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Agents expressed concern about being directed by top Homeland Security leaders to use private information to look up voter records in state databases.
Federal agents may have broken state laws after the Department of Homeland Security began surging personnel for what it called the Unlawful Voter Initiative, a federal whistleblower alleges.
NYTimes – US Agents expressed concern about being directed by top Homeland Security leaders to use private information to look up voter records in state databases.
NPR – Politics
NYTimes – US Agents expressed concern about being directed by top Homeland Security leaders to use private information to look up voter records in state databases.
NPR – Politics President Donald Trump named Jay Clayton, the current director of national intelligence, to also serve as the new White House AI czar. Trump said Clayton will lead a new "Super Intelligence Force" coordinating government engagement with artificial intelligence. The announcement followed a White House meeting where Trump said top AI executives signed a voluntary accord to self-police AI development.
BBC News – Business The president named his national intelligence chief will head the taskforce as worries over the technology grow.
Sky News – Front Page Cornell University President Michael I. Kotlikoff called an alleged 2024 fraternity house gang rape of a student "deeply disturbing" and said the university "must do better." In a video statement, he described the incident as "a defining moment in Cornell's history" and pledged greater transparency while raising concerns about sexual assault, dehumanization, party culture, and alcohol and drug use.
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