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· GOP Wants $100B Defense Bump for Iron Dome, Other Projects
· So Far, Mass Deportation Has Been More Rhetoric Than Reality
· China’s Salt Typhoon Spies Are Still Hacking Telecoms—Now by Exploiting Cisco Routers
· The Coming Golden Age of Crime
· Metals Crucial to Clean Energy Are Getting Caught Up in the US–China Trade War
· Trump and Musk Can’t Seem to Locate Much Evidence of Fraud
· Georgetown Probes Student Event Headlined by Convicted Terrorist; Advocates Demand It Be Canceled
· “Students Against Nazi Extremism” Warn Tesla Owners To Sell Their Cars –Or Else
· The New Orleans Attack: The Technology Behind IS-Inspired Plots
GOP Wants $100B Defense Bump for Iron Dome, Other Projects (Lisbeth Perez, MeriTalk)
Republicans in both the House and Senate are pushing for at least a $100 billion increase in defense spending over the next decade to support President Trump’s agenda including the creation of an “Iron Dome for America” missile defense.
The Senate Budget Committee unveiled a budget blueprint on Tuesday proposing a $150 billion increase from fiscal years 2025 to 2034 in defense spending to strengthen the U.S. Navy, support the defense industrial base, develop an integrated air and missile defense system, and continue the modernization of strategic nuclear forces.
The House Budget Committee’s blueprint, released on Wednesday, suggests a $100 billion spending cap for the military.
So Far, Mass Deportation Has Been More Rhetoric Than Reality (Economist)
A raid in New Jersey highlights the barriers Donald Trump faces.
China’s Salt Typhoon Spies Are Still Hacking Telecoms—Now by Exploiting Cisco Routers (ndy Greenberg, Wired)
Despite high-profile attention and even US sanctions, the group hasn’t stopped or even slowed its operation, including the breach of two more US telecoms.
The Coming Golden Age of Crime (Robert Muggah and Misha Glenny, Foreign Policy)
Artificial intelligence and other technologies are turbocharging cartels, mafias, and other illicit networks.
Metals Crucial to Clean Energy Are Getting Caught Up in the US–China Trade War (Maddie Stone, Wired)
After a Chinese export ban, can the US get gallium and germanium from Canada—or will tariffs get in the way?
Trump and Musk Can’t Seem to Locate Much Evidence of Fraud (Aaron Blake, Washington Post)
They keep justifying their bold moves as combating fraud, but they have been unable so far to point to much of anything specific that’s actually fraudulent.
Georgetown Probes Student Event Headlined by Convicted Terrorist; Advocates Demand It Be Canceled (Fox News)
Sn anti-Israel student group at Georgetown University’s law school planned to hold an event on campus headlined by a Palestinian terror group member convicted for his role in the killing of a 17-year-old Israeli girl. But the event was postponed by the university. Now, a Jewish legal advocacy group is calling on the law school to formally cancel the event. Flyers on campus, captured in images taken by a Georgetown law student and shared with Fox News Digital, show that Georgetown Law Students for Justice in Palestine organized an event with Ribhi Karajah for Feb. 11. “Palestinian Prisoners, an evening with Ribhi Karajah,
