US Sanctions Chinese Firm Over Treasury Breach

The action is part of a U.S. operation to counter ‘increasingly reckless cyber activity’ from Beijing, Treasury officials said. The United States on Jan. 17 sanctioned a Chinese cyber actor and a cybersecurity firm, accusing both of aiding the recent hack into the Treasury Department and the intrusion into major U.S. telecom providers. The Chinese

Expert on Jewish Proclivities Joe Scarborough Says Jews Will Always Vote for Democrats, Even If Democrats Put Conditions on Aid to Israel

‘Don’t sit there wringing your hands, going, “I’m not going to get the Jewish vote,” because that’s just not the case,’ Scarborough says MSNBC host Joe Scarborough said Friday that Jewish Americans will always vote Democratic, even if the party becomes tougher on Israel and puts conditions on military aid to the Jewish state. “After

Appeals court again declares DACA illegal, but keeps policy alive

Washington — A federal appeals court on Friday declared the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals immigration policy unlawful, casting a cloud of certainty over more than half a million unauthorized immigrants brought to the U.S. as children ahead of President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration. A panel of judges before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the

Supreme Court takes up case over LGBTQ books in Maryland schools

Washington — The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to take up a dispute over whether a Maryland school district violated parents’ religious rights when it declined to allow them to opt their elementary school children out of instruction involving storybooks about gender and sexuality. The dispute centers around a decision by the Montgomery County School Board