National Security and Foreign Affairs

WASHINGTON West Coast lawmakers are urging the Trump administration to alter its approach toward North Korea after Pyongyang's successful launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile capable of striking Alaska, and possibly other parts of the United States.

The trouble is, they can't agree on what that alteration should look like.

After a global ransomware attack extending from Russia to the U.S. hit computer systems last week, security analysts quickly realized the perpetrators were using stolen cyber weapons that were part of the National Security Agency's (NSA) arsenal — for the second time in just six weeks.

President Trump would show "weakness" if he fails to broach the subject of Russian interference in the 2016 elections during a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin this week, a House Democrat said Monday.

Rep. Ted Lieu (D-Calif.) tweeted at first daughter Ivanka Trump Saturday, joking that President Trump's travel ban, which says grandparents are not considered close family members, is teaching her children that the president is not a close family member.

Yesterday in the House Judiciary Committee's markup of the Refugee Program Integrity Restoration Act (H.R.

Democratic Congressman Ted Lieu wants the National Security Agency to stop the crippling Petya ransomware from spreading, if it can.

Petya sparked mass disruption after it emerged Tuesday. The first infections were seen in Ukraine, where Petya attacked 12,500 computers, according to Microsoft. The ransomware subsequently spread to 64 other countries, including Russia, Germany and the U.S.