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Trump memo allows private sector to aid cyber offense against transnational criminal groups
President Trump is laying the groundwork for private sector firms to take a larger role in the U.S.’s cybersecurity offense against transnational cyber crimes in what could be one of the largest ever changes in U.S. cyber policy. In a memo signed Wednesday, Trump called on the National Coordination Center to create a program for…
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Warner Bros. Discovery’s Gerhard Zeiler to Recieve Directorate Award at This Year’s International Emmys
Warner Bros. Discovery’s president of international, Gerhard Zeiler, will receive the 2026 International Emmy Directorate Award for his long-term contribution to international television. The award recognises leadership across media management, programming and international relations, highlighting Zeiler’s role in expanding global television businesses during significant industry change. Zeiler will collect the award at the 54th International…
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Dem Senate nominee admits ‘I take responsibility’ after police report alleges he broke down door, punched man
Maine Democratic Senate nominee Troy Jackson has acknowledged getting into a violent altercation with another man nearly 40 years ago, after a Fort Kent, Maine, police report from 1988 resurfaced detailing the incident. Jackson said he “took responsibility for it then” and does so “now”, while insisting he has never been violent towards his partner,…
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Kennedy Center board OKs new way of adding Trump’s name to building
The Kennedy Center board voted Thursday to add President Trump’s name to the performing arts building months after a judge blocked an effort to rename the center after him, according to multiple reports. The Trump-aligned board approved an inscription underneath the Kennedy Center’s name, reading: “Restored and Renovated by President Donald J. Trump.” The new…
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Why I’ve no regrets about throwing my shoes at George W Bush and would do it again
The article centres on the Iraqi journalist who threw his shoes at then US President George W Bush and says he has no regrets about the act. He presents it as a protest against the Iraq war and US policy, arguing that he would repeat it because he believes the underlying grievances remain unresolved. The…
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Cassidy: New CDC Director Schwartz ‘will do the right thing’ on vaccine order
Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) said he has confidence that new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Erica Schwartz will stand up for science and won’t enforce President Trump’s executive order calling for major changes to the childhood vaccine schedule. “I anticipate Erica Schwartz will do the right thing,” Cassidy, chair of the Senate…
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Nicola Sturgeon’s ex-adviser ‘bewildered’ by former First Minister’s attack on John Swinney
Nicola Sturgeon has faced fresh criticism from a former special adviser, Kate Higgins, over her paperback book tour and her recent attack on First Minister John Swinney’s election strategy. Higgins, who worked as a SPAD under Sturgeon from 2015 until stepping down recently, argued that Sturgeon’s public interventions are making it harder for the SNP…
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Baier pushes back on Trump’s Strait of Hormuz claim: ‘Traffic has slowed … to a trickle’
Fox News host Bret Baier on Wednesday pushed back on President Trump’s claim that the U.S. “totally” controls the Strait of Hormuz, saying that traffic through the waterway has slowed down “to a trickle.” “Usually, about one-fifth of the world’s liquefied natural gas trade moves through there as well,” Baier said on Wednesday’s episode of…
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OpenAI is losing its second executive this week
OpenAI chief revenue officer Denise Dresser has said she will leave the company in the coming weeks, becoming the second senior executive to announce a departure this week. Her exit adds to a run of leadership changes as OpenAI prepares for its next stage of commercial growth and a possible public listing. Dresser joined OpenAI…