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3/31/17
TechNews for the week: March 31; March 29; March 27;
War, Politics and Reports (Also, see Finance and Economics)
U.S. Investigating Mosul Strikes Said to Have Killed Up to 200 Civilians; The forces liberating Mosul are fighting each other, and opening the door to an Islamic State resurgence;
Point-blank killing of senior Hamas operative deepens tensions between Israel, Gaza; Settler leader: Population growth is end of 2-state solution;
Political, regional clouds gather over Israel even as economy booms; Israeli cabinet approves first West Bank settlement in 20 years;
U.S. War Footprint Grows in Middle East, With No Endgame in Sight;
Corruption protests sweep Russia; opposition leader arrested;
Germany Refuses Turkey's Request to Spy on Opponents of Erdogan;
In historic step, Britain gives formal notice that it is leaving the European Union; Scottish Parliament passes motion in favor of referendum on independence;
New research finds the U.S. may not need a wall to keep immigrants out; Hispanic contractors bid to build Trump's border wall. Then the death threats began;
Argentinian Immigrant Blasted After Shaming Trump in Facebook Post That Shows She Pays Her Taxes;
Federal judge in Hawaii extends order blocking Trump administration's travel ban;
The committee probing the Russia scandal has erupted into open warfare; Chairman and Trump ally: Rep. Nunes's actions raise concerns about Russia inquiry;
Nunes admits meeting with source of Trump surveillance documents on White House grounds; Three White House officials linked to files shared with House intelligence chair;
Michael Flynn in talks with Congress, wary of prosecution; There's a Russian storm over Trump's struggling presidency;
Russian state bank says it met with Kushner; The Kremlin and the White House have conflicting accounts of Kushner's meeting with the CEO of a Russia-owned bank;
White House sought to block former acting attorney general Sally Yates from testifying to Congress on Russia;
White House threatens to bypass hardline conservatives on tax reform; Trump, Ryan differ on how much relief to offer the middle class in tax-code overhaul;
Trump vows to fight the House Freedom Caucus, the hard-line conservative group that blocked the health-care bill, in 2018 elections;
Trump's budget owes a huge debt to this right-wing Washington think tank;
Trump wants to add wall spending to stopgap budget bill, potentially forcing shutdown showdown;
Trump to unveil office - led by Jared Kushner - aimed at overhauling the federal bureaucracy; Ivanka Trump reverses course, will become a government employee;
Trump to take major step to wipe out Obama's climate-change record with sweeping order on the environment;
Rex Tillerson is walled off from an increasingly uneasy corps of diplomats;
Nearly 1 out of every 3 days he has been president, Trump has visited a Trump property; Icahn Raises Ethics Flags With Dual Roles as Investor and Trump Adviser;
Trump's art of no deal: Find someone to blame; Donald Trump Claims U.S. Constitution Bars 'Apprentice' Star's Defamation Suit While in Office;
Dems force 1-week delay on panel vote on Supreme Court pick;
Study: drivers are less likely to brake for African American pedestrians;
Two activists who filmed undercover videos of Planned Parenthood charged with 15 felonies;
N.C. lawmakers have agreed on a deal to repeal 'bathroom bill';
Kansas governor vetoes Medicaid expansion bill;
Kentucky lawmakers override all 4 of Gov. Bevin's vetoes;
Math, science and technology:
Security issues
Second WikiLeaks Dump of CIA Documents; Terrorists Using Technology to Hide Themselves Online;
Lawmakers Want FCC to Take Action on Cellphone Security Flaw; The TSA's Selective Laptop Ban;
Security Orchestration and Incident Response;
Math and science
Lessons From a Polymath in 'How to Think Clearly';
How Mars lost its atmosphere, and why Earth didn't;
Uber Crash Details Paint A Complicated Story;
Paralyzed Man Able To Move Arm With System Bypassing Injured Spinal Cord; Virtual Agent Taught Grammar Similar To How Parents Teach Their Children;
Web and computing issues
More Mainstream Ads Found on Extremist Websites;
House votes to wipe away Internet privacy protections in move to allow providers to sell customer data, sending measure to Trump;
Trump Administration to Reverse Net Neutrality Rules; Campaigns Aim to Buy Lawmakers' Browsing Histories;
FCC Drops Defense of Broadband Subsidy Program; States Consider Moves to Protect Privacy Online;
A List of 15 Free AI Software Programs to Download; 7 Sports Technology Companies for Sports Analytics; Everything you need to know about Wi-Fi systems;
SC News and Politics
South Carolina U.S. Rep. Mark Sanford: Trump threatened to back primary challenger against me;
What one near-fatal overdose can teach South Carolina about the need for new drug laws;
James Island residents call for moratorium on new apartments;
Finance and Economics
Why a 10% Stock Correction May Be Good; Illegal immigrants help fuel U.S. farms; Coal Mining Jobs Trump Would Bring Back No Longer Exist;
