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Iranians Targeted With Spyware in Lead-Up to War With Israel More than a dozen Iranians’ mobile phones were targeted with spyware in the months prior to the country’s war with Israel, according to new research.

More than a dozen Iranians’ mobile phones were targeted with spyware in the months prior to the country’s war with Israel. They received “high confidence” notifications from Apple saying they were targeted with sophisticated spyware similar to NSO Group’s Pegasus. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

PBS News Hour live episode, July 17, 2025 Watch PBS News for daily, breaking and live news, plus special coverage. We are home to PBS News Hour, ranked the most credible and objective TV news show.Su...

Spent the afternoon speaking with PBS Newshour about our recent story at ProPublica that looked at the deepening relationship between IRS and DHS

www.youtube.com/live/7sWj6D2... (starts at 40:50)

The IRS Is Building a Vast System to Share Millions of Taxpayers’ Data With ICE ProPublica has obtained the blueprint for the Trump administration’s unprecedented plan to turn over IRS records to Homeland Security in order to speed up the agency’s mass deportation efforts.

"The IRS Is Building a Vast System to Share Millions of Taxpayers’ Data With ICE" @williamturton.bsky.social, @chrisbing.bsky.social, Avi Asher-Schapiro www.propublica.org/article/trum...

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A Little-Known Microsoft Program Could Expose the Defense Department to Chinese Hackers The Pentagon bans foreign citizens from accessing highly sensitive data, but Microsoft bypasses this by using engineers in China and elsewhere to remotely instruct American “escorts” who may lack…

NEW: To work on Defense Dept. computer systems, Microsoft engineers in China remotely instruct American “escorts,” who often lack advanced technical expertise.

“We’re trusting that what they’re doing isn’t malicious, but we really can’t tell,” said one escort.

The IRS Is Building a Vast System to Share Millions of Taxpayers’ Data With ICE ProPublica has obtained the blueprint for the Trump administration’s unprecedented plan to turn over IRS records to Homeland Security in order to speed up the agency’s mass deportation efforts.

NEW: The IRS Is Building a Vast System to Share Millions of Taxpayers’ Data With ICE

ProPublica has obtained the blueprint for the Trump administration’s unprecedented plan to turn over IRS records to Homeland Security in order to speed up the agency’s mass deportation efforts.

NEW: The IRS is building a vast effort to help the Trump Admin deportation apparatus.

A Trump-appointed IRS official objected.

Now he’s out.

& the effort is going forward.

@williamturton.bsky.social, @chrisbing.bsky.social & Avi Shapiro:

www.propublica.org/article/trum...

The IRS Is Building a Vast System to Share Millions of Taxpayers’ Data With ICE ProPublica has obtained the blueprint for the Trump administration’s unprecedented plan to turn over IRS records to Homeland Security in order to speed up the agency’s mass deportation efforts.

SCOOP: The IRS Is Building a Vast System to Share Millions of Taxpayers’ Data With ICE www.propublica.org/article/trum...

Musk's xAI announces $200 million contract with Pentagon It's a part of the Pentagon's adoption of advanced AI capabilities to address national security challenges.

NEW: Musk's xAI announces $200 million contract with Pentagon

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Separated but still alive. The old duo get one last win.

Investors snap up growing share of US homes as traditional buyers struggle to afford one Real estate investors are buying a larger share of U.S. homes as high prices and borrowing costs deter traditional buyers.

This is crisis, right now. No one can buy a home in New Haven if they are not two income households bringing in over 100k each. It’s not possible.

apnews.com/article/real...

In speech about Iranian nuclear program bombing mission, the Chief of the Joint Staff indicated involvement of US cyber operators. Interesting mention - would be interested to learn more about this element!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0aCA...

Suspected Russian hackers used new tactic against UK researcher Suspected Russian hackers have deployed a new tactic to trick even wary targets into compromising their own accounts, a victim of the spy campaign and researchers said on Wednesday.

