The Rams and quarterback Matthew Stafford agreed to continue their partnership for 2025 months ago
details are finally emerging of Stafford’s renegotiated contract
Stafford will earn $44 million in the coming season
with $4 million already paid and the remaining $40 million fully guaranteed
is set to continue going year-to-year with Los Angeles
But Rapoport notes that if the quarterback is on the roster at the start of free agency in 2026
Where Stafford was previously set to make $58 million in 2025 and 2026
Stafford completed 65.8 percent of his passes for 3,762 yards with 20 touchdowns and eight interceptions
He then completed 63.4 percent of his throws for 533 yards with four touchdowns and no picks in two postseason games
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Matthew Stafford isn't ready to close the book on his Hollywood career just yet
The Los Angeles Rams quarterback agreed to a new deal at the NFL combine that would keep him in the City of Angels
During the combine, it was reported that Tom Brady
was recruiting Stafford to join the silver-and-black
Stafford was reportedly seeking $50 million a year, according to NFL Network's Peter Schrager
Now they keep Stafford in the fold to make another run in 2025
Here's how much it'll cost the Rams to keep the quarterback in town
Stafford agreed to a two-year, $84 million deal, according to NFL Network's Ian Rapoport
It represents an increase from the two-year
$58 million he had left on the previous contract
The quarterback is set to earn $44 million this season
He's already been paid $4 million and the remaining $40 million is fully guaranteed
Stafford would earn $40 million next season if he remains on the Rams' roster at the start of free agency
With the new deal, Stafford is the NFL's 15th highest-paid quarterback in terms of average annual value (AAV), according to OverTheCap
Aurora Culpo detailed her fight with sister Olivia Culpo
who’s pregnant with her and husband Christian McCaffrey’s first baby
after she didn’t attend one of her baby showers last month
There’s a major fumble in the Culpo sisters’ communication
Aurora Culpo revealed that she and sister Olivia Culpo, 32—who’s expecting her first child with husband Christian McCaffrey—briefly bumped heads after she didn’t attend one of her latest baby showers
“Olivia [had] a “baby sprinkle” in Denver on the weekend of my birthday. And she was like, ‘Don’t worry about coming,’” Aurora explained on the May 4 episode of Gia Guidice’s Casual Chaos podcast
You’re going to my other shower [in Rhode Island]
so don’t worry about coming to this little thing.’”
The 35-year-old—mom to Remi, 6, and Solei, 4, with ex-husband Michael Bortone—wasn’t offended by her sister’s suggestion, as she originally planned to sit out the smaller baby shower because she needed to rest. But once their other sister Sophia Culpo
I do everything for you guys and you do nothing for me,’” the Barely Filtered host recalled
“I just kept sending her the screenshot where she was like
Despite Olivia’s loaded response, Aurora and her younger sister are back on speaking terms. But that olive branch hasn’t been extended to Sophia, as the Model Squad star hasn’t spoken to her in “three weeks.”
While Sophie hasn’t publicly addressed her and Olivia’s feud
Aurora hopes her sisters will bury the hatchet soon
but I think she’s gonna get over it,” she continued of Olivia
because she’s gonna have a baby soon and she’s gonna want some help.”
Keep reading to see more of Olivia and Christian’s cutest moments…
Olivia Culpo and Christian McCaffrey shared a kiss as they jetted off to their wedding celebration in Jun 2024
The couple were decked in matching white during a bridal shower in May 2024
Olivia showed some love to Christian after he broke Jerry Rice's franchise record for most consecutive games with a touchdown in October 2023
The former Miss Universe cheered on her man from the sidelines in September 2023
The couple celebrated their engagement at a garden party in July 2023
Before Easter 2023, Olivia and Christian booked an RV for a special spring break vacation
Olivia marked her three-year anniversary in June 2022
She called Christian "the yin to my yang," writing
"you are the epitome of strength through humility
Thank you for being my rock and restoring my faith in love
You are everything I ever dreamed of and more."
Olivia and Christan have treated fans to a few PDA-filled social media posts during their relationship
During a vacation to Mexico
Olivia and Christian turned up the heat with a beachside photo
"3 years of NYE kisses with you," Olivia shared on Instagram when kicking off 2022
"Time flies @christianmccaffrey."
Christian and Olivia attended AT&T TV's Super Saturday Night
"To my beautiful woman," Christian wrote on Valentine's Day 2021
"Tis' *almost* the season," Olivia wrote on Instagram before the 2021 NFL season kicked off
"You are the hardest worker with the biggest heart," Olivia wrote on Instagram when celebrating their anniversary in June 2021
"Getting to see you work your butt off every single day to make your dreams come true has been such an inspiration to me and your sincerity in everything you do makes me feel like the luckiest girl in the world."
Here's to many more memories on and off any football field
Ozzy Osbourne is doing everything he can to prepare for Black Sabbath’s final concert
Osbourne listed the extensive preparation he’s going through to get back on stage
I’ve got a guy living at my house who’s working with me,” the frontman revealed
“It’s tough – I’ve been laid up for such a long time
I’ve been lying on my back doing nothing and the first thing to go is your strength
I’ve got a vocal coach coming round four days a week to keep my voice going
I’m used to doing two hours on stage
I don’t think I’ll be doing much jumping or running around this time
the reunited Sabbath will be the main attraction
even if they’re only able to deliver a shortened set
READ MORE: Top 10 Black Sabbath Songs
“We’re only playing a couple of songs each
‘We’re getting ripped off’
because it’s just going to be … what’s the word
“You’re going to get a few songs each by Ozzy and Sabbath."
Back to the Beginning will take place July 5 at Villa Park in Birmingham
The singer says training for the gig is \"like starting all over again.\"\nRead More
Ozzy Osbourne is doing everything he can to prepare for Black Sabbath’s final concert
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NEW DELHI — India will include caste details in its next census
in a move likely to have sweeping socio-economic and political ramifications for the world's most populous country
Information Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw didn't say when the census would begin when he announced it would include caste information Wednesday
He said the decision demonstrated New Delhi's commitment to the "values and interests of the society and country."
The count is likely lead to demands to raise the country's quotas that reserve government jobs
college admissions and elected offices for some categories of castes
especially for a swathe of lower and intermediate castes that are recognized as Other Backward Classes
Caste is an ancient system of social hierarchy in India and is critical to Indian life and politics
There are hundreds of caste groups based on occupation and economic status across India
or outdated data on how many people belong to them
Successive Indian governments have resisted updating caste data
arguing that it could lead to social unrest
But its supporters say detailed demographic information is necessary to properly implementing India's many social justice programs
Colonial ruler Britain began an Indian census in 1872 and counted all castes until 1931
independent India since 1951 only counted Dalits and Adivasis
who are referred to as scheduled castes and tribes
Everyone else's caste was marked as general
The next once-in-a-decade population survey was originally due in 2021
but has been delayed mainly by the COVID-19 pandemic and logistical hurdles
The last official census in 2011 counted 1.21 billion people
of which 2011 million were scheduled castes and 104 million were scheduled tribes
India surpassed China to become the most populous country in April 2023 with an estimated 1.425 billion people
according to the U.N.'s Department of Economic and Social Affairs
The announcement on the census comes months ahead of a crucial election in India's poorest state of Bihar
Modi's party runs a coalition government in Bihar
The opposition and Modi's partners have pressed the government to count caste in a new census
Modi's Hindu nationalist party has in the past opposed the idea of counting people by caste
saying it would deepen social divisions in the country
Opposition leader Rahul Gandhi of the Congress Party wrote on X that "It is clear that the pressure we put on the government for Caste Census has worked."
both showing a higher number of backward castes and prompting demands to raise quotas
are also planning to undertake similar surveys
Vaishnaw said including caste details in the national census would improve transparency
while adding that some states ruled by opposition parties have done their own caste surveys for political gain
Fortunes of many of these political parties
including Prime Minister Narendra Modi's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party
called the move "historic" and said it "will empower all economically and socially backward sections."