Renegotiate Nafta? Mexicans Say Get On With It; Trump Trade Doubts Send Dollar, Shares Tumbling;
More Than Obamacare Repeal, Small Businesses Want Congress to Rein In Costs;
In Health Bill's Defeat, Medicaid Comes of Age ; After GOP Health Bill's Demise, More States Weigh Expanding Medicaid;
H-1B Visa Application To Launch Without Trump's Changes; Hatch Introduces H-1B Reform Bill;
North Carolina's bathroom bill cost the state at least $3.7 billion over 10 years, new analysis finds;
Administration Will Unveil Infrastructure Plan Later This Year; Minnesota Medtech Firms Could See Shortage Of Qualified Workers In Near Future;
Banks and Tech Firms Battle Over Something Akin to Gold: Your Data;
EU clears Dow-DuPont merger; DuPont in asset deal with FMC, delays close of Dow merger;
Toshiba decides on Westinghouse bankruptcy, sees $9 billion in charges; After crippling cost overruns, Toshiba's Westinghouse files for bankruptcy;
Santee Cooper, SCE&G commit to nuclear plant, for now, as Westinghouse seeks bankruptcy protection ;
Duke Energy sues insurers to help offset coal ash cleanup costs;
ConocoPhillips sells oil and gas assets for $13.3 billion;
Administration Asks Court To Delay Ruling On Obama's Clean Power Plan; Green power law has become a nuisance to U.S. utilities;
E.P.A. Chief, Rejecting Agency's Science, Chooses Not to Ban Insecticide;
Samsung Files Patent For A Smartwatch With A Secondary Display On Its Bezel;
Amazon to Start Collecting Sales Taxes in All States;
Supreme Court Considers Changes to Patent Venues;
Other news
The inside story of how Trump tried - and failed - to make a deal on health care; How a secret Freedom Caucus pact brought down Obamacare repeal;
The cruel double standard that may have saved Obamacare;
Why Republicans dutifully defend Trump's most ridiculous lies; The Weekly Standard's Arsenal to Fight Falsehoods: 'Facts, Logic and Reason';
The story of the shadowy figure said to be behind the Trump-Russia dossier's most salacious claim; Donald trump's Worst Deal;
Education:
Getting Into College Challenging For Many Working Class Students; Study: Late-Arriving Immigrants With Very Different Languages Major In STEM Fields;
With IRS Data Tool Down, Lawmakers Ask Education Dept. to Help Students; Student Loan Complaints Increase 429 Percent In Past Year;
Moody's Calls Trump's Proposed Budget Cuts a Credit Negative for Higher Ed; Trump Calls For Cutting $1.3 Billion From Pell Grants In FY2016;
Trump's Proposed Cuts Threaten Colleges' Key Job-Training Programs; Trump signs bills overturning Obama-era education regulations;
For-Profit Schools Sell 'Risky Education'; American Enterprise Institute Report: Public Money Skews Gainful Employment Rule Against For-Profit Colleges;
A Map of 'Free College' Programs Nationwide;
Chapel Hill Replaced KKK Name, but Not the Debate;
Georgia Passes Bill Denying Funding To Campuses Not Cooperating With Immigration Authorities; UT-Chattanooga Fires Reporter After Lawmakers Complain;
3/24/17
TechNews for the week: March 24; March 22; March 20;
War, Politics and Reports (Also, see Finance and Economics)
U.S. Airlifts Hundreds of Militia Fighters in Attack to Cut Off Raqqa, Syria ; Israel threatens to 'destroy' Syrian air defence systems;
Assad: US troops in Syria are 'invaders' (put out by RT) ; Syrian negotiator puts 'terrorism' at center of Geneva talks;
Iraqi forces to deploy new tactics in Mosul, civilians flee city;
U.S. sanctions 30 firms, individuals for aiding Iran, North Korea arms programs;
Taliban forces seize strategic district in embattled Helmand province;
North Korea says it tested rocket engine 'of historic significance'; North Korean missile explodes seconds after launch;
U.S.-Israeli talks conclude with no agreement on settlements;
In Germany, right-wing violence flourishes amid a surge in online hate; Once in the Shadows, Europe's Neo-Fascists Are Re-emerging;
Merkel Meets Trump, the Defender Versus the Disrupter; Angela Merkel's powerful side-eye at Ivanka Trump is asking the question we're all wondering;
Trump administration rejects G-20 language stressing need for free trade, threatening potential new rifts with U.S. allies; Germany doesn't owe U.S. 'vast sums' of money for NATO;
The White House has installed senior political aides at every Cabinet agency to monitor loyalty to Trump; Trump Shifting Authority Over Military Operations Back to Pentagon;
The White House serves up a red herring on Russia; Rex Tillerson will visit Russia but skip NATO meeting next month;
Trump's Budget Eliminates These 19 Federal Agencies. Here's What They Do - and Cost; Trump administration calls the structure of consumer agency unconstitutional;
Secret Service sought an extra $60 million for Trump-era travel and protection, nearly half for Trump Tower;
GOP Obamacare repeal bill betrays key Trump campaign promise; States Could Make Work a Medicaid Requirement Under G.O.P. Deal;
House GOP leaders unveil changes to health-care bill to address concerns from rank-and-file members and try to secure its passage;
