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For Antony Blinken, the War in Gaza Is a Test of U.S. Power

As Secretary of State Blinken gears up for his fourth trip to the Middle East since Oct. 7, the U.S. faces a growing array of global tests of power.

Inside the Ukrainian Counterstrike That Turned the Tide of the War

In Kyiv's biggest gains since the conflict began, a lightning counteroffensive in the country's northeast stunned Russian troops

How Tech Giants Turned Ukraine Into an AI War Lab

The AI tools provided by companies like Palantir and Clearview raise questions about when and how invasive tech should be used in wartime.

Ukraine's 'Secret Weapon' Is a Controversial Tech Company

The country has come to rely on Clearview AI for a range of wartime tasks, many of which have not been previously reported.

Inside the Very Online Campaign of RFK Jr.

"Running for President makes it much more difficult for people to censor me."

The United States of Political Violence

To better understand how the threat of violence against public officials is transforming America, TIME collected 50 case studies—one from each state—since the attack on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021

How 'America's Frontline Doctors' Sold Access to Ivermectin

The pro-Trump group has nurtured the false beliefs of the right-wing anti-vaccine movement while finding ways to make money from its members

'It's Our Home Turf.' The Man On Ukraine's Digital Frontline

Ukraine's youngest minister is inventing a whole new way to fight a war online

How Russia Is Recruiting Cubans To Fight in Ukraine

Recruits were offered a monthly salary of more than $2,000, plus an enlistment fee and a payout for their families if they were killed

The Battle for Control Over Ukraine's Internet

The battle for control over Ukraine's Internet shows how both sides view online access as a critical weapon in a 21st century war.

Inside One Combat Vet's Journey From Defending His Country to Storming the Capitol

The crackle of handheld radios broke the morning stillness. Sound carries in the country, and on the rural outskirts of Arab, Ala., curious neighbors stepped onto their porches, craning their necks to see what was going on.

How Far-Right Personalities And Conspiracy Theorists Are Cashing In On The Pandemic Online

Here's how the coronavirus pandemic, racial justice protests and the 2020 election are boosting profits for online hate.

Despite Rift With Putin, the Wagner Group's Reach is Growing

A new report shows how Wagner has become a destabilizing force around the world, and particularly in Africa

China's Online Influence Campaign in Latin America

The accounts may be the beginning in a larger state-backed operation intended to create positive narratives about China.

Authorities Fear Extremists Are Targeting U.S. Power Grid

A surge of attacks has alarmed officials and security analysts, who warned of 'credible, specific plans' by violent domestic groups.

Inside the Kremlin's Year of Ukraine Propaganda

How Russian misinformation has shaped perceptions of the war

The Telegram Mutiny

Prigozhin used Telegram to circumvent the Kremlin's state media apparatus, meeting Russians on the platform where they sought uncensored news from the war in Ukraine.

QAnon Candidates Are Winning Local Elections. Can They Be Stopped?

Dozens of recently elected local officials have promoted elements of the QAnon movement. Can they be stopped?

How Rudy Giuliani's Pursuit of Money and Power May Cost Donald Trump

Rudy Giuliani's transformation in the White House has a simple source: the convergence, in the last year-and-a-half, of money and power.

Telegram Becomes a Digital Battlefield in Russia-Ukraine War

"Telegram has become this really key battleground in the information war"

How a Kremlin-Linked Firm Gave An Economic Lifeline To Appalachia

A TIME investigation found that Rusal used every political and economic tool at its disposal to shed sanctions, prevent them from being re-imposed and establish a foothold in U.S. politics

'We Are Being Eaten From Within.' Why America Is Losing the Battle Against White Nationalist...

Even before the shooting at an El Paso Walmart on Aug. 3, it was clear that white nationalists have become the face of U.S. terrorism.

Congress Is Looking Into Groups Profiting From Fake COVID-19 Drugs After TIME Investigation

Wednesday's hearing on the monetization of COVID-19 misinformation was the latest sign that lawmakers are turning their attention to holding those who profit from it accountable.

'Our First Martyr.' How Ashli Babbitt Is Being Turned Into a Far-Right Recruiting Tool

"Mark my words: This woman will be used as a martyr figure to inspire others to radicalize towards violence."

How Right-Wing Doctors Who Peddled Dubious COVID Drugs Got Away With It

The public-health emergency expired May 11. But the U.S. remains awash in tragedies linked to doctors who prescribed dubious treatments.

