Well, today is perfect proof that controversy never sleeps. What kind of controversy? Take your pick. It's everywhere, so here's what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and Out the Door.
1. Russia-US relations
It's not exactly the Cold War. No, this time around it's a little more...direct. Russia and the US don't see eye to eye on plenty of things (Syria, etc.) but now the US is accusing Russia of hacking a voter registration system in Florida. The US is apparently considering a range of "proportional" responses to recent rounds of alleged hacking, which doesn't sound ominous at all. (By the way, Russia flatly denies all of this.)
Meanwhile, WikiLeaks released more of Clinton campaign chair John Podesta's e-mails and hackers got a hold of his Twitter account. The e-mail hacks have been embarrassing to the campaign, but Podesta is being very mom-who-just-took-up-yoga about it. "It doesn't feel great," he said "But I am kind of zen about it at this stage, personally."
It looks like ISIS has found a new way to spread violence. They apparently used a drone packed with explosives to kill Peshmerga soldiers in Iraq. Officials say it's the first time ISIS used a drone this way. The scary thing is it looks like the drone was some cheap model you can get off the internet.
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