US bolsters cyber alliance to counter rising Iran threat
President Biden vowed to expand cyber cooperation with Israel and Saudi Arabia on his trip to the Middle East last week, a move experts see as a direct response to the rising digital threat from Iran. The U.S. and Saudi Arabia signed bilateral agreements to strengthen their cybersecurity partnership and share information related to cyber threats and malicious actors, while
Read MorePaul Pelosi's questionable Wall Street windfall spurs bipartisan calls for stock trading ban
An overwhelming majority of Americans believe Congress is inept, broken and hopelessly addicted to maintaining power while acting far too much like drunken sophomores on Twitter. And most people believe Capitol Hill can’t get the most basic things done even when there’s bipartisan agreement. Hence its 16 percent approval rating.On the things-that-should-be-done-but-haven't-for-whatever-reason front,
Read MoreDemocrats scramble to squeeze priorities into budget bill
The collapse of plans to include climate and tax legislation in a bill Democrats can pass this summer through the Senate with 51 votes has set off a scramble among Democrats to squeeze other priorities into the package. Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee Chairwoman Patty Murray (D-Wash.) says she wants money for more COVID-19 vaccines and therapies, which would cost at least $10 billion. Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) is pushing for money to fund international COVID-19 vaccination efforts, which is project
Read MoreDemocrats’ 2024 chances start with primary reform
After a recent meeting of the Democratic National Committee, it appears the party is poised to end the 50-year tradition of Iowa kicking off the presidential nominating process. It’s about time. Iowa is a wonderful state, of course. But it does not look like much of the rest of the country, where Americans — and Democrats especially — are increasingly div
Read MoreBiden keeps his distance from Jan. 6 panel
President Biden has kept his distance from the explosive hearings led by the committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, wary of politicizing the issue as the panel lays out his predecessor’s role in triggering the riots. Biden has barely commented on the panel’s findings and in some instances has been occupied by foreign or domestic trips when the committee has held public hearings. The effect has been a split-screen of sorts in Washington. The White House wants to avoid politicizing what it has repeatedly stressed is an independent investigatio
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