How an Online Pharmacy Sold Millions Worth Of Ivermectin

A TIME investigation reveals how a company saddled with legal issues secured a PPP loan to distribute dubious drugs to misinformed patients

How the Anti-Vax Movement Is Taking Over the Right

The anti-vaccine movement, once a fringe cohort, has repositioned itself as an opposition to mandates and government overreach.

'Give Us a Break!' Cuban Activists Say U.S. Sanctions Are Blocking Them from Online Services

An increasing number of Cuban journalists, activists, dissidents and artists are being locked out of the online platforms and services used by the rest of the world-not by their communist government, but due to restrictions imposed on American companies by the broad, 60-year-old U.S. embargo.

Honduras Shows How Fake News Is Changing Latin American Elections

At 10:16pm on October 7, a cluster of nineteen Twitter accounts shared identical opinions about the upcoming presidential election in Honduras at the exact same...

Exclusive: Flynn stopped military plan Turkey opposed - after being paid as its agent

It conformed to the wishes of Turkey, whose interests, unbeknownst to anyone in Washington, he'd been paid more than $500,000 to represent.

They're young. They're women. They're college-educated. And they're voting for Trump.

Erika Jackson is sick of being told she “doesn’t look like a Trump supporter.”

New Emails Show What Happens When The Pentagon Has To Scramble To Catch Up To Trump

“The White House gets to do whatever it wants when it wants how it wants.”

Accused Russian Agent's Journey To Washington Began In South Dakota

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. - Maria Butina learned about Americans on a very local level — and found that gun rights would be a winning issue to get close to conservatives.

Exclusive: The US Army Promised Immigrants A Fast Track For Citizenship. That Fast Track Is Gone.

The federal agency in charge of processing citizenship has closed all of its offices at US Army basic training locations, putting up another roadblock for immigrant recruits who were promised a fast track to citizenship in return for their service.

New Emails Show Confusion At The Pentagon After Trump's Transgender Ban Tweets

On a Wednesday morning last summer, a tweet from the White House residence stopped much of Washington in its tracks.

The US And Mexican Militaries Are Trying To "Trump-Proof" A Partnership That Took Decades To Build

"If you're sitting at the Pentagon, your best hope is that the Mexican military continues to ignore the rhetoric."

Inside Ecuador's Struggle With Its "Inherited Problem"

QUITO - The hyped news accounts over Julian Assange’s fate at Ecuador’s embassy in London keeps missing one crucial factor: Ecuadorians.

Ecuador's leader demands release of Panama Papers, and learns he's in them

The secret documents show that he and his estranged brother, Fabricio, caught the attention of anti-corruption authorities in Panama in 2012.

Trump Created An Office To Highlight Immigrant Crime. A Year Later, The Results Are Underwhelming.

The widespread "victimization by criminal aliens,” one of Trump’s favorite talking points, never materialized.

The US Military Is Now Recruiting Soldiers To Fight In A War That Started Before They Were Born

How do you recruit a generation that does not remember 9/11, to fight in a war that began before they were born?

Most top Pentagon jobs are still empty, as Trump insists on loyalty

Four months into his presidency, Donald Trump has filled only five of the 53 top jobs at the Pentagon - the slowest pace for nominations and confirmations in over half a century. Several of his high-profile picks, including Navy and Army secretary nominees, have had to withdraw because of their business entanglements.

Key Trump Officials Met With A Putin Ally During Inauguration Weekend

“It’s hard to find a straighter line between Kammenos and Russian intelligence than this arrangement."

George Papadopoulos's First Post-Jail Appearance Gave A Glimpse Into His Future

Unlike most other characters caught up in Mueller's investigation, 31-year-old George Papadopoulos is a unique case of pure Trump–Russia fame.

Guns, God And Trump: How An Accused Russian Agent Wooed US Conservatives

It's clear that her persona — a scrappy girl from Siberia fighting for Russian gun rights — was carefully calibrated to appeal to US conservatives.

Hidden In Flynn's Filings, A Blunt Admission That His Work Was Supervised By A Foreign Government

According to a document obtained by BuzzFeed News, the Justice Department’s counter-espionage division contacted Flynn about his Turkey work as early as Nov. 30.

