Chief Justice Roberts condemns elected officials for intimidating judges
Chief Justice John Roberts made that point, condemning elected officials who threatened judges and ignored the court's rulings. Tuesday's year-end report It's part of what Roberts called “illegal activity” that threatens the rule of law. Roberts did not name specific people, but said a federal district judge's “ruling in a high-profile case” led to elected […]
Chinese hackers infiltrate US Treasury in major cyberattack, officials tell Congress
Chinese government-backed attackers broke into U.S. Treasury Department workstations and accessed “unclassified” documents via a cloud services intrusion earlier this month, officials told a key Senate committee. . The cyber intruder targeted the third-party security system BeyondTrust and reported the breach to the Treasury Department on December 8, prompting the department to take the compromised […]
Three senior DOJ officials leaked non-public investigative information ‘days before an election,’ inspector general finds
Three senior Justice Department officials violated internal rules and engaged in “misconduct” by leaking details of a private investigation to the media “days before the election,” the Justice Department's inspector general said Monday. The Justice Department's Office of Inspector General (OIG), directed by Michael Horowitz since 2012, filed a complaint alleging that “politically motivated” disclosures […]
Biden admin suppressed intel officials’ views supporting COVID lab leak theory
Members of the U.S. intelligence community believed the coronavirus could have originated from a lab leak in China, according to sources inside the FBI and other government officials familiar with the Biden administration's inner workings. They say they were prevented from sharing their opinions and research with intelligence agencies. Initiatives during the pandemic. For the […]
Liam Payne: Argentinian officials charge three with manslaughter | Liam Payne
Three people have been charged with manslaughter in connection with the death of Liam Payne, who was allegedly seen being “dragged into a room” unconscious before falling from the balcony of his home in Argentina earlier this year. and two others were charged with drug trafficking. The 31-year-old former One Direction singer fell from the […]
European officials pitch new idea to shore up defenses with Trump’s return
Officials are struggling to agree on a plan for hundreds of billions of dollars to strengthen their defenses as NATO members struggle to meet defense spending targets and war rages on Europe's eastern front. Eight NATO countries failed to meet their 2% defense spending target for 2024. And with many member states struggling with chronically […]
State legal officials ask SCOTUS to uphold divest-or-ban law as Trump’s request remains up in the air
President Trump asks SCOTUS to delay TikTok ruling Silicon Valley tech pioneer Alison Hine joins “Fox & Friends Weekend” to weigh in on President-elect Trump's decision to ask the Supreme Court to put a hold on future decisions on social media platform TikTok . As the fate of social media platforms in the United States […]
Lawmakers, former officials weigh in on TikTok ban as case heads to Supreme Court
As the Supreme Court prepares to take up the case, leading lawmakers, First Amendment advocates and President-elect Trump weighed in Friday on legislation that could ban TikTok in the United States. The court last week agreed to hear TikTok's challenge to a law that would require China-based parent company ByteDance to exit the app by […]
‘Tragedy beyond comprehension’: Prison inmate kills beloved corrections officer on Christmas morning, officials say
A beloved corrections officer was killed in an attack at an Ohio prison on Christmas Day, officials said. According to WBNS-TVCorrectional officer Andrew Lansing was attacked around 7:15 a.m. Wednesday at the Ross Correctional Facility in Chillicothe, about 63 miles south of Columbus. “Officer Lansing was beloved by his colleagues and was known for being […]
Azerbaijan Officials Say Russian Missile Caused Fatal Jetliner Crash
Azerbaijani officials told Euronews on Thursday that they believe a Russian surface-to-air missile was the cause of the crash of Azerbaijan Airlines Flight J2-8243, which killed more than 30 passengers on the plane on Wednesday. Embraer 190 airliner, flying The ship, carrying 67 people from Azerbaijan's capital Baku to Chechnya's capital Grozny, veered hundreds of […]