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IOWA CITY — Ben McCollum's contract with the University of Iowa is a six-year deal
with total compensation of $3,350,000 in the first year
according to a term sheet acquired by the Register from an open-records request
The rest of the Hawkeye men’s basketball coach’s scheduled compensation is as follows:
The term sheet was included in an offer letter sent from Iowa athletics director Beth Goetz to McCollum on March 24
The university has not released McCollum‘s finalized contract yet
Former coach Fran McCaffery made $3.4 million last season at Iowa
McCaffery had been scheduled to make $3.5 million in 2025-26
McCollum has the opportunity to earn additional compensation each year if he hits the following incentives:
Academic (APR) Bonus (this category is non-cumulative)
Team Regular-season Performance (this category is cumulative)
NCAA Tournament (this category is non-cumulative)
Coach of the Year (this category is cumulative)
If McCollum voluntarily resigns or accepts other employment during the otherwise unexpired contract term
he will be required to pay the total amount of liquidated damages to Ul:
Resignation or acceptance of other employment on or before April 1
2026: $5 million owed to UIResignation or acceptance of other employment on or before April 1
2027: $4 million owed to UIResignation or acceptance of other employment on or before April 1
2028: $3 million owed to UIResignation or acceptance of other employment on or before April 1
2029: $2 million owed to UIResignation or acceptance of other employment on or before April 1
2030: $1 million owed to UIResignation or acceptance of other employment on or before April 1
2031: $0 owed to UI Ul Termination Without Cause
If Iowa terminates McCollum's employment without cause
it will pay him liquidated damages in equal monthly installments for the remainder of the contract term
Termination notice provided on or before April 30
2026: 80% of Remaining Scheduled CompensationTermination notice provided on or before April 30
2027: 80% of Remaining Scheduled CompensationTermination notice provided on or before April 30
2028: 80% of Remaining Scheduled CompensationTermination notice provided on or before April 30
2029: 60% of Remaining Scheduled CompensationTermination notice provided on or before April 30
2030: 60% of Remaining Scheduled CompensationTermination notice provided on or before April 30
2031: 60% of Remaining Scheduled CompensationIf Iowa were to fire McCollum in this scenario
McCollum would be required to make efforts to find another job and Iowa's buyout would be offset by his compensation at the new job
Assistant coaches and support staff salaries
A minimum annual salary pool of $2,095,000 for four assistant coaches and other men's basketball specific staff members
The salary pool is subject to potential annual increases based upon conference/national trends and athletics department resources
Iowa agreed to pay the buyout McCollum owed for leaving Drake to take the job with the Hawkeyes
The term sheet did not specify the buyout amount but stated that Iowa also agreed to pay any taxes that McCollum may owe on the buyout amount
if McCollum were to leave Iowa on or before April 30
he would be required to reimburse Iowa for the buyout covered from leaving Drake
That is on top of the buyout he would have to pay Iowa
McCollum replaces longtime Hawkeye head coach Fran McCaffery
is the all-time winningest coach in program history
But after Iowa's exit from the Big Ten Tournament this past season
the Hawkeyes elected to move on from McCaffery and embark on a new era
The coaching search process landed on McCollum to lead the program forward
Iowa is McCollum's third head coaching stop
In 15 seasons as the head coach at Northwest Missouri State
McCollum tallied an overall record of 394–91
He helped guide Northwest Missouri State to four Division II national titles
McCollum took over at Drake for the departed Darian DeVries
In his first season coaching at the Division I level
McCollum led Drake to a season that garnered national attention
After earning an 11-seed in the NCAA Tournament
Drake knocked off 6-seed Missouri in the round of 64
But then the Bulldogs' Cinderella hope was dashed by 3-seed Texas Tech in the round of 32
McCollum has now taken the reins of the Hawkeye program
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CONCORD, N.C. - Want to meet your favorite Hendrick Motorsports driver
eat some good food, tour the organization's storied campus and entertain the kids all at once?
Hendrick Motorsports Fan Fest returns the weekend of the Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway with events and activities planned throughout Friday
That includes Q&As and autograph/photo sessions with Hendrick Motorsports drivers as well as Jeff Gordon and Chad Knaus
Fans can enter raffles to win wristbands to attend one of the following sessions:
RELATED: Take our trivia quiz for a chance to win this 300 wins hat!
Winners will be limited to one autograph session per email address
though fans are welcome to sign up to win a wristband to more than one session
Autograph session entries are limited to three times per IP address
Guests can also enter to win a tour of the Hendrick Motorsports campus, which will run every half hour from noon to 3 p.m. on Friday. Each entry may request up to four people per reservation. To enter for a chance to win a tour, click here.
There will be 120 winners for each autograph session and 240 entrants will win a spot in a tour.
RELATED: Highlights from 2024 Hendrick Homecoming
Fans also attending festivities at the race track will be able to catch a tram running back and forth starting at 8:30 a.m. on Friday. Two food trucks and a dessert truck will be operational on campus throughout both days of the event, as will the Hendrick Motorsports team store
kid-friendly activities will be set up and will run throughout the event as well.
Parking on site is available throughout campus.
ISLAND PARK, Idaho — Troopers say they're still working with international authorities to notify next of kin following a crash between a pickup truck and a passenger van carrying tourists Thursday evening that left seven people dead in southeast Idaho
The Mercedes van was registered to Ctour Holiday LLC
The driver of the van was also licensed in California
while the van was carrying 12 people visiting from China and one person from Italy
The van was headed to Yellowstone National Park on a trip organized by the company
"Due to the international nature of those involved
the process is complex and will take additional time," the agency wrote in an update
the deceased will be transported to the Ada County Coroner's Office for autopsy and formal confirmation of identity
This step is essential to ensure accurate identification and documentation."
Emergency crews responded to a report of a crash on U.S
Highway 20 near Henry's Lake in Fremont County
Authorities say a 2021 red Dodge Ram pickup
driven by 25-year-old Isaiah Moreno of Humble
was traveling in a westbound lane when his vehicle collided with the passenger van traveling in an eastbound lane
Moreno and six people inside the van were killed
Bystanders reportedly helped first responders pull injured people out of the burning van
Eight other people inside the van were injured
including three who were airlifted to hospitals in Idaho and Montana
Idaho troopers added Saturday that they will continue to "work closely" with Chinese and Italian consulates as the investigation continues
Correction: Idaho State Police initially reported that the crash involved a black Chevrolet Silverado before saying it involved a red Dodge Ram pickup
ISLAND PARK — Police have released more details about a deadly crash that occurred Thursday evening in Island Park near Henrys Lake
which involved a Dodge Ram pickup truck and a Mercedes van
Three of the van occupants were airlifted to hospitals – one to Bozeman
and two to Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center in Idaho Falls
The passengers included 12 Chinese nationals and one of Italian nationality
according to a news release from Idaho State Police
RELATED | Identity released of truck driver killed in fiery Island Park crash
The group was traveling to Yellowstone National Park on an excursion organized by Ctour Holiday
a large-scale tour operator that provides international travel services
“Next-of-kin notifications are ongoing and coordinated with appropriate local and international authorities
Due to the international nature of those involved
the process is complex and will take additional time,” the police release says
RELATED | 7 people dead following fiery crash in Island Park
Those who died in the crash will be transported to the Ada County Coroner’s Office for autopsies and formal confirmation of identity
ISP troopers are working closely with Ctour Holiday and remain in contact with the Consulates of China and Italy as the investigation progresses
GALLERY | Photos from East Idaho News Chopper show massive burn scar, aftermath of fiery crash
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Charlotte Phillipp is a Weekend Writer-Reporter at PEOPLE
and was previously an entertainment reporter at The Messenger
a low-key acoustic affair that he recorded with the National’s Bryce and Aaron Dessner
Sheeran announces his plan to follow that album with a bigger
Play is not a track-for-track cover of the Moby album
and it’s also not a part of the four-LP series of Sheeran blockbusters named after mathematical processes
Play is something that Sheeran recorded while touring all over the world and working with big-deal pop professionals
“This is the most exciting thing I’ve done as an artist so far… The sounds are sounds that we don’t use in Western pop music.” Per a press release
the LP was “inspired in part by [Sheeran]’s exposure to Indian and Persian musical cultures — and their surprising connections to the Irish folk tradition he grew up with
and melodies.” Here’s what Sheeran says about it:
Play was an album that was made as a direct response to the darkest period of my life
I just wanted to create joy and technicolour and explore cultures in the countries I was touring
It’s a real rollercoaster of emotions from start to finish; it encapsulates everything that I love about music and the fun in it but also where I am in life as a human
“I just want everything I do to be fun and playful” — so that’s why we are building pubs for folk jams
the more I just want to enjoy things and savour the moments that are mad and chaotic
you will find “Old Phone” and the Play trailer and tracklist
and he’s rapping on at least one of them
Play is out 9/12 on Gingerbread Man/Atlantic/Warner
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the Lumpkin County Sheriff's Office shared a post on its Facebook page saying that Byron Eugene "Gene" Jones
family and friends of Jones said he suffered from demential and other medical conditions which required medical medication and attention
The Facebook post was from someone close to the search efforts
More updated details should be forthcoming later in the day
A Canton man with recent ties to Hall County has been missing for more than one week
and a reward is offered for details behind his safe recovery
Family and friends of 85-year-old Byron Eugene "Gene" Jones say he suffers from demential and other medical conditions which require medical medication and attention
He was last seen on the late evening of April 21
Georgia area driving a navy blue 2015 Toyota Camry hybrid with Georgia license tag # TBX7562
"Gene" Jones is described as a white male
weighing about 185 pounds with receding gray hair
A $25,000 reward is being offered for direct details that lead to Mr
Jones' safe return. Anyone with leads is asked to contact the Cherokee County Sheriff's Office at (770) 720-4883. You can reference case # 202501785. Eligibility details for the reward include:
All claims are subject to verification and apprival by the family/law enforcement
and may require signing a legal release and affidavit
Share on FacebookShare on X (formerly Twitter)Share on PinterestShare on LinkedInTOLEDO, Ohio (WTVG) - Search warrants obtained by 13 Action News detail questions investigators had surrounding phone calls and interactions with the alleged killer in the Kei’Mani Latigue case
marking the first Lucas County death penalty case in the last decade
Search warrants show detectives sought information on phone calls involving Jones and his mother
Linda Ogletree said in the recording she knew some of the details related to the case but didn’t know everything
She then requested more details from Jones
who said he would tell his mother more at a later date
Detectives interviewed Jones’ mother over the phone, according to the warrant. Police said she denied having any contact with her son and said she didn’t know anything about Kei’Mani’s disappearance.
