Washington correspondent for The New York Times focused on cyber conflict, digital espionage and intelligence. Prior stops at WSJ, Reuters, National Journal. https://www.nytimes.com/by/dustin-volz
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"The White House has approved a secret $9 billion request to acquire the cutting-edge computer chips that America’s spy agencies need to tap into the full capabilities of the latest artificial intelligence models, according to current and former U.S. officials."
UK spy chief said new intelligence shows nearly 500,000 Russian soldiers have been killed in the Ukraine war. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/26/w...
Bill Pulte attended the meeting yesterday between Trump and Johnson, per people familiar with the matter. That would appear to send a strong signal about the president’s support of his acting DNI pick.
Anthropic and the NSA are close on a classified contract for the spy agency to use its AI tools. The deal would skirt “any lawful use” language and has carveouts sought by AI labs. Comes as White House approves secret $9 billion to invest in more AI for NSA and CIA.
www.nytimes.com/2026/05/22/u...
Texas GOP primary voter: “There’s a reason why Trump endorsed him, even if I don’t know what it is."
www.wsj.com/politics/ele...
ProPublica used leaked tax returns to calculate that through complex tax avoidance schemes, Jeff Bezos pays a tax rate of 0.98%
www.propublica.org/article/the-...
So if we doubled the taxes he pays, that would mean he'd still be paying less than 2%.
It seems the U.S. and Israel… ran so far away from this secret plan to install Ahmadinejad.
www.nytimes.com/2026/05/19/u...
Dustin Volz
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New: White House has approved a secret $9 billion request to supply more top-shelf A.I. chips to NSA and CIA amid concerns of a shortage. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/22/u...
Hopes Dim for Renewing Spy Law as Trump Digs In on Bill Pulte www.nytimes.com/2026/06/10/u...
Paul Waldman
www.propublica.org
ProPublica has obtained a vast cache of IRS information showing how billionaires like Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk and Warren Buffett pay little in income tax compared to their massive wealth — sometimes, ev...
Meta uncovered instances of WhatsApp users being targeted by phishing attempts linked to NSO Group's surveillance tech despite 2025 court order not to do so. The targets, who self-reported the hack attempts, were mostly in Lebanon and Jordan, I'm told.
www.nytimes.com/2026/06/08/u...
