Category: Geography & Politics
January 07, 2025
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The cyber succession flare-up
A recent White House order to codify succession plans atop the Office of the National Cyber Director is raising hackles in Trump world.
January 07, 2025
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Cyber pura vida
The Biden administration gave the Costa Rican government $25 million to step up cybersecurity in early 2023.
January 07, 2025
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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.
January 07, 2025
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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...
January 07, 2025
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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...
January 07, 2025
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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...
January 07, 2025
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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...
January 07, 2025
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Trump slams Carter’s Panama Canal deal as he’s set to lie in state
President-elect Donald Trump slammed Jimmy Carter’s agreement to transfer ownership of the Panama Canal to Panama as a “disgrace” — on the first day the late former president is...
January 07, 2025
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Coming soon: Gulf of America
Donald Trump said he will change the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the "Gulf of America." "We're going to be changing the name of the Gulf of...
January 07, 2025
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Trump boasts foreign investments, blasts Biden administration
President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday boasted a new $20 billion foreign investment to build new data centers, blasted the Biden administration for its final policies and promised to reverse...