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“Big Leap”But Schwartz told Al Jazeera that the trend of government data consolidation has been going on for decades under Democratic and Republican leadership.“Unfortunately, oversight is bipartisan,” he said.But in President Trump’s second term, that process has reached warp speed. Schwartz argues that the Trump administration’s actions violate privacy laws and other laws and represent a “dangerous” shift from Nixon-era protections.”The biggest problem the federal government has had in the last year when it comes to surveillance has been the subversion of Watergate-era safeguards designed to keep databases segregated,” he said.Schwartz noted that President Trump’s integration efforts have been accompanied…

Finnish authorities announced on Wednesday that they had seized the vessel after it damaged a vital undersea communications cable running between the country and Estonia. Finnish police said in a statement that the vessel suspected of causing the damage was found in Finnish territorial waters with its anchor chain lowered into the sea, and that the incident itself was in Estonian territorial waters. Such incidents have become increasingly frequent in recent years, with suspicions that they are the result of sabotage, prompting NATO to launch a project earlier this year specifically aimed at strengthening the protection of critical undersea infrastructure.…

A graph displaying Apple’s stock price on a smartphone app.Jaap Ariens | Nurfoto | Getty Images2025 has been a tough year for individual investors.This year, retail investors bought on the edge at key points, delivering big returns as the market soared to all-time highs. A new breed of retail investors, once considered unsophisticated and gullible, is taking on experts who have long ignored them, according to investors and market data analysts interviewed by CNBC. “Retailers are getting smarter and more adaptable to the market,” said Mark Marek, head of investments at Siebert Financial. In other words, these investors are “really…

On December 8, federal prosecutors in Texas unsealed documents revealing an investigation into a massive smuggling network spanning the United States and the world. The investigation, dubbed Operation Gatekeeper by federal authorities, focused not on drug smuggling or stolen goods, but on an alleged secret underground network of drug suppliers. Nvidiagraphics processing unit, or GPU. Such chips are the backbone of AI racing and can be used for both military and civilian purposes. The government has announced that a hidden smuggling ring is sending chips to China in violation of the U.S. National Security Export Control Act. The smuggling syndicate…

Justin Hood has become Alexandra Palace’s latest cult hero with his incredible run to the quarter-finals, making the crowd go along with his dream of opening a Chinese takeaway.Now that dream has become a reality as Hood is guaranteed at least £100,000 to reach the last eight when he takes on Gary Anderson live on Sky Sports Darts on Thursday afternoon. The 32-year-old made history by defeating Josh Locke 4-0 in the fourth round, throwing 11 of 11 doubles, a new PDC record. After the game, he asked the crowd, “Who wants the Chinese?” He also said he plans to…

The year 2025 has come to an end, marking the end of the first quarter of the 21st century. Looking back over the past 25 years, it is difficult to underestimate the extent to which global events have been shaped by U.S. military excesses. Not that the same can’t be said for the 20th century.Shortly after the new millennium began, the United States, under the wise leadership of President George W. Bush, launched the so-called “Global War on Terror.” President Bush officially declared war after the 9/11 attacks in 2001: “We have marching orders. My fellow Americans, let’s go.”According to…

LONDON, UK – JANUARY 1: Fireworks light up the London skyline above Big Ben and the London Eye just after midnight on January 1, 2023 in London, England. London’s New Year’s Eve fireworks display has been revived this year after being canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)Dan Kitwood | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesLONDON—European stock markets were mixed on the final trading day of the year. pan-european Stocks 600 By 12pm London time on Wednesday, the index was trading 0.2% lower.british FTSE The index was trading 0.2% lower, with France’s CAC40 Germany fell 0.6%.…

charlie argenCarl Goering | Deverpost | Getty ImagesWall Street has become increasingly enamored with the artificial intelligence boom this year, pouring money into chips, data centers and applications. But investors who looked outside Silicon Valley found huge profits elsewhere: in space. Some of this year’s biggest market winners were defense companies that benefited from renewed interest in space exploration and military reindustrialization. President Donald Trump’s military expansion plan includes a $175 billion “Golden Dome” project and efforts to boost U.S. shipbuilding.In an effort to upgrade military technology and return astronauts to the moon for the first time in more than…

This week, United States President Donald Trump confirmed that the US had struck a docking facility in Venezuela, marking the first military action on the South American country’s land since it began targeting Venezuelan shipping in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific in September 2025.Speaking to reporters as he met in Florida with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Trump said there had been “an explosion in Venezuela”, at a facility where boats the US believes to be carrying drugs usually “load up”.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of list“There was a major explosion in the dock area where they load the…

Reuters — Russia on Tuesday released footage purporting to deploy a nuclear-capable hypersonic Oleshnik missile system to close ally Belarus. This is a move aimed at strengthening Russia’s ability to attack targets across Europe in the event of war. State news agency TASS said it was the first time the Defense Ministry had unveiled the Oleshnik mobile missile system, but President Vladimir Putin has declared it impossible to intercept it because the missile’s speed is reportedly more than 10 times the speed of sound. The deployment, and the Russian government’s announcement that the missile was in operation in the country…