CBO analysis of House Republicans' revised health-care bill shows just as many uninsured, less deficit reduction;
Trump to GOP critics of health care bill: 'I'm gonna come after you'; Trump delivers ultimatum to House Republicans: Pass health-care measure on Friday or he'll move on;
House leaders struggle to meet demands from conservative lawmakers; Update: 'We just pulled it,' Trump says of health-care bill minutes before scheduled vote;
President Trump called my cellphone to say that the health-care bill was dead. Here's what he said;
Numbers show Mexican border breaches at 1970s lows;
Trump border wall details revealed: 30 feet high, looks good from the north; Trump's US-Mexico border wall gives Arizona town a sense of worry and hope;
Trump Administration Orders Tougher Screening of Visa Applicants;
Justice Department delivers documents on wiretap claim to Congress; Intelligence chairman: Justice report shows no evidence for Trump's claims of wiretapping;
FBI Director Comey: Justice Dept. has no information that supports Trump's tweets alleging he was wiretapped by Obama;
Six big takeaways from the hearing on Russia, Trump and wiretapping;
House Intelligence chair Nunes cancels public hearing, sending House panel's Trump-Russia probe reeling; says Trump communications may have been 'incidentally' intercepted;
High court limits president's power to fill temporary posts;
New documents show Trump aide laundered payments from party with Moscow ties; Paul Manafort's business associate remains a key part of Trump's operation;
As White House seeks distance, former Trump campaign chairman faces new corruption allegations;
Trump's camp made three big promises to donate money to charity. What happened; 'Turkish Trump,' a Hotel Plan and a Tangle of Foreign Ties;
President Trump's cascade of false claims in Time's interview on his falsehoods; Trump didn't lie, Jeffrey Lord says on CNN. He just speaks a different language - 'Americanese.';
In Gorsuch, Conservative Activist Sees Test Case for Reshaping the Judiciary;
Hawaii Republican resigns from party after criticizing Trump;
GOP lawmakers wouldn't come to a town hall - so voters brought literal empty suits; Hot mic catches GOP congressman's adviser planning spin about 'un-American' protesters;
Ex-Colo. GOP leader said only Democrats committed voter fraud. Now he's charged with voter fraud;
The Texas AG sued to keep a Bible quote in school. Now he's troubled by Muslim prayers;
A cop fires. A teen dies. Yet six police body cameras somehow miss what happens;
Math, science and technology:
Security issues
Election systems security under increasing scrutiny; Senate Votes to Repeal Privacy Regulations for ISPs; House seeks clarity on FBI facial recognition database;
The Multi-Billion-Dollar U.S. Spy Agency You Haven't Heard Of; WikiLeaks Not Disclosing CIA-Hoarded Vulnerabilities to Companies;
Hundreds of Cisco switches vulnerable to flaw found in WikiLeaks files; Cisco Says 300 Models of Switches Allow CIA Control;
Report: Hackers threaten to wipe millions of iCloud accounts if Apple doesn't pay up by 7 April;
Baidu Says Hackers Tried to Steal Driverless Car Technology; Twitter Accounts Hacked at ABC News, Good Morning America;
There are 2.4 billion robo-calls every month. The FCC wants to help block them;
New Gmail Phishing Scam;
New Paper on Encryption Workarounds;
Math and science
Giant ring of galaxies scattered during Andromeda flyby challenges Einstein's theory of gravity;
A new definition would add 102 planets to our solar system - including Pluto;
5 data sources that could predict the 2017 NCAA championship; Duke basketball debuts new SAP-powered statistics site;
US Navy Railgun Test Fire Video Released;
Web and computing issues
Microsoft, Big Banks Unite to form Massive Ethereum Consortium;
Executive's guide to implementing blockchain technology; Hard Fork as it relates to blockchain technology; The new building block(chain) of health care records management;
Top 5 ways to get trustworthy news; Twitter Suspends 636,000 Accounts to Fight 'Violent Extremism';
Researchers Using Evolution To Develop Better Algorithms;
SC News and Politics
To South Carolina District, Trump's Tough Budget Is a Promise Kept;
S.C. Political Corruption; SLED raid seized trove of documents at Quinn firm;
State Continues to Underfund Public Education;
Finance and Economics
The 5 most (and least) innovative states in the US; Recruiting, Retaining Skilled Employees "Number One Issue" For Manufacturers;
How 'Consumer Relief' After Mortgage Crisis Can Enrich Big Banks; Gripes About Obamacare Aside, Health Insurers Are in a Profit Spiral;
Chinese Investments in U.S. Start-Ups Creating Concerns; Mexico calls on its builders to boycott Trump's wall;
Eton Park to Shut Down as $3 Trillion Hedge Fund Industry Faces Turmoil; Goldman Sachs says Yellen's exit may prompt the Fed to pare its balance sheet sooner rather than later;
Proposed Budget Cuts Seek To Shift Research Initiatives To Private Sector;
Coal in the Trump age: Industry has a pulse, but prospects for jobs are weak; Energy Efficiency Programs Face Cuts In Ohio, Kentucky, Washington, DC;
