
This election result should scare Democrats
CNN
On its face, the result of a single state Senate race isn't the sort of thing that merits national attention from the leaders of both national parties.
But there are exceptions to every rule. And what happened in Connecticut six days ago is that exception. "I saw a preview of what may be coming in 2021 and 2022, and I just want to warn other Democrats just to not take anything for granted," Blake Reinken, who managed the Democratic candidate's losing campaign, told The Hill newspaper. "Now that Trump is gone for the most part, we have to fight double as hard to make sure that we protect our gains."
Federal regulators repeatedly granted appeals to remove Camp Mystic’s buildings from their 100-year flood map, loosening oversight as the camp operated and expanded in a dangerous flood plain in the years before rushing waters swept away children and counselors, a review by The Associated Press found.

Two of the most senior figures in the US government — Secretary of State Marco Rubio and the White House chief of staff — have been impersonated in recent weeks using artificial intelligence — a tactic that harnesses a rapidly developing technology that cybersecurity experts say is becoming the “new normal” in terms of cheap and easy scams targeting senior US officials.