Tag Archives: Russia

Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) has been stonewalling the confirmation of President Joe Biden’s Ambassador nominees for months. By this point in former President Donald Trump’s administration, 22 such U.S. ambassadors had been confirmed, 17 of them by voice vote, according to data compiled by Senate Democratic leadership aides and shared …

President Joe Biden is urging Russian President Vladimir Putin to take action against cybercriminals in response to the latest ransomware attack to hit some U.S. companies. President Biden told Putin over a telephone call that the United States will “take any necessary action to defend its people.” “I made it …

The Department of Justice has recovered about $2.3 million in Bitcoin that was paid as ransom to hackers of Colonial Pipeline. The ransomware attack shut down the East Coast pipeline last month. East Coast pipeline paid a $4.4 million ransom to Darkside, a Russian-based cybercriminal group, to regain access to …

President Joe Biden will meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Geneva, Switzerland, in about three weeks, the White House confirmed Tuesday. White House press secretary Jen Psaki said the meeting would occur on June 16. The two leaders will discuss “the full range of pressing issues, as we seek …

According to reporting from CNN, Neera Tanden will serve as a senior adviser to President Joe Biden. Tanden will begin planning for potential policy changes that could result from the forthcoming US Supreme Court decision on Republican legal efforts to strike down the Affordable Care Act. A long-time health policy expert, …

U.S. officials worked over the weekend to determine the damage done by Russian government hackers who breached U.S. government agencies, including the Treasury and Commerce departments. According to the Washington Post, the hackers were part of a global espionage scheme believed to have started months ago. Sources close to the …