FILE - In this May 22, 2019 file photo, Department of Homeland Security Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Director Christopher Krebs testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington. “I have confidence that your vote is secure, that state and local election officials across this country are working day in and day out, 24/7, that the 2020 election is as secure as possible,” Krebs said. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)
Election

As Trump casts doubt on election, new agency contradicts him

FILE PHOTO: The Snapchat messaging application is seen on a phone screen August 3, 2017. REUTERS/Thomas White
Companies

Snap shares jump as user growth, revenue beat estimates

FILE - In this July 29, 2020, file photo, Lisa Finander, right, checks that each ballot has the voter's name on the ballot and mailing envelope and Laurie Mattila, left, checked that it was correct at Minneapolis Elections & Voter Services in Minneapolis. (Glen Stubbe/Star Tribune via AP, File)
Election

Federal judge upholds Minnesota’s extended ballot counting

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer campaigns with Dan O'Neil, a Democratic candidate for the Michigan House in Traverse City, Mich., Friday, Oct. 9, 2020. Whitmer visited the area the day after police announced a foiled plot to kidnap the governor. (AP Photo/John Flesher)
Politics

Anti-government groups shift focus from Washington to states

President Donald Trump stands on the balcony outside of the Blue Room as returns to the White House Monday, Oct. 5, 2020, in Washington, after leaving Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, in Bethesda, Md. Trump announced he tested positive for COVID-19 on Oct. 2. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Politics

Vaunted White House virus testing couldn’t protect Trump

FILE - This July 30, 2019 file photo shows an update information of Facebook application on a mobile phone displayed at a store in Chicago. Facebook, Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2020, says it’s banning any ads that seek to question the validity of an election, including those claiming widespread voter fraud, in its latest move to crack down ahead of the U.S. presidential election. (AP Photo/Amr Alfiky, File)
Election

Facebook tightens political ad bans as US election nears

President Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally at MBS International Airport, Thursday, Sept. 10, 2020, in Freeland, Mich. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Election

Charges, sanctions revive specter of Russian interference

FILE PHOTO: Democratic U.S. presidential candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden speaks about responses to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic at an event in Wilmington, Delaware, U.S., March 12, 2020. REUTERS/Carlos Barria/File Photo
Politics

Trump, Biden fight for primacy on social media platforms

President Donald Trump boards Air Force One with first lady Melania Trump as they depart Washington for travel to the Kennedy Space Center in Florida at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, U.S., May 27, 2020. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
Politics

Online divisions: Twitter, Facebook diverge on Trump’s words

Woman wearing face mask. | Photo: Shutterstock
World

Scientists fight online virus misinformation war

A "For Sale" stands outside of a property in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Friday, oct. 17, 2014. The National Association of Realtors is scheduled to release existing home sales figures on oct. 21. Photographer: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images
Real Estate

COVID-19 is already affecting the Washington, D.C. real estate market

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