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Political appointees at the Department of Homeland Security wanted CISA, an agency that protects election systems, to acquire and hack a voting machine, which shocked staffers. “This goes against everything CISA represents,” a former official said.

Trump Appointees Asked a Federal Cybersecurity Agency to Secretly Acquire a Voting Machine — and Hack It

Though not acted on, the request shows how the Trump administration has tried to use the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency for its own ends while draining it of resources to help its mi...

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Abdul El-Sayed: You've probably seen a lot of folks attacking my name and my faith. They're trying to get you to question my love of this country. I love America enough to call on her to be America for all of her kids.

Abdul El-Sayed: We put glasses on kids' faces, made sure they weren't exposed to lead in schools, took on corporate polluters to tackle asthma. Our reckless fool of a president froze everything from our vaccine program, to community health centers, to the WIC programs that moms and babies depend on.