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Clearinghouse of all publicly available government documents, court filings, judicial opinions in Mar-a-Lago Special Counsel investigation of former president Trump's handling of classified and other government records.

A Chinese company that has quickly emerged as a force in the subsea cable-building industry – HMN Technologies Co Ltd – was on the brink of snagging that contract three years ago. The client for the cable was a consortium of more than a dozen global firms

SINGAPORE: It started out as strictly business: a huge private contract for one of the world’s most advanced undersea fibre-optic cables. It became a trophy in a growing proxy war between the United States and China over technologies that could determine who achieves economic and military dominance for decades to

It started out as strictly business: a huge private contract for one of the world’s most advanced undersea fiber-optic cables. It became a trophy in a growing proxy war between the United States and China over technologies that could determine who achieves economic and military...

The Proactive Cyber Initiatives Act of 2022, introduced by Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., would insert language into federal law that explicitly puts the Office of the National Cyber Director in charge of “deconflicting overlapping jurisdictions between agencies regarding cybersecurity activities and authority to mitigate risks.”

Also: The spectrum turf wars continue in court.

Ballard Partners is standing up a new national cannabis practice group, becoming the industry’s latest powerful ally.

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‘Gymnastics Enthusiast’ in DOJ’s Office of Legal Counsel Came Up with a Way to Block Biden from Reading ‘Restricted’ Trump Admin Archives Jerry Lambe In a last-minute attempt to assuage outgoing President Donald Trump’s privacy concerns, the Justice Department last month issued a legal opinion stating that upon taking office, President Joe Biden cannot access electronic records from the previous administration, even if those records are still on the president’s h...

Mandel Ngan/ AFP This story is available exclusively to Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now. The Justice Department on Friday assured the Trump administration that its hard drives wouldnt become President-elect Joe Bidens property on Inauguration Day. Records and hard drives left behind in the White House will be controlled by the US archivist, not the incoming president, the new opinion issued to Preside...