Plan to Return Russian Diplomats to U.S. Poses Espionage Risk
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Plan to Return Russian Diplomats to U.S. Poses Espionage Risk

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines As it moves to transform U.S. relations with Russia, the Trump administration is talking with Moscow about readmitting potentially scores of Russian diplomats into the United States after years of expulsions. But the good-will gesture, which would be reciprocated by Moscow, could be…

State Dept. Plans to Close Diplomatic Missions and Fire Employees Overseas
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State Dept. Plans to Close Diplomatic Missions and Fire Employees Overseas

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Senior State Department officials have drawn up plans to close a dozen consulates overseas by this summer and are considering shutting down many more missions, in what could be a blow to the U.S. government’s efforts to build partnerships and gather intelligence, American…

C.I.A. Begins Firing Recently Hired Officers
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C.I.A. Begins Firing Recently Hired Officers

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The government cuts ordered by the Trump administration have hit the C.I.A. Some officers hired in the last two years have been summoned to a location away from the agency’s headquarters in Langley, Va., and asked to surrender their credentials to security personnel,…

C.I.A. Director Says U.S. Has Paused Intelligence Sharing With Ukraine
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C.I.A. Director Says U.S. Has Paused Intelligence Sharing With Ukraine

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The C.I.A. director John Ratcliffe said on Wednesday that intelligence sharing with Ukraine had been paused alongside military aid to pressure its government to cooperate with the Trump administration’s plans to end the country’s war with Russia. Speaking on Fox Business, Mr. Ratcliffe…

Peter Sichel, Wine Merchant With a Cloak-and-Dagger Past, Dies at 102
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Peter Sichel, Wine Merchant With a Cloak-and-Dagger Past, Dies at 102

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Refugee, prisoner, wine merchant, spy: Peter Sichel was many things in his long, colorful life, but he was probably most often identified as the man who made Blue Nun one of the most popular wines in the world in the 1970s and ’80s….

Hegseth Orders Pentagon to Stop Offensive Cyberoperations Against Russia
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Hegseth Orders Pentagon to Stop Offensive Cyberoperations Against Russia

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered U.S. Cyber Command to halt offensive operations against Russia,according to a current official and two former officials briefed on the secret instructions. The move is apparently part of a broader effort to draw President Vladimir V. Putin…

White House Orders C.I.A. to Send an Unclassified Email With Names of Some Employees
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White House Orders C.I.A. to Send an Unclassified Email With Names of Some Employees

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The White House ordered the C.I.A. to send an unclassified email listing all employees hired by the spy agency over the last two years to comply with an executive order to shrink the federal work force, in a move that former officials say…

Opinion | ‘Her Opening Line Was a Home Run’: The Best and Worst Moments From the Tulsi Gabbard Hearing
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Opinion | ‘Her Opening Line Was a Home Run’: The Best and Worst Moments From the Tulsi Gabbard Hearing

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Of President Trump’s cabinet picks, Tulsi Gabbard, a former representative from Hawaii, could have the hardest time making it through the confirmation process. On Thursday, with several key senators still undecided, she appeared before the Senate Intelligence Committee for an all-important hearing as…

Opinion | Tulsi Gabbard Fits Right Into Trump’s Vision for America
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Opinion | Tulsi Gabbard Fits Right Into Trump’s Vision for America

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines At a campaign rally in Virginia in June, Donald Trump hinted at the new kind of relationship America might have with Russia, China and North Korea if he were to be re-elected. “If you have a smart president, they’re not enemies,” Mr. Trump…

Tulsi Gabbard’s Unorthodox Path to Trump’s Intelligence Team
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Tulsi Gabbard’s Unorthodox Path to Trump’s Intelligence Team

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Anita van Duyn, a former retail entrepreneur who left Science of Identity in 1994 after more than a decade in the group and knew Ms. Gabbard as a young woman, has written a letter to members of Congress warning that Ms. Gabbard is…