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EPA Head Scott Pruitt Sued Over Ties To Energy Industry

Before he was tapped to lead the EPA under President Donald Trump, Pruitt served as the attorney general in the oil-rich of Oklahoma.

Josh Russell
بواسطة Josh Russell
Senate Environment and Public Works Committee member Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., points to a chart as he questions Environmental Protection Agency Administrator-designate, Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2017, during Pruitt's confirmation hearing before the committee. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Plagued by questions about its leader’s documented ties to the energy industry, the Environmental Protection Agency faces a federal complaint charging it with having missed repeated deadlines to turn over records about Scott Pruitt. Before he was tapped to lead the EPA under President Donald Trump, Pruitt served as the attorney general in the

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Malware Built On NSA Tools Used In Massive Cyber-Attack Hitting 74 Countries

Disruptions reported in at least 74 countries, including Russia, Spain, Turkey, and Japan, with some reports of U.S. infiltration as well.

Nadia Prupis
بواسطة Nadia Prupis
A screenshot of the warning screen from a purported ransomware attack, as captured by a computer user in Taiwan, is seen on laptop in Beijing, Saturday, May 13, 201. (AP/Mark Schiefelbein)

Apparent National Security Agency (NSA) malware has been used in a global cyber-attack, including on British hospitals, in what whistleblower Edward Snowden described as the repercussion of the NSA's reckless decision to build the tools. "Despite warnings, @NSAGov built dangerous attack tools that could target Western software. Today we see the

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Trump Warns New South Korea President Against Dialogue With North Korea

President Moon is likely to pursue diplomacy with or without America’s blessing, particularly with both China and Russia endorsing a diplomatic tack that the US sees as contrary to their own ambitions.

Jason Ditz
بواسطة Jason Ditz
South Korea's new President Moon Jae-in waves to supporters upon his arrival outside the presidential Blue House in Seoul, South Korea, May 10, 2017, (AP/Lee Jin-man)

New South Korean President Moon Jae-in has made clear he wants to get reconciliation talks going with North Korea, and took a bit of a shot at US sanctions pushes in comments yesterday, saying he thinks sanctions should only be considered as a tool to get North Korea to the table for talks. The Trump Administration has insisted in recent weeks

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Trump Threatens Comey: “Better Hope There Are No Tapes”

President Trump, angry about the leaks from the White House and US intelligence community, issued a cryptic threat to former FBI Director Comey.

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بواسطة ZeroHedge.com
FBI Director James Comey testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2015, before the Senate Judiciary Committee. Comey said the two San Bernardino shooters were radicalized at least two years ago and had discussed jihad and martyrdom as early as 2013. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

In the most Nixonian-sounding comment yet during this week's craziness, President Trump, clearly angry about the leaking sieves that are the White House and the US intelligence community, just issued a cryptic threat to former FBI Director Comey, warning in no uncertain terms about retaliation should the leaks continue and saying the fired FBI

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Physics Professor Sues FBI Agent Over Now Debunked Espionage Charges

A U.S. citizen born in China, Xi says his ethnicity likely played a role in his arrest, part of a pattern when it comes to FBI investigations.

Lowell Neumann Nickey
بواسطة Lowell Neumann Nickey
Xiaoxing Xi sits in a federal courthouse where he pleaded not guilty in tech case. Prosecutors have since droped all charges.

PHILADELPHIA  – His life turned upside down by now-withdrawn espionage charges, a Temple University physics professor lobbed a federal complaint against the FBI agent he says fabricated the entire controversy. When a team of agents stormed his Pennsylvania home at dawn on May 21, 2015, Xiaoxing Xi says he was told the charges against him could

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NY Man Wins $4.5 Million Settlement After Being Wrongly Convicted By Dishonest Prosecution

The award of $4.5 million by New York state is just part of a claim by a man who spent more than two decades in prison based on a dishonest prosecution.

Joaquin Sapien
بواسطة Joaquin Sapien
NYPD Commissioner Raymond Kelly poses for photographers next to the new police cruiser, a 2006 Dodge Charger, on display at New York City Police Department's headquarters in New York, Monday, Aug. 14, 2006. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

Ruddy Quezada, a 54-year-old man wrongfully convicted of a deadly drive-by shooting in 1993, has won a $4.5 million settlement from New York state, according to court papers. Quezada spent 24 years in prison for murder before winning his freedom in 2015 when, after decades of failed appeals, the Brooklyn district attorney's office conceded that

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