Army examines TikTok security concerns after Schumer’s data warning
The U.S. Army is undertaking a security assessment of China-owned social media platform TikTok after a Democratic lawmaker raised national security concerns over the app’s handling of user data, Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy said on Thursday.
What is the ‘fictional narrative’ a White House ex-adviser warns against?
U.S. President Donald Trump’s former Russia adviser, Fiona Hill, warned lawmakers in the House of Representatives impeachment inquiry on Thursday against promoting what she called a “fictional narrative https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impe…
Democrats urge U.S. Supreme Court not to protect Trump financial records
A Democratic-led U.S. congressional committee and a Democratic prosecutor in New York on Thursday urged the U.S. Supreme Court not to prevent President Donald Trump’s longtime accounting firm from handing over his financial records.
Navy SEAL facing expulsion told proceedings against him stand despite Trump’s tweet
A U.S. Navy SEAL facing a move to expel him from the elite commando force was told on Thursday that the Navy proceedings against him will go forward, despite a declaration to the contrary from President Donald Trump, the sailor’s lawyer said.
U.S. judge rebukes Epstein estate for keeping accusers in dark about settlement
A U.S. judge on Thursday rebuked Jeffrey Epstein’s estate for keeping the late financier’s alleged victims in the dark about a fund that would compensate them for claims of sexual abuse.
Philippine Airlines 777 makes emergency landing at Los Angeles airport
A Boeing 777 bound for Manila suffered an apparent engine failure Thursday shortly after takeoff and made an emergency landing in Los Angeles.
Teen in California high school shooting rampage used ‘ghost gun’ made from parts
A 16-year-old boy who opened fire at his Southern California high school, killing two classmates and wounding three others before shooting himself in the head, used a “ghost gun” built from parts, the local sheriff said on Thursday.
Former Trump adviser says Ukraine meddling theory is ‘fictional narrative’
President Donald Trump’s former Russia adviser Fiona Hill urged lawmakers in the House of Representatives impeachment inquiry on Thursday not to promote “politically driven falsehoods” that cast doubt on Russia’s interference in the 2016 U.S. election….
Fire contained at Texas oilfield site, one critically injured
One person was seriously injured in a Midland, Texas, explosion and fire on Thursday involving several storage tanks and a truck used in oilfield operations, city and hospital officials said.
Shifting asylum ‘burden,’ U.S. sends Guatemala first Honduran migrant
A Honduran man flew from El Paso, Texas, to Guatemala City on a nearly empty Boeing 737 on Thursday, the first foreign asylum seeker sent back under a U.S. agreement designating Guatemala as a so-called safe third country for people fleeing persecution…
