Taiwan is entering a period of political upheaval that could hinder its combat readiness amid intensifying military intimidation from China - just as Donald Trump, who has previously questioned why the United States should defend the island, is inaugurated.
Asif Rahman, 34, was arrested by the FBI in November weeks after classified documents appeared on the Telegram messaging app. In court papers, the government has said the leak caused Israel to delay its plans to launch a retaliatory strike on Iran.
The federal judge who oversaw Donald Trump’s 2020 election interference case denounced efforts to rewrite the history of the U.S. Capitol attack as she handed down what she acknowledged may be one of the final punishments for the Jan. 6 riot before the Republican president-elect’s promised pardons.
The future of the case remains uncertain. The Court of Appeals last month removed prosecutor Fani Willis from the case, a ruling she’s appealing. But even if she prevails, it seems unlikely she’ll be able to prosecute Trump once he’s inaugurated as president on Monday.
The Senate is heading toward a final vote on legislation that would require federal authorities to detain migrants accused of theft and violent crimes. The bill would also give states new power to legally challenge federal immigration policies.
The European Union is debating whether to drop a sensitive trade investigation against China over alleged coercive activity targeting Lithuania, a prospect that’s frustrated officials in Washington, where the incoming Trump team sees it as capitulation to Beijing.
The jury is next being asked to decide what CNN wil be compelled to pay Zachary Young, who blamed CNN for destroying his business by mentioning him in a story about a “black market” of smuggling Afghans out for high fees.
Pfc. McCallaster Foley of Alden, Iowa, died Jan. 8 after he was treated by drill sergeants and emergency responders at the scene of the incident in his training company’s living area.
The Biden administration on Friday imposed sanctions on the actors behind two major cyberespionage campaigns that officials say were waged on behalf of the Chinese government: a breach of major U.S. telecom firms and the hacking of the Treasury Department and its head, Secretary Janet L. Yellen.
Donald Trump Jr. says his father will be naming Sean Curran as Secret Service director. Curran heads the president-elect’s personal detail as special agent in charge
“There is an Arctic blast sweeping the Country. I don’t want to see people hurt, or injured, in any way, President-elect Donald Trump posted on his Truth Social platform. The swearing-in was last moved indoors in 1985.
President-elect Donald Trump has threatened to slap tariffs of 60% on all Chinese imports into the U.S. But he has also in the past praised his relationship with Chinese leader Xi Jinping and has suggested China could help mediate international crises such as the war in Ukraine.
Nigel Farage denied being anti-immigration and advocated for market-friendly fiscal policies in a bid to show that his insurgent Reform UK was ready to challenge Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s Labour Party for power.
The sanctions announced Friday target a Chinese hacker who officials say is affiliated with Beijing’s Ministry of State Security. Also targeted is a China-based cybersecurity company that U.S. officials say has direct links to the Salt Typhoon Chinese hacking group.
South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem acknowledged that her nomination as DHS Secretary was “a bit of surprise” to many, but said she asked for the job because “it was the president’s number one priority.”
The attorneys were jailed on Friday with sentences from 3 1/2 to five years. They were arrested in October 2023 on charges of involvement with extremist groups. The case was widely seen as a way to discourage defense lawyers from taking political opposition cases.
China is for the first time sending one of its highest-ranking Chinese Communist Party officials to Donald Trump’s inauguration on Monday, illustrating Beijing’s two-pronged strategy of outreach to the next American president while also signaling it will hit back hard and fast if relations sour.
The runway is likely built by the United Arab Emirates, which has long been suspected of expanding its military presence in the region and has backed a Saudi-led war against the Houthis.
A former Army first lieutenant is going to prison for unlawfully deleting training materials and lying to investigators about a call he made to the Russian diplomatic mission in Washington.