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White House S&T strategy calls for new approaches to safeguard US research

The new guidance is a departure from last year’s National Security Strategy.

As warfare becomes engineering, the era of the digital mercenary dawns

The White House revives “privateering for the digital age” by authorizing cyber firms to strike foreign targets.

‘There is no Golden Dome’ unless Congress prioritizes funding, general warns

Last year, the Pentagon forbade officials to talk about it. Now the program’s leader is calling for help.

How Congress is reshaping the administration's FY27 budget

Three of the four House and Senate committees have marked up the spending proposal. Here's what they want.

How many worked for DOGE? New data emerges, but many agencies stonewall

At least 206 people worked for the Trump administration's radical effort to reshape government.

As AI models break free, White House works with firms on secret safety measures

Lawmakers blast administration's "ad-hoc" AI strategy; tech giants pitch ideas to keep federal contracts flowing.

Unions ask for injunction restoring collective bargaining at Defense

The latest filing says Pentagon strayed from the Trump administration’s own guidance for implementing an executive order banning collective bargaining at most agencies.

The antifa terrorism threat the Trump administration describes does not exist

Focusing on it will only make Americans more vulnerable to actual threats.

The Trump administration’s global campaign against ‘radical left terrorism’ is built on a national security memo

NSPM-7 marks a major conceptual shift in U.S. counterterrorism policy, departing from approaches that primarily targeted foreign threats. 

Declassified China intelligence fails to back up Trump's false claims about 'stolen election'

The information adds detail about Chinese intelligence collection of U.S. voter data, but doesn't change the intelligence community's rejection of the president's 2020 claims.

A year after State layoffs, ex-feds say US is paying the price in Iran and Ebola crises

New legislation would enable foreign service officers pushed out by the Trump administration to rejoin the department without retaking the Foreign Service Officer Test.

Space Force faces budget uncertainty as leader plans exit next month

Gen. Chance Saltzman sets his retirement as the service’s top budget priorities face cuts, scrutiny.

Trump says Pulte can declassify ‘whatever’ he wants, sparking fears of exposing intelligence secrets

“If he doesn’t care about blowing up cyber exploits, putting foreign relationships at risk, or getting people killed, he could declassify a lot,” one former official said.

House, mostly, backs $1.5B White House moves to fund E-7 Wedgetail

A shuffle of classified Air Force funds was OK’d, but a withdrawal from the Navy was stopped.

Senate joins House in rebuke of Trump over his war in Iran

Senate approval marked the first time both chambers have voted to end the conflict.

Parts of NSA lose Mythos 5 access after White House imposes limits

The Five Eyes alliance is warning that frontier AI could accelerate cyberattacks and cyber defense.