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WASHINGTON, DC – APRIL 01: Retired Lt. Gen. Dan Caine, President Trump’s nominee to be Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, testifies during his Senate Armed Services Committee confirmation hearing on April 01, 2025 in Washington, DC. Caine, a retired Air Force General, was nominated by President Trump in February after Trump fired former Chairman Gen. Charles Q. Brown. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Cybercom discovered Chinese malware in South American nations — Joint Chiefs chairman nominee

So-called hunt forward operations by U.S. Cyber Command have uncovered Chinese malware implanted in Latin American nations, according to retired Lt. Gen. Dan "Razin" Caine.
FTC Commissioners Rebecca Slaughter, left, and Alvaro Bedoya, right, sit behind FTC Chair Lina Khan as she testifies before the House Judiciary Committee in the Rayburn House Office Building on Capitol Hill on July 13, 2023 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Democratic FTC Commissioners file lawsuit against Trump over attempted firings

The lawsuit asks the court to declare the president’s actions unlawful and affirm Bedoya and Slaughter’s statutory rights to serve out the remainder of their seven-year terms.
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An official election ballot sits on a table as residents vote using an absentee or mail-in ballot on October 15, 2024 in Doylestown, Pennsylvania. Registered voters in Pennsylvania can vote “On Demand” by requesting, a mail-in or absentee ballot filing it out and dropping it off all in one visit to their county election office or other designated location. (Photo by Hannah Beier/Getty Images)

Trump issues executive order seeking greater federal control of elections 

The order seeks to withhold federal funding from states that don’t comply, sparking a heated backlash from legal and election experts.
Central Intelligence Agency Director John Ratcliffe, accompanied by Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, speaks during a Senate Committee on Intelligence hearing Tuesday. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Senators criticize Trump officials’ discussion of war plans over Signal, but administration answers don’t come easily 

An Intelligence Committee hearing focused on the security risks of a cabinet-level group chat that included a reporter from The Atlantic.
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