The hour. BidenHarris Administration refusing to disclose information about Terror Threats at the southern border. Fox news asked customs and Border Protection for the nationalities of Terror Watch List suspects. Freedom of information act request was denied for the second time in the past three months. The cbp cited privacy concerns. All right. This is the faulkner focus, im sandra smith in for harris, cbp told Fox Yesterday Release of this information would reveal cbp investigative techniques used in apprehending and processing terrorists. We originally filed the foia request last october. Agency rejected it in may saying the privacy interests of the individuals and the records you have requested outweigh any minimal Public Interest in disclosure of the information. Cbps own southern border numbers show the encounters have skyrocketed under biden and harris. Even the f. B. I. Director admitted on multiple occasions how serious the Terror Threat is right now. All the lights are blinki
Bret good evening, welcome to washington. Im bret baier. Breaking tonight, Special Counsel jack smith has filed a reworked indictment in his election interference case against former president donald trump, the new filing keeps the same criminal charges but narrows the allegations against the former president following that Supreme Court opinion on broad immunity on former president s. So what about this . What goes on from here . Correspondent david spunt has details from the Justice Department tonight. Good evening, david. Bret, good evening to you. This is the new indictment of president donald trump, the former president still has the same four core charges from when he was indicted last year. But, as you mentioned, it narrows some of the language. The language is a little bit tighter and it takes out mentions of certain people that Special Counsel jack smith felt that he could not move forward if he wanted to be successful in court. Something else to point out, a brand new grand j
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A couple days of electing our chairs. Yesterday we approved 18 chairs which is pretty exciting. 3 contested races, following in the footsteps of the first woman to serve in that capacity. The chair of the Foreign Affairs committee, greg meeks of new york, another new yorker, elliott angle, and the chair of the ag committee, david scott from georgia, first africanamerican chosen to be the chair of the Agriculture Committee following in the footsteps of the leadership of colin peterson. Greg meeks also africanamerican, prehistoric woman, pretty contested races but throughout, women or people of color, more chairs to be announced but these were the ones that related to rules and budgets related to steering and policy committee, two of the speakers announcement that were made and others follow. We held the house, pulled the gap 132 of them starting with 18 that were chosen yesterday. I am excited, when they made their presentations over several days this week it was a demonstration of valu
Require a near constant struggle to stay ahead of events and the real danger lies in getting complacent. Effective cybersecurity is an ongoing line of effort. The Threat Landscape is diverse, the best practices are changing, the information you get may not always be reliable. The task can seem overwhelming and the stakes are high. In this context, i have found myself thinking effective cybersecurity cannot move at, quote, the speed of government. By that i mean cybersecurity is a 21st century Public Policy program just not manageable by 20th century government means. Regulations, mandates and centralized action in general, these approaches are inadequate to match the pace of change. Congress needs to make sure that the governments role in detecting and responding to cyberattacks is clearly defined, that theyre focused first and foremost on the security of federal information networks. Today well hear from the department of Homeland Security and their cybersecurity work. How it is evolv