Governing

In this photo taken Tuesday Feb. 3, 2015, Facebook chief operating officer Sheryl Sandberg answers questions during an interview at Facebook headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif. Sandberg is in Washington on Capitol Hill this week meeting with lawmakers and

Investigators Chase Missing Pieces Of Facebook, Twitter Role In Russian Meddling

2:02pm October 12, 2017

by Philip Ewing

Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg is the latest Big Tech emissary to visit Washington, D.C., as scrutiny grows over Russia's online disinformation scheme.

President Trump hands a pen that he used to sign an executive order on health care to Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., in the Roosevelt Room of the White House on Thursday.

Trump Uses Executive Pen To Chip Away At Obamacare

1:36pm October 12, 2017

by Scott Horsley

President Trump signed an executive order Thursday that aims to allow more insurance options. The plan is intended to lower costs, but critics warn it could hurt those who need insurance most.

More than half of State Department positions requiring Senate confirmation still don't have a nominee, including the ambassador to South Korea and the assistant secretary for East Asian and Pacific affairs.

Trump Leaves Top Administration Positions Unfilled, Says Hollow Government By Design

12:49pm October 12, 2017

by Tamara Keith

With a Cabinet post awaiting a nominee and hundreds of senior government positions unfilled, Trump says he is draining the swamp. Others say he is leaving "substitute teachers" in charge.

Queue Listen Now

The late Charlton Heston, the former actor and head of the National Rifle Association, addresses gun owners during a "get-out-the-vote" rally in New Hampshire in October 2002.

The NRA Wasn't Always Against Gun Restrictions

3:16pm October 10, 2017

by Ron Elving

Many are surprised to learn that the NRA of generations past worked with the federal government to limit the traffic in guns, for example where ex-convicts or mental patients were involved.

The Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty Could Be In Trouble

4:58pm October 06, 2017

by David Welna

The U.S. says Russia is violating the treaty and some Republicans want to respond by developing a new missile. But arms control experts say that could spur a nuclear arms race and isn't necessary.

The Wall Street Journal reports there has been a new breach at the National Security Agency via one of the agency's contractors.

National

Report: Hackers Stole NSA Cybertools In Another Breach Via Another Contractor

4:49pm October 05, 2017

by Philip Ewing

In 2015, an NSA contractor may have taken highly classified cybertools home to a personal computer — from which they were compromised, the Wall Street Journal reports.

Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Richard Burr, R-N.C. (right), and committee Vice Chairman Mark Warner, D-Va., hold a news conference Wednesday on the status of the committee's inquiry into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election.

Question Still 'Open' About U.S. Collusion With Russian Influence Campaign

5:09pm October 04, 2017

by Philip Ewing

The chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee said his panel has much more work to do before it can assess whether anyone colluded with Russia's attack on the election.

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said at a briefing Wednesday that a news report that he intended to resign was "intended to divide" and that he was "not going to deal with petty nonsense."

Tillerson Says He Never Considered Resigning, Doesn't Deny Calling Trump A 'Moron'

2:51pm October 04, 2017

by Domenico Montanaro

The secretary of state denied a report that he considered stepping down, but did not deny that he called the president a "moron" after a hotly political speech before the Boy Scouts over the summer.

Former Equifax CEO Richard Smith testifies about the company's massive data breach before a House Energy and Commerce subcommittee on Tuesday.

Equifax And Wells Fargo Apologize To Congress; Lawmakers Not Buying It

10:57pm October 03, 2017

Equifax's former CEO Richard Smith and Wells Fargo CEO Tim Sloan both said "sorry" for the harm their companies have inflicted on consumers. But lawmakers scolded them in two different hearings.

The sun begins to rise behind the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday, the first day of the high court's new session.

This Supreme Court Case Could Radically Reshape Politics

11:11am October 03, 2017

by Nina Totenberg

Wisconsin Republicans lost the 2012 election overall but won 60 percent of the legislative seats. They did it through extreme partisan gerrymandering. The court will weigh how far is too far.