Hacker News with Generative AI: US Government

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.
Elon Musk, Government Efficiency, US Government, Finance, Cryptocurrency
12 points by monsterRest 3 days ago | 3 comments
Apple to Restore TikTok to US App Store Following Justice Department Letter (bloomberg.com)
Apple Inc. and Alphabet Inc.’s Google are restoring ByteDance Ltd.’s TikTok to their app stores on Thursday following assurances in a letter from US Attorney General Pam Bondi that a ban wouldn’t immediately be enforced.
Apple, TikTok, App Stores, US Government, Law
7 points by mfiguiere 8 days ago | 1 comments
House Democrats denied entry to the Department of Education (nbcnews.com)
Democratic members of Congress were denied entry to the Department of Education for a meeting with acting Secretary Denise Carter when a security officer would not allow them inside.
Politics, Education, US Government
17 points by josefresco 14 days ago | 0 comments
Musk Says DOGE Halting Treasury Payments to US Contractors (bloomberg.com)
Elon Musk said his “DOGE team” of government efficiency enforcers is shutting down some payments to federal contractors, suggesting that the world’s richest man may have access to sensitive systems used at the US Treasury Department.
Cryptocurrency, Elon Musk, US Government, Finance
47 points by petethomas 19 days ago | 10 comments
Copyright Office suggests AI copyright debate was settled in 1965 (arstechnica.com)
The US Copyright Office issued AI guidance this week that declared no laws need to be clarified when it comes to protecting authorship rights of humans producing AI-assisted works.
Artificial Intelligence, Copyright Law, Law, Technology, US Government
46 points by unclebucknasty 22 days ago | 49 comments
Removed content related to the January 20, 2025 "Woke Removal" Executive Order (github.com/uswds)
Removed report link and introduction. Removed content related to the January 20, 2025 Executive Order, "Ending Radical And Wasteful Government DEI Programs And Preferencing".
Government, Politics, US Government, Open Source, Software
41 points by mooreds 22 days ago | 16 comments
White House rescinds federal aid freeze (cnn.com)
Politics, US Government, Federal Aid
28 points by ao98 23 days ago | 34 comments
POTUS Tracker – Executive Orders, Presidential Schedule, Signed Legislation (potustracker.us)
POTUS Tracker experienced significant downtime on 1/28 due to an overloaded server.
Politics, Government, Tracking, Data, US Government
60 points by voisin 24 days ago | 55 comments
US pauses all federal aid and grants (bbc.com)
US President Donald Trump has paused grants, loans and other federal assistance, according to a leaked government memo verified by the BBC's US partner, CBS News.
Politics, US Government, Federal Funding
319 points by miohtama 24 days ago | 485 comments
Trump prohibits development of US Central Bank Digital Currency (whitehouse.gov)
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, and in order to promote United States leadership in digital assets and financial technology while protecting economic liberty, it is hereby ordered as follows:
Politics, Cryptocurrency, US Government
20 points by racked 28 days ago | 4 comments
TikTok could bypass US blockade by making a PWA (lukaszolejnik.com)
The Supreme Court’s decision to uphold the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act is a significant moment for both technology and geopolitics.
TikTok, Geopolitics, US Government, Technology
31 points by lknik 35 days ago | 20 comments
China is reportedly open to Elon Musk acquiring TikTok US (techcrunch.com)
Chinese government officials have reportedly discussed a scenario where ByteDance sells TikTok’s United States arm to Elon Musk, should the Supreme Court uphold the law banning the app on January 19.
China, TikTok, Elon Musk, Social Media, US Government
6 points by impish9208 39 days ago | 2 comments
What the TP-Link Ban in the US Means for You (thedefendopsdiaries.com)
The potential ban on TP-Link routers in the United States has sparked significant concern and debate, reflecting broader geopolitical tensions and cybersecurity challenges.
Cybersecurity, Geopolitics, Networking, US Government, Technology
25 points by tuzzmaniandevil 40 days ago | 37 comments
US Government Bans Linux Foundation from Doing Business with Tencent, Huawei [video] (youtube.com)
US Government, Politics, Technology, China, Linux Foundation
28 points by jarsin 45 days ago | 6 comments
US Treasury dept sanctions Chinese cybersecurity company for multiple intrusions (treasury.gov)
WASHINGTON – Today, the Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned Integrity Technology Group, Incorporated (Integrity Tech), a Beijing-based cybersecurity company, for its role in multiple computer intrusion incidents against U.S. victims.
