Swamp News: AT&T fired its chief of political lobbying and the company president said hiring President Trump’s personal lawyer to advise about the new administration was “a big mistake.” Chief Executive Randall Stephenson said in a memo to employees, “Our …

Swamp News: AT&T confirmed that it paid President Trump’s personal lawyer Michael Cohen $600,000 through 2017 to act as a consultant. The company said in an email to its employees earlier this week that it had retained Cohen in 2017 …

Cyber War: A nationwide “denial of use” internet attack yesterday morning clogged access to some of the biggest and most influential websites; Netflix, Twitter, Spotify, Airbnb, Reddit, Etsy, SoundCloud and The New York Times. No one has claimed responsibility. Such …

I Spy: The Justice Department this morning announced espionage charges against five members of China’s People’s Liberation Army, accusing them of stealing trade secrets from American companies. It’s unprecedented to remotely indict officials of a foreign government, but needless to say, …

The Big Melt: An enormous portion of the West Antarctic ice sheet is melting and it may be irreversible, according to scientific reports released yesterday. Eric Rignot, a glaciologist at the University of California, Irvine said, “It has passed the …