security
Students Break Into US Envoy’s Residence in Seoul
Nearly 20 pro-Pyongyang South Korean students broke into the U.S. ambassador’s residence in Seoul Friday, displaying banners demanding Harry Harris leave the country, in an embarrassing security breach.
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Trump Trades Insults With Minneapolis Mayor
President Trump traded Twitter insults Wednesday with the mayor of Minneapolis over a bill for $530,000 in security costs for his rally at a downtown arena.
Read moreDelta Airlines Launches Facial Recognition at LA Airport
A new program at Los Angeles International Airport will allow travelers to shave minutes off their boarding time, but they’ll have to step into a kiosk that uses facial recognition technology to verify their identity.
Read moreDNC to Recommend Scrapping Virtual Caucus Plans
The Democratic National Committee will recommend scrapping state plans to offer virtual, telephone-based caucuses in 2020 due to security concerns, sources tell The Associated Press.
Read moreElection Agency Urged to Finalize 2020 Security Standards
During a forum on election security Thursday, Connecticut’s secretary of state urged a federal agency in charge of the process to act quickly in issuing new security standards for voting systems so states can update software in time for the 2020 election.
Read moreAbortion Foes Fight Planned Parenthood Suit in Court
Arguing that “smear” videos made abortion clinics targets of crime and threats, a lawyer urged a federal judge Wednesday to make those who helped create the “selectively edited” videos pay for Planned Parenthood’s increased security costs.
Read moreCalifornia County Questions Security Deal for Men-Only Club
An annual retreat in California put on by an elite club whose ranks include former Presidents Ronald Reagan and Richard Nixon and powerful business leaders is facing scrutiny for excluding women after female county supervisors questioned whether they should continue allowing sheriff’s deputies to provide security for the event.
Read moreCongress Told Election Meddling Cannot Be Avoided
The 2020 presidential election is a tantalizing target for hackers, foreign influences and other peddlers of propaganda but stopping all forms of interference is virtually impossible, national security officials told a House panel Wednesday.
Read moreMicrosoft Offers Software Tools to Secure Elections
Microsoft announced an ambitious effort it says will make voting secure, verifiable and subject to reliable audits. Two of the three top U.S elections vendors have expressed interest in potentially incorporating the open-source software into their proprietary voting systems.
Read moreSri Lanka President Dismisses Security Officials
Sri Lanka’s president has asked for the resignations of the defense secretary and the national police chief after security forces failed to act on warnings before Easter suicide bombings that killed at least 359 people.
Read more2nd Phase of Indian Elections Ends Amid Kashmir Lockdown
Voting in the second phase of India’s general election on Thursday remained largely peaceful amid massive security and a lockdown in parts of the main city in Indian-controlled Kashmir.
Read moreDenied Bail, Accused Mar-a-Lago Intruder Pleads Not Guilty
The Chinese woman charged with misleading Secret Service agents to gain entry into President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club was denied bail Monday moments after federal prosecutors back-tracked on testimony that she carried an insidious computer virus with her onto the property.
Read moreFeds Say Accused Mar-a-Lago Intruder Had Trove of USB Drives
The Chinese woman accused of illegally entering President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club armed with malicious software had a signal detector, $7,500 in hundred-dollar bills and nine USB drives stashed in her hotel room at the time of her arrest, a Secret Service agent said at a hearing Monday.
Read moreSenior US Officials Skip G-7 Meeting This Week
Foreign and interior ministers from the Group of Seven are gathering in France this week to try to find ambitious solutions to world security challenges. Putting a damper on that are two glaring American absences: Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen.
Read moreSecret Service Distances Itself From Mar-a-Lago Security Breach
Saying it lacks the final word on who treks in and out of President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club, the U.S. Secret Service has denied responsibility for an incident in which a Chinese woman gained unauthorized access to the sprawling Palm Beach property under suspect circumstances.
Read moreHouse Subpoenas Trump Officials on Census, Security Clearances
A day before the fight for the Mueller report is expected to turn the same corner, a powerful House committee voted Tuesday to subpoena the Trump administration over its security-clearance practices and the decision to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census.
Read moreOfficial: Trump Team Overruled 25 Security Clearance Denials
A career official in the White House security office says dozens of people in President Donald Trump’s administration were granted security clearances despite “disqualifying issues” in their backgrounds, such as concerns about foreign influence, drug use and criminal conduct.
Read moreDems Vie for Criminal Probe of Kushner in Security-Clearance Saga
Two Democratic lawmakers called Tuesday for the Department of Justice to investigate the omissions White House adviser Jared Kushner made in his applications for top-secret security clearance.
Read moreSchool Must Face Free-Speech Suit by Conservative Pundit
In an ongoing battle over First Amendment rights on college campuses across the country, right-wing commentator Ben Shapiro is pushing back against university policies that conservatives say are designed to stifle their speech.
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