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Ask Kevin: What’s the legal basis for the Part B late enrollment fee?
A reader asks if the enrollment penalty is statutory.
By Kevin Moss
Pentagon invites researchers to hack the Marine Corps
The Pentagon kicked off its Hack the Marine Corps bug bounty program in Las Vegas, awarding $80,000 for discovered vulnerabilities on the first day.
By Jessie Bur
US to impose sanctions on Russia over nerve agent attack
The United States announced Wednesday it will impose new sanctions on Russia for illegally using a chemical weapon in an attempt to kill a former spy and his daughter in Britain earlier this year.
US braces for possible cyberattacks after Iran sanctions
"Highly capable" threat should be taken seriously, experts say.
Trump can keep legal reasons for shrinking monuments secret
Boise, Idaho-based firm Advocates for the West had sued for 12 documents withheld from a public records request related to Trump's decision to reduce two sprawling monuments in Utah. Trump also is considering scaling back other monuments.
California’s border wall challenge hinges on jurisdiction
At issue before a three-judge panel in Pasadena, California, is a 2005 law that gave the Homeland Security secretary broad authority to waive all legal requirements, including the National Environmental Policy Act, Clean Air Act and Endangered Species Act.
JEDI cloud contract receives first protest
Oracle filed the $10 billion contract's first protest less than two weeks after the final request for proposals was issued.
By Jessie Bur
Here’s a look at the Army’s new enterprise cloud strategy
The Army is updating its enterprise cloud strategy for the first time since 2015.
By Mark Pomerleau
Here’s the full text of Mike Pence’s cybersecurity speech
At the first-ever National Cybersecurity Summit in New York City on July 31, Vice President Mike Pence gave an in-depth speech about what the Trump administration is doing, and what it says past administrations didn’t do, to address cybersecurity. The text below is from the official speech posted on the White House website.
By Staff report
White House chief of staff to stick around for now
Following months of speculation that the chief of staff was on his way out, the message appeared to be not just about stabilizing Kelly, but also tamping down speculation about staff turnover and projecting calm as the president gears up for his re-election campaign.
Bipartisan bill would block Trump from quitting NATO without Senate’s OK
The bills are the latest moves by Congress to reaffirm support for NATO in the wake of Trump’s polarizing performance at a NATO summit in Brussels.
By Joe Gould