Investigations

A federal judge will hear arguments Thursday about whether hundreds of photos of the defendant allegedly abusing incapacitated women should be thrown out.

A senior U.S. official said, “We have seen an alarming increase in the number of risky aerial intercepts and confrontations at sea" by Chinese aircraft.

Beijing blamed U.S. sanctions on its defense minister for its rejection of an invitation to meet with Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin in Singapore.

Wagner Group is expanding its presence across Africa with security contracts and mining operations, aiming to undermine Western influence, experts say.

Individual military bases have also increased security to stop any unauthorized removal of classified material. 

The largest bank in the U.S. made the accusations in a filing as part of its defense in a civil suit brought by the territory last year.

Warnings of a new type of Chinese malware come as Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo met with her Chinese counterpart.

“It’s not normal to look up in the sky and see flames,” said a local resident. “The sky has been a completely different color” since the plant became operational.

Investigators want to know if Menendez got gifts from the owners or associates of a New Jersey company that won a controversial contract with the Egyptian government.

The new bulletin points to recent incidents and public online communications to take a pulse of the current and most threatening terror threats in the United States. 

The Government Accountability Office says the Energy Department has for years failed to act on recommendations pointing to gaping holes in its efforts to create an insider threat program.