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Dems reject Trump’s top spy pick after demanding replacement, leaving counter-terror tool in air

Jay Clayton set for DNI confirmation hearing
Fox News chief congressional correspondent Chad Pergram reports on Jay Clayton’s Senate confirmation hearing as he looks to become the next director of national intelligence. Pergram also reports House Republicans are linking the SAVE America Act to a State Department funding bill following the expiration of the FISA program.
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Senate Democrats demanded a new, experienced person to lead the nation’s spy agencies, but when given the chance, they rejected President Donald Trump’s latest pick.
Still, their resistance was not enough to stop Republicans from confirming Jay Clayton to be the next Director of National Intelligence (DNI) to replace former DNI Tulsi Gabbard. Clayton, who was tapped to be the top prosecutor in Manhattan last year, was confirmed on a party line vote Tuesday.
He will replace acting DNI and Federal Housing Finance Agency director Bill Pulte, whose interim appointment prompted Senate Democrats to demand an immediate, permanent replacement over fears that Pulte would weaponize the nation’s 18 intelligence agencies or try to dismantle them.
SENATE CLEARS WAY FOR TRUMP’S TOP SPY AS KEY ANTI-TERROR PROGRAM REMAINS IN LIMBO
Jay Clayton, U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York (SDNY), during the Bloomberg Global Credit Forum in New York, US, on Wednesday, June 3, 2026. (Michael Nagle/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Clayton’s confirmation was thought to be a means to an end for the ongoing standoff over Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), a tool that has been used to thwart several terror plots, including a planned mass-casualty event at a Taylor Swift concert in Vienna, Austria.
However, they changed their tune when it came time to vote, and after a contentious confirmation hearing where only Republicans voted to send him to the Senate floor.
«As Senate Republicans move to once again confirm an inexperienced and unqualified nominee to a position of massive national security consequence for years to come, one thing remains clear — this type of politicized leadership will only make Americans less safe,» Sen. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., said in a statement.
Boiled down, the Section 702 program allows the U.S. government to collect intelligence on foreigners abroad who are using U.S. communication systems, and it serves as a major part of Trump’s daily intelligence briefing.
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But it also sweeps up communications from Americans who are talking to foreign suspects — a key issue that threatened reauthorization among privacy hawks in both parties well before Pulte’s appointment and Clayton’s subsequent nomination.
The program expired, however, last month in response to Pulte’s appointment, despite warnings from Republicans that allowing Section 702 to go dark could have dire national security consequences.
And Clayton’s confirmation, for now, does not appear to be breaking through the partisan logjam. Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., and the top Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee, told Fox News Digital that the pressure wasn’t on to reauthorize FISA.
«Democrats have refused to pass a bipartisan FISA bill until a new DNI is confirmed,» a spokesperson for Senate Intelligence Committee Chair Tom Cotton, R-Ark., told Fox News Digital. «Now that Jay Clayton is confirmed, it’s time for them to stop playing politics with national security and put up the votes to give our intelligence community the tools it needs to keep this country safe.»
TRUMP’S DNI PICK CLEARS KEY HURDLE, REVIVING PATH FOR NATION’S TOP ANTI-TERROR SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM

Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., arrives to the Capitol Visitor Center for a briefing about Iran on Tuesday, February 24, 2026. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)
«You know … we don’t have the immediate time pressure because the communication providers are still cooperating,» Warner said.
Before the deadline to reauthorize, lawmakers had differing trains of thought on what would exactly happen should it go completely dark. Some argued that it would slowly draw down, given that FISA courts had already authorized continued intelligence gathering until 2027.
Others worried that telecommunications giants, like Google, would ignore agreements without explicit authorization from Congress.
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But, as Warner noted, the latter isn’t happening.
Still, it leaves Clayton and the intelligence community on a murky path forward in the months ahead. And there’s not much time left on the Senate’s calendar to tackle the issue. The upper chamber is slated to leave Washington after the first week of August, and won’t return until early September. From there, keeping the government open will be a top priority for Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D.
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NVIDIA advierte que la mayoría de los agentes de inteligencia artificial fracasa al pasar de la prueba a la producción

