An FBI informant has been charged with falsely reporting a multimillion-dollar bribery scheme involving President Joe Biden, his son Hunter, and Ukrainian energy company Burisma. The charges were filed by Special Counsel David Weiss, who is leading the investigation against Hunter Biden, charging him with firearm and tax violations. According to the indictment, Alexander Smirnov,…

The district attorney leading Georgia’s election interference case against former President Donald Trump takes the stand. And Amazon is sued after a subscriber says the addition of ads to Prime Video is ‘immoral.’ These stories and more highlight The Morning Rundown for Friday, Feb. 16, 2024. Fulton County DA Fani Willis testifies in Trump election…

House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, is asking President Biden’s ghostwriter to appear for a transcribed interview and hand over any transcripts or recordings related to his work on Biden’s memoirs. Author Mark Zwonitzer was put in the spotlight when special counsel Robert Hur submitted his final report to Attorney General Garland on Biden’s handling of…

The United States faces a relentless wave of cyber attacks, with an incident occurring every 39 seconds. The Internet Crime Complaint Center reported that in 2022, these breaches inflicted a financial toll of $10 billion. Digital breaches not only risk the exposure of sensitive personal information of millions of Americans but also threaten to disrupt…

In response to a reported wave of violent crime, the U.S. State Department issued travel advisories for Jamaica and the Bahamas in late January. Jamaica’s travel advisory is more stringent than the Bahamas’, stating that tourists should “reconsider travel,” while the Bahamas’ advisory suggests that tourists should “exercise increased caution.” The State Department noted that…

More than a million people will be in Las Vegas over the weekend, with hundreds of thousands descending on Sin City for Super Bowl LVIII on Feb. 11. Keeping everyone safe is a tall task, but federal, state and local authorities have been mapping out Super Bowl security measures in Vegas for more than a…

President Biden fires back after a special counsel report questions his memory. And Russian President Vladimir Putin is asked about releasing a Wall Street Journal reporter detained in his country. These stories and more highlight The Morning Rundown for Friday, Feb. 9, 2024. Biden defends memory after special counsel report on classified documents “My memory…

Last year, the Justice Department unveiled the Disruptive Technology Strike Force, aimed at defending American technology from hostile foreign entities. Since its inception, the initiative has made significant progress, apprehending more than a dozen individuals for attempting to steal sensitive trade secrets. Officials revealed details about their latest arrest Feb. 7. Chenguang Gong, a U.S.…

A Microsoft analysis warns Iranian threats have been lurking online and within tech infrastructure, targeting Israel and its allies more frequently since the beginning of the Israel-Hamas war. Microsoft’s Threat Analysis Center flagged those threats as Iranian cyber attacks and influence operations, concluding that Iran’s cyber capabilities pose a threat to the 2024 U.S. presidential…

The special counsel has questioned witnesses about a so-called “hidden room” inside Mar-a-Lago that wasn’t searched by the FBI during their August 2022 raid, sources say.