Hacker News with Generative AI: US Politics

US Civil servants are being asked who they voted for in 2024 election (independent.co.uk)
Incoming senior Trump administration officials have begun questioning career civil servants who work on the White House National Security Council about who they voted for in the 2024 election, their political contributions and whether they have made social media posts that could be considered incriminating by President-elect Donald Trump's team, according to a U.S. official familiar with the matter.
Politics, US Politics, Elections, Government, National Security
136 points by belter 12 hours ago | 114 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, Technology, US Politics
10 points by rcy 15 hours ago | 1 comments
Trump orders release of last JFK, RFK, King assassination files (yahoo.com)
US President Donald Trump ordered the declassification Thursday of the last secret files on the assassination of president John F. Kennedy, a case that still fuels conspiracy theories more than 60 years after his death.
US Politics, History, Assassination, Conspiracy Theories
16 points by 2-3-7-43-1807 3 days ago | 10 comments
US Cloud soon illegal? Trump punches first hole in EU-US Data Deal (noyb.eu)
Since the Snowden disclosures we know that the US engages in mass surveillance of EU users by scooping up personal data from US Big Tech. The "Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board" (PCLOB) is the key US oversight authority for these laws. The New York Times now reports, that Democratic Members of the (officially "independent") PCLOB, have received letters, demanding them to resign by Friday night.
US Politics, Privacy, Data Security, Europe
12 points by latexr 6 days ago | 2 comments
Infosec was literally last item in Trump's policy plan; major changes are likely (theregister.com)
The Trump administration came to office this week without a detailed information security policy, but analysis of cabinet nominees’ public remarks and expert comments suggest it will make significant changes in the field.
Cybersecurity, Politics, US Politics
9 points by rntn 6 days ago | 0 comments
Constitutional Crypto: How Trump's Solana Token Could Force a SCOTUS Showdown (hackingbutlegal.com)
Donald Trump's launch of a cryptocurrency token days before his inauguration has set the stage for what could become a landmark test of presidential power.
Cryptocurrency, Politics, Law, US Politics
13 points by Stratoscope 8 days ago | 5 comments
French group encourages mass departure from X platform on US Inauguration Day (euronews.com)
A group of French organisations are asking the public to leave X on January 20th, the day that incoming US President Donald Trump will be inaugurated.
Social Media, France, Politics, US Politics
8 points by donohoe 8 days ago | 1 comments
TikTok Is Down in the US (theverge.com)
TikTok is going dark in the US now that the ban-or-divest law passed last year is taking effect.
Social Media, Censorship, US Politics
23 points by dblitt 10 days ago | 7 comments
Biden signs 11th-hour cybersecurity executive order (theregister.com)
Joe Biden, in the final days of his US presidency, issued another cybersecurity order that is nearly as vast in scope as it is late in the game.
Cybersecurity, US Politics, Government Regulations
9 points by raybb 11 days ago | 1 comments
Incoming Trump team is questioning civil servants at NSC about their loyalty (apnews.com)
Incoming senior Trump administration officials have begun questioning career civil servants who work on the White House National Security Council about who they voted for in the 2024 election, their political contributions and whether they have made social media posts that could be considered incriminating by President-elect Donald Trump’s team, according to a U.S. official familiar with the matter.
Politics, US Politics, Elections
18 points by pavel_lishin 15 days ago | 2 comments
US-owned Greenland and Gulf of America? What a weird week (theregister.com)
We all know the US's incoming president, Donald Trump, has gone off-script in a way that is almost comical. Gulf of America? Make Greenland great again? Taking over the Panama Canal?
Politics, US Politics, International Relations, Current Events
23 points by rbanffy 15 days ago | 76 comments
Peter Thiel: A time for truth and reconciliation (ft.com)
Trump’s return to the White House augurs the ‘apokálypsis’ of the ancien regime’s secrets.
Politics, Donald Trump, Peter Thiel, US Politics, History
35 points by zer0tonin 18 days ago | 20 comments
Will FedACH process ACH payments on the National Day of Mourning, Jan 9, 2025? (moderntreasury.com)
On Thursday, January 9, 2025, the United States will observe a national day of mourning to honor the late President Jimmy Carter. While this is not a federal holiday, it has raised questions about business and banking operations.
Finance, Banking, Holidays, US Politics
22 points by mattmarcus 21 days ago | 2 comments
US Treasury letter to the Senate regarding a major cyber breach (documentcloud.org)
Cybersecurity, Government, US Politics
18 points by impish9208 29 days ago | 2 comments
The Blaming of Joe Biden (nytimes.com)
We are now in the final weeks of Joe Biden’s presidency, and I’ve been thinking about the year he had — how different it was from what he hoped last winter as he sought re-election.
