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Bowing to common sense and years of journalistic pressure, major threat intelligence companies Google, Microsoft, CrowdStrike, and Palo Alto Networks are collaborating on a chart that cross-references their individual names for different threat actors: microsoft.com/en-us/security…

"Last week, as the [National Science] Board held its 494th meeting, I listened to NSF staff say that DOGE had by fiat the authority to give thumbs up or down to grant applications which had been systematically vetted by layers of subject matter experts." time.com/7285045/resign…

"Staff of the Federal Emergency Management Agency were left baffled on Monday after the head of the U.S. disaster agency said he had not been aware the country has a hurricane season, according to four sources familiar with the situation." reuters.com/world/us/fema-…

Cynthia Kaiser, a deputy assistant director in the FBI's Cyber Division, has left the govt and joined anti-ransomware firm Halcyon. halcyon.ai/blog/former-fb… cyberscoop.com/cynthia-kaiser… Kaiser's former boss, Cyber Division chief Bryan Vorndran, recently retired and joined Microsoft.

"[E]conomists warn that by increasing the debt during a period of relative economic strength, the government is running the risk that the tipping point will come at the worst possible moment, when the government needs to run large deficits..." nytimes.com/2025/06/02/bus…

The Trump admin is proposing a $10.7 million (39%) cut to Election Asst. Comm.'s budget, as well as the complete elimination of the agency's election security grants ($15m last year). eac.gov/sites/default/… Senator Alex Padilla, top Dem on committee overseeing elections, calls it "reckless."

"Applications from China and Europe for graduate student or postdoctoral positions in the United States have dropped sharply or dried up entirely ... The number of postdocs and graduate students in the United States applying for jobs abroad has spiked." nytimes.com/2025/06/03/us/…

"Over and over, [Trump administration] officials have either violated orders or used an array of obfuscations and delays to prevent federal judges from deciding whether violations took place." nytimes.com/2025/06/03/us/…

MTG says she opposes the GOP budget bill's prohibition on AI regulation for 10 years. "We have no idea what AI will be capable of in the next 10 years and giving it free rein and tying states hands is potentially dangerous."

"Mr. Hegseth’s order was intended as a rebuke of Pride Month, keeping with the Trump administration’s drive to expunge diversity, equity and inclusion efforts across the federal government..." nytimes.com/2025/06/03/us/…

"The impacts extend far beyond studies on politically disfavored topics & Ivy League universities ... The disruptions are affecting research on Alzheimer’s, cancer & substance use ... & studies at public institutions...in red states that backed...Trump." nytimes.com/interactive/20…

FEMA budget cuts have shut down the ISAC (info sharing group) for the emergency services community, which the U.S. Fire Administration funded. First ISAC I'm aware of to completely dissolve due to Trump cuts. darkreading.com/threat-intelli… web.archive.org/web/2025052617…

As Tim Starks first reported bsky.app/profile/timsta… CISA director nominee Sean Plankey is no longer on the agenda for tomorrow's HSGAC confirmation hearing alongside his fellow nominee Sean Cairncross, who's up for national cyber director. hsgac.senate.gov/hearings/nomin…

In some of her first remarks since leaving govt, former deputy natsec adviser for cyber Anne Neuberger said it was "never good" to lose federal cyber talent but AI might help a downsized USG take "a more targeted approach" to protecting infrastructure. nextgov.com/cybersecurity/…