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Weiner Cut Off, FBI Investigates Election Cybersecurity Breaches, FEMA Still Sucks: P.M. Links

Scott Shackford | 8.29.2016 4:30 PM

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    Huma Abedin is separating from Anthony Weiner over his latest sexting scandal. Donald Trump's response is to suggest that Weiner is a security risk for Hillary Clinton's campaign.

  • The FBI is investigating what it suspects is foreign cyberattacks on state-level election databases. It didn't indicate which states were involved, but both Arizona and Illinois had both had recent cybersecurity issues.
  • Could Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) lose his primary tomorrow? Polls have him ahead, but everybody's keeping an eye on the anti-establishment mood.
  • Oh, hey, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is being blasted for being slow to respond to the needs of the victims of flooding in Louisiana. Imagine that.
  • Brazil President Dilma Rousseff took the stand today to try to fight off her impeachment. She insisted she had committed no crime.
  • The Islamic State took credit for a suicide bombing in Yemen that killed more than 50 people.
  • Actor Gene Wilder has died at age 83.

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Scott Shackford is a policy research editor at Reason Foundation.

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