A ninth U.S. telecommunications company has been confirmed as a victim of a sweeping Chinese espionage campaign that allowed Beijing officials access to private texts and phone calls of an unspecified number of Americans, a senior White House official stated on Friday. Earlier this month, Biden administration officials revealed

Chinese state-sponsored hackers breached the U.S. Treasury Department earlier this month, stealing documents from its workstations, according to a letter to lawmakers obtained by Reuters on Monday. The hackers exploited a vulnerability in a third-party cybersecurity service provider, granting them access to unclassified documents. The letter described the incident

Just two of the 181 passengers and crew aboard a South Korean airliner survived after the jet crash-landed at Muan International Airport in the country’s southwest on Sunday morning, local time. The aircraft skidded along the runway on its belly before erupting into flames. The two survivors — a male

Jimmy Carter, the Georgia peanut farmer who rose to become the 39th U.S. president and later earned a Nobel Peace Prize for his advocacy of human rights, has passed away at the age of 100. "Our founder, former U.S. President Jimmy Carter, passed away this afternoon in

Experts are raising alarms about the potential for rising grocery prices as agricultural soil becomes increasingly degraded and unproductive. A combination of overfarming, climate change, and unsustainable practices has rendered vast areas of farmland less fertile, threatening food supply chains and driving up costs worldwide. According to the United Nations

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has reported signs of mutation in the first severe human case of bird flu in the United States, raising concerns about the virus's potential to become more transmissible among humans. According to the CDC, a sample taken from

If you’re a social media user who’s expressed anything other than condemnation for the murder of UnitedHealthcare's CEO, counterterrorism authorities might consider you an “extremist. Read Ken's reporting: https://www.kenklippenstein.com/p/post-luigi-the-extremist-threat-is Days after the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO, the NYPD issued

This is a sponsored post. Polymarket is an Unusual Whales sponsor. According to Polymarket, there's a 32% chance Elon, Vivek and Trump's Department of Government Efficiency will cut at least 200,000 government jobs Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy, tapped by President-elect Donald Trump to lead

Hertz has recently approached several electric vehicle (EV) renters with enticing low-cost offers to purchase their rental cars, including models like Teslas. One Reddit user, who rented a 2023 Tesla Model 3, reported being offered a purchase price of $17,913 — a figure comparable to listings on the Hertz Car

During boasts about Russia’s military achievements in his annual marathon televised news conference, Vladimir Putin says he is ready to compromise over Ukraine in possible talks on ending his war and has no conditions for starting discussions. The Russian president told one reporter he was ready to meet Donald

The United States plans to announce a $1.25 billion military aid package for Ukraine, U.S. officials revealed on Friday. The Biden administration is working to deliver as much support as possible to Kyiv before leaving office on January 20. The package includes significant munitions for the National Advanced

Azerbaijani airliner bound for Russia crashes in Kazakhstan, killing 38, after being diverted An Azerbaijani airliner traveling to Russia crashed in Kazakhstan on Wednesday, killing 38 of the 67 people aboard. Some experts have speculated that the crash may have been caused by Russian air defense systems. Here’s what

Amazon.com Inc. is facing a space shortage for thousands of employees as they prepare to return to the office five days a week starting next month. Employees in at least seven cities, including Austin, Dallas, and Phoenix, have been informed that their return dates will be delayed by up

California Governor Gavin Newsom's administration is developing a potential plan to support undocumented immigrants who may face threats of mass deportation under President Donald Trump’s administration. The plan includes providing resources such as legal aid. A draft proposal titled “Immigrant Support Network Concept,” obtained by POLITICO, outlines

According to the latest Federal Reserve data, just over two-thirds of working-age families participate in retirement plans. For the nearly one-third of Americans not saving in a 401(k) or similar retirement account, several factors may be at play. Rising inflation could make it difficult to allocate funds for savings,

Russian companies are now using bitcoin to bypass Western sanctions, as confirmed by Finance Minister Anton Siluanov in a recent television interview. Russia's economy has faced significant obstacles in processing international payments, even with countries like China that do not rely on the U.S. dollar as their

As global interest in Bitcoin reserves grows—fueled by U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s recent proposal to include Bitcoin (BTC) alongside the U.S. dollar in the national treasury—Japan has firmly stated that it has no plans to adopt the idea, at least for now. Japan Cites Bitcoin’

Donald Trump has suggested cutting taxes for Canadians and floated the idea of hockey legend Wayne Gretzky leading the country. “I just met with Wayne Gretzky, ‘The Great One’ as he’s known in hockey circles,” Trump wrote on Truth Social. “I told him, ‘Wayne, why don’t you run

When Donald and Melania Trump return to the White House on Inauguration Day next year, they’ll find it almost exactly as they left it four years ago—right down to the Diet Coke button on the Oval Office desk. This seamless transition is made possible by the White House

The U.S. homeowners insurance market is facing growing instability, posing a threat of a housing crash that could surpass the severity of the 2008 crisis unless swift action is taken, warns a new report from the Senate Budget Committee. The report, released Wednesday, highlights how climate change and the

Sam Altman and Elon Musk co-founded OpenAI, but their partnership has since soured into a complex and contentious relationship. In an interview with The Free Press on Thursday, Altman referred to Musk as "clearly a bully" and characterized Musk's ongoing public criticism of OpenAI as a

Financial analysts anticipated that Jeff Bezos’s relocation to Florida would yield substantial financial benefits—and they were spot on. So far, the Amazon founder has reaped extraordinary tax savings, estimated at $1 billion for 2024 alone. Since moving early this year, Bezos has reportedly sold approximately $13.6 billion

Flu, COVID-19, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), and norovirus are circulating nationwide this winter, sparking mentions of a “quad-demic” (the first three are often referred to as a “triple-demic”). While the term for these four illnesses spreading simultaneously might sound alarming, this year’s respiratory virus season isn’t vastly different

A new survey reveals that many Americans lack confidence in President-elect Trump’s ability to appoint qualified individuals for Cabinet and key administration roles. The Associated Press/NORC Research Center poll, released Friday, shows that 55% of respondents are either “slightly” or “not at all” confident in Trump’s selections.

Bank trade groups argue that the Federal Reserve limits public input in the design of bank stress tests, according to a lawsuit seeking to require the central bank to open the test design process to public comment. The lawsuit, filed Tuesday in the US District Court for the Southern District