Homeland & Cybersecurity
The latest coverage of the Department of Homeland Security and cyber threats around the globe.
Top tech minds and world leaders gather in Paris as AI future challenges mount
Heads of state and leading technologists will gather in Paris starting Monday for a high-stakes global gathering on the promises and perils of artificial intelligence. The gathering is part of a global race to find the best tools to take advantage of the exploding technology.
Chinese AI powered by U.S.-trained experts
A survey of 52 senior Chinese scientists and officials engaged in artificial intelligence work reveals that more than 16 are former Microsoft and other U.S. tech company computer experts and about half studied at American universities.
Trump must engage the Chinese on AI, semiconductor production, top analyst says
As China’s DeepSeek artificial intelligence app stunned both the stock market and the tech world this week, President Trump faces tough new questions over how the U.S. will compete with Beijing in the booming fields of AI and semiconductor production.
DeepSeek toes Chinese party line on Xi, Taiwan
The new Chinese artificial intelligence application DeepSeek adheres strictly to Chinese Communist Party restrictions for domestic AI companies and gives users propaganda answers to sensitive questions, according to an online analysis by a Silicon Valley AI security firm.
Blackburn, Lujan reintroduce bill to protect Americans’ network devices from U.S. adversaries
Two senators reintroduced bipartisan legislation Monday intended to protect Americans’ communications networks from technology controlled by foreign adversaries.
Noem confirmed as Trump’s DHS secretary
The Senate on Saturday voted for Kristi Noem to become President Trump’s Homeland Security secretary, giving him a loyal lieutenant at the helm of the department that will carry out his border and immigration plans.
Trump brushes off TikTok spying concerns
President Trump on Wednesday shrugged off national security concerns over TikTok, the app at the center of bipartisan law to ban it if its Chinese parent company doesn’t sell its ownership stake.
Trump orders 1,500 troops to border
The Pentagon said Wednesday it will deploy an initial round of 1,500 troops to the southern border, and will tap its resources to help Homeland Security with flights to deport illegal immigrants back to their home countries.
Trump fires heads of Coast Guard, TSA and guts key aviation safety advisory committee
President Donald Trump moved quickly to remake the Department of Homeland Security Tuesday, firing the heads of the Transportation Security Administration and Coast Guard before their terms are up and eliminated all the members of a key aviation security advisory group.
‘Terror threat to America is alive and persistent’: New House GOP report warns of jihadist danger
America’s national security defenses are in a “state of disrepair” and the rapid rise in extremist cases across the country underscores the vulnerabilities of the U.S. homeland, key House Republicans warned in a major new report.
Trump scraps Biden’s executive order on AI; tech race with China accelerates
President Trump rescinded President Joseph R. Biden’s 2023 executive order on artificial intelligence, undoing government-imposed constraints on the emerging technology.
Trump delays ban on TikTok while working on a deal
President Trump took action on Monday evening designed to delay a U.S. ban on the popular video-sharing app TikTok while he works on a deal to keep the platform online.
TikTok thanks Trump, restarts service after ban briefly takes effect on Sunday
TikTok thanked President-elect Donald Trump on Sunday for promising to suspend a ban on the Chinese-owned social media platform, as it began restoring service to millions of U.S. users who had been bereft of the popular app for several hours.
‘Santo Mayorkas’: DHS secretary’s final tally tops $3 billion in extra vacation time for employees
Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas blessed his employees with another three days of taxpayer-funded vacation time, bringing his four-year total to more than six weeks — the equivalent of $3 billion — of bonus time off.
TikTok set for ban in U.S. under new law beginning Sunday
The political battle over TikTok heads for a showdown this weekend when a law effectively banning the popular video-sharing app in the U.S. will go into effect unless the Supreme Court intervenes.