Politics, Elections, US Politics
10 points by whack 29 days ago | 0 comments
Joe Biden calls for ban on congressional stock trading (apnews.com)
President Joe Biden endorsed a ban on congressional stock trading in an interview that’s being released this week, belatedly weighing in on an issue that has been debated on Capitol Hill for years.
Politics, US Politics, Stock Trading, Corruption
20 points by DocFeind 42 days ago | 0 comments
Risks, mitigation, and protection, for incoming U.S. government change (ycombinator.com)
It's difficult to predict exactly how the incoming US government will affect US tech and services, but the consequence of failure to manage and mitigate risk to individuals (whether american or rest of world) seems worryingly severe
US Politics, Technology, Risk Management, Cybersecurity
4 points by aeim 48 days ago | 3 comments
China's Salt Typhoon recorded top American officials' calls, says White House (theregister.com)
Chinese cyberspies recorded "very senior" US political figures' calls, according to White House security boss Anne Neuberger.
Cybersecurity, China, US Politics, Espionage, National Security
66 points by rntn 50 days ago | 16 comments
U.S. House Subcommittee releases comprehensive Covid-19 pandemic review [pdf] (house.gov)
COVID-19, Public Health, Government, Reports, US Politics
8 points by Kerbiter 54 days ago | 6 comments
US senators propose law to require bare minimum security standards (theregister.com)
American hospitals and healthcare organizations would be required to adopt multi-factor authentication (MFA) and other minimum cybersecurity standards under new legislation proposed by a bipartisan group of US senators.
Cybersecurity, Healthcare, Legislation, Government, US Politics
14 points by LinuxBender 60 days ago | 9 comments
Trump picks Covid lockdown critic to lead top health agency (bbc.com)
US President-elect Donald Trump has picked a leading Covid lockdown sceptic Jay Bhattacharya to be the next director of a key US public health agency.
Politics, Public Health, COVID-19, US Politics
9 points by nsoonhui 62 days ago | 1 comments
Hell is empty, and all the devils are here (currentaffairs.org)
One of the most famous catchphrases associated with Donald Trump and his presidential campaigns—along with “Make America Great Again”—is “drain the swamp.”
Politics, Donald Trump, US Politics, Rhetoric
7 points by lr0 67 days ago | 0 comments
Foreign nationals propel U.S. science. Visa limits under Trump could change that (npr.org)
Foreign-born workers account for about half of the doctoral-level scientists and engineers working in the U.S.
Science, Immigration, US Politics, Research
13 points by mooreds 67 days ago | 6 comments
Second-largest GPU maker flees China before chip launch to avoid US sanctions (tomshardware.com)
Semiconductors, China, US Politics, Business, Trade
6 points by thunderbong 72 days ago | 0 comments
Congress hears testimony on aliens (theregister.com)
The US government has known about aliens since the 1940s, but kept the truth from us all, according to testimony offered at a Wednesday session of the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability.
Aliens, Government, Politics, US Politics
18 points by rbanffy 74 days ago | 73 comments
US Unveils Plan to Triple Nuclear Power by 2050 as Demand Soars (bloomberg.com)
President Joe Biden’s administration is setting out plans for the US to triple nuclear power capacity by 2050, with demand climbing for the technology as a round-the-clock source of carbon-free power.
Nuclear Power, Energy, Climate Change, US Politics
6 points by impish9208 77 days ago | 1 comments
Der Spiegel Proclaims the End of the West (spiegel.de)
The return of Donald Trump to the White House marks the end of an era.
Politics, US Politics, World News
33 points by keepamovin 78 days ago | 86 comments
Tariffs Won't Work, Just as McKinley's Didn't (bloomberg.com)
Donald Trump’s return to the White House means that one of his signature issues will soon return to the center of Washington’s economic policy agenda: tariffs.
Economics, Trade Policy, US Politics
18 points by paulpauper 78 days ago | 30 comments
US Congressman accuses SMIC of making 7nm chips for China violating US sanctions (tomshardware.com)
US Politics, China, Semiconductor Industry, International Relations, Sanctions
5 points by csomar 81 days ago | 0 comments
Democrats need to understand: Americans think they're worse (economist.com)
If you think Donald Trump is too crass or cruel or incompetent to be president—if you are disappointed or even astonished that, having tried and failed to subvert the will of the people in the last election, he has come back to win fair and square—you should be asking yourself this question: why, to so many Americans, does the Democratic Party seem worse?
Politics, US Politics, Elections, Democratic Party
11 points by lolinder 82 days ago | 17 comments