Additional information concerning the recording of Jones and his mother is not disclosed in the documentation currently available
The warrant sought documentation from Ogletree’s phone carrier about records spanning from Dec. 21, 2024 through March 25, 2025 — the day after Kei’Mani’s body was found and the day police shot Jones during an altercation in Columbus
It was Jones’ girlfriend at the time who helped police gather evidence and later track him down when he fled town
New court filings from earlier this month said Jones admitted to police that he dragged Kei’Mani to the Miami Street house where he ultimately killed her
The coroner’s office said she died from a cut to her neck
Investigators haven’t detailed a motive in the teen’s murder. Toledo Police officials have said they wouldn’t release many details about the investigation in an effort to protect the prosecution’s case
13 Action News reporter Alexis Means will have more on this story tonight on Action News at 6 p.m
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Epic Games’ Tim Sweeney shared the first details about the next version of Unreal Engine
but we might see preview versions of it in 2 or 3 years
Epic Games is currently working on two different aspects of UE5
there is Unreal Engine 5 for developers and Unreal Engine 5 for Fortnite creators
there is different bits of development that are only in one area of it
not all of the UE5 features are available in Fortnite because Epic hasn’t figured out or hasn’t gotten to the point where they can deploy them to all seven platforms in an independent way
the place where all these different threads of development come together is Unreal Engine 6
the aim for Unreal Engine 6 is to bring the best of both worlds together
It will offer much easier gameplay programming for both the Fortnite community and developers
Sweeney also stated that UE6 will offer more scalability to large scale simulations of all sorts
This means that studios will be able to hire programmers who are familiar with and experienced with the engine
UE6 will offer devs the full development capabilities
they will be able to build their game once and ship it anywhere
standalone games will be able to access and use all the items in Fortnite
UE6 assets from standalone games will be compatible with Fortnite (so that you can import and use them there)
it appears that Unreal Engine 6 will be more of an evolution of UE5
Or at least that’s the vibe I got from it
UE6 will ultimately look better than UE5 games
the gap between them may not be as big as the one we saw between UE3 and UE4 or UE4 and UE5
we won’t really see any games using it for a while
this interview may give you an idea of Epic’s current tech direction
Falling tree limbs in Birmingham kills one person
Documents made public within the past 24 hours reveal more details in the cases against the mother and grandfather of missing toddler Kahleb Collins
A grand jury indictment dated March 19 lists six charges against Wendy Bailey: Aggravated Child Abuse
four counts of Domestic Violence Assault in the First Degree
Those charges were filed April 15 and the warrants were served on Bailey April 23
The victim is identified as K.R.C with a date of birth of 4/13/2023. Bailey's son, Kahleb Collins, is presumed dead although his body has never been recovered
The indictment reads Bailey "did torture
or otherwise maltreat the said KRC by acts taking place on more than two occasions."
Grand jury filings also revealed that Bailey "did cause serious physical injury" by binding or tying KRC with zip ties or ligatures to a chair or other object
KRC was also restrained or suspended from a ceiling according to the court documents
The abuse of a corpse charge states Bailey "did knowingly treat a corpse in a way that would outrage ordinary family sensibilities."
Bond for Bailey is currently set at $1.8 million dollars
The defendant will be in court for arraignment on 8/7/2025
Kaleb's disappearance came to light after his parents were involved in a traffic crash that killed his father and young sister Ryleigh who was not restrained in a car seat
Reports from ALEA indicate Steven Collins was driving more than 90 mph near the family's home when the truck left the roadway and struck a tree
Earlier court documents provided horrifying details of Steven Collins abuse of his son
Wendy Bailey is also charged with criminally negligent homicide for Ryleigh's death
Fayette County courts continue to upload documents to the public filing system
Efforts to reach prosecutors over the past few months for comment have been unsuccessful
Fayette County Sheriff Byron Derby and defense attorneys have declined interview requests related to the case
In addition to the indictments against Wendy Bailey
new charges are reported in the grand jury indictments against Kahleb Collins' grandfather John Bailey
John Bailey faces one count of Aggravated Child Abuse
Abuse of Corpse and Hindering the Prosecution in the First Degree for assistance to Wendy Bailey
His bond is also set at $1.8 million dollars
John Bailey's arraignment is also set for 8/7/2025
Declarations in a case reveal a haphazard hobbling of the consumer protection agency
A group of federal workers and supporters protest Elon Musk and DOGE outside of 26 Federal Plaza in New York
acting Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Russ Vought has tried to fire most of the staff and cripple its functions
The union for CFPB employees has successfully beaten both attacks back
and a hearing today will determine whether the second effort will formally fail
(See the update; the hearing was canceled because the union was victorious
Over the weekend, attorneys for the union issued 19 declarations from CFPB staff
most of whom received a termination notice in the mass reduction in force (RIF) on April 17
Not only do these declarations lay out exactly how Vought and his leadership team violated a court order; they go into detail on what it actually takes to run a federal agency in the modern age
the bureaucracy imposed by Congress on behalf of business interests
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The attempted purge of CFPB is not isolated, of course. Even as Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency is crumbling
the systematic federal workforce destruction has left government unable to react to changing circumstances or carry out important functions
but you can extend it across virtually every agency
and better understand the breakdowns and errors to come
VOUGHT’S TEAM FIRST TRIED to fire about 1,500 CFPB employees in February
District Court Judge Amy Berman Jackson issued a preliminary injunction to stop this
Circuit Court said that CFPB leaders could get rid of some employees and stop some work
but would have to undergo a “particularized assessment” to ensure that the agency could still carry out statutory obligations
That appeals court ruling came down on a Friday
Vought sent an email entitled “CFPB RIF Work,” restarting the reduction in force
Employees were given one day after the RIF before their work systems would be turned off
The idea that a particularized assessment of every employee and statutory authority could be done in less than a week stretches credulity
The leadership team got key facts wrong in representations to the court
like misnaming what division the Office of Community Affairs sits in
suggesting that the process was less than meticulous
And attorneys who worked on the RIF literally copy-pasted from Google the results of a search for “CFPB organic statute” when asked what CFPB was required to carry out
The declarations, mostly written by senior leaders in different divisions and offices of the CFPB, further show how Vought and company chose arbitrary head count numbers and “retrofitted” the RIF to reflect that number
None of these senior officers were consulted about the RIF
The systematic federal workforce destruction has left government unable to react to changing circumstances or carry out important functions
For example, director of digital services Adam Scott was fired
along with 36 of the 37 members of his Design and Development team
The team conducts 33 different statutorily required operations
from the CFPB website to the consumer complaint database to the “Find a Housing Counselor” tool at the website
There’s no way a single staff member could be the entire IT team for a federal agency
maintaining and patching all its digital operations
and numerous others with one employee left
typically a manager without day-to-day expertise in all of the requirements of the office
The one individual left in the Office of Servicemember Affairs
a statutory position that protects military members from consumer fraud
took the “Fork in the Road” buyout and has no access to CFPB systems while on administrative leave
The entire team of the chief privacy officer was let go
meaning that the agency could not comply with any statutory requirements around agency safekeeping of data
Agencies must have a designated Senior Agency Official for Privacy
They also must have a Designated Agency Ethics Officer
a Senior Agency Information Security Officer
attorneys to represent the agency in federal employee grievances and administrative disputes
a team to work on rulemaking for the Financial Data Transparency Act
and an officer to manage ongoing compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act
the Federal Information Security Modernization Act of 2014
Some of these laws are simply roadblocks imposed by Congress at the behest of allies in corporate America who don’t like regulation
They force attention to details like small-business assessments and minimization of reporting requirements
and generally gum up the agency’s workings
But if Russ Vought thinks the Paperwork Reduction Act
maybe get his Republican friends in Congress to nullify it
unless the goal is to destroy the agency entirely
Meanwhile, all of CFPB’s statutory functions are supported by hundreds of contracts to manage call centers, software, antivirus protection, and data storage. All but one contracting officer was fired
and almost all of the associates with subject matter expertise in the particular procurements
Many of the contracts involving data would be at risk of deletion as those contracts expire
and invoices that fell through would lead to unnecessary penalties and interest payments
the Bureau is paying out in settlement costs and interest for the previous stop-work orders on contracts
costing money with a process allegedly intended to save money
“If complaint intake and routing is broken … then for many complaints
the CFPB would not be able to monitor or investigate those complaints at all as statutorily required.”
