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Why a newly passed House “terrorism financing” bill could threaten nonprofits and free speech

By Sara Goudarzi | Disruptive Technologies, Interviews

J. Robert Oppenheimer. Credit: James Vaughn. CC BY-NC-SA 2.0. Accessed via Flickr.

Four senators ask Biden to clear Oppenheimer’s name

By Susan D’Agostino | Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons, Opinion

Russian President Vladimir Putin meeting with US President Donald Trump on the sidelines of a G20 meeting in Hamburg on July 7, 2017. Credit: Kremlin Presidential Executive Office

A “media mirage”: Russia deployed sophisticated marketing tactics to help Trump win

By Matt Field | Cyber Security, Disruptive Technologies, What We’re Reading

US Senate prods the White House on cyber

By Lucien Crowder | Cyber Security, Disruptive Technologies, What We’re Reading