SEC Drops Charges Against Chinese Billionaire After He Pumps $30 Million Into Trump’s Crypto Scheme gizmodo.com/sec-drops-char…

On BBC Newsnight just now, former US ambassador to Denmark Carla Sands said Americans "don't want to pay for another of Zelensky's yachts". The claim that Zelensky is using US aid to buy yachts is an old piece of disinformation directly originating from Russia. It's not true.

NEW: The Trump administration promised to take months to carefully review all foreign aid. But less than four weeks later, they cancelled 10,000 programs at once — including those they had already deemed to be critical, lifesaving operations. 1/

"The US has cut off intelligence-sharing with Kyiv in a move that could seriously hamper the Ukrainian military’s ability to target Russian forces, according to officials familiar with the matter." Christopher Miller Henry Foy Lucy Fisher Ben Hall ft.com/content/c58fcc…

"Experts with decades of experience at the agency are now worried that DOGE operatives working across multiple agencies increases the risk of SSA data being shared outside of the agency or that their inexperience will lead to them breaking systems entirely."

Canada's defence minister remarks on reconsidering its F-35 purchase also "came one day after Portugal signalled it was planning to ditch its acquisition of the high-tech warplane."

"The impact of shutting down the CFPB on on our servicemembers--it's huge." Eye-opening The New Yorker report on how Musk and DOGE's dismantling of the CFPB is endangering servicemembers, veterans, and all of us👇🧵

Last year, Marc Andreessen went on Rogan & accused the Consumer Fin Protection Bureau of terrorizing tech firms. It turns out a firm he backed—Greenlight, a debit card for kids—was being probed by CFPB for not allowing kids to immediately access funds. propublica.org/article/trump-…

“That amounts to 45 different studies that were designed to uncover the biological mechanisms that may drive.. #LongCovid… these studies were nearly complete. In most cases, researchers had already finished data collection.”

Interesting that the acting DOGE administrator, Amy Gleason, is not part of this group interview. More about her here: propublica.org/article/doge-l…

NEW 🧵 The number of people travelling from Europe to the US in recent weeks has plummeted by as much as 35%, as travellers have cancelled plans in response to Trump’s policies and rhetoric, and horror stories from the border.

"Entire teams based at the CDC's injury center that focused on motor vehicle crashes, child maltreatment, rape prevention and education, drowning, traumatic brain injury, falls in the elderly, and other issues were eliminated."

AI hallucinations are getting worse and they're here to stay newscientist.com/article/247954… Jeremy Hsu (@jeremyhsu.bsky.social) @NewScientist

.Kaiser Kuo: “The soft power cost is immeasurable. For decades, a degree from a U.S. university was the golden ticket, and not just for the prestige…It was often the start of a lifelong affinity for America, its values, and its people.” sinicapodcast.com/p/an-own-goal-…

How the Houthis Rattled the U.S. Navy—and Transformed Maritime War wsj.com/world/middle-e…

THREAD: An ex-DOGE engineer with no government or medical experience used AI to identify which Veterans Affairs contracts to kill, labeling them as “MUNCHABLE.” Vernal Eric Umansky and I got the code. Here’s what it tells us 1/

EXCLUSIVE Starlink was installed at The White House over objection of security officials who feared foreign hacking -- and still do. WH claimed Starlink would fix "dead" zones at complex; but Post sources say it was so DOGE could transmit reams of data. Joseph Menn

Incredible. These people are the pinnacle of global AI talent that Meta just recruited for its new “Superintelligence” AI team with individual signing bonuses reaching $100 million.

A solar-powered surveillance drone with a wingspan wider than a jumbo jet just spent days soaring off the US Gulf Coast for a military-sponsored test. In a past life, it was a pioneering aircraft that made the first solar-powered flight around the world. newscientist.com/article/248998…

Unquestionably the most dangerous and corrupt attack on the independence of US economic data in American history. Trump is firing the head of the BLS, an longtime civil servant confirmed 86-8 by the Senate, simply because the job numbers came in below his expectations today