Head count at the Office of Supervision was reduced by 90 percent
even after a memo of agency priorities from Paoletta said supervision examinations would be reduced by only 50 percent
But everyone on the data analytics team was fired
no new exams of regulated entities could be initiated—because the statute says that a risk-based assessment must be made prior to examination—and only the analytics team could pull and compile the data
the team that produces the materials for exams
One of the more interesting declarations comes from Jason Brown
These three managers would have to write code to analyze third-party data
establish infrastructure to legally store and maintain the data
Statutory law dictates that existing rules must get formal retrospective assessments for effectiveness
New final rules must be analyzed to see if their annual impact exceeds $100 million
as well as a “regulatory flexibility” analysis under the Regulatory Flexibility Act and an economic burden analysis under the Paperwork Reduction Act (there’s that law again)
It’s impossible for three people to carry the workload even if they had the technical expertise
But not all of this is just bureaucratic box-checking
Some of the Office of Research’s obligations have enormous implications for mortgage markets
The office must update various regulatory thresholds to account for changes in the Consumer Price Index; if they don’t
what businesses can charge or what consumers can qualify for will be out of date
A weekly rate spread calculator mortgage lenders rely on to determine compliance has to be published as well
And we’ve discussed before
the research office produces average prime offer rate (APOR) tables that must be calculated weekly
This is a tool so mortgage lenders know that the mortgages they offer are within a prescribed range to avoid ability-to-pay rules; if there’s uncertainty
the data needed to calculate APOR is purchased through a third-party contract; that contract has to be maintained
and the chief representative for it was fired
Analysts have to comb through that data to calculate the results; Brown and the remaining staff if the RIF went through haven’t been trained to do that
CFPB leadership has talked about outsourcing the entire calculation
to the private company called ICE Mortgage Technology that supplies some of the data
Teams at CFPB have been discussing whether the statutory language that CFPB “must generate and publish APORs at least weekly” would be followed if the whole process were outsourced
and whether ICE could do subjective analysis while staying within bounds of the law
They’ve also been concerned about small volumes of data that have come from ICE to calculate APOR in recent weeks; CFPB supplements that with information derived from the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act
but if ICE had the responsibility that would not be possible
Where the data would live could also bring up legal issues
or how public agency code can be shared with a private company
has gone into figuring out how to outsource something that has gone off without a hitch for years
on the dubious assumption that this would save the agency money or add efficiency
said in a document produced by CFPB leadership
Vought and his allies are contemptuous of the law as it relates to CFPB
and will consistently do what they want if given even a tiny chance
“The documents suggest that the defendants thought they could get away with firing the vast majority of the Bureau
as long as they left one warm body in each office explicitly identified by the Consumer Financial Protection Act,” as union attorneys wrote in their brief
most of them designed specifically to constrain regulatory activity
but not without caring about following the law
and the enemy of that streamlining is the financial industry
this particular gang of Vought and DOGE is so zealous to make the nation safe for financial scammers and predatory lenders that they’ve wielded the axe in a way that is obviously unlawful
has been cited by the district court repeatedly
It’s good that CFPB’s employees have such persistent advocates that we can see this lunacy laid bare
there isn’t likely to be any consumer protection going on at the CFPB through 2028
Vought and company have made that perfectly clear
But the hatchet job looks even worse in the details than what we all expected from the outside
and that’s valuable to know for when people are inevitably scammed and robbed
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Arizona’s Family got the full police reports from detectives working the case
the security cameras detectives tapped into to find a suspect and interviews with witnesses and friends
There’s in the documents was the first interview with Zion Teasley
where he slips up and identifies himself as the suspect
Investigators said she was attacked the day before
She is reported to have had defensive wounds
Days later, investigators released a clip of surveillance video showing a man running from the scene. DNA evidence led detectives to the then-22-year-old Teasley
an interview with Teasley just hours after his arrest is included
except a little bit more brown.” Teasley reportedly wrote a note to the officer that he was transgender to avoid saying it out loud
Police said Teasley told the interviewer he hoped Heike was OK and knew about her from the news
He went on to say that Heike had passed away and was attacked
it states Teasley claimed to not recall seeing Heike before her death was announced on the news
when the officer showed Teasley a picture of the suspect caught on surveillance video
I don’t know.” When the officer asked Teasley to be truthful
Just give up my life?” He also told the interviewer that it’s a death sentence
documents show Teasley said that he’s not the type of person to kill another person and that if he was going to do something like that
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A major supermarket chain has admitted that hackers accessed the details of customers in a cyberattack
The group, calling itself DragonForce, said it had infiltrated Co-op’s IT network and stolen customer and employee data in its cyberattack on Wednesday
The hackers claimed to have the private information of 20 million Co-op customers who signed up to the supermarket’s membership scheme
The Co-op initially told the public the attack only had a “small impact” on operations and that there was “no evidence data was compromised”
But the hackers, who also claimed to be behind the ongoing cyberattack on Marks & Spencer and an attempted attack on Harrods
said the breach was far more serious than the company first revealed
The supermarket has now admitted that hackers “accessed data relating to a significant number of our current and past members”
Screenshots of the messages sent to the Co-op’s head of cybersecurity in an internal Microsoft Teams chat on 25 April by DragonForce have been seen by the BBC
we exfiltrated the data from your company.”
and Co-op member card data,” the chat added
The BBC also reported that hackers shared databases showing usernames and passwords of employees
It also revealed that the cybercriminals had obtained customers’ data
The Co-op has since apologised to its customers and explained the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) and the National Crime Agency (NCA) are assisting with the investigation.
A Co-op spokesperson said: “We are continuing to experience sustained malicious attempts by hackers to access our systems. This is a highly complex situation, which we continue to investigate in conjunction with the NCSC and the NCA.
“We have implemented measures to ensure that we prevent unauthorised access to our systems whilst minimising disruption for our members, customers, colleagues and partners.
“As a result of ongoing forensic investigations, we now know that the hackers were able to access and extract data from one of our systems. The accessed data included information relating to a significant number of our current and past members.
“This data includes Co-op Group members’ personal data such as names and contact details, and did not include members’ passwords, bank or credit card details, transactions or information relating to any members’ or customers’ products or services with the Co-op Group.
“We appreciate that our members have placed their trust in our Co-op when providing information to us. Protecting the security of our members’ and customers’ data is a priority, and we are very sorry that this situation has arisen.”
2025 5:00 pm)7 min readExcavators in a mining pit at the Zavalivskiy Graphite Ltd
(Olena Koloda / Bloomberg via Getty Images)
(Updated: May 2, 2025 5:00 pm)7 min readby The signing of a long-awaited minerals deal between the U.S
and Ukraine has come after months of tense negotiations as Kyiv worked on resetting its tumultuous relationship with U.S
The key deal, inked on April 30, creates an investment fund and grants the U.S. special access to new projects developing Ukraine’s natural resources, such as oil and gas
Trump, who has been looking to secure a peace deal between Kyiv and Moscow
had been pushing Ukraine to sign the agreement
should benefit more from its assistance to Ukraine
The country has been heavily reliant on U.S
aid since Russia’s full-scale invasion began in February 2022
To the relief of many in Ukraine, the final deal avoids many elements present in earlier drafts viewed by experts as exploiting Ukraine
“We don’t see very problematic things” in the deal, said George Popov, a research analyst at the National Association of Extractive Industry of Ukraine. “The main highlight is: we are very happy that we solved the conflict with Trump.”
that the signing is only the first step in a long process before the agreement is implemented
The success of the plan depends on technical aspects that still need to be hammered out
“We see a lot of political moments that the agreement is trying to solve
and not business and administrative points,” Popov added
Notably missing from the deal is one of the provisions most desired by Kyiv — security guarantees that could effectively deter further aggression from Russia after a ceasefire. It is also unclear how much investment will flow into the fund
“The Ukrainians managed to take out the worst excesses of the deal,” said Timothy Ash
an associate fellow at Chatham House's Russia and Eurasia Program
who called the initial deal "extortion."
is "warm words rather than real investment
I cannot see any big and meaningful investment in Ukraine until security is assured
First Deputy Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko
and other officials attend the signing of a critical minerals agreement between Ukraine and the U.S
(Yulia Svyrydenko / X)Positive signs in a stormy sagaSince taking office in January
Trump has repeatedly pressured and threatened Ukraine in his attempts to secure a peace deal
while mostly avoiding making demands of Russia
The natural resources deal has remained a point of contention in the months since a hostile exchange in the Oval Office between Trump and President Zelensky on Feb
but left without doing so in the wake of the argument
A month later, Trump said to reporters aboard Air Force One, “(Zelensky’s) trying to back out of the rare earth deal, and if he does that, he's got some problems
In recent days, however, Trump has made several comments suggesting his previous hardline stance against Ukraine is softening, while his patience with Russia is thinning
Kyiv hopes to further increase cooperation and improve relations with the Trump administration
"I am grateful to everyone who worked for the agreement and made it more meaningful
Now the document is such that it can ensure success for both our countries — Ukraine and the United States," First Deputy Prime Minister and Economy Minister Yulia Svyrydenko
One of the key wins for Kyiv’s negotiating team was removing earlier provisions that put Ukraine on the hook to pay back Washington for aid already sent
according to independent tracking by the Germany-based Kiel Institute
and was granted with no expectation of repayment
“The Commission takes note that today’s agreement includes specific provisions aiming to safeguard Ukraine’s application to join the European Union
and to avoid conflicts with its current obligations under the EU-Ukraine Association Agreement and Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Agreement,” Thomas Reigner
“We look forward to these being implemented rigorously.”
