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2024 November


Musk’s government roles create ‘clear avenues for serious conflicts of interest’

Musk’s government roles create ‘clear avenues for serious conflicts of interest’

Musk’s reported behavior could pose serious risks to national security, and as CEO of a company with billions of dollars in sensitive defense and intelligence contracts, warrant reconsideration of SpaceX’s outsized role in DoD’s commercial space integration,” the letter to Kendall read.


Lawmaker wants the FCC to create an AI tool for identifying scams

Lawmaker wants the FCC to create an AI tool for identifying scams

“This legislation harnesses the power of AI to address evolving scam tactics,” Curtis said in a statement, adding that the online platform “would provide a secure, user-friendly tool to help individuals quickly determine whether a communication they’ve received could be fraudulent.”


Elon Musk brands UK a ‘tyrannical police state’

Elon Musk brands UK a ‘tyrannical police state’

LONDON — Elon Musk fired the latest shots in his war with the British government over the weekend, branding the U.K. a “tyrannical police state,” boosting a petition calling for a fresh general election, and sharing a documentary by a jailed far-right activist to his millions of X followers.


GOP pollster says survey data shows Americans would not support Trump’s efforts to reinstitute Schedule F

GOP pollster says survey data shows Americans would not support Trump’s efforts to reinstitute Schedule F

As part of his new administration, President-elect Donald Trump has said he wants to revive Schedule F — an ultimately unsuccessful effort from the end of his first term that sought to remove civil service job protections for potentially tens of thousands of career federal employees.


DHS releases guidance for AI in critical infrastructure

DHS releases guidance for AI in critical infrastructure

Given that the report’s contents are voluntary, Mayorkas noted that he expects board members to help evangelize the guidance into practice across their industries, especially ahead of an incoming Trump administration that stands to change current tech and AI policy.


EU prosecutors target Camorra, Cosa Nostra in half-billion-euro fraud probe

EU prosecutors target Camorra, Cosa Nostra in half-billion-euro fraud probe

Accused criminals issued invoices worth more than €1.3 billion to trade goods through a fraudulent chain in which companies would claim reimbursements from national tax authorities in a scheme known as “VAT Carousel fraud.”


Feds brace for return of Trump personnel policies

Feds brace for return of Trump personnel policies

“During President Trump’s first term, his administration attempted to gut many of our negotiated union contracts, downsize and relocate federal agencies at great disruption and cost to taxpayers and replace tens of thousands of nonpartisan civil servants with political appointees who would blindly do his bidding.


Harris concession opens agencies to Trump—if he opts in

Harris concession opens agencies to Trump—if he opts in

There remains a significant hurdle to that process, however: Trump has still not signed an agreement with the Biden White House, nor the General Services Administration, the federal agency that manages the presidential transition, that would allow those landing teams to deploy.


Beefing up Border Patrol is a bipartisan goal, but the agency has a troubled history of violence and impunity

Beefing up Border Patrol is a bipartisan goal, but the agency has a troubled history of violence and impunity

Under Swing’s command, the immigration agency launched the derogatorily named Operation Wetback: Agents rounded up over 500,000 Mexican workers, in many cases beating them, stripping them of their property and forcing them to board trains and buses headed south.


PepsiCo and Coca-Cola Face LA County Suit Over Plastic Pollution

PepsiCo and Coca-Cola Face LA County Suit Over Plastic Pollution

It further asserts that the companies are influencing consumers to falsely believe that purchasing Pepsi and Coca-Cola products in single-use plastic bottles is an environmentally sound choice.


Federal employees donate $4.2M in presidential race, mostly to Harris

Federal employees donate $4.2M in presidential race, mostly to Harris

Some unions representing DHS workers, most notably the National Border Patrol Council, have endorsed Trump and its leaders have frequently campaigned with him.


Moldovans head to polls in major test for EU future

Moldovans head to polls in major test for EU future

While Sandu won the largest share of votes in the first round of the presidential election two weeks ago with 42.3 percent, she failed to secure an absolute majority, requiring a runoff against her nearest competitor, former prosecutor and Socialist Party politician Stoianoglo.