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Edward Snowden says that he did not take any of the National Security Agency's files with him to Russia, according to the NY Times, which says it conducted an extensive interview this month with the former NSA contractor. From the NY Times: Edward J. Snowden, the former National...

The other day, I posted the story about two middle school girls arrested after a bullied girl’s suicide.  The case of Rebecca Sedwick has been at the center of much media attention in recent days, sparking a good deal of debate on all sides of...

(Photo: AP) National Security Agency Director General Keith Alexander, who also serves as Commander of the United States Cyber Command, is expected to depart by next March or April, according to a Reuters news report. The director of the U.S. National Security Agency and his deputy are expected to...

The Senate is expected to vote this evening on a short-term bill to end the partial government shutdown and raise the debt ceiling. You can watch it live below. [feed removed] The full text of the plan can be found here. Updates (by waj): Passed both Houses of Congress. Via...

By now you've probably heard about the EBT card breakdown during a power outage in which shoppers at a couple of Louisiana Walmarts purposely took advantage of the situation by "buying" a huge number of groceries for amounts that greatly exceeded their EBT limits in...

Just a quick post to say that it looks like it will be back to discussing a Senate plan today, after no success with the House yesterday.  There are a series of meetings that are supposed to occur today.  We'll add any major updates to...

News broke this afternoon courtesy of Buzzfeed that Glenn Greenwald Will Leave Guardian To Create New News Organization: Glenn Greenwald, the lawyer and blogger who brought The Guardian the biggest scoop of the decade, is departing the London-based news organization, for a brand-new, large-scale, broadly focused media outlet,...