#Intel breach renews scrutiny over clearances

#Intel breach renews scrutiny over clearances

The arrest of Jack Teixeira in connection with the leak of classified government documents has quickly raised a series of questions, including how a 21-year-old guardsman at a base in Cape Cod had access to such sensitive information. Authorities arrested Teixeira on Thursday, following a series of reports identifying him as the leader of a…

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#What crisis? Big bank profits soar despite banking troubles 

#What crisis? Big bank profits soar despite banking troubles 

Large U.S. banks reported massive earnings Friday, signaling that the biggest institutions largely shrugged off the banking crisis stemming from Silicon Valley Bank’s collapse.  JPMorgan Chase, the largest bank in the nation, posted $12.6 billion in first-quarter profits, a whopping 52 percent increase from the same period last year.  Wells Fargo’s quarterly profits rose 32…

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#Key moments from the GOP-controlled House’s first 100 days

#Key moments from the GOP-controlled House’s first 100 days

House Republicans entered the majority 100 days ago with a long list of policy priorities and investigative inquiries. In the past three months, the conference has ticked-off a number of those tasks: lawmakers passed messaging bills to appeal to the base, opened long-promised investigations and even clinched a few bipartisan victories. The GOP majority, however,…

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#Swalwell on Greene over leak remark: ‘This wouldn’t be the first time she sided with traitors’

#Swalwell on Greene over leak remark: ‘This wouldn’t be the first time she sided with traitors’

Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.) slammed Rep. Majorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) over her comments defending Air National Guardsman Jack Teixeira, who was arrested Thursday for his alleged role in leaking Pentagon files. “McCarthy’s top lieutenant is siding with one of the biggest traitors America has seen,” Swalwell wrote in a tweet on Thursday. “I’m sorry, Marge,…

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#Suspected US intelligence leaker arrested in Massachusetts

#Suspected US intelligence leaker arrested in Massachusetts

Jack Teixeira, an airman in the Massachusetts Air National Guard, was arrested Thursday in Massachusetts in connection with the leak of classified documents shared in a group he managed on a website popular with gamers. Teixeira oversaw Thug Shaker Central, a group on Discord where more than 100 classified documents on topics ranging from Ukraine…

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