Trump administration approves Keystone XL pipeline; Maryland Governor Supports Fracking Ban;
Southern, Scana Seen Facing $8.5 Billion Threat on Toshiba Woes;
Twitter Considers Paid Subscription Service;
Americans Are Dying With an Average of $62K of Debt;
Other news
How the Mercer family's partnership with Stephen Bannon shaped the populist climate;
Information Avoidance: How People Select Their Own Reality;
How Trump Can Fix Health Care;
How U.S. Law Inspired the Nazis;
Education:
Higher-Ed Salaries; Opportunities Abound for Those Studying Engineering; CUNY Going To "Fundamentally" Rework Its Remediation Programs;
Administration Rescinds Rule That Blocked Student Loan Agencies From Targeting Defaulted Borrowers;
Trump's Actions on Immigration Bring Uncertainty to English-Language Learners; U. Texas - El Paso Watches Warily as Trump's Budget Threatens Its Needy Students;
ED Has Paid $141 Million To Erase Former ITT Technical Institute Students' Debt;
Tuition-Free College Movement Builds At Local, State Levels; A Public University Mends Fences With Its State;
Betsy DeVos's Hiring of For-Profit College Official Raises Impartiality Issues; Former For-Profit Lobbyist Quits Job at Education Dept.;
Many Colleges Are Providing Inaccurate Information To Potential Students;
Blockchain: Letting Students Own Their Credentials;
Spanier Is Found Guilty of Child Endangerment in Sandusky Sex-Abuse Case; Arkansas reconsiders letting guns in stadiums, arenas;
In the Trump Era, Even Commencement Politics Are More Charged;
3/17/17
TechNews for the week: March 17; March 15; March 13;
War, Politics and Reports (Also, see Finance and Economics)
In Mosul, Iraqi forces struggle to hang on to government compound days; U.S. to likely send as many as 1,000 more ground troops into Syria ahead of Raqqa offensive;
North Korea's growing arsenal rattles U.S. allies, heightens risk of a 'miscalculation';
China to Trump: We don't want a trade war, but if there is one, you'd lose;
Justice Department charging Russian spies and criminal hackers in Yahoo intrusion;
Scottish leader to seek second independence referendum; Dutch anti-Islam leader Geert Wilders fizzles in elections;
Suspect arrested after scaling White House fence late Friday;
The White House may have broken a rule when it tweeted about the jobs report;
Tillerson shuns all but conservative website on Asia tour; Tillerson says diplomacy with North Korea has 'failed,' Pyongyang warns of war;
Michael Flynn received more payments from Russia-related entities than previously reported; Reporter gets into heated exchange with Sean Spicer over Mike Flynn's Turkey ties;
Trump Advisor Messaged Alleged DNC Hacker During Campaign; GOP congressman says his Obama conspiracy theory was meant to be a secret;
Press secretary says Trump 'stands by' unproven allegation that Obama ordered wiretapping of Trump tower;
Trump suggests little-noticed interview between Fox News host and Paul Ryan helped fuel his explosive wiretap claims;
GCHQ slaps down White House claims of Trump Tower wiretapping claims as 'utterly ridiculous';
'Is there an investigation?' Graham demands answers from FBI on Russia;
Republican chairman of the House Intelligence Committee confirms evidence of Trump Tower being wiretapped doesn't exist;
Senator Graham threatens subpoena on Trump wiretapping claim; Grassley accuses Justice Department officials of withholding information in Trump-Russia probe;
G.O.P. Bill Would Help Employers Find Out How Healthy You Are; Employees who decline genetic testing could face penalties under proposed bill;
Many in this WVa county are poor, sick, and voted for Trump. What will happen to their health care;
CBO: 14 million people would lose coverage next year under GOP health care plan; CBO projects Defunding Planned Parenthood could lead to thousands more births;
Paul Ryan concedes health-care proposal must change to pass House; Trump loyalists sound alarm over 'RyanCare,' fear plan is "a trap set for Trump";
Mulvaney does not really understand how the Affordable Care Act works;
On first day in office, new Medicaid chief urges states to charge premiums, prod recipients to get jobs;
Federal judge freezes Trump's new travel ban hours before it was to take effect; Tech Companies Opposing New Travel Ban; Internal Trump administration data undercuts travel ban;
Rep. Steve King warns that 'our civilization' can't be restored with 'somebody else's babies';
Justice Dept. files legal papers in federal court in Md., setting up a new appeals court showdown in Richmond;
What Trump cut in his budget; Trump federal budget 2018: Massive cuts to the arts, science and the poor;
House majority leader says 4% economic growth solves all US financial problems; Trump budget expected to seek historic contraction of federal workforce;
Trump Lets Key Offices Gather Dust Amid 'Slowest Transition in Decades'; President Trump, the king of flip-flops;
Texas Congressional Maps Are Struck Down for Discrimination; GOP hurts itself with voter suppression; States scramble for funding to upgrade aging voting machines;
