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The FBI has seized domains associated with a botnet that allowed Chinese-backed hackers to breach several U.S. government departments.
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The FBI has seized domains associated with a botnet that allowed Chinese-backed hackers to breach several U.S. government departments.
Democratic-controlled states brought a new lawsuit challenging the Trump administration’s mail-in voting restrictions on Wednesday, hoping they’ll find better success after the Supreme Court ruled they sued prematurely. The high court found the states had no right to sue over the president’s executive order that he signed in the spring. But it left open the possibility that someone…
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What’s happening with mail-in voting? An emergency Supreme Court ruling centered on President Trump’s executive order around the practice has led to a flood of questions, just days before states start sending out ballots. Join Legal Affairs Editor Zach Schonfeld and Legal Affairs Reporter Sophie Brams as they break down the ruling, the courts’ options…
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth recently testified before the Senate that, should Congress fail to pass the entire requested $1.5 trillion defense budget, it would put the United States in danger. Contrary to Hegseth’s testimony, however, this threat inflation and oversized defense budget only makes America weaker.