On May 7, 2026, a federal jury in Alexandria, Virginia convicted Sohaib Akhter, a former federal contractor, after prosecutors said he and his twin brother Muneeb Akhter deleted roughly 96 U.S. government databases hosted by their employer shortly after being fired on February 18, 2025. The case...
President Donald Trump’s public demand that Microsoft fire Lisa Monaco — the company’s newly installed president of global affairs and a former senior Justice Department official — escalated a fraught intersection of politics, corporate governance, and national security this week, touching on...
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