Joseph Blount, JR., President and Chief Executive Officer of Colonial Pipeline, is sworn in while attending a hearing to investigate threats to critical infrastructure. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds | Reuters WASHINGTON – Colonial Pipeline’s CEO told a Senate committee Tuesday that the company paid the $ 5 million ransom money and crippled fuel shipments along the east…

Senate Majority Leader Schumer announced that he will hold another vote on the legislation to create an independent 1/6 Commission. Video of Majority Leader Schumer: Schumer said on the Senate floor: This morning, the Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee, in partnership with the Senate Rules Committee, released a joint report related to the…

A sign warns consumers of the availability of gasoline at a RaceTrac gas station on May 11, 2021 in Smyrna, Georgia. Elijah Nouvelage | AFP | Getty Images WASHINGTON – U.S. law enforcement officials announced Monday they were able to get back $ 2.3 million in bitcoins paid to a cyber criminal group involved in…

MP Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) Appeared in “The Ax Files with David Axelrod” and condemned former President Donald Trump for the worst violation of the oath of office when he instigated a riot against Congress on January 6th. As I said, I think what Donald Trump did is the most dangerous thing, the most egregious violation…

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden responded to the May jobs report on Friday, saying the steady growth in jobs and the decline in unemployment is evidence his economic plan is working. “None of this success is an accident,” said Biden, who spoke in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware. “It isn’t luck. It’s due in no small part…

Ousted from power, Netanyahu is now crying out over electoral fraud and on trial for bribery and corruption. Haaretz reports: Speaking to Likud lawmakers at a faction meeting of the party in the Knesset on Sunday, Netanyahu said that “journalists are participating in this propaganda machine that campaigns for the left, but don’t be afraid…

A senior Justice Department official warned Friday that US business leaders must do more to prepare for an onslaught of ransomware attacks by foreign states and criminal groups. “The message has to be to viewers here, CEOs across the country, that they are seeing the exponential increase in these attacks,” said Lisa Monaco, Assistant Attorney…

Republicans these days tend to complain about “woke” culture, referring pejoratively to an increasing attention to, awareness of, and concern about abiding injustices and inequities that have long structured American society. Apparently, advocating for Black lives, believing transgender people deserve civil rights, or decrying and resisting assaults on American democracy in favor of minority rule…

Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump arrive to vote during a campaign rally in Statesville, North Carolina, on Jan. Carlo Allegri | Reuters CNBC policy Read more about CNBC’s political coverage: Jones, who is a partner in the Bracewell law firm, will also review electronic files recently seized…

President Biden told Senate Republicans that their latest offer on infrastructure is not good enough. In a statement provided to PoliticusUSA, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said: The President spoke to Senator Shelley Moore Capito and Chairman Peter DeFazio today. Senator Capito conveyed to the President a new offer from her group, which consisted…