Change for NSA: President Obama is scheduled this morning to announce changes in the NSA’s “metadata” program that collects the raw data from telephone communications. Obama is expected to say that the data should be held by the phone companies …

Unconstitutional: The NSA’s indiscriminate collection of domestic telephone data violates the Constitutional protection against unreasonable searches and seizures, according to a ruling by a federal judge. DC District Judge Richard Leon also noted that the NSA was unable to cite …

Syria: President Obama has ordered the Pentagon to identify more targets inside Syria, including forces that handle chemical weapons. Other targets would be missile launchers, aircraft, and artillery that deliver chemical weapons, and the air defenses that protect them. The …

Syria: Secretary of State John Kerry said yesterday the US has proof that Syria used sarin nerve gas in its Aug. 21 attack on its own citizens. It’s the first time the Obama administration has identified the chemical agent as …

While Western forests burn through late summer, it occurred to me as a former Senior National Wildfire Correspondent, that it might be helpful to offer fellow television reporters advice and instruction on how to cover wildland fire.   One of …

Syria: US warships are moving closer to Syria as President Obama decides how to respond to a suspected mass chemical attack outside of Damascus Wednesday. The President is expected to meet with the National Security Council today to discuss military …

Winds of War: The Obama administration is considering a response to what appears to have been a massive chemical attack outside Damascus Wednesday. It could be anything from a single cruise missile strike to a sustained air campaign. The President …

National: The US and China have agreed to hold regular talks about cyber security. American officials in recent months have accused Chinese hackers of breaking into industrial and defense computers and stealing enormous amounts of valuable information. The Chinese deny …

Econ 101: The US economy grew by 165,000 jobs in April, trimming the unemployment rate from 7.6% to 7.5%. The Dow Jones average this morning moved into record territory over 15,000. Bombers: The body of Tamerlan Tsarnaev has been released …

Breaking: The plane carrying Italian designer Vittorio Missoni, 58, his wife and another couple has gone missing off the coast of Venezuela after taking off from a resort. An air and sea search is underway. National: Facing the wrath of …