Jun 10 WATCH: Wray says FBI discourages ransomware payments despite recent trend By Eric Tucker, Associated Press The FBI's director told lawmakers Thursday that the bureau discourages ransomware payments to hacking groups even as major companies in the past month have participated in multimillion-dollar transactions aimed at getting their systems back online. Continue reading
Jun 10 WATCH: Biden lays out plan to share vaccine doses globally By Zeke Miller, Aamer Madhani, Jonathan Lemire, Associated Press Speaking in England on Thursday before a summit of the Group of Seven world leaders, Biden announced the U.S. commitment to vaccine sharing, which comes on top of 80 million doses he has already pledged by the end of the… Continue reading
Jun 09 Keystone pipeline nixed after Biden stands firm on permit By Matthew Brown, Associated Press The sponsor of the Keystone XL crude oil pipeline says it's pulling the plug on the contentious project after Canadian officials failed to persuade the Biden administration to reverse its cancellation of the company's permit. Continue reading
Jun 09 Watch 4:05 Biden to reengage with allies and meet adversaries in first overseas trip as president President Biden landed in the United Kingdom on Wednesday, the first stop on his three-nation European trip. The president will begin by meeting British Prime Minister Boris Johnson Thursday, then the three-day G-7 summit that begins Friday in southwest England. Continue watching
Jun 09 Watch 9:39 Wave of new voting laws raises questions about voter access and integrity Since the 2020 election, laws restricting voter access passed in 14 states across the U.S., all with Republican-controlled state legislatures. They've sparked outrage from voting rights groups and from two former co-chairs of the Presidential Election Commission. Democrat Bob Bauer,… Continue watching
Jun 09 Watch 8:26 U.S. Capitol Police officer gives firsthand account of Jan. 6 attack A day after the release of a Senate report detailing the widespread security failures in the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, we spoke with one of the police officers on the scene that day. Officer James Blassingame, a 17-year veteran of… Continue watching
Jun 09 U.S. to buy 500 million Pfizer vaccines to share with other countries By News Desk and Zeke Miller, Associated Press The U.S. will buy 500 million more doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine to share through the COVAX alliance for donation to 92 lower income countries and the African Union over the next year. Continue reading
Jun 09 Federal appeals court blocks sweeping Missouri abortion law By Jim Salter, Associated Press The panel heard arguments in September in the legal battle over the 2019 law, which also would prohibit a woman from having an abortion because the fetus has Down syndrome. Continue reading
Jun 09 WATCH: President Biden and first lady deliver remarks to U.S. Air Force personnel in England By Associated Press U.S. President Joe Biden arrived in the United Kingdom on Wednesday ahead of the Group of Seven summit. Continue reading
Jun 09 EU warns of retaliation as post-Brexit talks with UK stall By Danica Kirka, Associated Press Maros Sefcovic, the EU's chief negotiator in the talks, says the bloc had reached a "crossroads" in its relationship with the U.K. after the British government threatened to take further unilateral action to delay living up to its obligations under… Continue reading