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WATCH: Laufey plays 'This or That' with 'GMA'
ABC News
The singer shared her summer hot takes as part of the 'GMA' Summer Concert Series.
Aug 20, 2025, 4:27 PM
WATCH: Michael Urie and Kumail Nanjiani talk 'Oh, Mary!'
ABC News
The actors share a story about a famous face in the audience of their Broadway show.
Aug 20, 2025, 4:22 PM
Security clearance revoked for dozens of current and former US officials
Al Jazeera, Al Jazeera English
Some had been critical of Trump, while others were involved in investigating Russian meddling in 2020 US elections.
Aug 19, 2025, 9:58 PM
Weaponizing the Watchdog
Walter M. Shaub Jr., The New York Review of Books
Donald Trump’s fascist takeover of government is a comprehensive affair, and sometimes it’s the little things that reveal just how thoroughly his administration has been dismantling our democratic infrastructure. On June 16 Trump nominated the thirty-year-old…
Aug 7, 2025, 11:30 AM
DOGE Denizen Marko Elez Leaked API Key for xAI
BrianKrebs, Krebs on Security
Marko Elez, a 25-year-old employee at Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), has been granted access to sensitive databases at the U.S. Social Security Administration, the Treasury and Justice departments, and the Department of Homeland Secur…
Jul 15, 2025, 1:23 AM
Trump Blocks Acquisition of Jupiter Systems by Hong Kong Firm
Devdiscourse
President Donald Trump halted the acquisition of Jupiter Systems by Hong Kong's Suirui International, citing national security concerns. The decision follows a review by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S., highlighting risks related to military and critical infrastructure. Suirui must divest its interests within 120 days.
Jul 11, 2025, 11:28 PM
Fear and denial in DC: Federal workers are reeling as Trump gets go-ahead to continue firings
Allie Kelly,Ayelet Sheffey,Juliana Kaplan,Alice Tecotzky, Business Insider
Business Insider spoke with 16 federal workers after the Supreme Court decision that will allow federal staff cuts to continue.
Jul 10, 2025, 9:21 AM
WATCH: Homeland Security ends mandatory shoe removal at airport screening
ABC News
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem has announced that the TSA and its nearly two-decade mandate for passengers to remove their shoes at airport screening is officially over.
Jul 9, 2025, 1:26 PM
State Dept. Tells Student Visa Applicants To Set Their Social Media Profiles To ‘Public’ If They Want To Come To The US
Tim Cushing, Techdirt
Way back in the day of EARLIER THIS YEAR, people could expect to be subjected to warrantless, invasive device searches only at US borders and international airports. Visa applicants, however, just needed to fill out some paperwork and wait for permission to h…
Jul 3, 2025, 5:36 PM
Trump administration targets ATF, with plans to cut jobs and ease gun restrictions
Meg Anderson, NPR
DOGE staffers have been working on changes at the ATF that would roll back dozens of gun restrictions. The DOJ wants to downsize the agency — a move some fear will hinder criminal investigations.
Jul 2, 2025, 9:00 AM
US university bars trans athletes, erases records under pressure from Trump
John Power, Al Jazeera English
University of Pennsylvania removes times set by trans swimmer as part of resolution to civil rights investigation.
Jul 2, 2025, 3:03 AM
Trump Admin Is Building a Searchable Database to Track Citizens
AJ Dellinger, Gizmodo.com
Just normal government stuff.
Jun 30, 2025, 6:15 PM
Bob Vylan’s U.S. Visas Revoked by Trump Administration After “Death to the IDF” Chant at Glastonbury
Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork
British police are investigating the British punk duo, who had told the Glastonbury crowd that violence is “the only language some people speak, unfortunately”
Jun 30, 2025, 5:55 PM
Trump DHS links data for new citizenship tracking tool. And, Senate discusses tax bill
Brittney Melton, NPR
The Trump administration is developing a searchable national citizenship data system, worrying some officials. And, the Senate focuses on the sweeping Republican tax and spending bill.
Jun 30, 2025, 11:30 AM
Feds wise up and ban WhatsApp, might shift to Apple Messages
news@appleinsider.com (William Gallagher), AppleInsider
In a move to bolt the stable door, US House of Representatives staff must stop using WhatsApp, and switch to a more secure service like Apple's Messages.WhatsApp on an iPhoneIt may seem as if the government prefers to make its messages insecure, but really it…
Jun 24, 2025, 2:43 PM
ICE Is Now Trying To Convince Congress Members It Needs 72-Hours Notice Before Facility Inspections
Tim Cushing, Techdirt
This was never an issue before, but it’s suddenly an issue now that ICE has gone full Gestapo to keep up with Trump’s mass deportation demands. ICE’s tactics — unmarked vehicles, masked officers, and untargeted raids of any place that might contain foreigners…
Jun 23, 2025, 5:49 PM
Judge Shreds DOJ’s Manufactured Case Against Abrego Garcia: Evidence ‘Defies Common Sense’
Mike Masnick, Techdirt
The case of Kilmar Abrego Garcia (who we now find out, via his lawyer, prefers to be called Kilmar Abrego) keeps getting more and more bizarre. After being “accidentally” shipped to El Salvador — despite a judge’s order directly barring such a move — the Trum…
Jun 23, 2025, 4:27 PM
Trump’s Admin Is Policing Foreign Students’ Social Media for ‘Political Activism’
Andrew Perez, Rolling Stone
The State Department ended a pause on student visa processing but is requiring applicants to make their social media profiles public.
Jun 21, 2025, 6:30 PM
Very Normal, Very Cool: Government Agency Flew Same Christian Nationalist Flag as the Alitos
Susan Rinkunas, Jezebel
Barf Bag: The Small Business Administration chillingly had an "Appeal to Heaven" flag alongside an American flag.
Jun 21, 2025, 11:39 AM
ICE Gets Brutal Fact-Check on Absurd Reason Agents Wear Masks
Malcolm Ferguson, The New Republic
ICE and DHS have claimed multiple times since May that there’s been a 413 percent increase in assaults against their agents to justify their officers wearing masks and refusing to identify themselves. The data states otherwise. The Washington Post’s Phillip…
Jun 19, 2025, 4:43 PM
Trump Deliberately Leaves Two Key People Out of Iran Plan Convos
Malcolm Ferguson, The New Republic
Two of the highest ranking military Cabinet members have essentially been cut off as Trump teeters on the edge of joining Israel’s war on Iran, according to a report from The Washington Post. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Director of National Intellige…
Jun 19, 2025, 2:51 PM
The US says foreign students can start getting visas again, but they'll have to make their social media accounts public
Matthew Loh, Business Insider
The State Department said both full-time and exchange students could be vetted, calling every visa application a "national security decision."
Jun 19, 2025, 6:32 AM
Democratic senators hammer Hegseth as he trades barbs with them during testy hearing
Ivan Pereira, ABC News
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth snapped back at female Democratic senators, at one point telling one that her "time was up," as he was grilled at a congressional hearing.
Jun 18, 2025, 7:54 PM
Citizen Musk
Al Jazeera English
The world’s richest man has reshaped the US government. Fault Lines investigates what that is costing the United States.
Jun 18, 2025, 3:30 PM