Cybersecurity

Trump won't send 'high level' representatives to COP30 climate summit

The U.S. won’t be sending any “high level” representatives to this year’s United Nations climate summit, a White House official told The Hill on Friday. The summit, known as COP30, will be held in Brazil next month. Traditionally at such meetings, nations discuss their plans for climate action, unveil climate-related initiatives and seek to negotiate […]

Cybersecurity

Laura Loomer joins Pentagon press corps despite Hegseth criticism

The Pentagon has credentialed right-wing activist Laura Loomer to cover President Trump’s Department of Defense. Loomer announced the news in a social media post on Monday, boasting that her work has “had a massive impact on the landscape of personnel decisions within the Executive Branch, our intelligence agencies and the Pentagon.” Loomer’s credentialing, which was […]

Cybersecurity

Moderate House Dems, GOP release 'principles' for ObamaCare subsidy extension

A quartet of bipartisan House lawmakers on Monday proposed a framework to temporarily extend ObamaCare’s enhanced tax credits that includes a sunset period and an income cap for high earners.  The “statement of principles” from centrist Reps. Don Bacon (R-Neb.), Tom Suozzi (D-N.Y.), Jeff Hurd (R-Colo.) and Josh Gottheimer (D-N.J.) represents the only public proposal from […]

Cybersecurity

Trump's attempts to downplay Binance pardon draw scrutiny 

President Trump has sought to distance himself from Binance founder Changpeng Zhao after facing backlash for pardoning the cryptocurrency billionaire whose company has had business dealings with the Trump family’s digital finance venture.  The president’s comments have revived scrutiny of his family’s financial interest in the crypto industry and Trump’s own repeated claims that former […]