Saturday, June 7, 2025
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Today's Topics
Amazon hosts NSA's most sensitive data in $10 billion "WildandStormy" contract
Amazon Web Services hosts NSA's most sensitive surveillance data through the $10 billion "WildandStormy" contract, processing signals intelligence and classified information. The same infrastructure powers commercial services and government surveillance.
Pentagon deploys troops under Title 10 authority to seal borders
Trump expanded immigration restrictions to 12 countries, assigned military troops to "seal borders," and dramatically increased ICE enforcement in June 2025. The administration uses error-prone facial recognition while eliminating due process protections and targeting immigrants regardless of legal status.
U.S. District Court blocks Labor Department from closing Job Corps under Workforce Innovation Act
Trump moved to end 60-year-old Job Corps program serving 25,000 low-income youth June 7, 2025, but federal judge blocked shutdown revealing core tensions between executive power and congressional funding authority over workforce development programs.