President Obama has canceled a planned summit meeting with Russian president, Vladimir Putin, officials said Wednesday, a response to frustration at the Russian government for refusing to extradite Edward Snowden, the fugitive intelligence analyst, to the United States to face charges of leaking national security secrets, reports the New York Times.  But analysts tell Politico […]

As the Obama administration prepares for an October 1 roll-out of health insurance exchanges, Reuters reports data security testing is months behind schedule. In fact, the federal government has postponed deciding whether Americans’ personal information is secure enough until the very day before the exchanges are scheduled to open. Experts note the most likely security […]

The Washington Post said Monday that it has been sold for $250 million to Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, ending the Graham family’s stewardship of one of America’s leading news organizations after four generations. Bezos is purchasing The Post in his individual capacity; Amazon.com, Inc. is not involved, according to Politico. Publisher Katharine Weymouth will stay […]

On the day that almost two dozen U.S. embassies and consulates across North Africa and the Middle East are closed following the identification of a significant threat from an al-Qaeda affiliate, a senior U.S. official is providing new details about the communications intercepted from the terrorists, telling ABC News that al-Qaeda operatives could be heard […]

Eschewing pleas and warnings from President Obama and other senior American officials, Russia granted Edward Snowden temporary asylum and allowed him to walk free out of a Moscow airport transit zone on Thursday, where he had been marooned in legal limbo for more than five weeks, reports the New York Times.  The White House is “extremely disappointed” […]