The current deal also gives Ukraine full control over its land
Questions about Ukraine’s autonomy and the independence of existing companies had sparked fears for many of its supporters during negotiations
In addition to an absence of security guarantees
who heads Ukraine's Parliamentary Committee on Finance
pointed out several other potential risks introduced by the deal on his public Telegram channel
“Ukraine gives half of the revenues from new licenses for natural resources to the fund
which reduces potential revenues for the Ukrainian budget for many years,” he wrote after the deal was publicized
The deal could also limit Ukraine’s ability to choose the best commercial terms and partners for investments
and may limit financial independence by guaranteeing conversion and transfer of funds
Earth and minerals are loaded onto trucks at an open-pit mine near the frontline
(Pierre Crom / Getty Images)“We are waiting for the details,” Zhelezniak told the Kyiv Independent
“I don’t think there’s enough in the text to evaluate it yet,” he said
The deal still needs to be ratified by parliament
which would happen May 13-15 at the earliest
parts of Ukraine’s tax and budget codes will need to be adjusted to accommodate the deal
More information about the deal is likely to be revealed in two future documents
an agreement between the agencies appointed by each country to administer the fund
and then a technical document that will explain how the process will work and how money will be distributed to partners
One of the biggest outstanding questions is whether this deal will actually attract additional investment to Ukraine’s energy and mining sectors. Investment in Ukraine plummeted after Russia invaded Crimea in 2014
and dropped again after the full-scale invasion in 2022
While revenues from Ukraine’s licenses will be added to the fund
it remains unclear how the Trump administration will encourage America's private sector to invest in Ukrainian projects
does not have government-led mining or gas companies
Although past assistance is excluded from the fund
this would not contribute to the fund's goal of funding deeper investment in Ukrainian resource development
“To the extent that the deal contributes to keeping the Trump administration engaged in supporting Ukraine
a non-resident senior associate at the Center for Strategic and International Studies
“I think the parties are probably just happy that they have something to sign.”
what does this agreement do from a potential investor’s point of view that would make the investor want to invest more in Ukraine?”
the deal doesn’t include provisions like providing risk insurance at a reasonable price that could attract investors
The additional details in further agreements would have to address concerns from the business side before significant investment occurs
“Clearly there was work done in negotiations
but I still don’t see a really comprehensive agreement that
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Andrea Januta is a Kyiv-based reporter for the Kyiv Independent
She previously spent six years as an investigative reporter with Reuters in New York
where she won a Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Reporting
her work led to multiple federal investigations
she worked as a financial data analyst at Goldman Sachs
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earning his way near the top thanks to a mint 29-0 record with 26 knockouts
spending the majority of his career fighting in Japan
he plans to bring his talents stateside once more in the hopes of securing another stellar knockout performance
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Gearbox Software gave us our first big deep dive into Borderlands 4 courtesy of its own dedicated PlayStation State of Play
The 20-minute presentation revealed two of the game’s four new vault hunters
broke down its new loot and progression systems
The State of Play introduced us to Vault Hunters: Vex the Siren and Rafa the Exo-Soldier
Vex is a winged mercenary capable of conjuring ghost-like minions to fight alongside her while empowering her own abilities
Rafa is a former Tediore soldier proficient in a variety of firearms
a new robotic companion that guides players toward objectives
and scan the environment to find useful objects
Confirmed returning characters include Claptrap
and Borderlands 3’s Vault Hunters Zane and Amara
The game’s setting of Kairo is a new planet boasting four distinct biomes players can travel between seamlessly
This world had been kept hidden for thousands of years by its ruler and the game’s antagonist
This dictator rules his citizens by implanting them cybernetic parts called Bolts and polices Kairos using his own personal army of synthetic soldiers called The Order
Regarding the series’ signature comedic tone
Gearbox founder Randy Pitchford noted that Borderlands 4 will return to “a more grounded tone” reminiscent of the first two games
Taking a page from live service titles like Destiny
the open world features dynamic weather and events
Players can even spawn their own speeder bike-like vehicle (which can be customized) to cruise across the terrain quickly
which allows players to float through the air to cover long distances
Characters also sport a wrist-mounted grapple hook to quickly scale vertical platforms
Each Vault Hunter sports three Action Skills
Each Action Skill has its own skill tree and can be further bolstered by augments and capstones to change or improve its properties
Vault Hunters also sport passive abilities called Traits
and the fourth entry features weapons from eight manufacturers
Each brand sports various perks and traits
and a new Licensed Parts system combines various abilities from multiple manufacturers into a single weapon
Enhancements replace Artifacts and act as gear slots to augment weapons based on the manufacturer
An example would be an Enhancement that deals extra firepower for using a Tediore gun
Grenades and heavy weapons like rocket launchers no longer take up slots in your gun rotation
they occupy a new shared slot called Ordnance and now operate on a recharging cooldown meter
This means you can use these more explosive weapons continuously in any encounter
Gearbox is responding to player feedback by overhauling loot drop rates to ensure rarities matter again
it states Legendaries now drop far less frequently than in Borderlands 3 to ensure they feel special again
The ability to replay entire missions and boss fights has also been added
meaning players can easily re-run bosses without reloading saves
Fight For Your Life returns as the last-chance opportunity to save yourself when downed
a new piece of gear called Rep Kit lets players heal themselves or activate temporary buffs to raise their odds during firefights
The four-player online multiplayer has been simplified with an improved lobby system for easier matchmaking
Co-op players can also set their difficulty individually without affecting everyone else
meaning one player can play using an easier setting while another plays on a more challenging mode
Borderlands 4 also features two-player local splitscreen
Borderlands 4 is getting its first hands-on event sometime in June (possibly during Summer Games Fest) and launches on September 12 for PlayStation 5
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The family of Karmelo Anthony, the 17-year-old Texas high school student charged with first-degree murder in the fatal stabbing of fellow student Austin Metcalf during a track meet on April 2, has raised over $515,000 through a GiveSendGo crowdfunding campaign. The funds are intended to cover Anthony's legal defense and ensure the family's safety following threats and public scrutiny.
Jacob Wells, co-founder of GiveSendGo, stated that most funds are earmarked for Anthony's legal expenses. Additionally, a portion will be used for the family's relocation to a secure residence, rental costs, and enhanced security measures. The family has also updated the fundraiser's description to reflect these intentions, emphasizing that the funds will support "safe relocation," "basic living costs," "transportation," "counseling," and "other security measures."
The campaign's goal was recently increased to $600,000, and the funds will not be disbursed until this target is met. Despite public criticism regarding the family's living arrangements and expenditures, Wells noted that no donors have requested refunds after clarifying the fund's purpose.
Anthony was released from the Collin County Jail after his bond was reduced from $1 million to $250,000. His release conditions include house arrest, wearing an ankle monitor, and restrictions on social media use. The family has reported receiving death threats and experiencing harassment, prompting their relocation to an undisclosed location.
The case has drawn national attention, with both the Anthony and Metcalf families facing online harassment and misinformation. Authorities continue investigating the incident, and Anthony's legal proceedings are ongoing.
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Ukrainian prime minister Denys Shmyhal says a new reconstruction and investment fund will be split 50-50 between his country and the US
Kyiv and Washington have signed a deal that would share future revenues from Ukraine’s minerals
with the US to keep military aid flowing to the country
as well as US investment into its defence and reconstruction
Ukrainian prime minister Denys Shmyhal shared details of the deal
saying a new reconstruction and investment fund would be split 50-50 between Kyiv and the US
The deal would relate only to new investments
meaning it would not provide for any debt obligations against Ukraine
Ukraine would retain “full control over its mineral resources
infrastructure and natural resources,” Shmyhal added
The deal would ensure revenue by establishing contracts on a “take-or-pay” basis
said there would be no changes to ownership of state-owned companies
Income and contributions to the fund would not be taxed in the US or Ukraine
“to make investments yield the greatest results”
Vladimir Putin said some small groups of Ukrainian soldiers were still holed up in basements and hideouts in Russia’s western Kursk region
Speaking at an event in Moscow on Wednesday
the Russian president claimed radio intercepts suggested that the few Ukrainians left behind were asking commanders to evacuate them
The EU is preparing a “plan B” on how to keep economic sanctions against Russia should the US abandon Ukraine peace talks and seek rapprochement with Moscow
“We see signs that they are contemplating whether they should leave Ukraine and not try to get a deal with the Russians because it’s hard,” Kallas told the Financial Times
The Kremlin claimed Putin was open to peace despite its continuing aggression on Ukraine
but stressed that the conflict is so complicated that the rapid progress that Washington wants is difficult to achieve
Russia and North Korea have begun construction of a road bridge between the two countries as part of an effort to strengthen their strategic partnership
It comes after South Korean lawmakers said about 600 North Korean troops have been killed fighting for Russia against Ukraine
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(13 News) - The Tucson Police Department says a man was wounded when a gunshot was fired inside the Tucson Mall
A TPD officer working off-duty was alerted to the gunshot and detained a 22-year-old male
The TPD says that individual was confronted by a 21-year-old male
The 21-year-old was taken to the hospital with a non-life threatening gunshot wound
Police say this was an isolated incident between two people who knew each other
Police say charges are expected against the 21-year-old once he is released from the hospital
The detained male was eventually released at the scene
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Matthew Stafford and the Los Angeles Rams agreed to a revised contract back in February
ensuring that the two sides would continue their partnership for at least another year
While the contract was agreed to two months ago
It appears to be finally done because the finer details of his reworked deal have emerged. According to Over The Cap
Stafford got a $17 million raise for the 2025 season
raising his cash payout from $27 million to $44 million
Despite the Rams giving Stafford more money this year
they actually managed to lower his cap hit from $49.67 million to $40.97 million
That was done with the addition of five void years onto the end of the contract from 2027-2031
Update (5/1): Over The Cap has revised its breakdown to reflect a cap savings of $2.2 million instead of $8.7 million
His updated cap hit in 2025 is $47.47 million