Trump officials were alerted at least three times about Flynn's foreign lobbying

As questions mount about whether Michael Flynn used his position to benefit foreign countries he’d been paid to represent, it became increasingly clear that the Trump administration had been warned about his secretive lobbying ties.

How GoFundMe Has Become Another Platform To Fight About Trump-Russia

Six key figures in the Trump–Russia probe have raised hundreds of thousands of dollars on the seesaw of outrage and sympathy created by the investigation dominating US politics.

'Dreamers' en el Ejército preocupados por la deportación

Algunos inmigrantes jóvenes enrolados en las fuerzas armadas temen que los puedan deportar.

Immigrant Recruits Are Having Their "Loyalty" Questioned For Following Lawsuits Against The Pentagon

“I was shocked seeing it in under ‘loyalty issues.’ How is this disloyal to the United States?”

Military families fear deportation under Trump's immigration crackdown

A popular but little-known program that blocks the deportation of spouses and immediate family members of U.S. troops deployed abroad is at risk in the Trump administration's broader illegal immigration crackdown.

Soldiers promised citizenship charge Pentagon with putting their applications on ice

“Are they making up new rules there at DoD? They’ve naturalized thousands of reservists and all of a sudden DoD noticed it and they’re going to revoke some of them?”

DACA recruits in the U.S. military worry they could be deported

Young immigrants protected by the Obama-era “Dreamer” program who enlisted in the military are worried they’ll be deported.

Don't Tell These DREAMers To Join The Military. They're Trying.

Immigrant recruits have been sharing tweets telling them they should join the military to stay in the country with grim irony: There's nothing they'd like more.

Trump's Travel Ban's First Casualty May Be The Terror Fight In Africa

The deadly ambush that killed four US soldiers in Niger, and Chad's decision to withdraw its troops from the country after the Trump administration included it in the travel ban, has been a "one-two punch" to US counterterrorism efforts in the region.

The Pentagon Used To Hide US Troops In Syria. Now It's Posting Videos Of Them On Twitter.

"That's the dirty little secret here - there could be thousands of US troops camped out in northern and eastern Syria for decades."

Trump Is Freezing Syrian Recovery Funds. The Pentagon Worries That Invites "ISIS 2.0"

“The fight against ISIS does not depend solely on military fighting."

A Cleric's Rise Is A "Crushing Reminder" For Some Iraq War Veterans

Muqtada al-Sadr's militias were responsible for the deaths of hundreds of US soldiers. Now he's set to be a deciding factor in Iraq's next government.

Pentagon Delay On Transgender Ban Really Only Makes Things Worse, Troops Say

Transgender troops who are currently serving under the shadow of being discharged in a few months say there is nothing positive about drawing out the uncertainty.

Trump may doubt climate change, but Pentagon sees it as a 'threat multiplier'

President Donald Trump's decision to withdraw the U.S. from the Paris climate agreement puts him at odds with the Pentagon, which has been warning for years that climate change poses a critical national security threat. At his confirmation hearing, Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis called climate change a "driver of instability" that "requires a broader, whole-of-government response."

Inside the breakneck '72-hour evolution' that led Trump to order Syria strike

Less than three days after a chemical attack against a Syrian town left dozens dead, President Donald Trump ordered U.S. warships in the eastern Mediterranean to launch 59 cruise missiles against a Syrian airbase in retaliation. The surprise attack signaled a dramatic shift in U.S.

Trump's historic arms deal is likely a jobs creator - in Saudi Arabia

President Donald Trump framed a massive $110 billion arms deal signed with Saudi Arabia as a historic agreement that would result in "jobs, jobs, jobs." Industry analysts agree – if you’re talking about Saudi jobs.

Under Trump, The Pentagon Has Been Quietly Escalating Its Presence In Somalia

Like Niger, the increase in US troops deployed to Somalia has gone largely unnoticed.

If Hawaii's Alert Had Been Real, Could The US Have Blocked A Missile Attack?

Despite assurances from the Pentagon, Hawaii remains more vulnerable to an attack by North Korea than anywhere else in the United States.

Months Before Niger Attack, Congress Was Told US Forces In Africa Needed More Resources

Last March, AFRICOM warned Congress that its troops faced greater risk because they didn't have access to medical evacuation equipment and drones.

Foursquare, Pokemon Go, And Now Fitbits - The US Military's Struggle With Popular Apps Is Not New

In its ongoing struggle to keep its activities off the grid, the US military is now reviewing whether soldiers' fitness trackers give away too much sensitive information.

