picks HACKED: U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS); 75K individuals affected Xeni Jardin

passports US customs agents have already intercepted thousands of fake IDs this year at a single shipping hub David Pescovitz

News U.S. files superseding indictment against Ghislaine Maxwell Xeni Jardin

donald trump Trump confirms that US cyberattacked Russia in 2018 Xeni Jardin

coronavirus U.S. sets record high COVID cases for 3 days in a row, nearly 69,000 new cases today Xeni Jardin

politics Trump commutes Roger Stone's prison sentence Xeni Jardin

politics Here's where Donald Trump is dining with rich donors tonight, raising $10 million with tickets at $580,600 per couple Xeni Jardin

surveillance What you need to know about police drone surveillance at protests against police brutality Thom Dunn

education Harvard and MIT are suing over the Trump administration's student immigration ruling Thom Dunn

politics Facebook removes Trump ally Roger Stone's accounts and pages Xeni Jardin

Business Brooks Brothers bankrupt Rob Beschizza

News SUV plows into BLM protest in NYC's Times Square, similar potentially deadly attacks happening around U.S. Xeni Jardin

Technology U.S. is investigating claims that TikTok violated children's privacy Xeni Jardin

rona Brazil's Jair Bolsonaro tests positive for coronavirus Rob Beschizza

media Right-wing media ran dozens of "Middle East hot takes" by fake authors Rob Beschizza

police brutality New court documents allegedly connect Breonna Taylor's murder to a massive real estate conspiracy Thom Dunn

trump Lincoln Project's Steve Schmidt: "Trump's betrayal to U.S. troops is impossible to overstate" Mark Frauenfelder

Space US silver dollar coin design commemorating astronaut/schoolteacher Christa McAuliffe David Pescovitz

fireworks Government safety video reminds us that fireworks are no joke Rusty Blazenhoff

corruption Trump administration gave a $700M bailout to a $70M truck company after it allegedly defrauded the Pentagon Thom Dunn