Keir Giles has been targeted *again* by allegedly Russian hackers — this time using a clever new trick intended to bypass 2-factor authentication.

Over the years I’ve written about Giles an unusual amount, and I have an idea about why.

First, the coverage:
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How does this fit with DOGE's specific, ordered mission under Trump's executive order to conduct IT modernization?

Incredible and important reporting from a few days ago about the DOGE takeover inside SSA. Every few paragraphs there is a stunning detail.
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/16/u...

Elon Musk’s Demolition Crew Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, has been unleashed on federal agencies. ProPublica is attempting to document who is working with him and what they are doing.

UPDATED: We have added 23 staffers to our DOGE tracker, taking the total to 109.

The DOGE 100: Musk Is Out, but More Than 100 of His Followers Remain to Implement Trump’s Blueprint At least 38 DOGE members work, or have worked, for one of Elon Musk’s companies. Meanwhile, nearly two dozen DOGE officials are making cuts to the same federal agencies that regulate the industries th...

NEW: At least 38 DOGE members work, or have worked, for one of Elon Musk’s companies.

Meanwhile, nearly two dozen DOGE officials are making cuts to the same federal agencies that regulate the industries that employed them.

The DOGE 100: Musk Is Out, but More Than 100 of His Followers Remain to Implement Trump’s Blueprint At least 38 DOGE members work, or have worked, for one of Elon Musk’s companies. Meanwhile, nearly two dozen DOGE officials are making cuts to the same federal agencies that regulate the industries th...

NEW: We're adding 23 names to our now 100+ name DOGE tracker and can reveal that at least 38 DOGErs currently work or have worked for businesses run by Elon Musk.

story: www.propublica.org/article/doge...

full tracker: projects.propublica.org/elon-musk-do...

Sometimes the writers like to add some flair to the script

Going retro: got him on a fake dead drop in a park in Northern Virginia...

If you know or have a guess who the foreign "friendly" gov is here, would like to hear from you.
-https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/us-government-employee-arrested-attempting-provide-classified-information-foreign-government

After Two SpaceX Explosions, U.K. Officials Ask FAA to Change Starship Flight Plans Facing a significant increase in the number of SpaceX launches, British officials detailed their concerns about the safety of Turks and Caicos and other Caribbean territories after debris from an…

SpaceX's Starship 9 is scheduled to launch tonight. The last two Starship launches resulted in explosions and rained debris over the Caribbean, which will also be in flight path for this launch.

UK officials tried — to no avail — to get the FAA to change the rocket's flight plans.

The “Invasion” Invention: The Far Right’s Long Legal Battle to Make Immigrants the Enemy The Trump administration is using the claim that immigrants have “invaded” the country to justify possibly suspending habeas corpus, part of the constitutional right to due process. A faction of the…

In remarks to a private audience in 2023, Russell Vought, who is Trump’s budget chief and the intellectual force behind Trump’s unprecedented power grab, said he championed the term “invasion” because it “unlocked” extraordinary presidential powers.

By @mtredden.bsky.social‬

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Trump Team Eyes Politically Connected Startup to Overhaul $700 Billion Government Payments Program A little-known firm with investors linked to JD Vance, Elon Musk and Trump could get a piece of the federal expense card system — and its hundreds of millions in fees. “This goes against all the norma...

Read our original investigation:

House Committee Leader to Investigate Agency for Preferential Treatment of Politically Connected Startup The probe comes in the wake of a ProPublica investigation that revealed the General Services Administration was eyeing a tech firm with strong ties to the Trump administration to remake a massive, $70...

NEW: The probe comes in the wake of a ProPublica investigation that revealed the General Services Administration was eyeing a tech firm with strong ties to the Trump administration to remake a massive, $700 billion federal credit card program.

By @chrisbing.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Schapiro

Appearing on Roseanne Barr’s podcast, Mr. Raiklin accused Dr. Adirim of “genocide and mass mutilation” for her support of the vaccine.

ProPublica Wins Pulitzer Prize for Public Service www.propublica.org/article/prop...

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