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The Biden admin has no firm plan to call out domestic disinformation in the 2024 election

Experts expect a flood of disinformation and deepfakes, but federal officials feel limited in what they can do. “The FBI is not in the truth detection business,” one official said.
Across The U.S. Voters Flock To The Polls On Election Day
Across The U.S. Voters Flock To The Polls On Election Day

Undocumented spouses of U.S. citizens will be shielded from deportation under new Biden plan

The action would shield about 500,000 immigrants living in the U.S. from deportation. “This is the biggest thing since DACA,” an immigration advocate said.
Joe Biden.
Joe Biden.
3d ago

DEA operation exposes growing ties between Mexican drug cartel and Chinese organized crime

“These two groups have discovered that they have mutual interests,” U.S. Attorney Martin Estrada said of the Mexican cartels and the Chinese money launderers.
On May 27, 2021, in Pasadena, California, defendant
Gonzalez possessed 46 individually-wrapped packages of drug
trafficking proceeds totaling approximately $598,110 in U.S.
currency.
On May 27, 2021, in Pasadena, California, defendant
Gonzalez possessed 46 individually-wrapped packages of drug
trafficking proceeds totaling approximately $598,110 in U.S.
currency.

EXCLUSIVE

6d ago

EXCLUSIVE

Global leader of ISIS targeted and possibly killed in U.S. airstrike

The U.S. announced May 31 that it killed three militants in a Somalia airstrike. Officials now say the target was ISIS leader Abdulqadir Mumin, but also say they aren’t certain he is dead.
Abdul al-Qadir Mumin ISIS-SOMALIA leader founder
Abdul al-Qadir Mumin ISIS-SOMALIA leader founder

Microsoft exec vows to fix security gaps that let China-linked hackers get federal emails

Brad Smith told Congress that after a spate of major security lapses Microsoft is carrying out “the single largest cybersecurity engineering project in the history of digital technology.”
Image: Brad Smith
Image: Brad Smith
8d ago

A foster care system in crisis: West Virginia faces a legal reckoning 

One woman’s harrowing stint in foster care illustrates the system's struggle to reform.
Photo illustration of Nahomi Bennett
Photo illustration of Nahomi Bennett

U.S. spy agencies are ready to warn voters about foreign election interference — if it's severe enough

One intel official said a decision to warn the public would hinge on whether a foreign disinformation campaign was serious enough that it “could affect the election outcome.”
Image: A voter walks toward the entrance of the Boys and Girls Clubs of the Great Lakes Bay Region to cast their ballot in Bay City, Mich., during Election Day on Nov. 3, 2020.
Image: A voter walks toward the entrance of the Boys and Girls Clubs of the Great Lakes Bay Region to cast their ballot in Bay City, Mich., during Election Day on Nov. 3, 2020.

Biden's border action has lowered migrant numbers, but not without glitches

The executive action was supposed to make illegal border crossers ineligible for asylum, but officials are still releasing migrants into the U.S. because of limited options.
Migrants At The US-Mexico Border san diego
Migrants At The US-Mexico Border san diego
9d ago

Congress says Pentagon is not providing key info in investigation of fatal Osprey crashes

A House Oversight Committee subcommittee launched an inquiry after 20 service members died in four separate crashes of the twin-rotor aircraft in less than two years.
US Osprey crashes in Japan
US Osprey crashes in Japan

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EXCLUSIVE

'Ghost criminals': How Venezuelan gang members are slipping into the U.S.

Cases linked to Tren de Aragua, including sex trafficking and a shooting, show how hard it is for border agents to vet migrants from nations that won't provide criminal background info.
Migrants line up
Migrants line up

Temporary U.S. pier for crucial aid is reattached to Gaza beach, military says

The pier should be delivering aid “in the coming days,” said Vice Adm. Brad Cooper, although he did not specify when.  
The temporary pier is part of the Joint Logistics Over-the-Shore capability. The U.S. military finished installing the floating pier on Thursday, with officials poised to begin ferrying badly needed humanitarian aid into the enclave besieged over seven months of intense fighting in the Israel-Hamas war.
The temporary pier is part of the Joint Logistics Over-the-Shore capability. The U.S. military finished installing the floating pier on Thursday, with officials poised to begin ferrying badly needed humanitarian aid into the enclave besieged over seven months of intense fighting in the Israel-Hamas war.