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Republicans should be ashamed of the Senators that just voted with Democrats in attempting to take away our Powers to fight and defend the United States of America. Susan Collins, Lisa Murkowski, Rand Paul, Josh Hawley, and Todd Young should never be elected to office again, began Trump. He continued: This Vote greatly hampers American Self Defense and National Security, impeding the President's Authority as Commander in Chief. In any event, and despite their stupidity, the War Powers Act is Unconstitutional, totally violating Article II of the Constitution, as all Presidents, and their Departments of Justice, have determined before me.

Chinese officials are looking into whether Meta Platforms Inc.'s acquisition of artificial intelligence startup Manus violated regulations, an initial review that could hinder the deal down the road if officials determine wrongdoing. Regulators have begun a review of the transaction unveiled in December, including possible national security implications, people familiar with the matter said. Worth more than $2 billion, the deal will be assessed for its consistency with relevant laws and regulations, Ministry of Commerce spokesman He Yadong said at a regular briefing.

A shake-up of the government's defence science powerhouse at Porton Down has severely damaged morale and harmed work on critical science that supports national security, a senior whistleblower has told the Guardian. The whistleblower said they were raising concerns in the public interest that the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (DSTL), based largely at Porton Down in Wiltshire, had been left in a paralysing limbo because of the changes.

The Chinese Communist party's practice is to try and destroy history and truth, the 46-year-old director says from his home in the region. It's ridiculous that I can still live in Hong Kong without being in jail. In a society where someone can be jailed for wearing a seditious T-shirt, his surprise is understandable. Chow is best known for co-directing the 2015 dystopian anthology film Ten Years, which imagined a future Hong Kong under the increasing influence of the CCP.

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Today, based on an Executive Branch national security determination, the FCC has added foreign-produced UAS (drones) and foreign-produced UAS critical component parts to the FCC's Covered List on a going forward basis. President Trump has been clear that his Administration will... pic.twitter.com/tVLlsBeOfw- Brendan Carr (@BrendanCarrFCC) December 22, 2025

If the deal closes as expected on January 22, the new US company will have an estimated value of $14 billion, Vice President JD Vance noted in September. At that point, the deal will likely face mounting scrutiny from lawmakers, including Republicans, who aren't yet sure if the US operation resolves all national security concerns. Chinese control of the algorithm was a particular sticking point for critics, who claimed that Trump was giving China exactly what it wanted:

The TikTok deal positions Oracle as a key investor and security partner, potentially providing a new revenue stream through cloud services and data management for TikTok's 170 million U.S. users. While Oracle's cloud infrastructure growth has been driven primarily by artificial intelligence (AI) demand, concerns have skyrocketed in recent weeks over Oracle's debt and capital expenditures, as well as fears of an AI-spending slowdown.

Full restrictions remain in place for 12 countries previously identified as "high risk." Driving the news: The Trump administration instituted full restrictions and entry limitations against Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger, South Sudan, and Syria, as well as people with travel documents issued by the Palestinian Authority. Trump expanded restrictions from partial to full against Laos and Sierra Leone. He also added partial restrictions and energy limitations on 15 additional countries: Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Benin, Cote d'Ivoire, Dominica, Gabon, The Gambia, Malawi, Mauritania, Nigeria, Senegal, Tanzania, Tonga, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. The ban was lifted from Turkmenistan on non-immigrant visas but maintained for immigrants.

Nationals from Syria, Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger and South Sudan will be prohibited from coming to the US People on Palestinian Authority issued-travel documents are also subject to a total ban Sierra Leone and Laos moved from partial to full restrictions Measures come after an Afghan immigrant was charged in November in the shooting of two National Guards New restrictions to go into effect on January 1

The administration's 36-page filing included a declaration from Matthew C. Quinn, deputy director of the U.S. Secret Service, the agency responsible for the security of the president and other high-ranking officials, that said more work on the site of the former White House East Wing is still needed to meet the agency's "safety and security requirements." The filing did not explain the specific national security concerns; the administration has offered to share classified details with the judge in a private, in-person setting

The government must stop dragging its heels over whether to add China to the enhanced tier of its threat regime, the parliamentary intelligence watchdog has warned. The Intelligence and Security Committee (ISC) made up of senior MPs and peers flagged several areas of the National Security Act where there are unresolved issues in its annual report. The Foreign Influence Registration Scheme (FIRS) came into force in July

Denmark's military intelligence service raised concerns for the first time about the United States in its annual threat assessment, saying in a report released Wednesday that shifts in American policy are generating new uncertainties for Denmark's security.

You've likely heard that David Ellison, the son of Larry Ellison, and his company Skydance, completed an $8 billion merger with Paramount in August. And reporting by the New York Times and others suggests that Ellison had planned to then go after an acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD), creating a new behemoth in movies and streaming that could take on the likes of Netflix.

All asylum procedures were suspended indefinitely "until we can ensure that every alien is vetted and screened to the maximum degree possible," Joseph Edlow, director of US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), posted on X. Further restrictions have since been imposed on nationals from 19 countries. These include entry bans and the suspension of all immigration applications and naturalizations. The granting of permanent residence and work permits, known as green cards, has also been suspended for people of the nationalities in question.

The US plans to expand the number of countries covered by its travel ban to more than 30, the secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Kristi Noem, has announced. Noem, in an interview on Fox News's The Ingraham Angle on Thursday evening, was asked to confirm whether the Trump administration would be increasing the number of countries on the travel ban list to 32. I won't be specific on the number, but it's over 30, and the president is continuing to evaluate countries,

The Trump administration is targeting upwards of 2,000 Afghan immigrants, and ICE leaders are being required to report daily about how many detentions they've made in their regions,