The Pentagon came under heavy criticism in June when National Guardsmen helped clear Lafayette Square of peaceful protesters in order for President Donald Trump to stage a photo op in front of a church holding a Bible. On Monday, the Guard announced that its personnel would be unarmed and would not wear body armor. On […]
Day: January 6, 2021
GOP fears Electoral College challenge will ‘come back to haunt’ it
“I think this is something that will come back to haunt Republicans,” said Jon Gilmore, a Republican strategist in Arkansas and an adviser to the state’s governor, Asa Hutchinson. “It opens a Pandora’s box.” Since the 1990s, Republican presidential candidates have won the popular vote only once — in George W. Bush’s reelection campaign in […]
U.S.: Evidence of spying found at fewer than 10 agencies hit by massive hack
Investigators believe that, “of the approximately 18,000 affected public and private sector customers of Solar Winds’ Orion product, a much smaller number have been compromised by follow-on activity on their systems,” the four agencies said. “We have so far identified fewer than ten U.S. government agencies that fall into this category, and are working to […]