Elon Musk and Trump Were Both in on Ukraine Starlink ShutoffTech CEO Elon Musk reportedly approached President Trump on slowing down his Starlink communications service in Ukraine earlier this week, contradicting both Musk’s statement that it was Trump’s idea and Trump’s statement that he has no idea who did it. The Telegraph , citing four anonymous sources, reports that Musk proposed slowing down Starshield, the…The New Republic1d agoWhole story →SecurityTechnologyukraine starlink shutoff
Zelenskiy Smiles as Entire EU Summit Laughs at TrumpUkrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy knows how to get the European Union laughing—at Donald Trump. EU leaders met in Brussels for the conclusion of the European Council summit Friday, where they closed ranks around Ukraine in its ongoing war with Vladimir Putin’s Russia. During one press conference, Zelenskiy was asked if he felt Trump was making him…The New Republic1d agoWhole story →SecurityGovernmenteu summit
Hegseth Accused of Exposing Troops’ LocationsSecretary of Defense Pete Hegseth may have exposed U.S. troops to foreign intelligence. The Defense Department’s Office of Inspector General issued a report Wednesday calling out the failure to protect sensitive communications and location information, saying there are major security weaknesses in the Pentagon’s $2.67 billion cell phone contracts, The…The New Republic1d agoWhole story →SecurityTechnologypentagon cell phone security report
How Data Centers Became This Michigan Dem’s Signature IssueYou’re reading The TNR Blue Book. Get daily scoops, strategy, and developments inside the liberal ideas factory delivered right to your inbox. Sign up for free . Inside Washington Can a former climate and housing activist make it to the halls of Congress? Will Lawrence ’s opponents are trying to paint him as too radical for Michigan’s swingy 7th…The New Republic1d agoWhole story →GovernmentTechnologymichigan 7th district election
Trump White House Made Horrific Decision to Cut Ukraine’s InternetSomeone in the White House is crippling Ukraine’s access to military-grade Starlink terminals. Leaders at the Department of Defense received an order from inside the White House to slow the Starshield satellite system that Ukraine uses for battlefield communications and drone operations, two U.S. officials and a Western official briefed on the matter…The New Republic1d agoWhole story →SecurityTechnologyukraine starlink disruption
Trump, 80, Has No Clue What Kind of Bomb He Wants to Drop on IranPresident Donald Trump isn’t doing a good job of explaining why he would drop one of America’s largest bombs on Iran. In an interview with Newsmax’s Rob Finnerty Thursday, Trump was asked about reports that he was considering dropping the “mother of all bombs,” or MOAB, one of the largest pieces of ordnance in the military’s arsenal, on Iranian nuclear…The New Republic1d agoWhole story →Securityiran conflict escalation
Transcript: Fox News Poll Shocker Is an Absolute Disaster for TrumpThe following is a lightly edited transcript of the October 16 episode of the Daily Blast podcast. Listen to it here . Greg Sargent: This is The Daily Blas t from The New Republic , produced and presented by the DSR Network. I’m your host, Greg Sargent. The new Fox poll is absolutely disastrous for Donald Trump. It has fresh data on his dropping…The New Republic1d agoWhole story →Security
The Supreme Court Is Leaning Toward a Digital Privacy VictoryThe Supreme Court appeared likely to side with a customer who invoked a semi-obscure federal law to sue Paramount for sharing his personal information with Facebook, during oral arguments on Wednesday, though multiple justices signaled that they might constrain such lawsuits in future cases. The case, Salazar v. Paramount Global, has significant…The New Republic1d agoWhole story →JusticeTechnology
