Gavin Hanson The Lifeline telecom subsidy — more commonly called “Obamaphone” — program may have wasted $336 million of its 2017 budget, according to a federal audit. A Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) Inspector General released a report indicating an eight-fold increase of improper or fraudulent payments in the program from 2016 to 2017. The FCC’s IG conducted the investigation in…
Chris White Billionaire tech guru Elon Musk agreed to step down as the chairman of Tesla after the Securities and Exchange Commission sued the electric vehicle company for fraud, according to court documents published Saturday. Musk, who owns roughly 20 percent of the company, also agreed to pay a $20 million fine in connection with…
Molly Prince Sen. Rand Paul called for an investigation Friday to determine and punish who published the personal information of three Republican senators during the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing with Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh and Christine Blasey Ford, who accused him of sexual assault. “Yesterday there was an attempt to incite people by publishing…
Andrew Kerr Julie Swetnick, the third woman to accuse Brett Kavanaugh of sexual misconduct in high school, faced allegations from her former employer that she engaged in “unwelcome, sexually offensive conduct” in 2000. WebTrends alleged in a lawsuit that, after the company determined she had engaged in “innapropriate conduct,” Swetnick made “false and retaliatory allegations” of sexual…
Vandana Rambaran Capitol Hill police arrested dozens of protesters who oppose the confirmation of Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh in the Dirksen Senate Building on Friday. Protesters shouted “We believe survivors” and “We believe Christine” to show support for Christine Blasey Ford, who testified in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday saying that she is…
Anders Hagstrom Nearly 50 million Facebook users had their information compromised in an attack on the social media site’s computer network, Facebook announced Friday. Facebook uncovered the attack earlier this week, finding that hackers had taken advantage of a piece of code allowing them to take over users’ accounts, The New York Times reported Friday. Facebook said…
Nick Givas President of the legal watchdog group Judicial Watch Tom Fitton praised the GOP for shutting down the Democratic “circus” at Brett Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court hearing Thursday and said he’ll likely be confirmed by the Senate. “Despite this big circus of a hearing, it didn’t advance the ball in terms of providing ‘oh my…
Grace Carr Uber Technologies, Inc. has agreed to pay $148 million in a nation-wide settlement compensating for its year-long failure to report a data breach affecting roughly 57 million drivers and customers. All 50 U.S. states and the District of Columbia have entered into the multi-state settlement agreement with the ride-sharing company after hackers accessed…
Chuck Ross The House Freedom Caucus is calling on Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein to testify about allegations that he offered to spy on President Donald Trump or resign from office. “Tonight the Freedom Caucus took an official position that Rod Rosenstein needs to come testify before the Judiciary committee within the week or he…
When discussing the dramatic increase in living standards of the last decades, we usually forget to mention that this increase hasn’t been uniform. Whereas Asia has experienced tremendous economic growth, Africa is the continent that has benefited the least from global capitalism. This doesn’t mean that living standards in Africa haven’t increased at all. Since…