3 probes of Yemen raid underway but not the one Navy SEAL's father wants

The Jan. 29 raid that killed the Navy SEAL son of a former South Florida police officer is the subject of three Pentagon investigations. But it remains to be seen whether any of those probes will satisfy Bill Owens' demand to know why the raid took place just nine days into the Trump administration.

Veterans are furious that Trump's refugee ban includes Iraq interpreters who risked their lives

Military veterans were dumbfounded and furious when it became clear over the weekend that President Donald Trump's executive order barring the admission into the United States of people from seven majority-Muslim countries keeps out interpreters who'd risked their lives helping U.S. forces in Iraq.

Military lawyers sue Pentagon over cancer-linked Guantánamo housing, work areas

A group of military lawyers who work at the Guantánamo Bay prison file a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Defense, saying they have been forced to live and work for years in facilities with dangerous levels of known carcinogens.

Tense Turkey awaits Trump's decision on retaking ISIS capital in Syria

Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim warned on Thursday that the U.S. will "seriously undermine and damage" relations with its key NATO ally if President Donald Trump goes through with a plan to back Kurdish forces in the fight to retake Raqqa.

Elite troops are being worked too hard and spread too thin

The breakneck pace at which the United States deploys its special operations forces to conflict zones is taking a toll, their top commander told Congress on Thursday. Army Gen. Raymond Thomas, commander of U.S. Special Operations Command, called the rate at which special operations forces are being deployed "unsustainable" and said the growing reliance of the U.S.

Why military leaders say Trump's planned budget cuts are a national security risk

President Donald Trump's plan to cut foreign aid as part of a proposal to boost defense spending by $54 billion is receiving serious blowback from a somewhat surprising group: former military leaders, who say major cuts to the State Department, especially development aid, would pose a serious risk to national security.

Suspected chemical attack puts Trump's Syria policy at center stage

President Donald Trump blames a suspected chemical attack in Syria on the "weakness and irresolution" of President Barack Obama's administration. But others cite recent statements by U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley and Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has having provided a green light to Syria and Russia for the attack.

Are Americans safer than they were 100 days ago?

Donald Trump's signature campaign promise was simple: Make America safe again. From day one he would rebuild a depleted U.S. military while taking measures to protect Americans from immigrant criminals in the U.S. illegally roaming the streets, from terrorist plots and from drugs pouring over the border.

Who paid for all those job applicants to visit Trump Tower?

Since the election, more than 100 potential appointees to Donald Trump's administration have traveled from all over the country to Manhattan to meet with the president-elect.

Trump Traders: Like Tinder, but for swapping your swing state vote

Are you a swing state voter who thinks Donald Trump is the worst option but can't stomach punching the ballot for Hillary Clinton? Now there's an app for that.

The Internet has a new hobby: trolling campaign websites

This week, a delighted Internet audience discovered that JebBush.com redirects visitors to front-runner Donald Trump's campaign website. It's an easy joke. Noticing that the Bush campaign, which uses jeb2016.com, had failed to register the other domain as a precaution, someone else decided to have some fun.

SC Hispanics fear Trump has put a bull's-eye on their backs

In interviews this past week with 25 Hispanics in South Carolina, some of them registered voters and some of them in the country illegally, they expressed fear that the immigration rhetoric of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has increased racial tension, drawn suspicion to them and imperiled their futures.

On calls with foreign leaders, Trump is still Trump

If you heard Donald Trump's hyperbole-laced speeches on the stump, then you may have a good idea of what many foreign leaders could be hearing from the president-elect. "You have a very good reputation. You are a terrific guy...Pakistanis are one of the most intelligent people," Trump told Pakistani Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif on Wednesday, according to a Pakistan report.

The U.S. has not elected a bilingual president in 84 years

The United States has not elected a president fluent in a language other than English in 84 years. And in a field of 11 remaining presidential candidates, only two are likely to change that: Jeb Bush and Marco Rubio. The last commander in chief who spoke a foreign language fluently was Franklin D.

After they marched, 500 women learned how to run - for office

The day after the Women's March brought half a million people to Washington, 500 women from across the country spent Sunday learning how to run for office. The candidate training held by EMILY's List, the largest Democratic women's group in the country, focused on overcoming the "intimidation factor" when navigating political campaigning, especially for women of color.

