Spyware controversy keeps resurfacing as institutional weaknesses remain unresolved After five years of litigation, WhatsApp is claiming victory as a US court has found that Israeli tech company NSO, maker of spyware Pegasus, violated both…
Polling records, including CCTV footage, should be accessible. Valid security concerns can be dealt with exemptions EC’s decision to bring changes in the electoral rules, specifying that CCTV footage of poll booths will not be…
Polling Records, Including CCTV Footage, Should Be Accessible with Proper Security Measures The Election Commission’s decision to change the electoral rules, stating that CCTV footage from polling booths will not be made available to candidates…
At a moment when members of the opposite party rarely appear together on television, most political interviews are fleeting and the election may have doomed the last digital town square, David Axelrod’s podcast was an oasis. Now, after a remarkable 605 shows over more than nine years, Axelrod is concluding his program by interviewing his…
Donald Trump is getting a rude awakening that his grip on the GOP isn’t absolute. In less than 24 hours, 38 House Republicans rejected the stopgap spending bill that the president-elect publicly threw his weight behind after tanking Speaker Mike Johnson’s original proposal to keep the federal government running past Friday. And their defiance came…
Every week political cartoonists throughout the country and across the political spectrum apply their ink-stained skills to capture the foibles, memes, hypocrisies and other head-slapping events in the world of politics. The fruits of these labors are hundreds of cartoons that entertain and enrage readers of all political stripes. Here’s an offering of the best…
Can UBT-Sena’s dismal performance in the recently concluded assembly elections be attributed to its abandoning of authentic Hindutva? One may agree if opponents of Uddhav Thackeray are to be believed. UBT-Sena seems to have produced…
President-elect Donald Trump’s allies are opening a new front in MAGA’s war with traditionalist Republicans — feuding over the leadership of top Senate campaign groups. Typically a little noticed and relatively drama-free affair, hiring at the National Republican Senatorial Committee and its allied GOP super PAC Senate Leadership Fund has devolved in recent weeks into…
Chris Wilson, the founder and CEO of top Republican polling firm WPA Intelligence, was fired after company audits found he likely used firm money to pay for personal expenses, according to two people directly familiar with the matter. It comes after his firm’s CFO was fired and charged with embezzlement earlier this year, a charge…
Federal officials say they’re worried about sharing documents via e-mail with Donald Trump’s transition team because the incoming officials are eschewing government devices, email addresses and cybersecurity support, raising fears that they could potentially expose sensitive government data. The private emails have agency employees considering insisting on in-person meetings and document exchanges that they otherwise…
