Hacker News with Generative AI: US Government

FBI offers $10M for information about Salt Typhoon members (arstechnica.com)
The FBI is offering $10 million for information about the China-state hacking group tracked as Salt Typhoon and its intrusion last year into sensitive networks belonging to multiple US telecommunications companies.
Congressional Republicans Might Set Off the Debt Bomb (theatlantic.com)
Their new budget framework is the most irresponsible in modern history—and will put the American economy on a very dangerous trajectory.
US Science Agency NIH Says It Will Cut Funding to Researchers Who Protest Israel (gizmodo.com)
Under the Trump administration, the National Institutes of Health has announced a new policy that allows it to cut off funding to any medical researcher who engages in a political protest of Israel.
US Government imposes license requirement on Nvidia H20 exports (techcrunch.com)
Semiconductor giant Nvidia is facing unexpected new U.S. export controls on its H20 chips.
Trump draft executive order would make sweeping changes to the U.S. State Dept (cnbc.com)
Remarks by Director Kratsios at the Endless Frontiers Retreat (whitehouse.gov)
President Trump has given all of us who serve in his administration a monumental task—the renewal of our nation.
US senator warns 'China is cheering' for proposed NASA budget cuts (theregister.com)
The proposed cuts to NASA's budget are drawing sharp criticism from US lawmakers, with one saying: "If you cut this budget, you cut into the heart of America's leadership when it comes to space exploration."
Trump administration freezes $2.2B in grants to Harvard (apnews.com)
US Army to control land on Mexico border as part of base, migrants could be detained, officials say
Show HN: H-1B salary search without fuss (h1bsalaries.fyi)
This website indexes the Labor Condition Application (LCA) disclosure data from the United States Department of Labor (DOL).
How to Avoid US-Based Digital Services–and Why You Might Want To (wired.com)
Amid growing concerns over Big Tech firms aligning with Trump administration policies, people are starting to move their digital lives to services based overseas. Here's what you need to know.
CDC's top laboratory on STDs is shut by Trump administration (statnews.com)
At a time when the world is down to a single drug that can reliably cure gonorrhea, the U.S. government has shuttered the country’s premier sexually transmitted diseases laboratory, leaving experts aghast and fearful about what lies ahead.
US bans gov't staff in China/HK romantic/sexual relations w Chinese citizens (hongkongfp.com)
The US has banned government personnel in China and Hong Kong from any romantic or sexual relationships with Chinese citizens, according to the Associated Press (AP) citing four sources with direct knowledge of the policy.
Tips for Travelers Entering the U.S. Now: Check Your Visa, Turn Off Your Phone (nytimes.com)
At airports and land borders across the country, tourists and other visitors coming to the United States have reported being caught up in the Trump administration’s campaign of “enhanced vetting.”
Why does US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth have a Russian email address? (twitter.com)
Something went wrong, but don’t fret — let’s give it another shot.
US Debt Clock (usdebtclock.org)
The US Treasury Dept. today announced it is lifting sanctions on Tornado Cash (infosec.exchange)
CISA fires then rehires security crew, and puts them on hold (theregister.com)
The upheaval at the US government's Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, aka CISA, took another twist on Tuesday, as it moved to reinstate staffers it had fired over the past few weeks - specifically those still in their probationary period - though they've been benched on paid leave for now.
Democratic FTC commissioners say they were illegally fired by President Trump (theverge.com)
President Donald Trump fired the two remaining Democratic commissioners at the Federal Trade Commission Tuesday in what appears to be a conspicuous exercise of power over the independent agency.
Sensitive Complex Housing CIA Facility Was on GSA's List of Properties for Sale (wired.com)
A now-deleted list containing hundreds of US government properties that the General Services Administration (GSA) plans to sell includes most of a sprawling, highly sensitive federal complex in Springfield, Virginia, that also houses a secretive Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) facility, WIRED has learned.
Trump Says He'll Release JFK Assassination Files on Tuesday (nytimes.com)
President Trump said on Monday his administration would release approximately 80,000 pages related to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy on Tuesday afternoon.
An obscure US Government office has become a target of Elon Musk (theguardian.com)
Federal employees in a little-known office dedicated to tech and consulting services were at work on the afternoon of 3 February when Elon Musk tweeted about their agency for the first time.
US Department of Education cuts half its staff (apnews.com)
The Education Department plans to lay off more than 1,300 of its employees as part of an effort to halve the organization’s staff -- a prelude to President Donald Trump’s plan to dismantle the agency.
Email tells USAID workers to destroy classified docs, court asked to intervene (apnews.com)
A union for U.S. Agency for International Development contractors asked a federal judge Tuesday to intervene in any destruction of classified documents after an email ordered staffers to help burn and shred agency records.
Doge Is Putting Major Government Efficiency Projects at Risk (wired.com)
Since Elon Musk’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency took over important government technology teams within the General Services Administration (GSA) and what was formally known as the United States Digital Service (USDS), around 200 technologists have either resigned or been fired, jeopardizing about a decade’s worth of work dedicated to everything from public health to passport applications.
US Government considers selling FBI and DOJ headquarters (ft.com)
The SEC Is Abandoning Its Biggest Crypto Lawsuits (wired.com)
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is backing away, one by one, from the volley of lawsuits and investigations it brought against cryptocurrency businesses under the Joe Biden administration, in a reversal described by a former attorney at the regulatory agency as “unprecedented.”
US Commerce Department to Fire as Many as 500 NIST Staffers (bloomberg.com)
The National Institute of Standards and Technology, a lab housed under the Commerce Department, is preparing to fire as many as roughly 500 probationary staffers as part of President Donald Trump’s sweeping cuts to the federal government.
List accomplishments or resign, Musk tells US federal workers (bbc.com)
US government workers received an email on Saturday afternoon asking them to list their accomplishments from the past week or resign - the latest development in the Trump administration's efforts to scale back the federal workforce.
US judge grants CIA impunity in Assange visitors case (twitter.com)
Elon Musk's Doge Targets US Gold Reserves (ibtimes.co.uk)
Billionaire Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has been driving massive changes across US federal agencies and institutions in an attempt to trim unnecessary spending and redundant workforce for transparency and enhanced operational throughput.