For Miami Cubans, Castro's death brings day of hope and healing

Decades of anger and hope ingrained into generations of Miami's Cuban exile community burst forth like champagne from the bottle after midnight Friday and continued throughout Saturday in a jubilant street party that was part wake, part independence day. After so many false alarms, it had actually happened: Fidel Castro was dead.

Trump says he 'can't' release his tax returns. The IRS doesn't see why not.

Donald Trump says he would like to release his tax returns to the public, but just can't. "I'm being audited now for two or three years, so I can't do it until the audit is finished, obviously. And I think people would understand that," the Republican front-runner said at Thursday night's Republican debate in Houston.

Trump meeting with Japanese prime minister puts faces on the potential conflicts

Ivanka Trump's participation in her father's meeting this week with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe underscores the difficulty in separating political and personal interests in a Trump administration.

Why families of 9/11 victims feel betrayed by Obama

Families of 9/11 victims say they feel angry and betrayed by President Barack Obama for saying he will veto a bill allowing them to sue Saudi Arabia for its alleged role in the terrorist attacks. And they say Sen. Lindsey Graham, a South Carolina Republican, is a big part of the problem.

The Benghazi Committee is done, but Trey Gowdy isn't finished with Hillary Clinton

The Benghazi Committee released its final report in June, but Rep. Trey Gowdy is far from done with Hillary Clinton. Through committee hearings, and regular television appearances to discuss them, the South Carolina Republican has remained the Democratic nominee's chief antagonist in Congress in the months leading up to the election.

Remembering Charleston: 'I asked him if he was OK. He never responded.'

Sen. Tim Scott got the first call around 9 o'clock on a Wednesday night a year ago. A deputy sheriff told him there were reports of a shooting at Emanuel AME Church in his hometown of Charleston, South Carolina. His first thought was to check in with his friend the Rev.

Sen. Scott gets personal about 'humiliation' of being targeted by police

In an unusually personal speech on the Senate floor, Sen. Tim Scott speaks about his experience with law enforcement as a black man. It's the second of three planned speeches following last week's shootings of two black men by police, and the retaliatory shooting of five Dallas officers.

Jim Clyburn had to give his grandson this chilling advice about police

The Congressional Black Caucus on Thursday demanded to meet with top federal law enforcement officials after two black men were fatally shot by police within days of each other and the videos of their deaths sparked national outrage. At a news conference on Thursday, Rep.

Congress now has a bitcoin caucus

Congress now has a caucus dedicated to shaping policies on cryptocurrency - and educating lawmakers about what it is. Rep. Mick Mulvaney, R-S.C. and Rep. Jared Polis, D-Colo., launched the bipartisan Blockchain Caucus on Monday to help their colleagues stay up to speed on rapidly evolving digital currency and blockchain technologies and develop policies that advance them.

Women have come a long way, baby, but not in SC legislature

Young girls who watched Hillary Clinton's historic nomination in Philadelphia last week are growing up in a very different South Carolina than their mothers and grandmothers did. But what if they wanted to run for office themselves?

Nikki Haley says she'll help Obama find the money to keep Guantanamo open

South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley told Congress her state wants no part of President Barack Obama's plan to transfer Guantanamo Bay detainees to the United States, possibly to a facility near Charleston. "You could pay the state of South Carolina to host these terrorists, and we wouldn't take them.

Without government aid, 2016 could be even worse for S.C. farmers

2015 was a terrible year for South Carolina farmers. First came an unusually late March freeze. Then there was a scorching summer drought that withered crops of corn, soybeans and peanuts across wide swaths of the state. It was the worst harvest in decades as 35 counties were declared primary disaster areas.

How would South Carolina's foreign-based industries fare under Trump?

Donald Trump's tough talk on trade - vowing to rip up international trade deals and stand up against foreign cheating to bring jobs back to Americans - has played a large part in propelling him toward the Republican nomination.

Man who interrogates Clinton on Benghazi is veteran prosecutor

The South Carolina prosecutor looked straight at the camera, relishing his role on an episode of the show "Forensic Files" as he discussed fingerprints, DNA testing and other evidence pointing to a murder suspect. "You just don't burn cars because they won't start," he said. "Unless you have something you want to hide."

