Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas stated Thursday in an appearance on MSNBC that the widespread hacking campaign by the Chinese government against American telecom companies is a very, very severe issue that is still ongoing. Mayorkas acknowledged that the lengthy endeavor, known as Salt Typhoon, was a highly complex hack that took time to complete. One of the biggest intelligence breaches in American history was caused by the hacking campaign. According to a White House official earlier this month, it has compromised dozens of international telecom and internet service providers in addition to eight local ones. The United States, Australia, Canada, and New Zealand assert that it is a component of a Chinese intelligence program. In October, the offices of Senate Majority Leade...

A deputy mayor from Los Angeles has been charged with phonily threatening City Hall with a bomb. The Los Angeles Police Department reacted to a bomb threat on Los Angeles City Hall earlier this year. According to Los Angeles police, Brian Williams, the Deputy Mayor for Public Safety, was most likely the originator of the threat, according to our preliminary investigation. According to sources on Wednesday, the FBI conducted a search of Williams' residence this week in relation to the purported threat from earlier this year. Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass said in a statement that Williams has been placed on administrative leave. According to the statement, the mayor takes this issue extremely seriously. Following a complaint of the threat, LAPD conducted an investigation and concluded that n...

Washington Just as leaders of both parties were hoping to adopt the interim legislation, President-elect Donald Trump criticized the bipartisan government funding package Wednesday afternoon, causing confusion. Trump and Vice President-elect JD Vance's combined statement seriously jeopardizes the bill's chances in the Republican-controlled House, where Trump has considerable sway. The government would have remained open until March 14 under the law. If Congress does not take action, the shutdown will take place on Saturday at 12:01 a.m. As of right now, there is no backup plan. Republicans need to be tough and smart. Trump and Vance added, "CALL THEIR BLUFF if Democrats threaten to shut down the government unless we give them everything they want." Disaster relief and assistance to our ...

Washington Just as leaders of both parties were hoping to adopt the interim legislation, President-elect Donald Trump criticized the bipartisan government funding package Wednesday afternoon, causing confusion. Trump and Vice President-elect JD Vance's combined statement seriously jeopardizes the bill's chances in the Republican-controlled House, where Trump has considerable sway. The government would have remained open until March 14 under the law. If Congress does not take action, the shutdown will take place on Saturday at 12:01 a.m. As of right now, there is no backup plan. Republicans need to be tough and smart. Trump and Vance added, "CALL THEIR BLUFF if Democrats threaten to shut down the government unless we give them everything they want." Disaster relief and assistance to our ...

Washington Just as leaders of both parties were hoping to adopt the interim legislation, President-elect Donald Trump criticized the bipartisan government funding package Wednesday afternoon, causing confusion. Trump and Vice President-elect JD Vance's combined statement seriously jeopardizes the bill's chances in the Republican-controlled House, where Trump has considerable sway. The government would have remained open until March 14 under the law. If Congress does not take action, the shutdown will take place on Saturday at 12:01 a.m. As of right now, there is no backup plan. Republicans need to be tough and smart. Trump and Vance added, "CALL THEIR BLUFF if Democrats threaten to shut down the government unless we give them everything they want." Disaster relief and assistance to our ...

The mother of two very infant U.S. citizens was deported from Texas, according to confirmation from immigration officials on Wednesday. The mother, twins, and two other children were detained and deported to Mexico after the mother skipped a hearing while recuperating from giving birth to the babies by emergency cesarean section, according to a lawyer for the woman's husband and the father of the children. In September, the twins were born. According to media accounts, the mother, the twins, and two additional children were deported. However, Immigration and Customs Enforcement told NBC News that it does not deport U.S. citizens and that it solely deported the mother, identified as 23-year-old Cristina Geraldyn Salazar-Hinojosa. "American citizens are not deported by ICE. According to an I...

Paris The lady at the center of France's historic mass rape trial seemed to shrink when she arrived at the bleak Avignon courthouse on September 2, her face concealed beneath dark sunglasses and surrounded by a line of attorneys and family members. Eventually, 72-year-old Gis le Pelicot found her voice, exposing not only the unthinkable abuse committed by her husband—who has admitted to drugging her into unconsciousness and inviting men to rape her—but also a culture that many activists have characterized as sexist, accepting of violence against women, and unresponsive to change. 51 men, including her 72-year-old ex-husband Dominique Pelicot, are accused of raping and sexually assaulting her over a ten-year period ending in 2020; a verdict is anticipated on Thursday. Each of the defendan...

Washington Just as leaders of both parties were hoping to adopt the interim legislation, President-elect Donald Trump criticized the bipartisan government funding package Wednesday afternoon, causing confusion. Trump and Vice President-elect JD Vance's combined statement seriously jeopardizes the bill's chances in the Republican-controlled House, where Trump has considerable sway. The government would have remained open until March 14 under the law. As long as Congress does nothing, the shutdown will take place this Saturday at 12:01 a.m. As of right now, there is no backup plan. Republicans need to be tough and smart. Trump and Vance added, "CALL THEIR BLUFF if Democrats threaten to shut down the government unless we give them everything they want." Disaster relief and assistance to ou...

The Summary A new study suggests that the moon may be older than many scientists thought. The research suggests that lunar rock samples from the Apollo missions date back to an event that melted the moon's surface not to the moment it formed. The authors therefore think the moon formed around 4.51 billion years ago more than 100 million years earlier than the commonly accepted estimate. A recent study suggests that the moon may be around 100 million years older than some scientists previously believed. The study, which was released on Wednesday in the journal Nature, casts doubt on the conventional wisdom that the moon formed approximately 4.35 billion years ago when an asteroid the size of Mars collided with the early Earth to form our natural satellite. Analysis of ...

Welcome to the online edition of From the Politics Desk, an evening email that provides you with the most recent coverage and commentary from the campaign trail, Capitol Hill, and the White House by the NBC News Politics team. We look at how President-elect Donald Trump is appointing people who lost recent high-profile elections to his potential administration in today's show. Chuck Todd, chief political analyst, also examines the similarities between the political environment of the late 1800s and the present. Register here to get this newsletter delivered to your inbox each daily. Breaking:Just when leaders of both parties were hoping to enact a bipartisan government financing agreement, President-elect Donald Trump declared he opposed it, causing turmoil.Continue reading Losing cand...