Timeline: Foreign Efforts To Hack State Election Systems And How Officials...
In the thick of the presidential race last summer — Donald Trump was attacking Hillary Clinton over Benghazi; Clinton was widening her lead in the polls — FBI agents uncovered something odd. On June...
View ArticleRussian Cyberattack Targeted Elections Vendor Tied To Voting Day Disruptions
When people in several North Carolina precincts showed up to vote last November, weird things started to happen with the electronic systems used to check them in. "Voters were going in and being told...
View ArticleWant To Help Hurricane Harvey Victims? Experts Say Donate Cash
Disasters like the flooding that has followed Hurricane Harvey, displacing thousands of people, always create a tremendous need for help — and a tremendous desire to provide that help. But those who...
View ArticleDisaster Relief Groups Distribute Aid To Flood-Ravaged Texas
Copyright 2017 NPR. To see more, visit ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: Disaster relief groups have begun distributing massive amounts of aid throughout flooded parts of Texas - food, water and medical supplies....
View ArticleAt Least 100,000 Homes Were Affected By Harvey. Moving Back In Won't Be Easy
Now that the rain has stopped and floodwaters are slowly starting to recede, government officials are figuring out where tens of thousands of evacuees in Texas and Louisiana can stay. The White House...
View ArticleThousands Of Harvey Flood Victims Will Likely Need Long-Term Temporary Housing
Copyright 2017 NPR. To see more, visit ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: One of the most difficult parts of disaster recovery can be finding housing. Tens of thousands of Texans left homes that were destroyed or too...
View ArticleTrump's Voting Commission Embroiled In New Controversy Ahead Of Next Meeting
What was already expected to be a contentious second meeting for President Trump's Advisory Commission on Election Integrity, on Tuesday in Manchester, N.H., is likely to get a whole lot more...
View ArticleTension And Protests Mark Trump Voting Commission Meeting
A fact-finding hearing by President Trump's commission looking into voter fraud exposed self-inflicted rifts among its members during the panel's second meeting Tuesday in Manchester, N.H. Days...
View Article10 Months After Election Day, Feds Tell States More About Russian Hacking
Updated at 8:15 p.m. ET One of the public's unanswered questions about Russia's attempts to break into election systems last year was which states were targeted. On Friday, states found out. The...
View ArticleLearning 2016's Lessons, Virginia Prepares Election Cyberdefenses
This fall's statewide elections in Virginia and New Jersey are the first big test of security measures taken in response to last year's attempts by Russia to meddle with the nation's voting system....
View ArticleGambling, Guns Were Mainstay Of Vegas Shooter's Life
Updated on Tuesday at 5:35 p.m. ET Stephen Craig Paddock, the 64-year-old white man who police say carried out the worst mass shooting in modern U.S. history Sunday night on the Las Vegas Strip moved...
View ArticleA Death And More Questions For Trump's Voter Fraud Commission
A member of President Trump's voter fraud commission, former Arkansas state Rep. David Dunn, died suddenly Monday from complications during surgery, according to his office. According to the Associated...
View ArticleIn A Push To House The Homeless, High Prices Are Eroding Gains
Five years ago, James Brown moved into his first apartment after more than two dozen years living on the streets of Los Angeles. Brown was housed as part of a joint effort by the federal government,...
View Article'Nothing Going On' With Trump Voter Fraud Commission Due To Multiple Lawsuits
The work of President Trump's commission studying voter fraud and other voting problems has been stalled by the eight lawsuits filed against it, according to one commission member. Indiana's Republican...
View ArticleNonprofits Fear House Republican Tax Bill Would Hurt Charitable Giving
House Republicans say the tax bill they introduced Thursday will grow the economy, create jobs and simplify tax returns, in part by eliminating tax deductions. "Over 90 percent of Americans will be...
View ArticleA Year After Russia Meddling, Off-Year Elections Are Monitored
Copyright 2017 NPR. To see more, visit DAVID GREENE, HOST: It is Election Day today, and voters are going to the polls in New Jersey, Virginia, also several other states. This is, of course, a year...
View ArticleHomeless Population Rises, Driven By West Coast Affordable-Housing Crisis
Homelessness in the United States went up slightly this year for the first time since 2010. During a one-night count in January, 553,742 people were found living outside or in shelters across the...
View ArticleAs Temperatures Fall, No Halt To Evictions Across Most Of The Country
Christine Thompson is eager to leave the two bedroom apartment she rents in a shabby house on the north side of Milwaukee. There are so many things wrong with the place. "In the bathroom I have to turn...
View ArticleTrump Dissolves Presidential Commission On Voter Fraud
President Trump dissolved the presidential commission he established last year to investigate claims of voter fraud in the 2016 election. Multiple states have refused to comply with the commission's...
View ArticleAdvocates Fear Tax Bill Will Worsen U.S. Affordable Housing Shortage
Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: Poor families in the United States are having a hard time finding affordable places to live. Tenant advocates worry that the problem could get...
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