Dianne Feinstein

Condemnation for the legislation, which was coauthored by Dianne Feinstein and Richard Burr, came swiftly and from a broad spectrum of groups. (AP Photo)

Senators’ major encryption bill is ‘clueless’

Rudy Takala · April 18, 2016 4:01 am

The legislation was initially inspired by Apple's resistance to helping the FBI access an iPhone used by perpetrators of December's terrorist attack in California. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato, File)

National Security

Critics: Senate encryption proposal amounts to ‘Internet censorship’

Rudy Takala · April 8, 2016 4:49 pm

The Aliso Canyon gas storage facility was capped earlier this year after a gas utility struggled for months to close the leak that forced nearby residents to evacuate. (Dean Musgrove/Los Angeles Daily News via AP, Pool, File)

Energy and Environment

White House launches probe into Calif. gas leak

John Siciliano · April 1, 2016 7:46 pm

Feinstein, who entered the Senate in 1993, served with Clinton in the Senate for six years. (AP Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke, File)

Senate Dem on Clinton achievements: ‘Golly, I forget’

Rudy Takala · March 31, 2016 7:51 pm

Sherrod Brown joined three other Democrats Friday in calling on the Commodity Futures Trading Commission to finish a long-delayed rule limiting the size of bets traders can make in markets for commodities. (AP Photo)

Dems push regulator to finish rules curbing commodity speculation

Joseph Lawler · March 18, 2016 3:25 pm

Graham: U.S. must exit ‘club’ of countries allowing late-term abortion

Robert King · March 15, 2016 3:31 pm

—œThey can offer on the floor, or they can run for the House of Representatives," said Sen. Lamar Alexander. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Energy and Environment

Top GOP senators want ‘clean’ energy spending bills

John Siciliano · March 9, 2016 10:56 pm

Senator Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., is calling on Apple to help the FBI break into the San Bernardino terrorist's phone.

Feinstein says Apple putting itself ‘above the law’

Rudy Takala · February 25, 2016 8:00 pm

The FBI and Apple officials have been negotiating behind the scenes for months, but the issue went public when the executive branch secured a court order that Apple must help. (AP Photo)

Senate Intel plans bill to punish Apple

Joel Gehrke · February 18, 2016 11:37 pm

With no national strategy, policymakers have been unable to craft adequate responses on issues such as terrorists' use of encryption technologies, said Sen. John McCain. (AP Photo)

McCain: Spike in cyberhacks due to weak admin policy

Charlie Mitchell · February 1, 2016 5:01 am

"Encryption really helps protect personal information," Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis, said at a cyberspace policy event at the American Enterprise Institute. "It's crucial to that. I like the fact that if anyone gets my iPhone, they're going to have a hard time getting into it." (AP file photo/Ross D. Franklin)

Senate homeland chair: Allowing strong encryption is ‘crucial’

Rudy Takala · January 28, 2016 4:02 pm

Michael McCaul and Sen. Mark Warner want to create a national commission that includes "the best minds" from all of the stakeholder camps to come up with options under a strict deadline. (AP Photo)

The next big cybersecurity fight: Encryption

Charlie Mitchell · January 25, 2016 5:01 am