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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…
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What we know about the Air Force One ruse
President Trump departed the NATO summit in Turkey last month aboard an alternate aircraft at the behest of the Secret Service amid what intelligence officials said was a credible assassination threat from Iran. The Washington Post first reported on Monday that Trump hid aboard a catering truck, which typically carries meals and other supplies preflight,…
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The Trump admin will start letting private firms launch international cyberattacks
The Trump administration is introducing a programme that would allow approved private cybersecurity firms to carry out cyber operations against foreign criminal networks under federal direction and supervision. Supporters argue that it would bring private-sector capabilities into the fight against cybercrime, but critics warn it could blur legal and geopolitical boundaries and risk harming innocent…
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US government to allow private companies to carry out cyberattacks on its behalf
President Donald Trump has signed a national security memorandum allowing vetted private companies to conduct cyberattacks against transnational criminal organisations on the US government’s behalf. The move is intended to broaden the response to ransomware, sextortion, fraud and phishing, but it raises legal and operational questions because the practical rules and potential overseas consequences remain…
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Top Republican says El-Sayed may be ‘full-blown communist’ despite socialist denial
Michigan’s top House Republican, Lisa McClain, has accused Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed of being a “full-blown communist” despite his denials of being a socialist. The dispute follows El-Sayed’s upset primary win over establishment-backed Rep. Haley Stevens, part of a broader wave of victories for candidates aligned with the Democratic Socialists of America across several…
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Poland arrests Russian allegedly hired to kill Ukrainian-American who was ‘inconvenient to the Putin regime’
Poland has arrested a Russian man accused of being hired by Moscow to kill a Ukrainian-American living in Warsaw, Prime Minister Donald Tusk said. The case matters because it suggests alleged Russian-directed violence may be extending beyond Ukraine’s battlefield into a NATO member state. Tusk said the suspect was detained on Friday and described the…
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Haley Stevens condemns Hasan Piker but rallies behind El-Sayed after narrow primary loss
Rep. Haley Stevens condemned far-left streamer Hasan Piker on Wednesday, publicly distancing herself from an ally of Michigan Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed, even as she pledged to back El-Sayed in the general election following her narrow primary defeat. The episode highlights ongoing tension within the Democratic Party as it tries to unify ahead of…
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Democratic appropriators push DHS on purchase of a dozen planes, including ‘luxury jets’
Senate Democratic appropriators are questioning Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin over the purchase of 12 new planes, including “5 extravagant new luxury jets” that have been used by FBI Director Kash Patel and border czar Tom Homan. “These jets were acquired and provided for officials’ use, even though no authorization was ever provided by Congress…