The Biden administration is launching a probe into Chinese-made smart cars, citing national security concerns.
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The Biden administration will investigate potential national security risks posed by Chinese-made “smart cars” that can gather sensitive information about Americans driving them. The probe could lead to new regulations aimed at preventing China from using sophisticated technology in electric cars and other so-called connected vehicles to track drivers and their personal information. While the action stops short of a ban on Chinese imports, President Joe Biden says he is taking unprecedented steps to safeguard Americans’ data. He says Chinese cars could flood the U.S. market, posing risks to national security, adding, “I’m not going to let that happen on my watch.”
National
On a surprise visit to Ukraine to meet with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer directly challenged House Speaker Mike Johnson to take up a $95 billion national security package that includes aid for the besieged country. Schumer told reporters in Lviv on Friday that “the weight of history" is on Johnson's shoulders. Schumer and four other Democratic senators met Zelenskyy and other officials. Schumer said he was in Ukraine “to talk directly to Speaker Johnson,” as the aid bill passed by the Senate has stalled in the House and as Ukrainian forces are running dangerously low on ammunition and weaponry.
The Biden administration is using a provision in the Arms Export Control Act to bypass Congress and sell Israel over 50,000 explosive rounds.
The new charges came as Trump and his team focused on a possible additional indictment over efforts to overturn the 2020 election results.
Moments after Donald Trump pleaded not guilty to federal charges that he hoarded classified documents and then conspired to obstruct an investigation about it, the Republicans in Congress had his back.
A Massachusetts Air National Guardsman accused of leaking highly classified military documents in a chat room on Discord has been indicted on federal felony charges.
TikTok is a weapon of social destruction. Created by ByteDance, a Bejing-based company, TikTok is a platform of the Chinese Communist Party and a national security threat to America.
"If you just hold ground in a very extreme position and think that you want to get everything, and give up nothing, we're not going to solve this," Holcomb said.
"We will not be voting for cloture on any bill that raises the debt ceiling without substantive spending and budget reforms," said Senators Young and Braun.
The conflict unfolded on Risk board game-style tabletop maps and markers under a giant gold chandelier in a House committee room.
Investment
"Indiana is currently investing with our largest adversary," said Sen. Chris Garten, R-Charlestown.
More than two dozen Democratic members of Congress who are active on TikTok are now facing questions about whether they'll continue to use it. Many are defending their presence on the platform, saying they have a responsibility as public officials to meet voters they wouldn't otherwise reach.
Healthcare
"President Biden made the right choice to sign Senator Josh Hawley’s and my bill to declassify all intel about the Wuhan lab and the origins of COVID," said Sen. Mike Braun.
Documents with classified markings were found mingled in material donated to libraries or universities.
Analysis of the debris so far reinforces conclusions that it was a Chinese spy balloon, U.S. officials said Friday.
He hopes new rules will help "distinguish between those that are likely to pose safety and security risks that necessitate action and those that do not."
He said national security depends on the proper handling of classified documents and hopes people realize he acted swiftly to correct the error.
"Republicans and Democrats in Congress intend to do whatever we can to support, broaden, strengthen and deepen the U.S.-Taiwan relationship," said U.S. Sen. Todd Young.
It's President Joe Biden's refuge from Washington — a place that's part home office, part Sunday family dinner venue and a makeshift campaign studio during the COVID-19 pandemic. Now, Biden's home in Wilmington, Delaware, is coming under fresh scrutiny as a repository of classified material.
A lawyer's statement did not explain why the White House waited two days to provide an updated accounting of the number of classified records.
The announcement followed Biden's acknowledgement Thursday morning that documents with classified markings were found in two spots at his home.
Over the past few weeks, governor after governor has announced a TikTok ban for state employees, but none so far has been a Democrat. Cybersecurity experts say the governors’ bans are a smart move.
International
The ban would apply to the Executive Branch, with exemptions for national security, law enforcement and research purposes.
In March 1863, two months after President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, a Black man known as Peter (other accounts name him as Gordon) escaped a Louisiana plantation, endured 10 days in alligator-infested marshes and found his way to Baton Rouge, where he received medical attention and soon enlisted in the Union Army. His survival alone is an astonishing story, but what ...