Philip Ewing
Philip Ewing is an election security editor with NPR's Washington Desk. He helps oversee coverage of election security, voting, disinformation, active measures and other issues. Ewing joined the Washington Desk from his previous role as NPR's national security editor, in which he helped direct coverage of the military, intelligence community, counterterrorism, veterans and more. He came to NPR in 2015 from Politico, where he was a Pentagon correspondent and defense editor. Previously, he served as managing editor of Military.com, and before that he covered the U.S. Navy for the Military Times newspapers.
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Democrats sought to make a point about their desire to provide more money for Americans than congressional Republicans — picking up an attack line from none other than President Trump.
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Members of Congress voted to override President Trump's veto of the National Defense Authorization Act, which had passed overwhelmingly in both parties. The Senate's next moves are unclear.
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Robert O'Brien's remarks, made last week at a security forum, stand in contrast to President Trump's refusal to acknowledge he lost the Nov. 3 election. O'Brien promised a professional transition.
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Federal officials credit years of preparation and tough lessons from the Russian attack on the 2016 election for what they called a much better showing by government agencies at every level.
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A bulletin from the FBI and Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency describes a broad ongoing attempt to compromise American networks, including "some risk" to elections information.
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A report published on Thursday described how many government and political domains don't observe a security practice that makes it more difficult for attackers to run spoof email scams.
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Prosecutors linked the men with a globe-hopping campaign of sabotage, espionage and election interference. They work for the same spy agency that targeted the U.S. in 2016.
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Republicans are enjoying a grand slam in Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett and a victory already won thanks to their majority. They argue she is tailor-made for a lifetime post.
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The Senate minority can't stop Amy Coney Barrett from ascending to the Supreme Court, so it did as much as possible to tar her in the eyes of the public as an extremist rubber stamp for Trump.
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President Trump suggested the 2020 election could wind up as a case before the Supreme Court, but his nominee said Tuesday she does not view herself as his justice and would treat the matter fairly.