Over The Cap notes that his new contract has $40 million in guarantees and comes with a total raise of $26 million
Stafford has multiple option bonuses worth up to $24 million in 2025 and 2026
Stafford is effectively making $46.5 million per year
which would put him 11th among all quarterbacks in annual salary
just behind Jalen Hurts ($51 million) and slightly ahead of Kyler Murray ($46.1 million)
Stafford chose to remain with the Rams for at least another year
Stafford said he "never really wanted to leave" the Rams and is thankful they were able to work something out
continuing their pursuit of another Super Bowl in L.A
a team of advisers from President Trump's new Department of Government Efficiency initiative arrived at the Southeast Washington
headquarters of the National Labor Relations Board
independent federal agency investigates and adjudicates complaints about unfair labor practices
It stores reams of potentially sensitive data
from confidential information about employees who want to form unions to proprietary business information
who are effectively led by White House adviser and billionaire tech CEO Elon Musk
appeared to have their sights set on accessing the NLRB's internal systems
They've said their unit's overall mission is to review agency data for compliance with the new administration's policies and to cut costs and maximize efficiency
But according to an official whistleblower disclosure shared with Congress and other federal overseers that was obtained by NPR
subsequent interviews with the whistleblower and records of internal communications
technical staff members were alarmed about what DOGE engineers did when they were granted access
particularly when those staffers noticed a spike in data leaving the agency
It's possible that the data included sensitive information on unions
ongoing legal cases and corporate secrets — data that four labor law experts tell NPR should almost never leave the NLRB and that has nothing to do with making the government more efficient or cutting spending
according to the disclosure and records of internal communications
members of the DOGE team asked that their activities not be logged on the system and then appeared to try to cover their tracks behind them
turning off monitoring tools and manually deleting records of their access — evasive behavior that several cybersecurity experts interviewed by NPR compared to what criminal or state-sponsored hackers might do
The employees grew concerned that the NLRB's confidential data could be exposed
particularly after they started detecting suspicious log-in attempts from an IP address in Russia
the IT department launched a formal review of what it deemed a serious
ongoing security breach or potentially illegal removal of personally identifiable information
The whistleblower believes that the suspicious activity warrants further investigation by agencies with more resources
like the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency or the FBI
The labor law experts interviewed by NPR fear that if the data gets out
including by private companies with cases before the agency that might get insights into damaging testimony
legal strategies and internal data on competitors — Musk's SpaceX among them
It could also intimidate whistleblowers who might speak up about unfair labor practices
and it could sow distrust in the NLRB's independence
The new revelations about DOGE's activities at the labor agency come from a whistleblower in the IT department of the NLRB
who disclosed his concerns to Congress and the U.S
Office of Special Counsel in a detailed report that was then provided to NPR
his attempts to raise concerns internally within the NLRB preceded someone "physically taping a threatening note" to his door that included sensitive personal information and overhead photos of him walking his dog that appeared to be taken with a drone
according to a cover letter attached to his disclosure filed by his attorney
Andrew Bakaj of the nonprofit Whistleblower Aid
The whistleblower's account is corroborated by internal documentation and was reviewed by 11 technical experts across other government agencies and the private sector
NPR spoke to over 30 sources across the government
cybersecurity and law enforcement who spoke to their own concerns about how DOGE and the Trump administration might be handling sensitive data
Much of the following account comes from the whistleblower's official disclosure and interviews with NPR
"I can't attest to what their end goal was or what they're doing with the data," said the whistleblower
"But I can tell you that the bits of the puzzle that I can quantify are scary
This is a very bad picture we're looking at."
It's unclear how or whether DOGE is protecting the privacy of that data
is reflective of the current climate of fear and intimidation toward whistleblowers
denied that the agency granted DOGE access to its systems and said DOGE had not requested access to the agency's systems
Bearese said the agency conducted an investigation after Berulis raised his concerns but "determined that no breach of agency systems occurred."
the whistleblower's disclosure to Congress and other federal overseers includes forensic data and records of conversations with colleagues that provide evidence of DOGE's access and activities
NPR's extensive reporting makes clear that DOGE's access to data is a widespread concern
11 sources directly familiar with internal operations in federal agencies and in Congress told NPR that they share Berulis' concerns
and some have seen other evidence that DOGE is exfiltrating sensitive data for unknown reasons
White House spokesperson Anna Kelly said in a statement
"It is months-old news that President Trump signed an Executive Order to hire DOGE employees at agencies and coordinate data sharing
Their highly-qualified team has been extremely public and transparent in its efforts to eliminate waste
Instead of a brand-new car for a 16th-birthday present
It's a familiar story for tech nerds the world over: He methodically took the machine apart "to figure out how it works," just like he had dissected radios from the thrift store years earlier
Berulis was always interested in public service
A knee injury prevented him from joining the military
He served as a volunteer firefighter for a period and donated his time working for a local rape crisis hotline
answering calls from victims in need of someone to listen
"I had an interest in serving my country."
Berulis had been a technical consultant for many years
including in auditing and modernizing corporate systems
when a job opened up at the National Labor Relations Board
While he didn't know much about the agency
Berulis quickly found its mission to protect employees' rights in line with his long-standing desire "to help people."
He started about six months before President Trump was inaugurated for his second term this past January
securing the NLRB's cloud-based data servers and reinforcing what's called "zero trust" principles
which means that users can get access only to the parts of the system they need in order to do their jobs — no more
if an attacker gets hold of a single username and password
the attacker can't access the whole system
"There was a great opportunity to build up and do some good." But after the inauguration
he described a "culture of fear" descending over the agency
engineers associated with DOGE arrived at the NLRB's headquarters
programming languages and applications the NLRB was using
DOGE learned that it used commercially available cloud infrastructure that businesses typically use
which connects to government cloud systems at other agencies and can be accessed remotely
Berulis said he and several colleagues saw a black SUV and police escort enter the garage
after which building security let the DOGE staffers in
They interacted with a small number of staffers
never introducing themselves to most of the IT team
Berulis says he was told by colleagues that DOGE employees demanded the highest level of access
what are called "tenant owner level" accounts inside the independent agency's computer systems
with essentially unrestricted permission to read
When an IT staffer suggested a streamlined process to activate those accounts in a way that would let their activities be tracked
the IT staffers were told to stay out of DOGE's way
For cybersecurity professionals, a failure to log activity is a cardinal sin and contradicts best practices as recommended by the National Institute of Standards and Technology and the Department of Homeland Security's Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency
as well as the FBI and the National Security Agency
It violates every core concept of security and best practice."
Those forensic digital records are important for record-keeping requirements and they allow for troubleshooting
but they also allow experts to investigate potential breaches
sometimes even tracing the attacker's path back to the vulnerability that let them inside a network
The records can also help experts see what data might have been removed
Basic logs would likely not be enough to demonstrate the extent of a bad actor's activities
There's no reason for any legitimate user to turn off logging or other security tools
the executive director of the Cyber Policy Initiative at the University of Chicago's Harris School of Public Policy and former acting principal deputy national cyber director at the White House
in an interview with NPR about the whistleblower's disclosure
"This type of activity is why the government buys insider-threat-monitoring technology
So we can know things like this are happening and stop sensitive data exfiltration before it happens," he told NPR
the NLRB's budget hasn't had the money to pay for tools like that for years
Berulis saw something else that alarmed him while browsing the internet over the weekend
Massachusetts Institute of Technology graduate and DOGE engineer Jordan Wick had been sharing information about coding projects he was working on to his public account with GitHub
a website that allows developers to create
After journalist Roger Sollenberger started posting on X about the account
Berulis noticed something Wick was working on: a project
Wick made it private before Berulis could investigate further
whoa.'" He immediately alerted his whole team
While NPR was unable to recover the code for that project
the name itself suggests that Wick could have been designing a backdoor
or "Bdoor," to extract files from the NLRB's internal case management system
according to several cybersecurity experts who reviewed Berulis' conclusions
Wick did not respond to NPR's requests for comment
"It definitely seems rather odd to name it that," said one of the engineers who built NxGen and asked for anonymity so as not to jeopardize their ability to work with the government again
if you're not worried about consequences."
"The whole idea of removing logging and [getting] tenant-level access is the most disturbing part to me," the engineer said
NxGen is an internal system that was designed specifically for the NLRB in-house
according to several of the engineers who created the tool and who all spoke to NPR on condition of anonymity to avoid retaliation or adverse consequences for any future government work
The engineers explained that while many of the NLRB's records are eventually made public
the NxGen case management system hosts proprietary data from corporate competitors
personal information about union members or employees voting to join a union
Access to that data is protected by numerous federal laws
Those engineers were also concerned by DOGE staffers' insistence that their activities not be logged
allowing them to probe the NLRB's systems and discover information about potential security flaws or vulnerabilities without being detected
any [chief information security officer] worth his salt would look at network activity like this and assume it's a nation-state attack from China or Russia," said Braun
the DOGE engineers had left the NLRB and deleted their accounts
according to Berulis' disclosure to Congress
Berulis had had limited visibility into what the DOGE team was up to in real time
the NLRB isn't advanced when it comes to detecting insider threats or potentially malicious actors inside the agency itself
"We as an agency have not evolved to account for those," he explained
"We were looking for [bad actors] outside," he said
But he counted on DOGE leaving at least a few traces of its activity behind
puzzle pieces he could assemble to try to put together a picture of what happened — details he included in his official disclosure
First, at least one DOGE account was created and later deleted for use in the NLRB's cloud systems, hosted by Microsoft: "DogeSA_2d5c3e0446f9@nlrb.microsoft.com."
