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Illustration: Aïda Amer/Axios China is ramping up plans for government-sponsored satellites to beam internet from space, taking on U.S. rivals like SpaceX and Amazon in the race to own the next frontier of connectivity. Why it matters: Theres growing concern that China is trying to enter the space internet market with the same strategy it used on earth with Huawei and 5G — use a state-backed company to undercut competitors and spread global influence. Whats happening: China is attempting t...

It's part of a broader effort to expand broadband access, after the pandemic highlighted the costs of the digital divide.

Two months and nearly 300 Capitol riot arrests later, FBI is hunting hundreds more Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA TODAY FBI Director Wray: Raw warning about Capitol violence shared multiple times with police Replay Video UP NEXT In the two months since an angry mob forced its way into the U.S. Capitol, agents in all but one of the FBI’s 56 field offices have been drafted to track down those who participated in the deadly insurrection.  Investigators who typically work cases invol...

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Image from a Department of Justice website. On Jan. 14, with less than a week to go in the Trump administration, federal agents arrested a prominent mechanical engineering professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Gang Chen. Chen, prosecutors alleged, failed to disclose on a federal grant application various financial ties and affiliations with Chinese entities, including his participation in Chinese government talent programs and his service as an expert scientific consultant to...

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Within hours of the storming of the Capitol on January 6, the FBI began securing thousands of phone and electronic records connected to people at the scene of the rioting — including some related to members of Congress, raising potentially thorny...

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ABC News Turn on desktop notifications for breaking stories about interest? OffOn As a DOJ official, Garland helped lead the Oklahoma City bombing probe in 1995. • 13 min read Catch up on the developing stories making headlines.Mark Wilson/Getty Images, FILE On the morning of the deadliest domestic-based terror attack in U.S. history, Merrick Garland was seated in his office on the fourth floor of the Justice Department in Washington. As he read through emails and bulletins from U.S. attorne...

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