Rep. John Lewis just brought the civil rights era to a new generation

Led by Rep. John Lewis, a Georgia Democrat and a hero of the civil rights movement, the dramatic sit-in on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives to force a vote on gun legislation often had the look and feel of a civil rights-era protest.

SC delegation, Putin agree: Obama's MOX shutdown would breach treaty

The Obama administration's plan to pull the plug on an unfinished $5 billion nuclear plant has brought together some unlikely allies - the South Carolina congressional delegation and Russian president Vladimir Putin. The mixed oxide (MOX) facility in Aiken, S.C., is part of a 2000 nonproliferation agreement with Russia.

Why does South Carolina remain one of 4 states without equal-pay laws?

Seven years after President Barack Obama signed legislation that makes it easier for women to challenge discriminatory pay in court, South Carolina remains one of only four states in the country without equal pay protections. Friday marked the seventh anniversary of the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009, the first law Obama signed after taking office.

Think Gowdy had a bad day questioning Clinton? Think again

When Rep. Trey Gowdy visibly struggled to answer whether any new information had been uncovered by his Benghazi committee's 11-hour grilling of Hillary Clinton last week, things looked bad. Visibly tired, he seemed to draw a blank and shrugged. "I don't know that she testified that much differently today than she has the previous times she testified," he said.

Remembering Charleston: 'I asked him if he was OK. He never responded.'

Sen. Tim Scott got the first call around 9 o'clock on a Wednesday night a year ago. A deputy sheriff told him there were reports of a shooting at Emanuel AME Church in his hometown of Charleston, South Carolina. His first thought was to check in with his friend the Rev.

Here's the SC story behind Clinton's anti-poverty plan

When she speaks about poverty and inequality on the campaign trail, Hillary Clinton often mentions one plan that stands out in its simplicity: Rep. Jim Clyburn's "10-20-30" formula. The concept championed by the South Carolina Democrat is simple: steering 10 percent of federal investments to neighborhoods where 20 percent of the population has been living below the poverty line for 30 years.

Episcopal Church installs first African-American leader

What Trump's election means for net neutrality - and your Netflix

Net neutrality, President Barack Obama's signature policy on technology, is another part of his legacy likely to go on the chopping block under Donald Trump's administration, a possibility that cheers telecom companies and alarms consumer advocates. Net neutrality, or Open Internet, is the principle that all web traffic should be treated equally and your internet company can't interfere with your traffic.

Millennial women explain why they are voting for Trump

Obama: ‘Protect net neutrality’ on the Internet

President Barack Obama on Monday dove head-first into the heated net neutrality debate.

FCC questions state laws that block cities from building their own broadband network

Frustrated with the sluggish speed and high cost of their Internet service providers, the residents of Wilson, N.C., decided a few years ago to take matters into their own hands - they would simply build their own connection.

In party-line vote, FCC decides to regulate Internet to keep it free, open

In a victory for online companies and tech activists, the Federal Communications Commission voted 3-2 Thursday to approve net neutrality rules that allow for the federal regulation of broadband Internet providers. Chairman Tom Wheeler called the vote the "irrefutable reflection of the principle that no one - whether government or corporate - should control free, open access to the Internet."

FCC's dull plans for Internet get viral, angry response

This summer the dull-sounding technology term "network neutrality" prompted street protests and viral web campaigns, crashing the Federal Communications Commission's website with a record-breaking flood of over a million comments from the public. Growing alarm about big companies controlling online content has led to an unprecedented amount of public participation in a phase of the FCC's regulatory process usually reserved for lawyers and policy wonks.

Supreme Court to take on Web’s ability to cut cable TV cord

Tuesday's Supreme Court showdown pitting start-up video service Aereo against U.S. broadcasters has everyone from the White House to cloud computing advocates filing briefs and taking sides. All parties agree on one thing: No matter what the court decides, it's likely to be a landmark copyright case with implications far beyond the company's future _ from the way you pay for television to whether your use of Google Drive will be affected.

Websites ‘slow down’ to protest FCC net neutrality plan

What do Netflix, arts and crafts site Etsy, inspirational news site Upworthy and adult content hubs all have in common? Today, they're uniting against "Team Cable." Calling themselves "Team Internet," activist groups and popular websites including Netflix, Mozilla, reddit and KickStarter launched an action they're calling Internet Slowdown Day on Wednesday to protest the controversial proposed changes to net neutrality rules by the Federal Communications Commission.