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· White House Asks CISA, NIST to Set Cybersecurity Performance Goals for Critical Infrastructure Operators
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· Western U.S. Faces Water Crisis as Extreme Heatwaves Leave Hoover Dam at Record Lows
· Justice Dept: Republican Rep. Mo Brooks May Be Sued over Jan. 6 Speech to Trump Supporters
· Biden’s Surrender to Merkel on Nord Stream 2
· By Okaying Nord Stream 2, Joe Biden Has Put the Western Alliance in Jeopardy
· Chinese Web Users Are Writing a New Playbook for Disaster Response
· More “Record-Shattering” Heatwaves Are on the Way
· Tech Giants Step Up Efforts to Stop Online Extremist Posts
White House Asks CISA, NIST to Set Cybersecurity Performance Goals for Critical Infrastructure Operators (Miriam Baksh, Defense One)
The initiative will not result in mandatory measures for the private sector, but the administration hopes to signal its commitment to cybersecurity and maybe get a little help from Congress on that front.
Western U.S. Faces Water Crisis as Extreme Heatwaves Leave Hoover Dam at Record Lows (Io Dodds, The Telegraph)
Reservoirs supplying water to millions of Americans are rapidly drying up in the face of extreme heat and droughts.
Justice Dept: Republican Rep. Mo Brooks May Be Sued over Jan. 6 Speech to Trump Supporters (Devlin Barrett and Rachel Weiner, Washington Post)
A Republican congressman’s Jan. 6 speech at a rally ahead of the riot at the U.S. Capitol is not covered by protections for members of Congress and federal employees, the Justice Department said in a court filing Tuesday — drawing a legal line over attempts to stop the certification of the 2020 election results.
Biden’s Surrender to Merkel on Nord Stream 2 (Kiron Skinner and Russell A. Berman, Foreign Policy)
His support for the pipeline abandoned a bipartisan consensus, got nothing in return, and made the world less secure.
By Okaying Nord Stream 2, Joe Biden Has Put the Western Alliance in Jeopardy (Con Coughlin, The Telegraph)
Rather than strengthening the Western alliance, the president has placed it in far greater jeopardy.
Chinese Web Users Are Writing a New Playbook for Disaster Response (Shen Lu, Protocol)
Faced with horrific flooding, web users, companies and governments are using shared docs, social media and drones in clever new ways.
More “Record-Shattering” Heatwaves Are on the Way (Justine Calma, The Verge)
There are plenty of warning signs, including a new study.
Tech Giants Step Up Efforts to Stop Online Extremist Posts (Straits Times)
A counterterrorism organization formed by some of the biggest US tech companies including Facebook and Microsoft is significantly expanding the types of extremist content shared between firms in a key database, aiming to crack down on material from white supremacists and far-right militias, the group told Reuters. T