D.C. police quickly apprehended Sunday a North Carolina man with a rifle who walked into the Comet Ping Pong restaurant on Connecticut Avenue in Northwest seeking to investigate a debunked internet conspiracy theory.
Just before 3 p.m. members of the Second District received a call for a man with a ...
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Cogito, ergo sum. We've all heard that famous assertion, foundation for a modern philosophy of self, consciousness, and individualism. But Descartes had it easy: for him, thought was self-evident — he didn't have to define it. What is thought? What is intelligence? And can a machine be said to possess either? The field of artificial intelligence, it turns out, is as much… Read More
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House Speaker Paul D. Ryan says the next Congress will pursue a repeal of Obamacare immediately, even before Republicans have a replacement in hand, though that repeal will not pull the rug out from 20 million-plus Americans who gained coverage from President Obama's signature program.
The road map outlined by ...
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Nearly one out of every 10 illegal immigrants crossing the southwest border is now demanding asylum, using "magic words" to claim they fear their home country, and turning a program intended to be a humanitarian lifeline into a new path for unauthorized migrants to gain a foothold in the U.S.
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Some 175 immigrants were approved for citizenship even though their names weren't properly run through the FBI's name-check databases, potentially missing red flags that may have disqualified them from naturalization, the Obama administration admitted this weekend.
Homeland Security officials blamed computer code for the problem, which affected about 15,000 applications ...
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Today at the 5th annual Breakthrough Prize, some of Silicon Valley's biggest names will award more than $25 million to scientific research in departments across the globe. The event splices together research scientists far more accustomed to red tape than red carpets with tech's deepest-pocketed and most idealistic upper echelons. The result is a flashy, hopeful hybrid event… Read More 
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Democrats are increasingly antsy over the lineup President-elect Donald Trump has announced for his Cabinet, but they are also powerless to do very much to stop him — thanks to their own leader, Sen. Harry Reid.
It's unlikely Mr. Reid had a President Trump in mind when he pulled the ...
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TAIPEI, Taiwan | Government officials and analysts here are celebrating behind the scenes over President Tsai Ing-wen's phone conversation with President-elect Donald Trump, even as concerns mount over potential fallout with China, where authorities expressed outrage over the development over the weekend.
Friday's call is believed to be the first ...
Not all debt is bad debt. It's conventional wisdom in the world of finance that the strategic use of debt builds better companies. The same is true for software. Companies that are strategic in their use of debt — in this case, technical debt — can develop products quicker, push them out faster and win in the market. The key word here is strategic. Read More 
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PHILADELPHIA (AP) - An FBI agent says an informant in a Pennsylvania statehouse bribery sting told him he was discouraged from targeting Republicans in a case that brought down five Democrats.
The Philadelphia Inquirer (goo.gl/lq3Aga) reports that the FBI agent's comments come in a defense filing for state Rep. Vanessa ...
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Donald Trump gave a thumbs down to a "Saturday Night Live" spoof featuring Alec Baldwin as the Republican president-elect, calling it "unwatchable."
"Just tried watching Saturday Night Live — unwatchable!" said Mr. Trump on Twitter. "Totally biased, unfunny and the Baldwin impersonation just can 't get any worse. Sad."
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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - A family trip to California that Indiana congressman Marlin Stutzman paid for with campaign money included visits to Universal Studios and Capitol Records, lunch with a TV producer his wife admires and a VIP dining experience beside Ronald Reagan's airplane.
Those were among details that emerged last ...
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Vice President-elect Mike Pence on Sunday defended Donald Trump's conversation with the president of Taiwan, calling it "mystifying" that those outraged over the "courtesy call" had no problem with the Obama administration's outreach to Cuba.
"It's a little mystifying to me that President Obama can reach out to a murdering ...
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The GoPro Karma Grip is now available. The camera maker announced today that the handheld stabilizer is for sale in select stores and GoPro.com for $299. This is the same handheld grip that shipped with the Karma drone — at least before the drone was recalled for battery issues. The Karma Grip competes directly with the DJI Osmo though both offer distinct advantages as I and.… Read More 
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Clinton campaign manager Robby Mook on Sunday blamed the Democratic presidential nominee's loss primarily on the letters from FBI Director James Comey regarding her secret email server.
Mr. Mook said the letters — particularly the Oct. 28 letter to Congress saying the FBI was reviewing newly emerged emails — were ...
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LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Iowa and Nebraska legislators are preparing a new push for gun-rights laws next year, and they may be in a good position to succeed after past failures.
Republicans will soon hold majorities in both the Iowa House and Senate, and in Nebraska, a leading gun-rights advocate ...
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RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - A former CIA employee serving a 3 1/2 year-prison for leaking government secrets to a reporter is taking his case to a federal appeals court.
A three-judge panel of the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals will hear Jeffrey Sterling's case Tuesday.
A jury convicted the ...
It's easy to be critical of the tech industry, and even easier to be critical of capitalism itself. Let us all continue to do so; criticism is valuable. But let's remember that we do so because they are so important. Capitalism is still what lifts the world's least fortunate out of poverty, and technology increasingly feels like the last, best hope of a world otherwise dead… Read More 
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