Friday

11-04-2025 Vol 19

Category: Education

The rocky road ahead for State’s anti-disinfo efforts

An office at the State Department that serves as the nerve center for tackling overseas disinformation is likely to close amid Republican pushback.

Ready your resumes

The Trump-Vance transition team is starting to interview candidates for senior cyber posts at the Department of Homeland Security.

The holiday cyber sprint

The 118th Congress, the Biden administration and the Trump-Vance transition are set to make critical personnel and policy choices this month on cybersecurity.

China is everywhere all at once

The recent hack of U.S. telecommunications systems is one of the most serious cyberattacks in the nation’s history and is an ongoing open national security threat, lawmakers are warning.

This week’s cyber hearings are next year’s battles

Congress is back from its post-election hibernation and lawmakers are cramming in at least one more cyber push this lame duck session.

Senate power shift reshapes cyber policy 

A seismic transition in Senate cybersecurity oversight looms as key committees fall under new Republican control.

Meet the new members: A Navy SEAL knocks out a Montana fixture

The new member: Sen. Tim Sheehy (R-Mont.) How they got here: Sheehy won an incredibly expensive contest to oust three-term Montana Democratic Sen. Jon Tester by a 52.6 percent...

Trump warns of new tariffs against Canada, Mexico, EU. And maybe Denmark, too.

President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday repeated his threat to impose tariffs on hundreds of billions of dollars worth of goods from Mexico and Canada to pressure both countries to...

Kennedy to ask Democrats to confirm him as HHS secretary

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President-elect Donald Trump’s choice to lead HHS, will meet with Senate Democrats on key health committees this week as he makes his case for why...

Jordan plans meeting with Zuckerberg after Meta eliminates fact-check program

Judiciary Chair Jim Jordan told reporters that he's meeting with Mark Zuckerberg in the next few weeks, as the Meta CEO plans an upcoming visit to D.C. Meta announced...