U.S. spy chief ‘cannot rule out’ that China would use TikTok to influence U.S. elections

China could use social media app TikTok to influence the 2024 U.S. elections, U.S. Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines told a House of Representatives intelligence committee hearing on Tuesday. Anadolu | Anadolu | Getty Images China could use social media app TikTok to influence the 2024 U.S. elections, U.S. Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines told a House of Representatives intelligence … Read more

Top House China hawk to retire, opening seat in battleground Wisconsin

Rep. Mike Gallagher, R-Wis., is seen outside the U.S. Capitol after the last votes of the week on Thursday, June 15, 2023. Tom Williams | CQ-Roll Call, Inc. | Getty Images House Rep. Mike Gallagher, R-Wi., chairman of the Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party, announced on Saturday that he would not seek re-election … Read more

FBI working ‘around the clock’ to stop Hamas-inspired attacks in U.S.: director – National

The director of the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation said Tuesday his agency is “working around the clock” to stop potential terrorist attacks in the U.S. by individuals or groups inspired by Hamas’ deadly assault on Israel on Oct. 7. Christopher Wray told the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee that the country was at a heightened … Read more