Trump paid $38 million in income tax in 2005 and reported a $105 million write-down; Kushners, Trump In-Laws, Weigh $400 Million Deal With Chinese Firm;
Judge Neil M. Gorsuch, Has Web of Ties to Secretive Billionaire;
Sean Spicer gets confronted in Apple store; Trump responds; Republican congressman shouts down a constituent at tense town hall;
Amazon launched a fake radio station to promote 'The Man in the High Castle.' Angry Trump supporters thought it was real;
Pro-Trump media outlets set the agenda with lies. Here's how traditional media can take it back;
Florida Poised to Strengthen 'Stand Your Ground' Defense;
Math, science and technology:
Security issues
MarchCrypto-Gram Newsletter, WikiLeaks Releases CIA Hacking Tools, Botnets, Doxing and more; Why Our Nuclear Weapons Can Be Hacked;
Russian Espionage Piggybacks on a Cybercriminal's Hacking ;
North Korea Missile Test Heightens Concerns Over Potential EMP Attack; North Korean Hackers Blamed for Attacks in 31 Countries;
FBI won't release iPhone hacking tool and is still using it;
Judge Rejects Class-Action Settlement Over Gmail Scanning;
Math and science
Ancient palace revealed under destroyed Mosul shrine; Archaeologists discover a treasure-laden shipwreck from the Crusades;
NASA just found an orbiter that's been missing around the moon for 8 years; Releases Animation Of TRAPPIST-1 Captured By Kepler Telescope;
Mysterious 'rogue planet' floating through space may be even odder than we thought; Earth's Inner Van Allen Belt Weaker Than Previously Thought;
Large Sections of Australia's Great Reef Are Now Dead;
Army to get laser that can zap drones;
Report Suggests Biotech Developments Could Overwhelm Regulatory System;
Drastic cuts proposed for medical and scientific research;
The chess problem which holds key to human consciousness;
Web and computing issues
Germany May Fine Social Media Sites for Hate Speech; EU authorities demand changes from Facebook, Google, Twitter;
Windows 10 gets even more ads: Here's how to disable them all;
How the Internet Is Saving Culture, Not Killing It;
SC News and Politics
What the Republican health bill means for South Carolinians;
Finance and Economics
Washington region braces for budget that could shake up the historically stable local economy; Fed raises benchmark interest rate for third time since 2008;
Trump Will Propose Shutting Down National Arts and Humanities Endowments; Why It Matters That Trump Wants to Kill the NEA and NEH;
White House endorses plan to remove 30,000 FAA workers from federal payroll;
Trump Vows To Boost US Auto Industry, "Cancel" Obama Order On Fuel Standards;
Economic Reforms Needed To Address Technological Unemployment; Where Will the Government Look for Thousands of New Border Agents;
European Parliament signals tough line on Brexit; Commerce Secretary Sees No Plans to Change U.S.-EU Privacy Pact;
Court Asks Trump Administration To Clarify Position On Fracking Rule;
How Many Electric Cars Are There in the USA; EV Incentives Under Fire In Several States;
Cars May Become More Efficient, Even Without Efficiency Rules;
VW Pleads Guilty In Emissions Scandal.; Wells Fargo Leaders Reaped Lavish Pay Even as Account Scandal Unfolded;
Other news
Firing federal workers isn't as easy as Trump makes it seem in his budget; 'Can He Do That?': Will Trump really cut federal programs people depend on;
Mexico wants its kids speaking English as well as Spanish within 20 years;
Why You Think You're Right, Even When You're Wrong;
Education:
How Colleges Can Open Powerful Educational Experiences to Everyone; GPA Versus Exam Scores: What's Better in Predicting College Success;
Report: Overtime, Low Wages Causing Educator Stress; Can a Failing Grade Motivate a Student;
Prospective International Students Show New Reluctance to Study in the U.S.; Forty Percent Of US Colleges Experiencing Declines In International Applications;
Pennsylvania State Schools' Enrollment Declines Alarm State Lawmakers;
Universities Face New Scrutiny Over Spending by Private Foundations; How USC Raised $6 Billion and Is Now Seeking More;
Charter Schools' Low College Completion Rates Persist;
What DeVos's Singular Focus on School Choice Could Mean for Higher-Ed Policy; Calls For Trump To Deregulate For-Profit College Sector;
2 Former Penn State Officials Plead Guilty in Sandusky Case;
As NCAA money trickles down, even tennis coaches are outearning professors;
3/10/17
TechNews for the week: March 10; March 8; March 6;
War, Politics and Reports (Also, see Finance and Economics)
Iraqi forces capture Mosul government compound in major step to retake key city; Netanyahu to press Putin on Iranian influence in Syria;
Pentagon plan to seize Raqqa calls for significant increase in U.S. participation; Marines have arrived in Syria to fire artillery in the fight for Raqqa;
Pentagon: Iranian vessels harass Navy ship, as Iran tests missile defense system;
Caught between Trump and Russia, Germans begin to ratchet up their military might; Ahead of pivotal European elections, rightist websites grow in influence;
Russia's RT Network: Is It More BBC or K.G.B.?
