The New Yorker
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Ronan Farrow, Jane Mayer
– Sep 23, 4:49 PM
As Senate Republicans press for a swift vote to confirm Brett Kavanaugh, President Trump's nominee to the Supreme Court, Senate Democrats are investigating a new allegation of sexual misconduct against Kavanaugh. The claim dates to the 1983-84…
Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein has verbally resigned to Chief of Staff John Kelly in anticipation of being fired by President Trump, according to a source with direct knowledge. Per a source close to Rosenstein: “He's expecting to be…
Donald Trump has adopted many contradictory positions since taking office, but he has been unwavering on one point: that Russia played no role in putting him in the Oval Office. Trump dismisses the idea that Russian interference affected the…
A Few Thoughts on Cryptographic Engineering
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Matthew Green
– Sep 23, 1:01 PM
This blog is mainly reserved for cryptography, and I try to avoid filling it with random “someone is wrong on the Internet” posts. After all, that's what Twitter is for! But from time to time something bothers me enough that I have to…
The New York Times
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Nellie Bowles
– Sep 23, 4:00 PM
When the investigative journalist Julia Angwin worked for ProPublica, the nonprofit news organization became known as “ big tech's scariest watchdog.” By partnering with programmers and data scientists, Ms. Angwin pioneered the work…
