Cyberattacks, regional conflict, weapons of mass destruction, terrorism, commercial spyware, AI, misinformation, disinformation, deepfakes and TikTok. These are just some of the top perceived threats that the United States faces, according to the U.S. government’s intelligence agency’s latest global risk assessment. The unclassified report published Monday — sanitized for public release — gave a frank … Read more
LAS VEGAS (AP) — The lawyer who helped orchestrate the Trump campaign’s fake elector scheme in 2020 was a target in a criminal investigation in Nevada, but his name was removed from the indictment in exchange for his cooperation with authorities, according to newly released transcripts of secret grand jury proceedings in Las Vegas. The … Read more
Comment on this storyCommentAdd to your saved storiesSave A former Justice Department employee was sentenced Tuesday to three months probation and ordered to forfeit $70,000 for his part in a sprawling international conspiracy that ensnared Fugees hip-hop band founder Prakazrel “Pras” Michél, former Donald Trump fundraiser Elliott Broidy, and Malaysian financier Low Taek Jho in … Read more
Carolyn Andriano, a victim of sex-trafficker Jeffrey Epstein whose testimony was crucial to putting away his accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell, has died. There was no obituary or funeral service after she passed away earlier this year, and police in West Palm Beach, Florida, opened an investigation into her death. After The Daily Beast reached out for … Read more