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A rocketship launches with a lot of smoke into space

‘This is the Cuban Missile Crisis in space’: Russia is building a space nuke that could wipe out every satellite in orbit, U.S. warns

By David Klepper and The Associated Press

FILE – A California National Guardsmen stands to protect federal buildings, June 10, 2025, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo Damian Dovarganes, File)

Los Angeles mayor celebrates ‘retreat’ as Pentagon ends deployment of 2,000 National Guard troops in city

By Julie Watson, David Klepper, and others

This Tuesday, June 24, 2025, satellite image provided by Maxar Technologies shows damage at Fordo enrichment facility after strikes in Iran on June 23. (Maxar Technologies via AP)

Pro-Iran hackers are back at work after air strikes, targeting U.S. banks, defense contractors, and oil companies

By David Klepper and The Associated Press

FILE – A child holds an iPhone at an Apple store on Sept. 25, 2015 in Chicago. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato, File)

‘The world is in a mobile security crisis’ as Chinese hackers and user lapses put smartphones at risk

By David Klepper and The Associated Press

US President Donald Trump during a US ambassadors meeting in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Tuesday, March 25, 2025. Trump directed the Treasury Department to modernize and centralize its payment system in an effort to root out fraud as money is transferred throughout the federal government. Photographer: Shawn Thew/EPA/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Trump downplays leaked group texts with 18 senior officials and a reporter as not ‘serious’ while Democrats blast ‘utterly unprofessional’ lapse

By The Associated Press, David Klepper, and others

FILE – Demonstrators rally in support of federal workers outside of the Department of Health and Human Services, Feb. 14, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)

DOGE gutting of federal agencies presents an unprecedented opportunity for America’s enemies to recruit informants, experts say

By David Klepper, Eric Tucker, and others

Attorney General Pam Bondi swears in Tulsi Gabbard as the Director of National Intelligence in the Oval Office of the White House, Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2025, in Washington, as her husband Abraham Williams watches. (Photo/Alex Brandon)

Senate confirms Tulsi Gabbard as Trump’s intelligence chief as GOP falls in line—except for one senator

By David Klepper and The Associated Press

FILE – Elon Musk speaks at an indoor Presidential Inauguration parade event in Washington, Jan. 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

DOGE access to U.S. finances risks loss of American credibility that ‘will prove difficult to regain’, former Treasury secretaries warn

By Fatima Hussein, David Klepper, and others

FILE – A view of the P4 lab inside the Wuhan Institute of Virology is seen after a visit by the World Health Organization team in Wuhan in China’s Hubei province, Feb. 3, 2021. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File)

CIA now believes COVID most likely originated from a lab but has low confidence in its own finding

By David Klepper and The Associated Press

WASHINGTON, DC – OCTOBER 8: The J. Edgar Hoover building, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) headquarters, is photographed on October 8, 2024 in Washington, DC. A report released by Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) reveals that the Trump White House restricted the FBI’s 2018 investigation into sexual misconduct allegations against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, limiting the agency to a narrow inquiry and directing tips to the White House without further probing, despite public claims of a full investigation. (Photo by Kent Nishimura/Getty Images)

FBI tells telecom firms to boost network security following massive Chinese hacking campaign

By David Klepper and The Associated Press

Vice presidential candidate Tim Walz stares directly into the camera

Russian operatives are targeting Tim Walz, spreading viral disinformation about his time as a teacher

By David Klepper and The Associated Press

A mysterious figure's hands are seen typing on the computer as a tablet sits nearby-- suggesting hacking or meddling via computer.

Foreign election meddling extends to Congressional races: Intel officials

By David Klepper and The Associated Press

FILE – Visitors pass the Chinese Communist Party flag at the museum of the Communist Party of China in Beijing, Oct. 19, 2023. (AP Photo/Louise Delmotte, File)

China taps into AI to ramp up fake-news campaign amid U.S. election

By Didi Tang, David Klepper, and others

Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump makes a campaign stop at Pubkey Bar and Media House, Wednesday, Sept.18, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Iranian hackers tried to sell stolen Trump info to Biden campaign but failed, FBI says

By Eric Tucker and David Klepper

Attorney General Merrick Garland, center, speaks before a meeting of the Justice Department’s Election Threats Task Force, at the Department of Justice, Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2024, in Washington, with from left, Deputy Attorney General, Criminal Division, Nicole Argentieri, Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco, Garland, FBI Director Christopher Wray and Assistant Attorney General, National Security Division, Matthew Olsen. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Russia’s newest tactic to inject pro-Moscow content into U.S. politics is paying Americans to do the work

By David Klepper and The Associated Press