DOGE engineers installed what's called a "container," a kind of opaque virtual computer that can run programs on a machine without revealing its activities to the rest of the network
though it did allow the engineers to work invisibly and left no trace of its activities once it was removed
Berulis started tracking sensitive data leaving the places it's meant to live
he saw a chunk of data exiting the NxGen case management system's "nucleus," inside the NLRB system
he saw a large spike in outbound traffic leaving the network itself
added up to around 10 gigabytes — or the equivalent of a full stack of encyclopedias if someone printed them
It's a sizable chunk of the total data in the NLRB system
though the agency itself hosts over 10 terabytes in historical data
It's unclear which files were copied and removed or whether they were consolidated and compressed
which could mean even more data was exfiltrated
It's also possible that DOGE ran queries looking for specific files in the NLRB's system and took only what it was looking for
because data almost never directly leaves from the NLRB's databases
Berulis shared a screenshot tracking data entering and exiting the system
and there's only one noticeable spike of data going out
He also confirmed that no one at the NLRB had been saving backup files that week or migrating data for any projects
Even when external parties like lawyers or overseers like the inspector general are granted guest accounts on the system
it's only to view the files relevant to their case or investigation
explained labor law experts who worked with or at the NLRB
"None of that confidential and deliberative information should ever leave the agency," said Richard Griffin
who was the NLRB general counsel from 2013 to 2017
that spike in data leaving the system is a key indicator of a breach
"We are under assault right now," he remembered thinking
When Berulis asked his IT colleagues whether they knew why the data was exfiltrated or whether anyone else had been using containers to run code on the system in recent weeks
no one knew anything about it or the other unusual activities on the network
they found that logs that were used to monitor outbound traffic from the system were absent
had no attribution — except to a "deleted account," he continued
"Nobody knows who deleted the logs or how they could have gone missing," Berulis said
The IT team met to discuss insider threats — namely
whose activities it had little insight into or control over
"We had no idea what they did," he explained
Those conversations are reflected in his official disclosure
They eventually launched a formal breach investigation
and prepared a request for assistance from the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)
those efforts were disrupted without an explanation
who felt he needed help to try to get to the bottom of what happened and determine what new vulnerabilities might be exploited as a result
In the days after Berulis and his colleagues prepared a request for CISA's help investigating the breach
Berulis found a printed letter in an envelope taped to his door
sensitive personal information and overhead pictures of him walking his dog
according to the cover letter attached to his official disclosure
but the letter made specific reference to his decision to report the breach
Law enforcement is investigating the letter
"If the underlying disclosure wasn't concerning enough
physical intimidation and surveillance of my client is
it is likely happening to others and brings our nation more in line with authoritarian regimes than with open and free democracies," wrote Bakaj
"It is time for everyone – and Congress in particular – to acknowledge the facts and stop our democracy
something that will take generations to repair."
In part because of the stymied internal investigation and the attempts to silence him
Berulis managed to uncover some stranger and more troubling details about what happened while DOGE was logged on
which he enumerated in his official declaration
Unknown users also gave themselves a high-level access key
meaning "shared access signature," to access storage accounts
Berulis said there was no way to track what they did with it
Someone had disabled controls that would prevent insecure or unauthorized mobile devices from logging on to the system without the proper security settings
There was an interface exposed to the public internet
potentially allowing malicious actors access to the NLRB's systems
Internal alerting and monitoring systems were found to be manually turned off
And Berulis noticed that an unknown user had exported a "user roster," a file with contact information for outside lawyers who have worked with the NLRB
Berulis said he noticed five PowerShell downloads on the system
a task automation program that would allow engineers to run automated commands
There were several code libraries that got his attention — tools that he said appeared to be designed to automate and mask data exfiltration
There was a tool to generate a seemingly endless number of IP addresses called "requests-ip-rotator," and a commonly used automation tool for web developers called "browserless" — both repositories starred or favorited by Wick
according to an archive of his GitHub account reviewed by NPR
While investigating the data taken from the agency
Berulis tried to determine its ultimate destination
But whoever had exfiltrated it had disguised its destination too
DOGE staffers had permission to access the system
Berulis says someone appeared to be doing something called DNS tunneling to prevent the data exfiltration from being detected
after he saw a traffic spike in DNS requests parallel to the data being exfiltrated
a spike 1,000 times the normal number of requests
they set up a domain name that pings the target system with questions or queries
But they configure the compromised server so that it answers those DNS queries by sending out packets of data
allowing the attacker to steal information that has been broken down into smaller chunks
"We've seen Russian threat actors do things like this on U.S
government systems," said one threat intelligence researcher who requested anonymity because they weren't authorized to speak publicly by their employer
who has extensive experience hunting nation-state-sponsored hackers
reviewed the whistleblower's technical claims
they were given the keys to the front door," the researcher continued
While the researcher clarified that it would be difficult to fully verify what happened without full access to the NLRB system
they said Berulis' conclusions and accompanying evidence were a cause for concern
who served in the FBI for a decade in various cybersecurity roles
also reviewed Berulis' extensive technical forensic records and analysis and spoke to NPR about his conclusions
I would have to report this [breach] to the Securities and Exchange Commission
The timeline of events demonstrates a lack of respect for the institution and for the sensitivity of the data that was exfiltrated
There is no reason to increase the security risk profile by disabling security controls and exposing them
They didn't exercise the more prudent standard practice of copying the data to encrypted and local media for escort."
there's no way to definitively prove who did it," Handorf concluded
DOGE's intentions with regard to the NLRB data remain unclear. Many of the systems that DOGE embedded itself in across the rest of the government have payment or employment data
information that it could use to evaluate which grants and programs to halt and whom to fire
But the case management system is very different
It houses information about ongoing contested labor cases
personal information from Social Security numbers to home addresses
proprietary corporate data and more information that never gets published openly
Experts interviewed by NPR acknowledge that there are inefficiencies across government that warrant further review
but they say they don't see a single legitimate reason that DOGE staffers would need to remove the data from the case management system to resolve those problems
"There is no reason whatsoever for accessing the information
But what you need for that is people who understand what the agency does
putting algorithms in and creating a breach of security," said Harley Shaiken
a professor emeritus at the University of California
Berkeley who specializes in labor and information technology
"There is nothing that I can see about what DOGE is doing that follows any of the standard procedures for how you do an audit that has integrity and that's meaningful and will actually produce results that serve the normal auditing function
the executive director of Harvard Law School's Center for Labor and a Just Economy and a former NLRB board member
"The mismatch between what they're doing and the established
professional way to do what they say they're doing ..
that they are not actually about finding more efficient ways for the government to operate," Block said
the mere possibility that sensitive records were copied is a serious danger that could create a chilling effect for employees everywhere who turn to the National Labor Relations Board for protection
"Just saying that they have access to the data is intimidating," said Kate Bronfenbrenner
the director of labor education research at Cornell University and co-director of the Worker Empowerment Research Network
'I'm not going to testify before the board because
the child of immigrant parents who fled the Soviet Union and Nazi-controlled Germany
said she spends a lot of time thinking about how systems can crumble under the right circumstances
there's this belief that we have these checks and balances … but anyone who's part of the labor movement should know that's not true," she told NPR
it would make it easier for companies to fire employees for union organizing or keep blacklists of organizers — illegal activities under federal labor laws enforced by the NLRB
But "people get fired in this country all the time for the lawful act of trying to organize a union," said Block
Having a copy of the opposing counsel's notes as companies prepare for legal challenges would also be an attractive possibility
It's not just employees who might suffer if this data got out
Companies also sometimes provide detailed statements on internal business planning and corporate structure in the midst of unfair-labor-practice complaint proceedings
If a company was attempting to fire someone who it alleged had disclosed trade secrets and was fighting an unfair-labor-practice complaint based around that decision
those trade secrets might come up in the board's investigation too
That information would be valuable to competitors
the potential exposure of the NLRB's data could have serious implications
"I think it is very concerning," said Shaiken
"It could result in damage to individual workers
to union-organizing campaigns and to unions themselves," he said
"It is bringing a wrecking ball into the dentist office
meaning this is wildly disproportionate and raises real dangers," Shaiken continued
Labor law experts were particularly concerned about what they described as clear conflicts of interest
his companies and his vast network of former employees and allies who are now getting access to government jobs and data
Trump and Musk, during an interview with Fox News's Sean Hannity, said Musk would recuse himself from anything involving his companies. "I haven't asked the president for anything ever," Musk said
"I'm getting a sort of a daily proctology exam here
it's not like I'll be getting away [with] something in the dead of night." However
DOGE has been granted high-level access to a lot of data that could benefit Musk
and there has been no evidence of a firewall preventing misuse of that data
Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn. raised his concerns about Musk accessing sensitive labor investigation data on cases against his companies or competitors during the confirmation hearing for Trump's labor secretary
He pressed her to answer whether she believed the NLRB is constitutional and to commit to keeping sensitive data confidential
While she said she was committed to "privacy" and said she respects the NLRB's "authority," she insisted that Trump "has the executive power to exercise it as he sees fit."
