Ben Schreckinger
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Covering politics, tech and finance @POLITICO. Contributing to Digital Future Daily: http://politi.co/3K27212 Author of "The Bidens": http://bit.ly/3L0J0VJ Open DMs.Source
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Space Force major to Pentagon: Mine Bitcoin!

Space Force major to Pentagon: Mine Bitcoin!

Maybe Bitcoin isn’t really internet money. Maybe it’s a weapon for waging a new form of 21st-century cyber warfare. That’s what one major in the Space Force is arguing in a new MIT masters degree thesis that is causing a minor stir online in the wake of its publication last month. The 400-page tome snagged the top spot on Amazon’s list of best-selling technology books earlier this month and currently sits at #3. There’s no sign the Pentagon is acting on the idea, but the thesis offers the latest hint that as a new generation enters important American institutions, its members see crypto...

March 31, 2023
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Sources: Secret Service inserted itself into case of Hunter Biden’s gun

Sources: Secret Service inserted itself into case of Hunter Biden’s gun

The bizarre incident involved a trash can, a man searching for recyclables and, eventually, federal law enforcement.Hunter Biden waits for the start of the his father's debate at Centre College in Danville, Ky in 2012. | Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File/AP PhotoOn Oct. 23, 2018, President Joe Biden’s son Hunter and daughter in law Hallie were involved in a bizarre incident in which Hallie took Hunter’s gun and threw it in a trash can behind a grocery store, only to return later to find it gone.Delaware police began investigating, concerned that the trash can was across from a high school and...

March 25, 2021
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The spectacular fall of a center-of-power populist

The spectacular fall of a center-of-power populist

In a few short years, Steve Bannon went from being an architect of Donald Trump’s political success to being busted by the feds.Steve Bannon received much of the credit for then-candidate Donald Trump’s upset win in 2016 and went on to serve as Trump’s chief strategist in the White House. | Evan Vucci/AP PhotoIn just a few short years, Steve Bannon went from being the most dangerous man in American politics to being in federal custody.The onetime champion of America’s forgotten man and an architect of Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign, Bannon was arrested Thursday morning, reportedly aboard a...

August 20, 2020
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