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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks May 13 during a fundraising picnic for U.S. Rep. Randy Feenstra, R-Iowa, in Sioux Center, Iowa.

The new Twitter account @DeSantisJet tracks the Florida governor's air travel

The page was created by Jack Sweeney, the 20-year-old who also started the popular Twitter account tracking billionaire Elon Musk's private jet.

President Barack Obama might have just gotten his own Twitter account, but he's been tweeting for years, such as during this "Twitter Town Hall" in 2011.

President Gets His Own Twitter Account: 'It's Barack. Really'

Obama's bio on @POTUS says he is "Dad, husband and 44th President of the United States."

Liability Insurance Could Hold 'Reckless' Police Officers Accountable

NPR's Sarah McCammon speaks with law professor Deborah Ramirez about her proposal to make personal liability insurance mandatory for individual police officers.

Revisiting Uvalde two years on as families continue to press for accountability

Families of Uvalde school shooting victims are suing Texas state troopers over the botched police response to the attack. The city is divided between pressing for accountability and moving on.

Researchers from Carnegie Mellon University say nearly half of all accounts tweeting about the coronavirus appear to be bot accounts.

Researchers: Nearly Half Of Accounts Tweeting About Coronavirus Are Likely Bots

Researchers culled through more than 200 million tweets discussing the virus since January and found that about 45% were sent by accounts that behave more like computerized robots than humans.

Politics Roundup: From Iowa To Hillary Clinton's Email Account

Potential Republican presidential candidates showed off in Iowa this weekend, while Hillary Clinton — the presumptive Democratic candidate — dealt with a bubbling controversy over her private email account. A bump in the road? Or is it yet another scandal involving a Clinton?

Twitter Struggling To Shut Down Bot And Impersonation Accounts Created By ISIS

ISIS launched 145 bot and "sockpuppet" accounts across Twitter in a coordinated campaign in the wake of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi's death. Twitter is trying to stamp them out, but is struggling.

La Roca restaurant in Nogales, Mexico, draws a mix of American tourists and locals. It used to have an American bank account and credit card until the bank closed the account.

Border Businesses Lose Bank Accounts Amid Money-Laundering Fears

Some U.S. banks are closing the accounts of certain businesses along the Mexican side of the border. It's part of an effort to stay in line with anti-money-laundering regulations.

Wells Fargo Fires 5,000 Employees Over Fake Accounts

Wells Fargo Bank is to pay $185 million in penalties after thousands of workers were found to have earned bonuses by illegally creating accounts for customers without their knowledge.

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie fields questions at a news conference in March at the Statehouse in Trenton, N.J.

Missing From 'Bridgegate' Investigation: Chris Christie's Personal Email Account

The governor has insisted that his personal and government accounts were searched by investigators, but new court documents indicate that a personal account he shared with his wife was never searched.

A now-deleted tweet from @ALT_USCIS was included in a complaint Twitter filed against the Department of Homeland Security. Twitter says DHS tried to unmask the user behind this account, which has "expressed dissent in a range of different ways," including this early tweet that "the author apparently believed cast doubt on the Administration's immigration policy."

Twitter Sues Homeland Security To Protect Anonymity Of 'Alt Immigration' Account

After the Trump administration set limits on some government Twitter accounts, anonymous "rogue accounts" popped up. Homeland Security demanded to know who was behind one; Twitter is fighting back.

The IRS says taxpayers will be able to access their accounts by undergoing a virtual interview rather than have to submit a selfie

The IRS is allowing taxpayers to opt out of facial recognition to verify accounts

The tax collecting agency has backed away from requiring all users with individual accounts to submit selfies to a private company.

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