The order says state and local governments should “own” addressing risks like cyberattacks. It’s a mismatch when a small town goes up against China, experts countered.
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)
U.S. Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., departs a news conference following a House Republican caucus meeting on Feb. 25, 2025. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)
Rep. Mark Green R-Tenn., chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee and Ranking Member Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., during the hearing at the US Capitol on Sept 28, 2024. (Photo by Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images)
Ivanka Trump, daughter of President Donald Trump, accompanied by Sean Cairncross, then-CEO of the Millennium Challenge Corporation, tours ISMALA, a Moroccan institute specializing in aeronautic industries and civil aviation logistics in Casablanca with its director Loubna Tricha on November 8, 2019. (Photo by FADEL SENNA/AFP via Getty Images)