Florida Engineer Pleads Guilty to Acting as Agent for Beijing

The U.S. citizen and longtime Verizon engineer was the childhood friend of a Chinese intelligence officer. TAMPA, Fla.—A Florida engineer has pleaded guilty to acting as a Chinese agent to collect intelligence on dissidents and U.S. nonprofits and firms. Li Ping, a 59-year-old U.S. citizen born in China, on Aug. 23 admitted to conspiring to

US Deputy Secretary of State to Meet With Pacific Island Leaders Amid Increasing Chinese Military Pressure

Kurt Campbell will visit Vanuatu to dedicate the United States’ newest overseas mission, Embassy Port Vila. U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Kurt Campbell will travel to the Pacific island of Tonga next week to lead the U.S. delegation to the 53rd Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) leaders meeting and promote U.S.-Pacific partnership goals. After his Aug.

Biden Asks Supreme Court to Lift Injunction Against Student Loan Relief Plan

The filing came after one federal appeals court paused consideration of the case because another federal appeals court blocked the plan. President Joe Biden asked the Supreme Court on Aug. 23 to reinstate a $475 billion student loan relief plan two weeks after an appeals court blocked the program. The government’s emergency application in the

Secret Service agents placed on leave in Trump assassination attempt probe

Secret Service agents placed on leave in Trump assassination attempt probe – CBS News Watch CBS News CBS News has learned that multiple Secret Service agents have been placed on leave amid the investigation into last month’s attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump. Nicole Sganga has the new reporting. View CBS News In Be

Ohio Secretary of State Says 138 Noncitizens Voted in Recent Elections

‘The law requires me to refer these individuals to the attorney general, and that’s what we’re doing today,’ Secretary of State Frank LaRose said. Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose has referred about 600 noncitizens for prosecution because they were illegally registered to vote, including 138 who were found to have cast ballots in elections.

Trump Responds to RFK Jr. Endorsement: ‘It’s Big’

‘I want to thank Bobby, that was very nice,’ the former president said. Former President Donald Trump thanked independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for his “very nice” show of support on Friday. “I want to thank Bobby, that was very nice,” Trump told an event after Kennedy’s announcement. “It’s big. He’s a great