US spy chief Gabbard says UK agreed to drop ‘backdoor’ mandate for Apple – Reuters

The United Kingdom has abandoned its bid to force Apple to create an encryption “backdoor,” according to U.S. spy chief Gabbard, Reuters reports. The reversal ends a trans-Atlantic dispute that had pitted London’s security demands against Apple’s privacy stance.

Trump officials release FBI records on MLK Jr despite his family’s opposition

In a controversial move, the Trump administration has released approximately 200,000 pages of FBI surveillance records on Martin Luther King Jr., despite strong objections from his family and the civil rights group he led until his assassination in 1968.