Cybersecurity, China, Sanctions, US Government, International Relations
7 points by heresie-dabord 47 days ago | 0 comments
A 9th telecoms firm has been hit by a Chinese espionage campaign: WH (apnews.com)
A ninth U.S. telecoms firm has been confirmed to have been hacked as part of a sprawling Chinese espionage campaign that gave officials in Beijing access to private texts and phone conversations of an unknown number of Americans, a top White House official said Friday.
Cybersecurity, Espionage, China, Telecoms, US Government
16 points by ssahoo 56 days ago | 0 comments
Hastert Rule (wikipedia.org)
The Hastert rule, also known as the "majority of the majority" rule, is an informal governing principle used in the United States by Republican Speakers of the House of Representatives since the mid-1990s to maintain their speakerships[1] and limit the power of the minority party to bring bills up for a vote on the floor of the House.[2]
Politics, US Government
9 points by supermdguy 66 days ago | 1 comments
White House Reconstruction (wikipedia.org)
The White House Reconstruction, also known as the Truman Reconstruction, was a comprehensive dismantling and rebuilding of the interior of the White House from 1949 to 1952.
History, Architecture, Politics, US Government
24 points by benbreen 73 days ago | 7 comments
Threats to Climate-Related US Agencies (wordpress.com)
Trump’s cronies are already going after US government employees involved in the response to climate change. You can read about it here:
Climate Change, Politics, US Government, Environment
6 points by ggeorgovassilis 85 days ago | 1 comments
US Senate to Revive Software Patents with PERA Bill Vote on Thursday (slashdot.org)
US Government, Law, Patents, Software, Technology
98 points by zoobab 101 days ago | 60 comments
House Speaker walks back plan to repeal CHIPS Act (theregister.com)
The US CHIPS and Science Act's future may depend on the outcome of Tuesday's Presidential Election after House Speaker Mike Johnson suggested the GOP would likely move to repeal the $280 billion funding bill if the party wins a majority in Congress.
Politics, US Government, Legislation, Technology
3 points by rbanffy 108 days ago | 0 comments
SpaceX became too big to fail for US national security (vox.com)
How Musk’s SpaceX became too big to fail for US national security.
SpaceX, National Security, Elon Musk, US Government, Space Industry
7 points by rntn 110 days ago | 0 comments
US Government Says Relying on Chinese Lithium Batteries Is Too Risky (wired.com)
A new document shows the Department of Homeland Security is concerned that Chinese investment in lithium batteries to power energy grids will make them a threat to US supply chain security.
US Government, Lithium Batteries, Supply Chain, Security, China
5 points by CrypticShift 123 days ago | 0 comments
Chinese hack of US ISPs shows Apple is right about backdoors for law enforcement (9to5mac.com)
It was revealed this weekend that Chinese hackers managed to access systems run by three of the largest internet service providers (ISPs) in the US.
Cybersecurity, US Government, China, Hacking, Data Breaches
8 points by hacsky 134 days ago | 1 comments
Google threatened with being broken up by US (bbc.com)
The US government is considering seeking the break-up of the world's biggest search engine, Google, which it accuses of causing "pernicious harms" to Americans.
Antitrust, Google, Technology, US Government, Competition
69 points by christhecaribou 135 days ago | 89 comments
Chinese Cyberattack Is a Disaster of Unimaginable Proportions (hotair.com)
Using a security loophole that allows the US government access to anybody's electronic traffic, Chinese hackers gained access to an unknown quantity (perhaps all) of internet traffic on American networks. In an exclusive report in Saturday's Wall Street Journal the secret breach was revealed.
Cybersecurity, China, US Government, Hacking, Data Breaches
10 points by miley_cyrus 137 days ago | 2 comments
Family of Ethel Rosenberg say US document proves she was no Soviet spy (theguardian.com)
The family of Ethel Rosenberg, who was sent to the electric chair along with her husband, Julius, in 1953 after being convicted of spying for the Soviets at the height of the Red Scare, have called on Joe Biden to formally exonerate her after a newly released document appeared to show that the US government knew she was not a spy.
Cold War, History, Espionage, US Government, Justice
9 points by aguaviva 164 days ago | 0 comments
OpenAI and Anthropic will share their models with the US government (cnbc.com)
OpenAI, Anthropic, US Government, Artificial Intelligence, Partnerships
8 points by djhu9 176 days ago | 1 comments
US Government wants to make it easier for you to click the 'unsubscribe' button (apnews.com)
US Government, Email Marketing, Consumer Protection
451 points by speckx 193 days ago | 206 comments
Supreme Court says presidents have 'absolute' immunity for clearly official acts (washingtonpost.com)
Law, Politics, Supreme Court, US Government
16 points by enraged_camel 235 days ago | 3 comments