Another class of employees at the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) received termination notices on Thursday, according to five sources and the termination letter, suggesting the Trump administration is firing federal employees more than just probation period employees. The notices were sent to dozens of so-called "fixed-term employees," all full-time employees with contracts with termination dates. The notices show the termination letters, dated Feb. 13, were sent by Adam Martine...
U.S. prosecutors have charged five people with belonging to a hacking ring that allegedly hacked into dozens of businesses and individuals to steal $11 million worth of cryptocurrency and sensitive information. The California U.S. Attorney's Office said on November 20 that the defendants sent text messages to individuals and employees of certain companies for phishing links or SIM card swaps in order to steal login credentials for their work or cryptocurrency trading accounts.
According to foreign media reports, five sources familiar with the Kremlin's thinking said Russian President Vladimir Putin was open to discussing a ceasefire deal with Trump in Ukraine, but ruled out making any major territorial concessions and insisted that Kiev give up its ambition to join NATO.