North Korea fires four ballistic missiles into sea near Japan; U.S. Faces Challenges in Using Cyber Weapons Against N. Korea;
South Korean president impeached over a bribery scandal, a decision that could change the political direction of the key U.S. ally;
The web of relationships between Team Trump and Russia; Trump was a conspiracy-theory candidate. Now he's a conspiracy-theory president;
Trump spent the weekend mad - steaming, raging mad, fury over leaks, setbacks and accusations; Do Trump's own surrogates actually believe what he says? Here's a clue;
Donald Trump mistakenly accuses Obama of ordering release of 122 Guantanamo terrorists;
The Trump-SoftBank-Saudi Connection; Top official overseeing Trump's D.C hotel is out at GSA as Democrats call for investigation of lease;
Former U.S. intelligence chief rejects Trump wiretap accusation; FBI director James Comey asked Justice Department to refute Trump's wiretapping claims;
Former British lawmaker is at the heart of the Trump wiretap allegations; White House Rejects Comey's Assertion That Wiretapping Claim Is False;
How wiretaps actually work and what's really going on here;
Revised executive order bans travelers from six Muslim-majority countries from getting new visas;
Hawaii Sues to Block Trump Travel Ban; First Challenge to Order; Washington state will ask judge to apply ruling on first travel ban to new order;
Republicans join Democratic call for clarity on Trump abortion order;
House Republicans release long-awaited plan to repeal and replace Obamacare, but issued no cost or coverage estimates; The three GOP factions that could doom the GOP bill;
How the House Republicans' proposed Obamacare replacement compares; How the plan could effect you; Analysts Say Millions Risk Losing Health Insurance in Republican Plan;
Backlash grows over House GOP's proposal to replace Obamacare; Doctors, hospitals and insurers oppose Republican health plan;
GOP health-care plan passes in two House committees despite top Senate Republican's concern over absence of cost estimate;
The poor 'just don't want health care': GOP congressman faces criticism for comments; Male GOP lawmaker asks why men should pay for prenatal coverage;
White House Casts Pre-emptive Doubt on Congressional Budget Office;
To fund border wall, Trump administration weighs cuts to Coast Guard, airport security;
EPA chief makes strongest statements yet rejecting the science of human-caused climate change; Attorney general seeks resignations of 46 US attorneys;
Treasury calls on Congress to raise debt limit, begins steps to delay default;
Supreme Court sides with defendant claiming jury race bias; Study: Black People More Likely to Be Wrongfully Convicted of Murder;
Supreme Court vacates ruling in favor of Virginia transgender student who wants to use boys' bathroom;
Justice Thomas sharply criticizes civil forfeiture laws;
Missouri Republicans aim to deprive citizens of their rights;
State GOP Lawmakers Say They Can't Rely On Trump Plan To Deliver Infrastructure Funds;
Former Labor Secretary says Donald Trump could be impeached on four grounds;
Math, science and technology:
Security issues
It is hard to get an intelligence wiretap; Artificial Intelligence and Law - It's Complicated;
WikiLeaks Releases CIA Hacking Tools; More on the CIA Document Leak;
CIA hoarded iPhone and Android exploits, leaked documents reveal; here's how the CIA hacks your phones, TVs and PCs;
Russian Hackers Reportedly Targeting U.S. Progressive Groups; Security Researcher Finds 1.4 Billion Email Account Details Posted;
Google Discloses Details of an Unpatched Microsoft Vulnerability; Confide, a messaging app used by White House staff to leak, isn't very secure;
Math and science
The problem with facts; Bold Promises Fade to Doubts for a Trump-Linked Data Firm;
This chart is a powerful indictment of our current health-care system;
Do Nike's New Shoes Give Runners an Unfair Advantage?