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El problema central de los agentes de inteligencia artificial dejó de ser su creación y pasó a ser su sostenimiento en el tiempo, afirmó Marcio Aguiar, director de la división Enterprise de NVIDIA para América Latina, en un comunicado difundido por la compañía. Según el ejecutivo, construir un agente capaz de ejecutar tareas específicas se volvió relativamente sencillo, pero mantenerlo funcionando todos los días, dentro de un presupuesto sostenible y con reglas claras sobre lo que puede o no hacer, es el verdadero obstáculo que enfrentan las empresas.
Los agentes de inteligencia artificial son sistemas que, a diferencia de los modelos que solo responden preguntas o generan texto e imágenes, ejecutan tareas de forma autónoma, acceden a documentos y toman decisiones limitadas dentro de reglas y permisos definidos. Su desarrollo atrajo fuertes inversiones durante el último año y multiplicó los anuncios corporativos, pero la brecha entre lo que las empresas muestran en sus demostraciones y lo que logran sostener en funcionamiento real se convirtió en uno de los debates centrales del sector tecnológico.
“Lo que vemos hoy es que muchas empresas ya han pasado de la fase de experimentación a la implementación de la inteligencia artificial, pero convertir esos proyectos en operaciones consistentes sigue siendo un reto”, sostuvo Aguiar en el comunicado. El directivo describió una distancia concreta entre el momento de la presentación de un proyecto y su funcionamiento sostenido: “Una demostración convence a la junta directiva en veinte minutos, pero lo que realmente define el éxito del proyecto es lo que ocurre en los seis meses siguientes, cuando el agente debe funcionar todos los días, dentro de un costo que la empresa pueda sostener y con reglas claras sobre lo que puede o no puede hacer”.
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El diagnóstico de NVIDIA identifica tres errores recurrentes en las empresas que intentan escalar sus proyectos de agentes autónomos. El primero es subestimar el consumo de recursos computacionales que exigen estos sistemas una vez que pasan de un entorno de prueba a un uso masivo. El segundo es tratar la seguridad y la gobernanza como una etapa posterior al lanzamiento, en lugar de incorporarlas desde el diseño inicial. El tercero es escalar los proyectos sin tener claro el retorno de inversión esperado. La combinación de estos factores deriva, según el ejecutivo, en presupuestos excedidos, agentes desactivados tras incidentes de seguridad y proyectos piloto que permanecen indefinidamente en fase de experimentación sin llegar a producción.
Detrás de este diagnóstico hay un cambio en la naturaleza técnica de los propios agentes. La mayoría de los sistemas que operan hoy se activan mediante un comando puntual, ejecutan una tarea específica y terminan su actividad. Los llamados agentes autónomos de larga duración, en cambio, funcionan de manera continua en segundo plano: revisan a intervalos regulares sus listas de tareas, identifican cuáles requieren acción, ejecutan lo que está dentro de sus permisos y remiten a personas únicamente los casos que exigen una decisión humana. Este modo de funcionamiento implica un acceso más amplio y constante a datos internos, lo que eleva las exigencias de seguridad respecto de los agentes que se activan de forma puntual.
Aguiar situó esta discusión en el centro de la conversación que, según anticipa, dominará al sector en los próximos meses. “La pregunta que se hará el mercado de ahora en adelante no es quién tiene un agente, sino quién logra mantenerlo operando de manera segura y generando resultados”, planteó el ejecutivo, para quien las compañías que traten la infraestructura de soporte como un componente estratégico, y no como una capa técnica secundaria, estarán mejor posicionadas para escalar sus proyectos de inteligencia artificial.
Aguiar concluyó que la diferencia entre las empresas en los próximos dos años no estará determinada por el acceso a los modelos de inteligencia artificial, cada vez más equiparado entre competidores, sino por la capacidad de convertirlos en operaciones confiables bajo las reglas específicas de cada negocio. Esa capacidad de sostener en el tiempo lo que hoy funciona en una demostración será, según el planteo de NVIDIA, el factor que determine qué empresas logren capturar el valor prometido por la inteligencia artificial agéntica y cuáles queden atrapadas en una fase de experimentación permanente.
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Deadly French wildfires threaten missile plants, nuclear sites as fourth heatwave looms