All this is happening in the context of a broader attempt by the White House to hamstring labor agencies
The NLRB was created "to guarantee workers' rights to organize and to address problems that workers have in the workplace," said Shaiken
the labor movement enjoyed an unusual amount of support from Washington
"But what we have seen is a sharp slamming of the brakes to that and putting the vehicle in reverse in terms of what Trump has done so far," he continued
In addition to sending DOGE to the NLRB, the Trump administration tried to neutralize the board's power to enforce labor law by removing its member Gwynne Wilcox. Courts have gone back and forth on whether Wilcox's removal was illegal
as presidents are meant to demonstrate cause for dismissal of independent board members
Representatives of DOGE and former colleagues of Musk's who have been installed across the federal government have failed to reassure the public or the courts that they have taken the proper precautions to protect the data they're ingesting and that private business interests won't influence how that data is used or what policy decisions are made
Block and the other labor law experts interviewed by NPR say
"It's not that he's a random person who's getting information that a random person shouldn't have access to," said Harvard Law's Block
then he has information about the cases the government is building against him," she said
headed by somebody who is the subject of active investigation and prosecution of cases
Musk's company xAI could also benefit from sucking up all the data DOGE has collected to train its algorithms. Cybersecurity experts like Bruce Schneier, a well-known cryptographer and adjunct lecturer at the Harvard Kennedy School, have pointed to this concern at length in interviews and written pieces
According to two federal government sources who were not authorized to speak publicly about their workplaces and who shared email documentation with NPR
managers have consistently been warning employees that their data could be subject to AI review
particularly their email responses to the Musk-led campaign to get federal employees to detail "what they did last week" in five bullet points every Monday
"It's not a flight of imagination to see several DOGE staffers release some of that [data] surreptitiously to Musk or people close to him," said Shaiken
If the data isn't properly protected after it leaves the agency or if DOGE left a digital door open to the agency itself
data could also be exposed to potential sale or theft by criminals or foreign adversaries
An attacker could also try to take advantage of the connections between the NLRB's cloud account and other government cloud environments
using their access to the NLRB as a foothold to move to other networks
"Both criminals and foreign adversaries traditionally have used information like this to enrich themselves through a variety of actions," explained Handorf
targeting and prioritizing intellectual property theft for espionage or even harming a company to enrich another."
Within minutes after DOGE accessed the NLRB's systems
someone with an IP address in Russia started trying to log in
The attempts were "near real-time," according to the disclosure
Whoever was attempting to log in was using one of the newly created DOGE accounts — and the person had the correct username and password
While it's possible the user was disguising their location
it's highly unlikely they'd appear to be coming from Russia if they wanted to avoid suspicion
cybersecurity experts interviewed by NPR explained
a few failed login attempts from a Russian IP address aren't a smoking gun
those cybersecurity experts interviewed by NPR said
it's a concerning sign that foreign adversaries may already be searching for ways into government systems that DOGE engineers may have left exposed
the opportunity to ride the coattails of authorized access is ridiculously easy to achieve," said Handorf
What he means is that if DOGE engineers left access points to the network open
it would be very easy for spies or criminals to break in and steal data behind DOGE
He said he could also see foreign adversaries trying to recruit or pay DOGE team members for access to sensitive data
"It would not surprise me if DOGE is accidentally compromised."
"This is exactly why we usually architect systems using best practices like the principle of least privilege," Ann Lewis
the former director of Technology Transformation Services at the General Services Administration
"The principle of least privilege is a fundamental cybersecurity concept … that states that users should have only the minimum rights
roles and permissions required to perform their roles and responsibilities
This protects access to high-value data and critical assets and helps prevent unauthorized access
accidental damage from user errors and malicious actions
told NPR in a written statement: "This case has been particularly sensitive as it involves the possibility of sophisticated foreign intelligence gaining access to sensitive government systems
which is why we went to the Senate Intelligence Committee directly."
In over a dozen lawsuits in federal courts around the country
judges have demanded that DOGE explain why it needs such expansive access to sensitive data on Americans
from Social Security records to private medical records and tax information
But the Trump administration has been unable to give consistent and clear answers
largely dismissing cybersecurity and privacy concerns
In one case dealing with Treasury Department payment systems that control trillions of dollars in federal spending, U.S. District Judge Jeannette Vargas blocked DOGE access on Feb
finding "a real possibility exists that sensitive information has already been shared outside of the Treasury Department
It's an area of focus for Democratic lawmakers on the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
An aide for the Democratic minority on the House Oversight Committee who was not authorized to speak publicly told NPR that the committee is in possession of multiple verifiable reports showing that DOGE has exfiltrated sensitive government data across agencies for unknown purposes
revealing that Berulis' disclosure is not an isolated incident
But government cybersecurity officials are already resigning or being fired, forced to relocate or put on administrative leave all over the federal government, from the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency to the Interior Department
That has limited their power to respond to the ongoing disruptions or keep track of what DOGE is doing
One of the first people to speak out about DOGE's access to sensitive data was Erie Meyer
who resigned as the chief technology officer at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) in February
She has provided testimony in ongoing court cases surrounding DOGE's access and also spoke to NPR in an interview
The CFPB has sensitive and potentially market-moving data
Meyer said DOGE employees granted themselves "God-tier" access to the CFPB's systems
turned off auditing and event logs and put the cybersecurity experts responsible for insider threat detection on administrative leave
When IT experts at the CFPB planned to conduct an "after action" report on DOGE's activities
When she heard about how DOGE engineers operated at the NLRB
particularly the steps they took to obfuscate their activities
"I am trembling," she said upon hearing about the potential exposure of data from the NLRB
"They can get every piece of whistleblower testimony
Other technical employees working with government agencies who spoke to NPR shared Berulis' concerns
"Our cyber teams are pissed because they have to sit on their hands when every single alarm system we have regarding insider threats is going off," said one employee at an agency of the Interior Department who requested anonymity
Cybersecurity teams wanted to shut off new users' access to the system
Meanwhile, in a letter published on March 13 on Federal News Network
46 former senior officials from the General Services Administration
one of the government agencies hardest hit by DOGE's cost-cutting efforts and that oversees nearly all federal buildings and purchasing
wrote that they believed "highly-sensitive IT systems are being put at risk and sensitive information is being downloaded to unknown
unvetted external sources in clear violation of privacy and data-protection rules."
The Trump administration could be trying to codify DOGE's practices into how the government shares information
the executive director of nonprofit public interest law firm National Security Counselors
who is representing federal employees in a lawsuit concerning the Office of Personnel Management's use of a private email server
Weeks after DOGE staffers descended on federal buildings across Washington, Trump issued an executive order urging increased data sharing "by eliminating information silos" in what's seen by experts like McClanahan as an attempt to give DOGE engineers further top cover in accessing and amalgamating sensitive federal data
despite laws concerning privacy and cybersecurity
"The entire reason we have a Privacy Act is that Congress realized 50 years ago that the federal government was just overflowing with information about normal everyday people and needed some guardrails in place," McClanahan told NPR
"The information silos are there for a reason," he continued
"It's astonishing to me that the very people who not a handful of years ago were screaming about the government tracking us with vaccines now cheer for feeding every piece of information about themselves into Elon Musk's stupid Skynet."
DOGE appears to still be in the process of visiting federal agencies across the country
including just recently the Securities and Exchange Commission
according to one former government source directly familiar with the matter who requested anonymity to share information they weren't authorized to share
it's unclear how much sensitive data has been removed and collected and combined
It's also unclear where the labor data went and who has access to it
"This shocks the conscience," said Richard Griffin, the former general counsel of the NLRB. "And if DOGE operatives captured and removed case files, it could constitute a violation of the Privacy Act."
because he believes people deserve to know how the government's data and computer systems are at risk
Berulis says he would have been fired for operating like DOGE
Disclosing his concerns "was a moral imperative at this point," he said
"I've never encountered this in my 20 years of IT."
His hope is that there might be further investigations into mishandling of sensitive data across the federal government
"I believe with all my heart that this goes far beyond just case data," he said
"I know there are [people] at other agencies who have seen similar behavior
I firmly believe that this is happening maybe even to a greater extent at other agencies."
investigators and IT experts in a similar position
he hopes to provide a road map of what to look for
"It was my goal by disclosing to Congress not to focus on me at all
but to give them information that they might not necessarily have
the things that you don't necessarily look for unless you know where to look," he continued
The NLRB said it would cooperate with any investigations that stem from Berulis' disclosure to Congress
the NLRB respects its employee's right to bring whistleblower claims to Congress and the Office of Special Counsel
and the Agency looks forward to working with those entities to resolve the complaints," said Bearese
Berulis had a simple request for the DOGE engineers: "Be transparent
because that's what efficiency is really about
if the systems that DOGE accesses are left insecure
it might not matter if its intentions are honorable
"This could just be the start of the operation
They still haven't crossed that boundary where they're plugged into every federal system out there," he continued
NPR's Stephen Fowler contributed reporting
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THE baseball fan who fell more than 20 feet at a MLB game has been identified and is fighting for his life in the hospital
College football star Kavan Markwood suffered a fractured skull following the accident at PNC Park on Wednesday.
He landed on the warning track during the seventh innings of the Pittsburgh Pirates’ showdown against the Chicago Cubs on Wednesday
Players were seen kneeling on the ground after the horror unfolded
Markwood, 20, is fighting for his life, as reported by the CBS affiliate KDKA-TV.
David McDonald, a school superintendent, described him as a "solid young man."
"If there is somebody who going to be able to overcome this, it's going to be Kavan Markwood because he's a tough kid," he told KDKA-TV.
"He proven that for 21 years to get to the point where he is now, and we need to rally around Kavan," he added.
Markwood, a Minnesota Vikings fan, was on the football team at Walsh University during his freshman year in 2022.
He was a high school MVP and was listed on the MEC Commissioner's honor roll in 2023
Markwood's high school football coach described him as an "outstanding" athlete
"His resilience, heart, and strength are truly unmatched," Frank Cortazzo told TribLive
Markwood was celebrating Pirates star Andrew McCutchen scoring a go-ahead double in the moments before the fall
He reportedly drenched himself in beer as he got caught up in the celebrations
A witness said Markwood propelled himself off the ledge
Markwood was treated on the field following the fall and the game was temporarily paused
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