Where did the experts go? State Department cuts limit the Iran war effort
WASHINGTON (AP) -- In the escalating war in Iran, the State Department's Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs would ordinarily be at the center of the geopolitical fray.
Byron Tau, The Associated Press
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State Department cut jobs with deep expertise in Middle East as Iran crisis escalates
WASHINGTON (AP) -- In the escalating war in Iran, the State Department's Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs would ordinarily be at the center of the geopolitical fray.
The sparse indictment of Comey by Trump's Justice Department belies a complicated backstory
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The indictment of former FBI Director James Comey is only two pages and alleges he falsely testified to Congress in 2020 about authorizing someone to be an anonymous source in news stories.
Key things to know about how Trump's war on higher education has ensnared an unexpected campus
COLORADO SPRINGS (AP) -- Administrators at the state university's campus in Colorado Springs thought they stood a solid chance of dodging the Trump administration's offensive on higher education.
A commuter college thought it could avoid Trump's education crackdown. Here's what happened
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) -- Administrators at the state university's campus in Colorado Springs thought they stood a solid chance of dodging the Trump administration's offensive on higher education.
Researchers link DeepSeek's blockbuster chatbot to Chinese telecom banned from doing business in US
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The website of the Chinese artificial intelligence company DeepSeek, whose chatbot became the most downloaded app in the United States, has computer code that could send some user login information to a Chinese state-owned telecommunications company that has been barred from operating in the United States, security researchers say.
Researchers say China's DeepSeek chatbot is linked to state telecom, raising data privacy concerns
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The website of the Chinese artificial intelligence company DeepSeek, whose chatbot became the most downloaded app in the United States, has computer code that could send some user login information to a Chinese state-owned telecommunications company that has been barred from operating in the United States, security researchers say.
White House would have many ways to upend lives of Trump's enemies
WASHINGTON (AP) -- For the many people considered enemies by President Donald Trump, his return to the White House has sparked anxiety about how much power he has to upend their lives.
Trump's perceived enemies worry about losing pensions, getting audited and paying steep legal bills
WASHINGTON (AP) -- It's not just criminal prosecutions that worry those who have crossed President Donald Trump. There are more prosaic kinds of retaliation: having difficulty renewing passports, getting audited by the IRS and losing federal pensions.