European wildfires force more than 250K evacuations across Spain, France
Wildfires are sweeping across Spain and France, forcing more than 250,000 people to evacuate. One blaze is threatening France’s famed Bordeaux wine region, while Spain has declared a national emergency. France has deployed the military, and the Tour de France has been shortened as firefighters battle the massive blazes.
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Massive wildfires sweeping through southwestern France are threatening key defense and nuclear sites near Bordeaux, forcing evacuations and emergency measures at missile factories, military research facilities and aerospace plants, according to reports.
The escalating blazes come as France braces for its fourth major heat wave of the year Tuesday, with soaring temperatures and arid conditions increasing pressure on crews battling massive wildfires near Bordeaux, according to Reuters.
Temperatures in the French region were forecast to reach 91 degrees Fahrenheit (33 degrees Celsius), about 13 degrees (7 degrees Celsius) above normal, according to the Reuters Climate Monitor.
EUROPE’S FIRES REVEAL DEADLY MIX OF RECORD HEAT, HUMAN ERROR, ARSON AND LAND MISMANAGEMENT
Wildfires sweeping through southwestern France are threatening some of the country’s most sensitive defense and nuclear facilities. (JULIEN DE ROSA / AFP via Getty)
«The situation we are dealing with today is the most severe we have ever recorded, the toughest since the Second World War,» President Emmanuel Macron, who flew to the area, had said Sunday.
French Economy Minister Roland Lescure said the fires have disrupted more than 13,000 businesses in the Gironde region, with many forced to close or evacuate.
According to The Telegraph, the fires are closing in on missile and rocket factories that store explosive materials.
At least seven sites holding hazardous substances are within 12 miles of the blaze.
FRANCE RECORDS MORE THAN 5,700 EXCESS DEATHS DURING HISTORIC EARLY SUMMER HEAT WAVE

France’s Defense Ministry also said 1,500 military personnel have been deployed since July 25 to support firefighting operations and help secure strategic industrial sites. ((AP Photo/Baz Ratner, Pool))
Saint-Médard-en-Jalles, to the west-northwest, is one of the evacuated towns and is home to a large factory that produces propellants for Ariane space rockets and France’s strategic missiles.
A nearby plant in Sainte-Hélène also produces ammonium perchlorate, a key oxidizer used in solid rocket propellants.
According to Defense News, the fires are also threatening factories that make key parts for France’s nuclear missiles, Rafale fighter jets and military missiles.
ArianeGroup evacuated employees from sites in the fire zone, while France’s Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA) closed its military research center in Le Barp as the wildfires first advanced toward Bordeaux.
Officials said there is no risk of radioactive leakage because the facility contains no nuclear materials, the outlet reported.
EUROPE’S FIRES REVEAL DEADLY MIX OF RECORD HEAT, HUMAN ERROR, ARSON AND LAND MISMANAGEMENT

France and Spain battle one of Europe’s worst wildfire seasons in decades, roughly 360,000 people have been forced to evacuate in recent days, while nearly 100,000 hectares have burned. (Associated Press)
French Defense Minister Sébastien Lecornu said July 24 that protective measures had been deployed around the sites «given the nature of the products stored there,» Le Monde said.
Meanwhile, France’s Defense Ministry said 1,500 military personnel have been deployed since Friday to support firefighting operations and help secure strategic industrial sites.
So far, the fires have scorched more than 104,000 acres (42,000 hectares) in the Gironde region, making them among France’s largest wildfires on record.
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Authorities said about 240 homes have been destroyed, while nearly 4,000 holidaymakers have been evacuated from campsites, holiday villages and tourist resorts in Lacanau, about 35 miles west of Bordeaux.
As France and Spain battle one of Europe’s worst wildfire seasons in decades, roughly 360,000 people have been forced to evacuate in recent days.
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