The official death toll from last month’s landslide in Washington state has risen to 30, according to local officials, with more than a dozen still listed as missing.
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Senate Panel Votes To Declassify Report On CIA Interrogations
A Senate panel voted on Thursday to declassify a controversial report on the interrogation techniques used by the Central Intelligence Agency during the presidency of George W. Bush.
White House: Creation Of ‘Cuban Twitter’ Was Not Covert Program
The funding of a social media platform designed to undermine the Cuban government was not a covert American operation, White House Press Secretary Jay Carney said during his regular press briefing on Thursday.
Fort Hood MP Hailed As Hero For Confronting Shooter
Stories are emerging about the harrowing minutes on the post Wednesday and what are being described as the heroic actions of the military police officer who confronted the gunman.
Supreme Court Strikes Down Overall Limits On Political Contributions
The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday struck down an overall cap on the amount that large campaign donors can give to parties and candidates in a two-year election cycle.
When The Twit Hit The Fan: ‘I’m Still Here,’ Colbert Says
In his first show since a controversy erupted over a Comedy Central tweet about one of his skits last week, Stephen Colbert poked fun at the media, his network and himself Monday night, declaring that despite a #CancelColbert campaign against his show on Twitter, “I’m still here.”
White House To Propose Halting NSA Bulk Collection Of Phone Data
President Obama is reportedly preparing to announce a plan to scrap the government’s systematic collection of bulk phone records as part of a far-reaching overhaul of the National Security Agency’s controversial electronic surveillance activities.
At Least 8 Dead, Many Missing After Washington State Mudslide
Searchers pulled more bodies from a soupy mixture of muck and debris, bringing the death toll to eight, after a massive mudslide over the weekend smashed through a community in rural western Washington state.
Obama Meets With Tech CEOs About Privacy
For the second time in recent months, President Obama welcomed a cadre of tech CEOs to the White House to talk about data privacy.
Search For Flight MH370 Reportedly Largest In History
The disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 has spawned the largest-ever multinational air-sea search — involving ships, airplanes from at least 14 countries and requests for radar information from as many as 26.