Trump aides’ use of encrypted messaging may violate records law | ZDNet

(Image: ZDNet) Senior Trump administration aides communicating over encrypted messaging apps may be violating federal record-keeping laws. The Wall Street Journal reported that political aides close to the president are using Signal, an end-to-end encrypted messaging app. And it’s not just in the White House. Aides close to the New York governor and the mayor…

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Trump’s statement marking Holocaust remembrance leaves out mention of Jews – The Washington Post

A statement from President Trump marking International Holocaust Remembrance Day omitted any mention of Jews or anti-Semitism, a departure from recent bipartisan precedent set by previous presidents. The statement calls for remembrance of “victims, survivors, heroes,” but nowhere does it ­mention the millions of Jewish people killed during the ­Holocaust, nor does it mention the…

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CDC abruptly cancels long-planned conference on climate change and health – The Washington Post

Smoke billows from stacks as a Chinese woman wears as mask while walking in a neighborhood next to a coal-fired power plant in Shanxi, China. (Kevin Frayer/Getty Images) With little warning or explanation, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently canceled a major climate change conference that had been scheduled for next month in…

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White House Inc Connects Callers to Trump Businesses While White House Comment Line Is Closed | Teen Vogue

We’re less than a week into Donald Trump’s presidency, but members of the resistance are already hard at work contacting elected representatives and the president himself to express concerns over Trump’s damaging actions, including executive orders affecting the environment, targeting immigrants and refugees (and the cities that protect them), women, and more. But, while you…

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What’s so strange about Trump’s White House portrait? Experts explain. – Vox

GTM DataLayer Umbel End Umbel [if lte IE 9]>< ![endif][if gte IE 10]>< ![endif] Google Tag Manager Container During his inauguration address on Friday, Donald Trump released an image that had nothing to do with crowd size or marchers: his official White House portrait. The picture, which features prominently in the White House website’s biography of Trump, depicts…

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Trump Supporters Online Are Pretending To Be French To Manipulate France’s Election – BuzzFeed News

Your Post Has Been Launched! Fabulous! Don’t forget to share with your friends on Twitter and Facebook. 1. BuzzFeed News was recently given access to a chatroom called The Great Liberation of France, which is hosted on a Slack-like messaging platform called Discord. View this image › Discord ID: 10333712 2. The head of this…

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Tax Plan Sows Confusion as Tensions With Mexico Soar – The New York Times

President Trump in his office aboard Air Force One on Thursday. PHILADELPHIA — President Trump’s decision to build a wall along the length of the United States’ southern border with Mexico erupted into a diplomatic standoff on Thursday, leading to the cancellation of a White House visit by Mexico’s president and sharply rising tensions over…

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Trump officials suspend plan to delete EPA climate web pages | Science | AAAS

  Global temperatures could rise dramatically in 2100 compared with current conditions (dark red areas) under some scenarios for global greenhouse gas emissions. NASA Trump officials suspend plan to delete EPA climate web pages   By Robin Bravender – E&E News, Hannah Hess – E&E NewsJan. 25, 2017 , 1:30 PM Originally published by E&E…

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