National-Security

House Judiciary Democrats Release Report Exposing Trump Family's $800 Million Cryptocurrency Empire Built on Foreign Influence and Self-Dealing

| Importance: 10/10

Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, released a comprehensive staff report revealing that President Donald Trump and his family earned more than $800 million from cryptocurrency ventures in the first half of 2025 alone, with total crypto holdings valued at up to $11.6 …

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NYT Reveals UAE $2B Crypto Investment Tied to AI Chip Deal Approval

| Importance: 10/10

The New York Times revealed that after UAE entity MGX (controlled by Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed) invested $2 billion in World Liberty Financial—a cryptocurrency venture co-founded by Trump and special envoy Steve Witkoff—the White House approved the UAE’s acquisition of hundreds of thousands of …

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Whistleblower Reveals Unprecedented Social Security Database Security Breach

| Importance: 10/10

Chief Data Officer Charles Borges exposed a critical national security vulnerability involving an unauthorized copy of the entire NUMIDENT Social Security database. Senior DOGE-affiliated officials uploaded a live copy of sensitive personal information for over 450 million Americans to an unsecured …

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FBI Raids Home and Office of Trump Critic John Bolton

| Importance: 10/10

On August 22, 2025, the FBI executed simultaneous, court-authorized searches of John Bolton’s Maryland home and Washington, D.C. office, seizing electronic devices and documents related to potential classified information mishandling. The raid stems from an ongoing investigation into …

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Trump Administration Officially Accepts $400-500 Million Luxury Boeing 747 from Qatar as Air Force One Gift, Sparking Constitutional Crisis Over Foreign Emoluments and Bribery

| Importance: 10/10

The Trump Administration officially accepted a Boeing 747-8 luxury jetliner valued at approximately $400-500 million from the government of Qatar on May 21, 2025, to serve as a new Air Force One presidential aircraft. The acceptance of what Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer characterized as …

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How Elon Musk's SpaceX Secretly Allows Investment From China

| Importance: 8/10

SpaceX executives allowed Chinese investment through Cayman Islands shell companies, raising significant national security concerns about foreign ownership in a critical U.S. military contractor. Investor testimony revealed direct Chinese stakes in SpaceX, with a potential $50 million investment …

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Trump Purges Inspectors General Investigating Musk's Businesses

| Importance: 9/10

President Trump executed a coordinated mass firing of approximately 17 inspectors general across federal agencies on February 7, 2025, in an unprecedented action that effectively dismantled critical government oversight mechanisms. The purge targeted inspectors general conducting sensitive …

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Anthropic Secures Comprehensive FedRAMP High Certification for Government AI Deployment

| Importance: 9/10

Anthropic achieved comprehensive FedRAMP High certification for Claude across multiple cloud platforms, enabling secure AI deployment across all three branches of the U.S. government. Through a groundbreaking $1 OneGov deal with the General Services Administration (GSA), Anthropic offers Claude AI …

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Meta Provides Llama AI Models to US Government and Military Contractors

| Importance: 8/10

Meta announced a groundbreaking policy shift, making its open-source Llama AI models available to US government agencies and defense contractors. Partnering with companies like Accenture, AWS, Anduril, Lockheed Martin, Microsoft, Oracle, Scale AI, and others, Meta opened its technology for national …

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Regulatory Bodies Begin Investigating Grok AI Safety Practices

| Importance: 9/10

Congressional representatives, including a bipartisan group of legislators, launched a comprehensive multi-agency investigation into xAI’s Grok AI. The investigation uncovered systemic issues with algorithmic bias, content generation risks, and problematic government contracting practices. Key …

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Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Receives Top Secret Clearance for Intelligence Community

| Importance: 9/10

Oracle announced on August 15, 2023, that its Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) received authority to operate Top Secret/Sensitive Compartmented Information (TS/SCI) from the 18-agency Intelligence Community, marking a major expansion of Oracle’s access to the nation’s most classified …

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Commerce Department Designates Erik Prince's Frontier Services Group as National Security Threat for PLA Support—Five Years After Carbyne Co-Founder Worked There

| Importance: 9/10

The U.S. Bureau of Industry and Security added Frontier Services Group (FSG) to the Entity List on June 14, 2023, designating the company as acting “contrary to the national security or foreign policy interests of the United States” for providing training and support to China’s …

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House Select Committee Exposes McKinsey Work for Chinese Military While Advising Pentagon

| Importance: 9/10

The House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party, led by Chairman John Moolenaar (R-MI) along with Senators Marco Rubio (R-FL) and Joni Ernst (R-IA), exposes evidence that McKinsey & Company worked for the Chinese military and Chinese Communist Party while receiving over $480 million to …

