ProPublica
@ProPublica@newsie.social  ·  activity timestamp 9 hours ago

Pentagon Warns Microsoft: Company’s Use of China-Based Engineers Was a “Breach of Trust”
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The Defense Department is opening an investigation to determine if the tech giant’s use of overseas engineers to maintain sensitive U.S. government computer systems compromised national security.
https://www.propublica.org/article/microsoft-china-defense-department-digital-escorts-investigation-warning?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News#Microsoft#Tech#Pentagon#Defense #Technology#Cybersecurity
ProPublica
@ProPublica@newsie.social  ·  activity timestamp 17 hours ago

Alaska publishes a quarterly list with the names of Indigenous people reported missing — but it still doesn’t issue a list for those who’ve been killed.

When a local nonprofit requested that information, the state said no.

https://www.propublica.org/article/alaska-denies-indigenous-murders-records?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News#Alaska#Indigenous#Data#Crime #Police
ProPublica
@ProPublica@newsie.social  ·  activity timestamp yesterday

Sept. 11 Victims’ Lawsuit Against Saudi Government Can Go to Trial, Judge Rules
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More than two decades after victims and families of the 9/11 attacks began trying to hold the Saudi government responsible for aiding the Qaida terrorists who carried out the plot, a judge has ruled that a lawsuit against the kingdom can go to trial.

#news #law #september11 #fbi

https://www.propublica.org/article/saudi-arabia-september-11-lawsuit-trial-qaida?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=propublica-mastodon-post&utm_content=8-29
ProPublica
@ProPublica@newsie.social  ·  activity timestamp yesterday

Local Officials Have a Powerful Tool to Warn Residents of Emergencies. They Don’t Always Use It.
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ProPublica has identified at least 15 major disasters since 2016 in which officials in the most-harmed communities failed to use a federal system to send emergency alerts to residents — or waited until it was too late.
https://www.propublica.org/article/ipaws-emergency-alerts-local-official-failures?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News#Government#Local#Community#Wildfires#Hurricanes#Flood
ProPublica
@ProPublica@newsie.social  ·  activity timestamp yesterday

Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick says Elon Musk is “one of the only people in the world” who could build Houston’s much-needed tunnel system for flood water mitigation.

But his company, Boring, has never completed a major public project in Texas.
https://www.propublica.org/article/elon-musk-wesley-hunt-houston-tunnels-boring-co?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News#ElonMusk#Musk#Texas#Houston#Flood#Tunnel

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@Free_Press@mstdn.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 days ago

Chancellor Merz, speaking in Moldova:

"This war must end. Like you, we want the issues in Ukraine to finally be put to rest, ideally today and immediately. But not at any price.

We don't want Ukraine to capitulate. Such a capitulation would only buy Russia time. And Putin would use this time to prepare for the next war."
#AureFreePress #News #press #headline #Ukraine #Russia #Putin #EU #NATO#Zelensky#war #Breaking #BreakingNews #Germany
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@Free_Press@mstdn.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 days ago

Chancellor Merz, speaking in Moldova:

"This war must end. Like you, we want the issues in Ukraine to finally be put to rest, ideally today and immediately. But not at any price.

We don't want Ukraine to capitulate. Such a capitulation would only buy Russia time. And Putin would use this time to prepare for the next war."
#AureFreePress #News #press #headline #Ukraine #Russia #Putin #EU #NATO#Zelensky#war #Breaking #BreakingNews #Germany
ProPublica
@ProPublica@newsie.social  ·  activity timestamp 3 days ago

Trump’s Pick to Help Run the FBI Has a History of Prosecuting Influential Democrats
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Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey’s targeting of Democrats is legally questionable, experts say, but it’s helped to further his career nationally: “The more outrageous you are, the more you are going to attract the attention of Donald Trump.”

#news #trump #missouri #fbi #politics #government

https://www.propublica.org/article/missouri-ag-andrew-bailey-trump-fbi-sam-page?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=propublica-mastodon-post&utm_content=8-27
ProPublica
@ProPublica@newsie.social  ·  activity timestamp 3 days ago

The Leader of Trump’s Assault on Higher #Education Has a Troubled #Legal and Financial History
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Leo Terrell’s past is at odds with Trump’s description of an “incredibly successful” attorney.

Documents obtained by ProPublica and The Chronicle of Higher Education reveal a trail of legal disputes and unpaid debts.

#news #trump #government#Politics

https://www.propublica.org/article/leo-terrell-universities-lawsuits-antisemitism?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=propublica-mastodon-post&utm_content=8-27
ProPublica
@ProPublica@newsie.social  ·  activity timestamp 4 days ago

She Pushed to Overturn Trump’s Loss in the 2020 Election.

Now She’ll Help Oversee U.S. Election Security.

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Heather Honey, a high-profile denier of Donald Trump’s loss in the 2020 election (and a protege of lawyer Cleta Mitchell, who tried to help overturn those election results), has been appointed to a senior position in the Department of Homeland Security in which she’ll help oversee election security.

#news #government #trump#DHS#Politics #election

https://www.propublica.org/article/heather-honey-dhs-election-security?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=propublica-mastodon-post&utm_content=8-26
ProPublica
@ProPublica@newsie.social  ·  activity timestamp 4 days ago

She Pushed to Overturn Trump’s Loss in the 2020 Election.

Now She’ll Help Oversee U.S. Election Security.

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Heather Honey, a high-profile denier of Donald Trump’s loss in the 2020 election (and a protege of lawyer Cleta Mitchell, who tried to help overturn those election results), has been appointed to a senior position in the Department of Homeland Security in which she’ll help oversee election security.

#news #government #trump#DHS#Politics #election

https://www.propublica.org/article/heather-honey-dhs-election-security?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=propublica-mastodon-post&utm_content=8-26