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Ex-NSA Chief Paul Nakasone Has a Warning for the Tech World

Ex-NSA Chief Paul Nakasone Has a Warning for the Tech World

The Trump administration’s radical changes to United States fiscal policy, foreign relations, and global strategy—combined with mass firings across the …

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ICE Quietly Scales Back Rules for Courthouse Raids

ICE Quietly Scales Back Rules for Courthouse Raids

Immigration and Customs Enforcement has quietly rescinded guidance that advised ICE agents conducting courthouse raids to take steps to avoid …

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A Swedish MMA Tournament Spotlights the Trump Administration’s Handling of Far-Right Terrorism

A Swedish MMA Tournament Spotlights the Trump Administration’s Handling of Far-Right Terrorism

The 2024 Swedish tournament mirrors similar extreme right-wing martial arts tournaments hosted elsewhere in Europe for years. It also indicates …

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US Customs and Border Protection Quietly Revokes Protections for Pregnant Women and Infants

US Customs and Border Protection Quietly Revokes Protections for Pregnant Women and Infants

US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has quietly rescinded several internal policies that were designed to protect some of the …

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Tulsi Gabbard Reused the Same Weak Password on Multiple Accounts for Years

Tulsi Gabbard Reused the Same Weak Password on Multiple Accounts for Years

Tulsi Gabbard, the director of national intelligence, used the same easily cracked password for different online accounts over a period …

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US Border Agents Are Asking for Help Taking Photos of Everyone Entering the Country by Car

US Border Agents Are Asking for Help Taking Photos of Everyone Entering the Country by Car

United States Customs and Border Protection is asking tech companies to send pitches for a real-time facial recognition tool that …

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Security Researchers Warn a Widely Used Open Source Tool Poses a ‘Persistent’ Risk to the US

Security Researchers Warn a Widely Used Open Source Tool Poses a ‘Persistent’ Risk to the US

“Nation states take on a strategic positioning,” says George Barnes, a former deputy director at the National Security Agency, who …

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ICE Is Paying Palantir  Million to Build ‘ImmigrationOS’ Surveillance Platform

ICE Is Paying Palantir $30 Million to Build ‘ImmigrationOS’ Surveillance Platform

“No other vendor could meet these timeframes of having the infrastructure in place to meet this urgent requirement and deliver …

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Here’s What Happened to Those SignalGate Messages

Here’s What Happened to Those SignalGate Messages

The US Treasury Department was initially alone in providing the court a timeline of the messages that it was able …

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A Cybersecurity Professor Disappeared Amid an FBI Search. His Family Is ‘Determined to Fight’

A Cybersecurity Professor Disappeared Amid an FBI Search. His Family Is ‘Determined to Fight’

The wife of data privacy professor Xiaofeng Wang, who was fired from his tenured job at Indiana University, Bloomington (IU) …

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DOGE Is Trying to Gift Itself a 0 Million Building, Court Filings Show

DOGE Is Trying to Gift Itself a $500 Million Building, Court Filings Show

The DOGE-affiliated acting president of the United States Institute of Peace, a Congressionally funded, independent think tank, has moved to …

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