Tag: National Security

Biden moves to prohibit government use of spyware that poses national security risk

Biden moves to prohibit government use of spyware that poses national security risk | The Hill Skip to content Getty Images President Biden on Monday issued an executive order to prohibit the use of commercial spyware across the U.S. federal government that poses a risk to national security or targets U.S. personnel. The order will […]

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DOJ urges judge to reject Navarro’s executive privilege claims in trial over Jan. 6 subpoena

DOJ urges judge to reject Navarro’s executive privilege claims in trial over Jan. 6 subpoena | The Hill Skip to content Greg Nash Former Trump advisor Peter Navarro is seen outside the E. Barrett Prettyman Courthouse in Washington, D.C., following a status conference regarding his indictment on two counts of contempt of Congress on Thursday, […]

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US Marshals hit with ‘major’ hack, sensitive data compromised

US Marshals hit with ‘major’ hack, sensitive data compromised | The Hill Skip to content Getty Images The United States Marshals Service says it was hit with a “major” security breach over a week ago, compromising systems that contained sensitive information. U.S. Marshals Service spokesperson Drew Wade said in a statement to The Hill on […]

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Three key Trump figures intersect two Justice Department probes 

Three key Trump figures intersect two Justice Department probes  | The Hill Skip to content Illustration/Valerie Morris; Staff Photo; Adobe Stock Three key figures connected to Donald Trump are at the intersection of two accelerating Justice Department probes seen as the most viable pathways for a prosecution of the former president.     Special counsel Jack Smith […]

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DOJ searches Pence group’s offices, finds no classified documents

DOJ searches Pence group’s offices, finds no classified documents | The Hill Skip to content Greg Nash Former Vice President Pence speaks at a Coolidge and the American Project luncheon to celebrate the one-hundredth anniversary of President Calvin Coolidge’s term at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C., on Thursday, February 16, 2023. Justice Department […]

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Three UFOs Shot Down by US Weren’t Chinese Spy Balloons: Biden

In this photo provided by the U.S. Navy, sailors assigned to Explosive Ordnance Disposal Group 2 recover a high-altitude surveillance balloon off the coast of Myrtle Beach, S.C., Feb. 5, 2023.  THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-U.S. Navy via AP President Joe Biden finally delivered an update on the three unidentified aerial objects shot down by fighters in […]

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Pence plots unusual legal strategy in fight against subpoena

Pence plots unusual legal strategy in fight against subpoena | The Hill Skip to content Former Vice President Mike Pence is preparing to fight a subpoena from the special counsel investigating former President Trump, setting up a complex, drawn-out legal fight as the Justice Department ramps up its probe. Pence’s resistance to the subpoena, which […]

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Administration scrambles to quell Congress’s frustration over balloon, UFOs 

Administration scrambles to quell Congress’s frustration over balloon, UFOs  | The Hill Skip to content Greg Nash Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) speaks to reporters as he leaves an all Senators briefing in the Capitol on Tuesday, February 14, 2023 to discuss the recent unidentified objects detected and shot down. Senior administration officials scrambled Tuesday to […]

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Former Trump adviser Bolton to receive briefing on previous spy balloons

Former Trump adviser Bolton to receive briefing on previous spy balloons | The Hill Skip to content AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais Former National security adviser John Bolton gestures while speaking at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) in Washington, Sept. 30, 2019. Former Trump White House national security adviser John Bolton will be […]

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US and Canada Scramble to Recover UFOs Shot Down Over Weekend

In this handout image released by the South Korean Defense Ministry, U.S. Air Force B-1B bombers (C), F-22 fighter jets and South Korean Air Force F-35 fighter jets (bottom) fly over South Korea Peninsula during a joint air drill on February 01, 2023 at an undisclosed location in South Korea.  (Photo by South Korean Defense […]

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What we know and don’t know about the latest objects shot down by the US

Unidentified flying objects shot down by the US: What we know and don’t know Skip to content Three more objects were shot down by the U.S. military over the weekend after officials said they posed a threat to civilian airspace.  The remarkable development came roughly one week after the U.S. shot down a Chinese surveillance […]

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U.S. Shoots Down Unidentified Object Floating Over Alaska

Bhattacharya (who now serves on Ron DeSantis’s public health “integrity” committee) and company published the petition on October 5, 2020, at which point more than 200,000 people had died of Covid in the United States alone. Another more than 900,000 have died since then—even with America’s hodge-podge but still not immediately returning-to-normal response. Mace went […]

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21 states call on Biden to label Mexican drug cartels terrorist organizations

21 states call on Biden to label Mexican drug cartels terrorist organizations | The Hill Skip to content A shop’s windows are riddled with bullet holes near City Hall after a gunbattle in Villa Union, Mexico, Monday, Dec. 2, 2019. The small town near the U.S.-Mexico border began cleaning up Monday even as fear persisted […]

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DOJ argues end of health emergency will terminate Title 42 immigration policy

DOJ argues end of health emergency will terminate Title 42 immigration policy | The Hill Skip to content AP/Andrew Harnik The Justice Department in Washington, Friday, Nov. 18, 2022. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) The Biden administration argued in a filing with the Supreme Court that its plans to rescind the COVID-19 public health emergency will likewise […]

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DHS limits no-knock warrants, bars chokeholds in updated use-of-force policy

DHS limits no-knock warrants, bars chokeholds in updated use-of-force policy | The Hill Skip to content The Associated Press/ Manuel Balce Ceneta The Department of Homeland Security headquarters is photographed in northwest Washington. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is limiting its use of no-knock warrants and banning chokeholds in its activities as part of […]

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Biden says he ordered US military to shoot down Chinese ‘spy’ balloon ‘as soon as possible’

Biden says he ordered US military to shoot down Chinese ‘spy’ balloon ‘as soon as possible’ | The Hill Skip to content President Joe Biden speaks with members of the press after stepping off Air Force One at Hagerstown Regional Airport in Hagerstown, Md., Saturday, Feb. 4, 2023, en route to Camp David for the […]

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Biden administration weighing plans to down Chinese spy balloon: AP

Chinese balloon North Carolina: Biden might strike it down Skip to content Annabelle Gordon President Biden speaks at the National Prayer Breakfast in Washington, D.C., on Thursday, February 2, 2023. The Biden administration is weighing a plan to shoot down the Chinese spy balloon that has been moving across the continental United States once it […]

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Pentagon confirms second Chinese ‘surveillance balloon’ seen over Latin America

Pentagon confirms second Chinese ‘surveillance balloon’ seen over Latin America | The Hill Skip to content A high altitude balloon, , which U.S. officials have speculated as a spy balloon from China, floats over Billings, Mont., on Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2023. Another balloon was detected over Latin America on Friday evening. (Larry Mayer/The Billings Gazette […]

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