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US officially blames Iran-backed group for drone strike, clearing way for retaliation
President Joe Biden receives the Presidential Daily Briefing, Monday, Jan. 29, 2024, in the White House Situation Room. (Official White House Photo by Adam Schultz)(WASHINGTON) -- Is the U.S. on the b...
Feb 01, 2024
DOJ disrupts Chinese hacker effort to use malware to hijack US-based routers
Carol Yepes/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The Justice Department announced Wednesday it has successfully disrupted an effort by Chinese government-sponsored hackers to target U.S. critical infrastructur...
Feb 01, 2024
As Haley accuses him of getting 'confused,' Trump brags again of acing cognitive test
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Former President Donald Trump continues to brag and exaggerate about acing a cognitive test as his Republican challenger Nikki Haley highlights his re...
Jan 31, 2024
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg apologizes to families of children harmed online
boonchai wedmakawand/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- The chief executives of the nation's top social media companies are being grilled on Capitol Hill over child safety, with lawmakers accusing the tech lea...
Jan 31, 2024
House passes bipartisan tax bill that would expand child tax credit
Michael Godek/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The House voted Wednesday night to pass a bipartisan tax bill that would enhance the popular Child Tax Credit to benefit millions of American families. The Ho...
Jan 31, 2024
House Republicans bring Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas one step closer to historic impeachment
Alejandro Mayorkas, secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, speaks during a news conference while visiting the U.S.-Mexico border, Jan. 8, 2024, in Eagle Pass, Texas. (Kaylee Greenlee B...
Jan 31, 2024
China's hackers are preparing to 'wreak havoc' and 'cause real world harm' to Americans: FBI director
Westend61/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- China's hackers are preparing to "wreak havoc" and "cause real-world harm" to Americans, FBI Director Christopher Wray will warn in Congressional testimony submit...
Jan 31, 2024
US optimistic that another Gaza hostage deal and pause in fighting are, at last, within reach
Luis Diaz Devesa/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Despite vacillating comments from key figures involved in negotiations to free the more than 100 hostages thought to still be detained in Gaza, U.S. offici...
Jan 31, 2024
Trump can stay on Illinois 2024 ballot after 14th Amendment challenge, officials say
Marilyn Nieves/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Donald Trump can remain on Illinois’ presidential primary ballot, the State Board of Elections voted on Tuesday, dismissing another challenge to the fo...
Jan 31, 2024
Wife of Sen. Joe Manchin injured in Birmingham car crash: Police
Oliver Helbig/Getty Images(BIRMINGHAM, Ala.) -- Gayle Manchin, the wife of West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin, was injured in a car crash as a suspect allegedly fled police in Birmingham, Alabama, authori...
Jan 31, 2024