Single-atom magnets to pave the way for smaller and denser storage devices; Lithium-Ion Pioneer Develops Improved Battery;
Web and computing issues
Facebook Starts Labeling Some Posts as 'Disputed' News;
Why Raspberry Pi is the future of computing devices;
IBM Aims To Commercialize Quantum Computing With New Q Service;
The Charge Against Computing's Biggest Roadblock;
SC News and Politics
South Carolina Needs To Stop Shooting Itself In The Foot;
Attorneys for Michael Slager request evidence of bargaining between prosecution and eyewitness;
Finance and Economics
U.S. added 235,000 jobs in February, likely giving the Fed the go-ahead for rate hike next week; Universal Basic Income: An Idea Whose Scholarly Time Has Come?
How President Trump's first jobs report looks on the 'real' metrics he touted in 2016;
The amazing plunge in IRS audits of rich people and large companies; Income tax audits plummet as IRS loses agents to budget cuts;
Investor alert: Trump's tax cuts are looking iffy; High Frequency Trading in the Trump Era;
Trump sons, planning expansion of family business, look to leverage campaign experience;
The White House wants credit for ExxonMobil 2013 investment plan - literally; Copied Exxon's Press Release in a Statement Praising Exxon;
H-1B Visa Program Under Fire By Trump Administration; H-1B Expedited Processing Suspension Could Impact Businesses;
Average Fuel Economy For US Vehicles Went From 14 MPG In 1923 To 17.9 MPG In 2015; Administration Expected To Roll Back CAFE Standards;
White House Mulls Changes To US Biofuels Policy; Trump To Order Repeal Of Clean Power Plan Without Replacement;
China Builds Largest Deepwater Drilling Rig;
Wind Power Topped Hydro In 2016; Ohio Republicans Again Target Wind, Solar Mandates;
Blockchain: A Better Way to Track Pork Chops, Bonds, Bad Peanut Butter;
Keystone XL builders can use non-U.S. steel, White House says now;
How Sunoco LP's Management Thinks It Can Turn Things Around in 2017;
Other news
Trump tweeted that this new immigration book is a "must read." It's more like "must laugh";
Six of Trump's tweets this morning seemed to respond directly to what was happening on 'Fox & Friends';
Promoting Knowledge in an Age of Unreason;
Harriet Tubman fled a life of slavery in Maryland. Now a new visitor center opens on the land she escaped;
Education:
Getting Into College Easier Than Many Applicants Think; Building Remedial Ed's Support Structure; Senate Does Away With Obama Teacher-Prep Regulations;
"Most States" Provide Less Aid To Low-Income College Students Than Pell Program; Ohio Education Leaders Identify Financial Aid Shortages As College Enrollment Inhibitor;
Citing Security Fears, IRS Suspends Key Tool in Financial-Aid Process;
177 Private Colleges Fail Education Dept.'s Financial-Responsibility Test; U.S. Gives Colleges More Time for Appeals Under Gainful-Employment Rule;
New Travel Ban Still Sows Chaos and Confusion;
Roundup of the Latest Campus-Climate Incidents Early in the Trump Presidency; White Supremacists Target College Campuses With Unprecedented Effort;
3/3/17
TechNews for the week: March 3; March 1; February 27;
War, Politics and Reports (Also, see Finance and Economics)
Accelerating Yemen effort, U.S. sends largest flurry of strikes in recent history; Pentagon delivers draft plan to defeat Islamic State to White House;
Israel removes settlers from homes on private Palestinian land; Israel's justice minister imposes four new Supreme Court justices;
Palestinian envoy warns against moving US embassy in Israel;
Israeli government watchdog slams Netanyahu, army over 'failures' in 2014 Gaza war;
European Parliament votes to end visa-free travel for Americans;
Trump administration sought to enlist intelligence officials, key lawmakers to counter Russia stories; For Donald Trump Jr., lingering questions about meeting with pro-Russia group;
Top Republican says special prosecutor should investigate Russian meddling in Trump's election; Sticking With Trump, Republicans Resist Call for Broader Russian Inquiry;
Sessions spoke twice with the Russian ambassador, encounters he did not disclose at his confirmation hearing to become AG; Jeff Sessions recusing himself from campaign probes;
Pro-Trump megadonor is part owner of Breitbart News empire, CEO reveals;
The White House's big 'fake news' cop-out; Trump cites a meaningless statistic about national debt and says no one is reporting on it;
Divided White House offers lawmakers little guidance on replacing Obamacare; Trump Concedes Health Law Overhaul Is 'Unbelievably Complex';
Trump to propose 10 percent spike in defense spending, massive cuts to other agencies; Did Trump save really 77,000 coal mining jobs;
Fight over debt ceiling could accelerate Trump's budget clash with GOP; "It's dead on arrival." Republicans in Congress are balking at Trump's sweeping budget cuts;
With aging jets and a shortage of pilots, the Air Force weighs buying throwback 'light-attack' planes; Possible budget cuts to State Dept., foreign aid draw bipartisan opposition;
Trump gives his hard-line campaign promises a more moderate tone in address to Congress; Winners and losers from Trump's speech to Congress; Fact-checking Trump's address;
Trump offers mixed signals about his immigration plans; Trump Reverses Obama-Era Water Protection Rule;
Trump administration seeks deep cuts from budget of NOAA, a leading climate science agency;
Justice Dept rescinds opposition to key part of Texas voter ID law;
Justice Department Will Stop Monitoring Troubled Police Agencies; US attorney-general's violent crime fears at odds with data;
VP Mike Pence used private email for state business as governor;
Across the Country, a Republican Push to Rein In Protesters;
What Trump didn't want you to see him signing; Has Trump become the 'don't blame me' president?
