US Privacy Snags a Win as Judge Limits Warrantless FBI Searches
Plus: A hacker finds an issue with Cloudflare’s systems that could reveal app users’ rough locations, and the Trump administration puts a wrench in a key cybersecurity investigation.
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Dining across the divide: ‘He uses his phone to pay for everything. I prefer to use cash to protect my privacy’
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Republicans renew efforts to limit people in US illegally from census count
Republican efforts to exclude people in the U.S. illegally from numbers used to divvy up congressional seats among states have begun anew, with four Republican state attorneys general suing to ...ABC News - 4d -
Missing US journalist's mother visits Syria to renew search
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Kash Patel’s challenge: reforming the FBI while winning its trust
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FBI reveals New Orleans attacker's online search history
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Wray defends Mar-a-Lago search: 'Part of the FBI’s job is to safeguard classified information'
Outgoing FBI Director Christopher Wray said Sunday the bureau had a duty to retrieve the documents stored in President-elect Trump’s Florida home, when it conducted a search of the premises in ...The Hill - Jan. 13 -
FBI investigates potential associates of New Orleans attacker in US and abroad
Officials say evidence supports theory suspect, 42, carried out deadly attack alone but reveal leads are being pursued. Federal authorities investigating the avowed Islamic State (IS) sympathizer ...The Guardian - Jan. 5 -
FBI searches rental linked to New Orleans Bourbon Street attacker
President Biden will visit New Orleans on Monday as the FBI continues to comb through evidence connected to the Bourbon Street terrorist attack. CBS News' Kati Weis has the latest confirmed ...CBS News - Jan. 3 -
FBI searches Texas home of New Orleans truck attacker
The FBI and local law enforcement in Texas are searching the Houston home of the driver who killed at least 15 people in the New Orleans truck attack. CBS News correspondent Jason Allen has the ...CBS News - Jan. 2
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