Nathan Wade’s phone has been tracked to District Attorney Fani Willis’ home late night in 2021‚ well before the pair claim they were a couple‚ according to a bombshell new court filing by attorneys for Donald Trump in his Georgia election fraud case. On 35 occasions Wade was in the vicinity of the condo Willis was subleasing from a friend in Hapeville‚ Georgia‚ “for an extended period of time” between April 1‚ 2021 and Nov. 30‚ 2021‚ according to Charles Mittelstadt‚ an investigator hired by...

At least three providers of fertility healthcare in Alabama‚ including the largest healthcare provider in the state‚ have halted in-vitro fertilization (IVF) treatment following the state’s Supreme Court’s unprecedented ruling last week declaring that embryos have the same legal rights as children. The decision leaves LGBTQ+ couples‚ single people‚ and those who struggle with fertility issues with dwindling access to the most common method of assisted reproduction. Last Friday‚ the court ruled...

A bipartisan delegation of U.S. lawmakers touched down in Taiwan for an unannounced visit on Thursday. The group is the latest batch of officials to flout China's demands that the U.S. cut ties with the self-governed island. Rep. Mike Gallagher‚ R-Wis.‚ a major critic of China‚ led the delegation‚ which included four other members of Congress. "The United States‚ Democrats and Republicans‚ stands with Taiwan‚ for your freedom and for ours‚" Gallagher said at a press conference...

A cross-party delegation of American lawmakers arrived in Taiwan on Thursday‚ seeking to affirm US support for the island amid heightened tensions between Beijing and Taipei. Mike Gallagher‚ Republican chairman of House committee on the Chinese Communist Party and a vocal China hawk‚ said the US partnership with Taiwan is stronger and more “rock-solid than ever” and would remain so regardless of the outcome of the elections in November.

A bipartisan delegation of U.S. lawmakers assured Taiwan's president-elect William Lai of strong U.S. support in a meeting in Taipei on Thursday. Why it matters: The U.S. delegation takes a hard line on the Chinese government‚ which claims sovereignty over Taiwan and has ramped up pressure on the self-governing island after Lai's election in January‚ sending warships‚ military jets and high-altitude balloons near Taiwan. Taiwan's ruling Democratic Progressive...

The Biden administration plans to spend billions on domestic-built cargo cranes to replace Chinese ones that pose a potential national security threat‚ The Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday. The investment is part of a larger plan to bolster U.S. security on the maritime stage‚ which includes improving standards for cybersecurity in computer networks and in foreign-built cranes operating in seaports‚ according to WSJ. The U.S. and intelligence agencies are concerned...

The United States will invest tens of billions of dollars to boost maritime cybersecurity around its strategic seaports‚ including by replacing China-made container cranes that officials believe could leave American infrastructure vulnerable to sabotage. Foreign-manufactured ship-to-shore cranes‚ in particular those built by China's state-owned ZPMC‚ have been a national security concern for several years. The heavy industries company is the world's largest crane maker‚ whose machines...

The head of the busiest US maritime gateway said Chinese-made cranes pose a potential risk to national security‚ but a shortage of other countries that build the giant container-moving machines makes it challenging to address the vulnerability. “They’re collecting data‚ they’re looking at information‚” Gene Seroka‚ executive director of the Port of Los Angeles‚ said in an interview Thursday on Bloomberg Television’s Surveillance. “What they’re using that data for is the question.” Biden...

As the tax filing season gets underway‚ taxpayers in some states will have a new way to file online available to them in "the coming days‚" the IRS said this week. Direct File‚ the free site for filing federal tax returns directly through the IRS‚ will be open for new users in 12 states during unspecified windows of time‚ before becoming widely available to taxpayers in those states in mid-March‚ according to the IRS. The IRS has already launched its filing site to...

U.S. President Joe Biden on Friday announced a significant sanctions escalation against Russia‚ targeting its financial system and military infrastructure with over 500 new penalties‚ marking the largest tranche of sanctions since Moscow's invasion of Ukraine nearly two years ago. The measure was announced ahead of the invasion’s anniversary on Saturday and followed the death of Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny in a penal colony in the Arctic earlier this month. The sanctions...