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U.S. national debt crosses $40 trillion (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-20 | tags: u.s. national debt, trump administration, social security

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SpaceX Is Racking Up Wins in Washington (feeds.content.dowjones.io)

2026-08-20 | tags: spacex, elon musk, washington

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The Defense-Tech Bubble Is Headed for Consolidation (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-20 | tags: defense-tech, doge, ai cyber

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Trump Kids Back Venture That Sidesteps Trump Administration’s AI Firewall (gizmodo.com)

2026-08-17 | tags: trump, ai firewall, venture

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Taylor Farms' connections to Trump admin spurs probe into Cyclospora response (arstechnica.com)

2026-08-14 | tags: taylor farms, cyclospora, trump administration

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Trump Administration May Include Open Models in Secretive AI Framework (gizmodo.com)

2026-08-13 | tags: trump administration, open models, ai framework

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The Trump admin will start letting private firms launch international cyberattacks (theverge.com)

2026-08-13 | by Emma Roth | tags: trump administration, private firms, cyberattacks

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Trump Administration Enlists Private Companies To Hack Foreign Cybercrime Groups (slashdot.org)

2026-08-13 | tags: trump administration, private companies, cyber surveillance

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DeepMind’s Hassabis Pitched AI-Oversight Body Before Shake-Up (feeds.content.dowjones.io)

2026-08-13 | tags: deepmind, alphabet, ai oversight

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How the “censorship-industrial complex” is changing the internet and US policy (technologyreview.com)

2026-08-11 | by Eileen Guo | tags: censorship-industrial complex, r/fimi, us policy

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Federal vendor with $50M in contracts leaves portal broken for a month (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-11 | by Al Shaw | tags: foia, office of personnel management, federal agencies

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The US tried to stop cartel money-laundering; devastated mom-and-pop businesses (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-11 | tags: money laundering, us-mexico border, trump administration

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How the Trump administration is blocking the public’s right to protect the environment (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-05 | tags: trump administration, citizen suits, clean water act

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Trump’s AI testing plan is limited and vague (theverge.com)

2026-08-05 | by Jess Weatherbed | tags: trump administration, open models, ai testing framework

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Trump killed the Digital Equity Act, but US was forced to bring part of it back (arstechnica.com)

2026-08-04 | tags: digital equity act, broadband grants, trump administration

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Tom DeLay helped create TV ownership cap—he says Trump FCC has no authority to repeal it (arstechnica.com)

2026-08-04 | tags: fcc, tv ownership, brendan carr

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Amazon has $600 million in tariff refunds—and some of it is headed to customers (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-07-31 | tags: amazon, tariffs, trump administration

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Admin: Terminally Ill Patients Aren't Exempt from Medicaid Work Requirements (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-31 | by Stephen Prager | tags: medicaid, cms, terminal illness

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It Looks Like Nothing Can Dent MAGA's Support for ICE (wired.com)

2026-07-29 | by David Gilbert | tags: ice, immigration enforcement, greg bovino

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Duffy’s ‘DEI bike lanes’ comment politicizes urban design. The policy won’t make roads faster (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-07-29 | tags: duffy, dei bike lanes, trump administration

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How the Trump administration plans to curb China’s influence by going deep into the sea (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-07-28 | tags: china, undersea telecommunications, panama canal

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The Trump administration is exempting data centers from pollution laws intended to prevent acid rain (engadget.com)

2026-07-28 | by Lawrence Bonk | tags: trump administration, data centers, acid rain

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DOJ is urging Supreme Court to allow Trump’s order targeting mail-in voting ahead of midterms (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-07-28 | tags: supreme court, mail-in voting, trump administration

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Went to the ER? The Trump administration may want your medical records (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-07-28 | tags: consumer product safety commission, emergency room, medical records

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Report: Apple and Micron clash before Trump over Chinese memory chips (9to5mac.com)

2026-07-25 | by Marcus Mendes | tags: apple, micron, changxin memory technologies

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Why 25 states are fighting Trump over $740 million in emergency funding (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-07-24 | tags: trump administration, federal citizenship verification, post-election audits

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AI firms want more data centers; Trump's EPA may give neighbors less say (arstechnica.com)

2026-07-24 | tags: data centers, environmental protection agency, clean air act

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The tech-broification of American science has officially begun (theverge.com)

2026-07-24 | by Robert Hart | tags: genesis mission, trump administration, white house

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Trump Administration Declares Toxic Sewer Sludge Not a Threat to Public Health (futurism.com)

2026-07-23 | by Joe Wilkins | tags: epa, pfas, biosolids

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White House report says Trump can usher in a "new golden age" of science (arstechnica.com)

2026-07-23 | tags: white house, ostp, science policy