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At least three individuals associated with Peter Thiel’s Palantir were involved in an online recruiting effort for Musk’s DOGE team late last year
As DOGE staffers—many of them young and with little or no government experience—continue to gain access to sensitive…
February 9, 2025
U.K. orders Apple to let it spy on users’ encrypted accounts
Secret order requires blanket access to protected cloud backups around the world, which if implemented would undermine Apple’s…
February 8, 2025
US immigration games Google to create a mirage of mass deportations
Thousands of press releases about decade-old enforcement actions topped search results, all updated with a timestamp from after…
February 8, 2025
Meta accused of torrenting 81.7TB of pirated books to train AI models
Meta has admitted to downloading 81.7 terabytes of pirated books through BitTorrent for AI training, with newly unsealed…
February 8, 2025
Musk DOGE team’s Edward Coristine was fired by previous employer for leaking secrets
Edward Coristine, the youngest of Elon Musk’s DOGE whiz kids, has a history of mishandling sensitive information.
February 8, 2025
British Foreign Secretary David Lammy: Trump’s foreign aid cuts could be ‘big strategic mistake’ that benefits China
Donald Trump’s plans to make dramatic cuts to the United States’ international aid budget could be a “big…
February 8, 2025
Europe’s far-right leaders applaud Trump and downplay threat of U.S. tariffs
“We are the only ones that can talk with the new Trump administration,” French National Rally party leader…
February 8, 2025
Judge blocks Musk team access to Treasury Department records
“That is both because of the risk that the new policy presents of the disclosure of sensitive and…
February 8, 2025
Russian disinformation could ‘poison’ upcoming election, German MPs warn
CSU MP Thomas Erndl confirmed that the government is aware Russia is trying to influence elections in Europe,…
February 8, 2025
Russian missile attacks force Ukraine to buy gas from EU
Air strikes have curbed output from key producer Naftogaz Group by as much as a third and the…
February 7, 2025
Capture government? Peter Thiel’s Palantir expands influence operations in Washington
Palantir has been laying the groundwork for a much deeper infiltration of Washington, building a sprawling influence network…
February 7, 2025
US farmers ‘prepare for the worst’ in new Trump trade war
“Farmers understand that trading relationships go up on a stairway, where you work hard to build them up,…
February 7, 2025
Trump says Nippon Steel will invest in US Steel, not buy it
U.S. President Donald Trump said Nippon Steel’s $14.9 billion bid for U.S. Steel would take the form of…
February 7, 2025
Top Ukrainian official claims the country is ‘very near to really ending this war by a just and lasting peace’
It comes amid growing horror at reports of a leaked plan for Ukraine that would see Trump try…
February 7, 2025
Transgender Americans sue over Trump passport policy
The plaintiffs in the passports case argue that Mr. Trump’s policy violates constitutional protections against sex discrimination and…
February 7, 2025
Trudeau: Trump wants to annex Canada for critical minerals
“They’re very aware of our resources, of what we have, and they very much want to be able…
February 7, 2025
Freeland targeted by ‘malicious’ WeChat campaign with alleged ties to China: Threat task force
“I will not be intimidated by Chinese foreign interference,” said Freeland in a social media post Friday evening.…
February 7, 2025
Trump meets Japan’s Ishiba amid China trade war
U.S. President Donald Trump meets Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba for the first time on Friday as two…
February 7, 2025
DOGE staffer ‘resigns’ after secret racist X posts revealed
Marko Elez, 25, posted “I was racist before it was cool” on his DOGE boss Elon Musk’s platform—then…
February 6, 2025
British ICC prosecutor faces US travel ban under Trump sanctions
The order, signed on Thursday afternoon, comes after the ICC sparked a fierce backlash when it issued an…
February 6, 2025