2025-07-16
No more votes today in the House after rule to bring the the crypto bills to the floor blew up. Fox is told that they simply could not resolve areas of concern by the 9 who opposed the rule. Fox is told there is worry that some of the language barring a “government” digital
CNBC
Several crypto regulation bills backed by Trump fail to clear a key hurdle in the US House after 13 Republicans voted with Democrats to block the legislation
For Now; Inside Roman Storm's First Day on Trial Vismaya V / Decrypt : Trump Pushes House GOP to Revive Vote on Crypto Bills Andrew Nusca / Fortune : Crypto regulation bills stumbl...
2025-07-01
Senate votes 99-1 to strike state/local AI moratorium from the Big, Beautiful Bill. One nay vote was Tillis
Bloomberg
The Senate votes 99-1 to remove a Trump tax bill provision that would have barred states from regulating AI if they got funding from a $500M broadband program
The Senate killed a controversial effort to prevent US states from regulating artificial intelligence, marking a loss …
2025-02-04
Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) on Musk/DOGE accessing Treasury payment information: These are incompetent people. They don't care about the damage they're doing. We're one step away from economic catastrophe
Bloomberg Law
US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent orders the CFPB to stop activities, like rulemaking, communications, and litigation; in November, Musk said to “delete CFPB”
Search by Topic — Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has shut down a wide variety of operations inside …
Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) on Musk/DOGE accessing Treasury payment information: These are incompetent people. They don't care about the damage they're doing. We're one step away from economic catastrophe
Musk Watch
An OPM staffer believes that a server Elon Musk's associates installed, with access to federal staff info like SSNs, has not had a Privacy Impact Assessment
www.wired.com/story/elon-m... Tim Marchman / @timmarchman : NEW: A 25-year-old who's worked for Elon Musk companies now has direct control over a Treasury system disbursements from...
2024-11-19
Message from Library of Congress on hack, obtained by Fox “The Library of Congress (Library) is notifying you of a recent cyber breach of the Library's information technology environment. An adversary accessed email communications between congressional offices and some Library
NBC News
The US Library of Congress says hackers accessed some email communications between congressional offices and library staff between January and September 2024
GOP FL Rep & incoming National Security Advisor Waltz on Fox on Library of Congress hack: Often when you hack into one part of the government that then gives you access to other parts of the government. But I think from a broader standpoint, we cannot just keep playing 100%
NBC News
The US Library of Congress says hackers accessed some email communications between congressional offices and library staff between January and September 2024
2022-09-14
A) Twitter whistleblower Zatko to Senate cmte: What I did notice when we did know of a person inside acting on behalf of a foreign interest as an unregistered agent, it was extremely difficult to track the people.
New Yorker
A look at the efforts by at least six research groups to find dirt on Twitter whistleblower Peiter Zatko, including offers to pay his former colleagues for info
A) Twitter whistleblower Zatko to Senate cmte: What I did notice when we did know of a person inside acting on behalf of a foreign interest as an unregistered agent, it was extremely difficult to track the people.
TechCrunch
Mudge details Twitter's lack of logging, ignoring hackers' ongoing efforts to access its systems, how the FTC let the company “grade its own homework”, and more
A ticking bomb of security vulnerabilities. Covering up security failures. Duping regulators and misleading lawmakers.
2020-02-14
Burr/Warner: Today's announcement by the Eastern District of New York is an important step in combatting Huawei's state-directed and criminal enterprise. The indictment paints a damning portrait of an illegitimate organization that lacks any regard for the law.
TechCrunch
DOJ announces a 16-count superseding indictment against Huawei and its CFO Meng Wanzhou that includes charges of racketeering and conspiracy to steal IP
Ratcheting up its pressure campaign against Huawei and its affiliates, the Department of Justice and the FBI announced today …
2018-01-19
The Senate has voted to renew the controversial FISA Section 702 program. The vote was 65-34. Congress needed to act by tomorrow night or the program would have gone dark. The House and Senate are now in sync. The bill now goes to President Trump to sign into law.
The Verge