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People were tweeting about everything from education to Ebola on Election Day. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)

Justice Dept. wants Twitter’s First Amendment lawsuit tossed

By Phillip Swarts - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Dec. 4, 2014 file photo, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel speaks at the Pentagon. The Pentagon took initial steps Friday to set up a new agency that will direct the troubled effort to search for America’s missing war dead, two years after an internal report found the current program was mismanaged and wasteful. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File)

Pentagon to probe breach of retired officers’ personal information in Twitter hack

By Maggie Ybarra - The Washington Times

scion: The realities of social media and online fundraising were not nearly as prevalent for former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush's brother George. (Associated Press)

Jeb Bush faces same issues as George W. Bush, radically different political environment

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

Bernard Denney takes a selfie with his girlfriend Maho Tanaka, left, in front of the Cinefamily at Silent Movie Theater in Los Angeles on Thursday, Dec. 25, 2014 prior to attending the movie &quot;The Interview.&quot; The film's Christmas Day release was canceled by Sony after threats of violence by hackers linked to North Korea, but the release was reinstated in some independent theaters and through a variety of digital platforms. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)

‘CyberCaliphate,’ pro-Islamic State hacker, takes over U.S. news, Twitter sites

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

A group of protesters gather at Grand Central Terminal in New York, Thursday, Jan. 1, 2015. A number of protests have been staged around the country following recent grand jury decisions not to indict white police officers in New York and Ferguson, Mo., over the deaths of unarmed black men. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)

‘#BlackBrunchNYC’ protesters storm city restaurants to read off names of dead blacks

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Christopher Barry and step mom Cora Masters Barry at a Thursday, Dec. 4, 2014, service for the late Marion Barry. (Photo courtesy of the Executive Office of the Mayor)

Marion Barry’s son announces bid for late father’s council seat

By Andrea Noble - The Washington Times

Twitter (Photo: Dominic Lipinski/PA Wire via AP Images)

Tweets a lot: President Obama has more Twitter followers than any leader on the planet

By Jennifer Harper - The Washington Times

"The aluminum is supposed to act like a heat barrier, keeping the fighter's body heat from being detected by the drone camera system," says an analysis by the Middle East Media Research Institute. (Middle East Media Research Institute)

Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula adapts to avoid Predator drones

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

Brandon Delaney, general manager of the Plaza Theatre, in Atlanta, Georgia finishes hanging the marquis Tuesday to announce that the theatre will be showing "The Interview." The film was put back into mostly independent theaters Tuesday when Sony announced a limited Christmas Day theatrical release for the comedy. (Associated Press)

Sony’s ‘The Interview’ to have limited release Christmas Day

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

James Franco arrives at the 17th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards on Sunday, Jan. 30, 2011, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)

Obama calls James Franco ‘James Flacco,’ prompting response from Ravens Joe Flacco

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

This photo provided by Columbia Pictures - Sony shows, James Franco, center, as Dave, and Seth Rogen, right, as Aaron, in Columbia Pictures' &quot;The Interview.&quot; (AP Photo/Columbia Pictures - Sony, Ed Araquel)

Celebrities, lawmakers slam Sony’s surrender: ‘The hackers won’

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Islamic State recruits broadly, not just fighters

By Eric Tucker and Sadie Gurman - Associated Press

People hold hands in a prayer for peace at the Leimert Park area of Los Angeles, Monday, Nov. 24, 2014. A grand jury has decided not to indict Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson in the fatal shooting of Michael Brown, an unarmed black 18-year-old.. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)

In Ferguson, young activists emerge as movement leaders

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Computer scientists have already used tweets to track flu outbreaks. Now they want to use it to find prevalence of mental health conditions, such as depression or bipolar disorder. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

CHARLES ORTEL: For new investors, is Twitter a treat or a turkey?

By Charles Ortel - The Washington Times

Sixty percent of the 226,838 comments from September 2012 to early last month posted to the Obamacare Facebook site administered by Organizing for Action can be attributed to fewer than 100 unique profiles.

Obamacare Facebook page comments mostly from small group of supporters

By Kelly Riddell - The Washington Times

A Twitter user by the name @BrooklynJuggler trolled California Rep. Darrell Issa into retweeting a photo of his dear "Uncle Lee," which was really a photo of Lee Harvey Oswald, the former Marine believed to have assassinated President John F. Kennedy. (Twitter/@BrooklynJuggler)

Darrell Issa tricked into retweeting support for Himmler, Oswald

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times