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Trump’s cyber czar pick grilled over CISA cuts: ‘If we have a cyber 9/11, you’re the guy’

Plus: Plankey's confirmation process 'temporarily delayed'

Sean Cairncross, President Donald Trump's nominee to serve as national cyber director, doubled down on taking offensive cyber actions against foreign adversaries during a Senate homeland security committee nomination hearing on Thursday, and refused to condemn the president's proposed cuts to the main US cyber defense agency.…

Elon Musk pukes over pork-filled budget bill with Tesla subsidies on the line

No matter who wins, the US EV industry is likely to lose, expert tells us

Elon Musk has publicly broken with Donald Trump over the latter's budget reconciliation bill, calling it a "pork-filled … abomination" that would undermine the work his DOGE cost-cutting unit has done. But the bill also hits close to Tesla tycoon's pocketbook, and at least one expert thinks it spells terrible news for the US electric vehicle industry overall.…