Todd Zwillich

The Iowa caucus is a notoriously complicated event that resulted in a miscount in 2012. For 2016, both parties are using a new app, designed to improve accuracy.  

The U.S. government has a multitude of tools and devices that our military and intelligence agencies use to collect data from cell phones.

So-called "digital dissenters" say companies like Facebook and Google restrict our online experience to widen their profit margins. 

Julian Sanchez, senior fellow at the Cato Institute, says diminishing encryption would open up technology to weaknesses that could be “exploited by the bad guys.” 

For more than a decade, the internet has become a seemingly borderless land of free flowing information. But not everyone wants the world wide web to be an open platform.

The Christmas weekend was marred by storms throughout America's southern and central states. Nearly a dozen people were killed after a series of tornadoes swept through areas of Texas.

Presidential candidates are squeezing in yet another trip to Iowa before the upcoming caucuses. 

Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance says cell phone and app encryption impedes law enforcement officials' ability to investigate and prosecute crime.

The various branches of the military have until January 1, 2016 to submit their plans on integrating women into combat roles. 

With U.S. air support, Iraqi forces are poised to take Ramadi back from ISIS, but civilians may not trust the Shiite-led government much more. 

As Trump climbs in the polls, the GOP establishment remains largely unsettled. But they had the same panic when Reagan ran in 1976 and again in 1980.

If you found yourself reeling at the banking and lending practices that led to the catastrophic implosion of the U.S. housing market, you may be distressed to hear this story.

In the digital era, it may surprise you to learn that Americans still purchase approximately 1.6 billion Christmas cards each year.

Both the Republican and Democratic parties are in the big data game. Find out how political data is captured, what is known about voters like you, and how your information is used.

As news breaks that six U.S. soldiers were killed in a suicide attack, a new investigation from ProPublica finds that the U.S. has wasted $17 billion in Afghanistan since 2009.

Not all luxury food gifts being shilled this time of year are what they're cut out to be. The Sporkful's Dan Pashman explains.  

Dallas has taken in more than 1,400 refugees from around the world so far this year.

Does the stress of being a world leader age you? Does it shorten your life? A new study suggests the answer to both questions is yes. 

World leaders achieved a landmark deal on climate change earlier this month. Now comes the hard part: Implementing it. Despite previous failures, one environmental leader is hopeful.

Is the Democratic Party giving Hillary Clinton an unfair advantage? Lisa Lerer, national politics reporter for the Associated Press, weighs in.