U.S. top court backs review of Virginia voting districts in race case; Court gives new guidance on racial gerrymandering;
NC Court rulings mean NC is without an elections board and ethics commission;
Many Iowans who voted for Trump are already disappointed;
George W. Bush: Media essential to democracy; A Trump voter's message to retailers: 'Keep your mouths shut about our president';
Math, science and technology:
Security issues
Essential YouTube videos to Learn cybersecurity basics; 8 things hackers would like you to know;
Palantir and the NSA; NSA Head Pushing For Changes On Handling Cyber Weaponry;
Botnets of Things; The Internet of Evil Things Being Fueled by Mirai Botnet; Challenges Of Defending Electricity Grid From Cyberattacks;
Use of Encryption Technology Spikes Amid Political Division; A major security flaw means you have to change your passwords again;
TSA documents reveal New York airport's wave of security lapses; Report: Robots From Leading Manufacturers At "Critical Risk" Of Being Hacked;
EU Justice Comm'r 'Expects Continuity' on U.S. Data Pact; White House wants spy law renewed. Congress has other ideas;
A Survey of Propaganda Techniques;
Math and science
Newly discovered 3.77-billion-year-old fossils could be earliest evidence of life on Earth;
Skulls found in China were part modern human, part Neanderthal; possibly new species;
Web and computing issues
FCC Chairman Delays Launch of Internet Privacy Rules; Stops Implementation of New Internet Privacy Rules; New FCC Chair Calls Net Neutrality Rules a 'Mistake';
Raspberry Pi Zero W: The smart person's guide;
Report: iPhones are much more unreliable than Android devices;
Why a whole slew of websites were suddenly down or working slowly;
SC News and Politics
S. Carolina law makes it tough to lower Confederate flags;
Attorneys for Michael Slager cite Trump's declarations of 'fake news' in allegations of media witch-hunt;
New bills call for mandatory training for all alcohol servers, looser restrictions on distillers;
Finance and Economics
Shaky Jobs, Sluggish Wages: Reasons Are at Home; Fed will likely raise rates in March; The Market's Long Upward March: Correction Due?
The Mighty NY Teamsters Pension Fund is Out of Money; Foxconn's broken pledges in Pennsylvania cast doubt on Trump's jobs plan;
German inflation rises at fastest rate in 4 years; EU Official Wants Banks to Test for Cyber Attacks;
Wells Fargo axes 2016 cash bonuses for top execs;
Self-Driving Car Rules Under Review, Industry Should Educate "Skeptical Public"; Japan Seeks To Have 20% Of Cars To Be Autonomous In 2030;
Xiaomi Unveils First In-House Developed Chip;
Military To Continue To Advance Green Energy Use; Former Trump Aide Says Wind and Solar Research Will Be Cut;
Other news
Daniel Ellsberg, who leaked the Pentagon Papers, asks: Who will be the next Snowden?
Getting Rid of Old Books;
Education:
The 2017 Trends ReportTrends Report; Information Literacy starts in Freshman Comp; Colleges respond to the complaint that they're liberal bubbles;
HBCUs Graduate More Low-Income Students Than Other Colleges; State-by-State Breakdown of Graduation Rates;
How Colleges Lost Billions to Hedge Funds in 2016;
Cost of Online Education May Be Higher Than We Think, Study Suggests; Remedial-Education Reform May Fall Short Without More Focus on Nonacademic Support;
Here's Every Major Statement Trump and DeVos Have Made on Higher Ed; Trump Executive Order Shifts Assistance For HBCUs To White House;
Kansas Supreme Court Says State Education Spending Is Too Low; With Energy Prices Down, Western States See Recession-Like Cuts;
Faculty Union Says 75 Nontenure Jobs to Be Cut at U. of Oregon;
Iowa Lawmaker Who Has Criticized Colleges Listed Steakhouse Company as Alma Mater;