New UFO Hearings Begin Wednesday

House Republicans are seeking “systemic transparency” when they launch a new round of hearings on unidentified aerial phenomena (UAP) – aka UFOs – on Capitol Hill on Wednesday.[#item_full_content]

Biden supports bringing adversarial nations into new UN cyber crime alliance

The Biden administration will support a U.N. treaty this week that will create a new cybercrime convention that includes China and Russia — which has not sat well with some lawmakers and critics.  Since 2001, the global governance around cybercrime has largely been coordinated by the Budapest Convention, a product of the Council of Europe […]

Germany braces under collapsing government and looming Trump trade war

With the re-election of former President Donald Trump to the White House and the collapse of the coalition government under German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, Germany is bracing for an economically and politically dubious time.  From the campaign trail, Trump pledged to increase import tariffs on friends and foes alike under the “Trump Reciprocal Trade Act” […]

RFK Jr. launches online forum to crowdsource names for 4,000 Trump administration nominees

Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. has launched a website to crowdsource names to fill 4,000 political appointee positions in President-elect Trump’s new administration.  The online forum, referred to as “Nominees for the People” and powered by Kennedy’s initiative to “Make America Healthy Again” (MAHA), prompts visitors to nominate and vote for candidates to fill positions under […]