On Tuesday, the General Services Administration (GSA) published a list of more than 400 federal buildings and properties to be sold, including the FBI headquarters, the Department of Housing and Urban Development, the Department of Justice, and other key federal facilities. Hours later, 123 buildings, including high-profile sites like the J. Edgar Hoover Building and… Continue reading Here’s a Map of the For-Sale Government Properties the GSA Pulled From Its Website
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US State Department Kills Global Air Monitoring Program Researchers Say Paid for Itself
In 2008, the US Embassy in Beijing started regularly tweeting about the air quality in the city, which was gearing up to host China’s first Olympic Games. Two times a day, the embassy automatically published current pollution levels measured by an air quality monitor installed on its roof in collaboration with the US Environmental Protection… Continue reading US State Department Kills Global Air Monitoring Program Researchers Say Paid for Itself
US Charges 12 Alleged Spies in China’s Freewheeling Hacker-for-Hire Ecosystem
Only rarely does the West get a glimpse inside the vast hacker-for-hire contractor ecosystem that enables China’s digital intrusion campaigns worldwide. Now a new set of criminal charges against a dozen Chinese nationals, including two government officials, accuses them of a vast espionage campaign that included breaching the US Treasury, and goes as far as… Continue reading US Charges 12 Alleged Spies in China’s Freewheeling Hacker-for-Hire Ecosystem
How Trump’s Tariffs Will Disrupt Key Industries in Mexico
The US government has imposed tariffs of 25 percent on all imports from Mexico and Canada. The measure promoted by Donald Trump threatens the free-trade system that the three countries have maintained for more than 30 years. Even before the confirmation that the tariffs went into effect on March 4, Marcelo Ebrard, head of the… Continue reading How Trump’s Tariffs Will Disrupt Key Industries in Mexico
Trump Still Considering Tariffs on Taiwanese Chips, Despite $100 Billion TSMC Deal
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, the world’s top producer of advanced computer chips, said Monday that it is planning to invest $100 billion in the United States to fund five new fabrication plants in Arizona. TSMC chief executive officer C.C. Wei shared the news at the White House alongside President Donald Trump, who characterized producing chips… Continue reading Trump Still Considering Tariffs on Taiwanese Chips, Despite $100 Billion TSMC Deal
Some DOGE Staffers Are Drawing Six-Figure Government Salaries
Some staffers at Elon Musk’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency are drawing robust taxpayer-funded salaries from the federal agencies they are slashing and burning, WIRED has learned. Jeremy Lewin, one of the DOGE employees tasked with dismantling USAID, who has also played a role in DOGE’s incursions into the National Institutes of Health and the… Continue reading Some DOGE Staffers Are Drawing Six-Figure Government Salaries
Donald Trump’s Not-So-Strategic Crypto Reserve
Donald Trump provoked a riot of cryptocurrency trading and accusations of favoritism on Sunday after identifying several coins that may feature in a future US strategic crypto reserve. Alongside bitcoin, Trump said that XRP, solana, cardano, and ether will be considered for inclusion. “A U.S. Crypto Reserve will elevate this critical industry after years of… Continue reading Donald Trump’s Not-So-Strategic Crypto Reserve
People Are Paying Millions to Dine With Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago
Guests are paying millions of dollars to dine and meet with President Donald Trump at special events held at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida. Business leaders can secure a one-on-one meeting with the president at Mar-a-Lago for $5 million, according to sources with direct knowledge of the meetings. At a so-called candlelight dinner… Continue reading People Are Paying Millions to Dine With Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago
Trump’s FDA Cuts Are Putting Drug Development at Risk
Budget and staffing cuts at the Food and Drug Administration orchestrated by President Donald Trump could prevent new drugs “from being developed, approved, or commercialized in a timely manner, or at all,” according to dozens of annual reports sent by pharmaceutical companies to the Securities and Exchange Commission in late February. “The Trump Administration has… Continue reading Trump’s FDA Cuts Are Putting Drug Development at Risk
A Lethal Mystery Illness Spread in Congo. USAID Cuts Have Slowed the Response
Consequences of the United States rapidly slashing foreign aid are reverberating across the world, including in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where an unidentified illness with Ebola-like symptoms has ravaged several villages. This sickness has killed over 60 people and sickened more than a thousand, and it is occurring at the same time as an… Continue reading A Lethal Mystery Illness Spread in Congo. USAID Cuts Have Slowed the Response