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Amid a series of text messages sent from Arnab Goswami, news anchor and editor-in-chief of Republic TV network, to the head of a TV ratings agency, Goswami mentioned that India would launch a “bigger than normal strike” on Pakistan. The messages were sent on February 23, 2019, just three days before …

Rehearsals for Joe Biden’s inauguration ceremony were interrupted on Monday by an “exterior security threat,” according to loudspeaker messages heard by witnesses. The nature of the “threat” was not immediately apparent, but the building was quickly locked down, with entry and exit prohibited. Video footage appeared to show smoke rising from …

The details of the blunder were first reported by the Times on Friday. The glitch affected the Police National Computer (PNC), the law enforcement database that stores millions of records of individuals, vehicles and crime evidence and allows various government agencies real-time cross checks. According to the report, a weekly …

Wolf said he was saddened to step down, having planned to serve until President Donald Trump’s administration ends, but “this action is warranted by recent events, including the ongoing and meritless court rulings regarding the validity of my authority as acting secretary.” Wolf made no specific mention of the January …

Democratic Rep. Bennie Thompson of Mississippi, chairman of the House committee, said national law enforcement must stop anyone present at the Capitol riot from flying “unfettered,” after supporters of President Donald Trump forced their way into the building during a rally on Wednesday, prompting an evacuation of officials and staff. …

Assange was seeking bail in the Westminster Magistrates’ Court presided over by District Judge Vanessa Baraitser, who on Monday ruled against his extradition. The activist had already served a 50-week sentence in the UK for jumping bail in 2012 when he hid in London’s Ecuadorian Embassy to avoid extradition to …

“Many of the agencies that are critical to our security have incurred enormous damage,” Biden lamented in a speech on Monday, describing them as being “hollowed out in personnel, capacity and in morale” under the administration of President Donald Trump.  The short remarks, after which he did not take questions, …

Eric Coomer, security director at the Colorado-based company, says he started receiving death threats after Trump surrogates and media outlets suggested that he used his position at Dominion, whose voting machines were used in several battleground states, to ensure that Democrat Joe Biden prevailed in the November 3 contest.  The …

“Ambassador O’Brien is returning to address the hacking incident,” National Security Council spokesman John Ullyot told reporters on Tuesday afternoon. “He is holding NSC meetings tonight and tomorrow morning and will convene a high level interagency meeting this week.” O’Brien was scheduled to return from the week-long trip on Saturday, …

A packed crowd of people set out from the Place du Châtelet right in the city center, just across the river from the iconic Ile de la Cite, heading towards Place de la Republique in the north east. Hundreds of people joined the march, according to the media. The demonstrators …