacy, from virus deaths to miles of wall Presidential historians and others will plumb the data as they assess the presidency of Donald Trump.     President Donald Trump smiles during a visit July 3 to Mount Rushmore National Memorial near Keystone, S.D. [ ALEX BRANDON | AP ] Presidential historians and others will plumb them as they assess President Donald Trump’s legacy, Trump’s presidency is reflected in a broad range of numbers representing everything from the U.S. death toll during the coronavirus pandemic to the miles of his “...

-325,000 and counting: Number of U.S. deaths attributed to COVID-19. -6: Coronavirus vaccines being developed and-or distributed under Trump’s Operation Warp Speed program. -2: Coronavirus vaccines - by Pfizer and BioNTech, and a separate one by Moderna - that U.S. regulators approved in 2020 for emergency use. 0: Comprehensive health care overhaul plans Trump introduced despite repeated promises to replace the Obama-era Affordable Care Act with a plan that would cover everyone at a lower cost. 3: Justices added to the Supreme Court, establishing a solid 6-3 conservative majority. 221: Fed...

Hack may have exposed deep US secrets; damage yet unknown By FRANK BAJAKDecember 15, 2020 GMT Could hackers have obtained nuclear secrets? COVID-19 vaccine data? Blueprints for next-generation weapons systems? It will take weeks, maybe years in some cases, for digital sleuths combing through U.S. government and private industry networks to get the answers. These hackers are consummate pros at covering their tracks, experts say. Some theft may never be detected. ADVERTISEMENT What’s seems clear is that this campaign — which cybersecurity experts says exhibits the tactics and techniques o...

Could hackers have obtained nuclear secrets? COVID-19 vaccine data? Blueprints for next-generation weapons systems? It will take weeks, maybe years in some cases, for digital sleuths combing through U.S. government and private industry networks to get the answers. These hackers are consummate pros at covering their tracks, experts say. Some theft may never be detected. What’s seems clear is that this campaign — which cybersecurity experts says exhibits the tactics and techniques of Russia’s SVR foreign intelligence agency — will rank among the most prolific in the annals of cyberesp...