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Biden says Chinese spy balloon was ‘not a major breach’ of national security after crucial evidence lost in ocean

The president says he wanted it to be shot as soon as possible

The Independent UK · Feb 10, 2023

Texas AG settles with former aides who reported him to FBI

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has agreed to apologize and pay $3.3 million in taxpayer money to four former staffers who accused him of corruption in 2020, igniting an ongoing FBI investigation into the three-term Republican

The Independent UK · Feb 10, 2023

'Everybody's tired': South Dakota tribe sues US over crime

Violent crimes across the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota have increased in recent years

The Independent UK · Feb 10, 2023

Huge $5million reward for violent gang leader and drug baron nicknamed El Porky

Archaga Carías, 40, is head of MS-13 who are one of the most violent criminal gangs in the world and import large amounts of cocaine into the US along with conducting murder and kidnappings

Daily Mirror · Feb 10, 2023

How the Durham inquiry backfired to show weaponization of Trump DoJ

Investigation into origin of FBI Trump-Russia inquiry is ending with little to show but questions over its own political bias

The Guardian - US · Feb 10, 2023

Chinese spy balloons have likely spied on UK and 'would have been shot down too'

UK Defence Secretary Ben Wallace confirmed it's highly likely that Chinese high-altitude spy balloons - like the one shot down off the coast of North Carolina last week - have soared over Britain and collected intelligence signals from below

Daily Mirror · Feb 10, 2023

China says refused US call because atmosphere not ‘proper’

China's Defense Ministry says it refused a call from U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin after the shooting down of an alleged Chinese spy balloon because the U.S. had “not created the proper atmosphere" for dialogue and exchange

The Independent UK · Feb 10, 2023

Biden says Chinese spy balloon not a major security breach

President Joe Biden, under fire from some lawmakers, said on Thursday he did not view a Chinese spy balloon that transited the United States before it was shot down in the Atlantic Ocean to have been a major security breach.

Reuters · Feb 10, 2023

GOP paints a dark picture as 'weaponization' probe begins

Republicans have opened a new inquiry with a brazen attempt to portray the federal government as weaponized against Americans

The Independent UK · Feb 9, 2023

US says Chinese spy balloon part of aerial surveillance program targeting more than 40 countries

The China balloon shot down by the U.S. was equipped to detect and collect intelligence signals as part of a huge, military-linked aerial surveillance program that targeted more than 40 countries, the Biden administration declared Thursday, citing imagery from American U-2 spy planes.

France 24 · Feb 9, 2023