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Oscar Wong/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — U.S. government networks were hit by a cyberattack affecting several federal agencies, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Director Jen Easterly confirmed Thursday. The attack does not pose a major risk to national security, Easterly said. CISA, a part of the Department of Homeland Security, previously identified a gap in software […]
Jason Marz/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Jack Teixeira, the member of the Massachusetts Air National Guard accused of leaking classified documents online, has been indicted by a federal grand jury. He is facing six counts of willful retention and transmission of classified information relation to the national defense, according to the Justice Department. Teixeira, 21, […]
(WASHINGTON) — The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, known as DACA, hit a milestone on Thursday, 11 years after it first began. As the White House touts how DACA has helped support young immigrants who they say have become valuable members of society, some of those same DACA recipients are speaking out as their […]
(NEW YORK) — Poor air quality stemming from the wildfires in Canada is continuing to affect large swaths of the U.S. The National Weather Service has issued air quality alerts in five Midwestern states on Thursday as hundreds of wildfires continue to burn in several regions throughout Canada. Minnesota and Wisconsin were under air quality […]
ABC News (NEW YORK) — More severe weather is slamming the U.S. on Thursday, with residents from Florida to Kansas bracing for impact. The states in the bull’s-eye are Kansas and Oklahoma, where extreme winds, huge hail and a few tornadoes are possible. Other cities bracing for storms Thursday include Dallas; Jackson, Mississippi; Mobile, Alabama; […]
GIORGIO VIERA/AFP via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Miami Mayor Francis Suarez announced on Thursday morning he is running for president, challenging Donald Trump for the Republican nomination. Suarez told co-anchor George Stephanopoulos in an exclusive interview on ABC News’ Good Morning America he represents “generational change,” but he repeatedly avoided answering about Trump’s indictment […]
(NEW YORK) — The attorney for Greg Capers, the Mississippi police officer who was suspended for shooting and injuring 11-year-old Aderrien Murry, says the May 20 incident was unintentional. “The shooting was not intentional, it was not reckless, and [Capers] wishes none of this happened. It was a pure accident,” attorney Michael S. Carr told […]
(NEW YORK) — Gov. Greg Abbott said on Wednesday that Texas bused a group of migrants to Los Angeles, adding it to a growing list of so-called “sanctuary cities” targeted by the Republican governor. The move expanded his efforts to bus migrants outside of Texas, which has sent other buses to Washington, D.C., New York […]
(WASHINGTON) — Shortages of critical medication have plagued the country, according to a recent congressional report, and a bipartisan pair of senators is now looking for answers from federal agencies about the impact the shortfall could potentially have on national security. Michigan Democrat Gary Peters, the chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs […]
(SAN FRANCISCO) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced late Wednesday that the state’s highway patrol has seized enough fentanyl in San Francisco in the past six weeks to kill the city’s entire population nearly three times over. Since the governor launched a public safety partnership between the city and state on May 1, the California […]