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FCC bans Huawei and ZTE as national security threats while Carbyne operates unchecked

| Importance: 9/10

The Federal Communications Commission voted unanimously to ban imports and sales of telecommunications equipment from Chinese companies Huawei and ZTE, citing “unacceptable risk” to national security and critical infrastructure. FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel stated the agency was …

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Trump Signs Defense Bill Creating Space Force

| Importance: 7/10

President Trump signed the $738 billion National Defense Authorization Act on December 20, 2019, which established the United States Space Force as the sixth branch of the U.S. military. The new military service, first created since the Air Force in 1947, will initially comprise 16,000 active-duty …

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Trump Overrides 25+ Security Clearance Denials for Family and Allies

| Importance: 8/10

President Trump overrode security clearance denials for at least 25 individuals including Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump, despite FBI and CIA objections citing foreign influence, conflicts of interest, personal conduct, financial problems, and drug use. Kushner’s clearance was denied due to …

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Judge Sullivan's Harsh Questioning of Flynn at Sentencing - "Arguably You Sold Your Country Out"

| Importance: 7/10

On December 18, 2018, federal Judge Emmet Sullivan delivered a scathing rebuke to Michael Flynn during what was scheduled to be his sentencing hearing, telling Trump’s former National Security Advisor “arguably you sold your country out” for working as an unregistered foreign agent …

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Trump Reverses ZTE Sanctions After $500M China Loan to Trump Project

| Importance: 8/10

President Trump abruptly reversed U.S. sanctions on Chinese telecom giant ZTE just days after China agreed to provide $500 million in loans to an Indonesian theme park featuring Trump properties. ZTE had been banned from buying U.S. components after violating sanctions on Iran and North Korea. Trump …

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Michael Flynn Pleads Guilty to Lying to FBI About Russian Contacts

| Importance: 9/10

Former National Security Advisor Michael Flynn pleaded guilty to making false statements to the FBI regarding his conversations with Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak during the presidential transition. Flynn became the first White House official and the highest-ranking Trump administration member …

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Dubai Ports World Abandons US Port Takeover Under Congressional Pressure

| Importance: 9/10

On March 9, 2006, Dubai Ports World (DPW) announced it would abandon its controversial plan to control US port operations, marking a pivotal moment in the Bush presidency’s foreign investment strategy. The decision came after the House Appropriations Committee voted 62-2 to block the $6.8 …

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Bush Threatens First Presidential Veto Over Dubai Ports Deal

| Importance: 9/10

President George W. Bush threatened to cast his first presidential veto if Congress blocked Dubai Ports World’s (DPW) acquisition of US port operations, sparking a major national security controversy. The $6.8 billion deal would have given a UAE state-owned company control of cargo terminals …

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Dubai Ports World Initiates Controversial CFIUS Review for US Port Management Acquisition

| Importance: 8/10

On October 15, 2005, Dubai Ports World (DPW), a UAE state-owned company, initiated a CFIUS review to acquire British firm P&O’s port management operations, which included six major U.S. ports. The 30-day review process involved 12 government agencies, with the Intelligence Community …

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Poindexter Announces DARPA Total Information Awareness Program

| Importance: 9/10

At the DARPATech 2002 Conference in Anaheim, California, Rear Admiral John Poindexter publicly unveils the Total Information Awareness (TIA) program, describing it as a comprehensive surveillance system to detect terrorists by monitoring ’transaction spaces’ including financial records, …

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Bush Authorizes NSA Stellar Wind Program Bypassing FISA Court

| Importance: 10/10

President George W. Bush authorized the NSA’s Stellar Wind warrantless domestic surveillance program, completely bypassing FISA court oversight in a fundamental alteration of constitutional checks and balances. The program allowed the NSA to collect phone metadata and internet communications …

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Oracle Hires CIA Executive Director David Carney, Establishes Information Assurance Center

| Importance: 8/10

Oracle Corporation hired David W. Carney as Vice President of Information Assurance on September 4, 2001, just one week before the September 11 terrorist attacks, marking a significant deepening of Oracle’s relationship with the U.S. intelligence community. Carney retired after 32 years at the …

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Chinese Military Intelligence Funnels Campaign Donations Through Johnny Chung

| Importance: 9/10

Democratic fundraiser Johnny Chung receives $300,000 from Ji Shengde, the head of Chinese military intelligence, with instructions to funnel the money to help reelect President Clinton in 1996. Chung tells federal investigators that he passed on $35,000 of this money to the Democratic National …

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