DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—Chinese government-backed hackers have infiltrated major U.S. telecom networks, and officials are now struggling to remove their access, U.S. authorities announced Tuesday. Jeff Greene, a senior official at the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, pointed out the complexity of the situation, according to CNN. He explained that it’s tough to figure out just how bad the security breaches are and what to do about them because they don’t have all the information about where and how deep the problems go. “We’re still figuring out just how deeply and where they’ve penetrated, so until we have a complete picture, it’s hard to know the exact parameters of how to kick them off,” Greene said. A senior FBI official added that most telecom providers are actively working to uncover the full scope of activities by the People’s Republic of China, CNN said. The ongoing investigation reveals that the hackers targeted communication systems used by top U.S. political figures, including President-elect Donald Trump and Vice President-elect JD Vance. Chinese hackers are EVERYWHEREhttps://t.co/cPq2RIo954— Daily Caller (@DailyCaller) June 16, 2023 Republican South Dakota Sen. Mike Rounds previously warned that hackers have breached every major U.S. telecom provider, gaining the capability to intercept and monitor Americans’ texts and calls. This intrusion puts every individual’s private communications at risk, which highlights a threat to personal and national security. “Any one of us and every one of us today is subject to the review by the Chinese Communist government of any cellphone conversation you have with anyone in America. Because they have access to every single one of our major telecommunications companies. They have broken in. They can read your texts, and they can hear your conversations,” Rounds said. “It’s just a matter of who they want to listen to and who they don’t.” This espionage effort also represents a national security concern for the incoming administration, which must now deal with the fallout of these breaches, CNN reported. Telecom giants such as Verizon and AT&T, having collaborated closely with federal officials, have made the most progress in mitigating the hackers’ presence. Originally published by the Daily Caller News Foundation The post US Struggles to Remove Chinese Hackers From Major Telecom Networks appeared first on The Daily Signal.

THE CENTER SQUARE—A coalition of 28 attorneys general has petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court to intervene in a case in which Mexico is blaming U.S. gun manufacturers for Mexican cartel gun violence. At issue is a 2022 lawsuit brought by the Mexican government against U.S. gun manufacturers arguing they are responsible for Mexican cartel crime in Mexico. A federal judge in Massachusetts dismissed the lawsuit. Mexico appealed to the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, which ruled that Mexico’s claims fall within an exception to the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act of 2005. In June, a coalition of 27 AGs, led by Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen, appealed to the Supreme Court to throw out the case. In a petition filed on Tuesday, the coalition, which now totals 28 AGs, asked the Supreme Court to reverse the 1st Circuit’s ruling, noting that it has already rejected the expansive view of “proximate causation” that the 1st Circuit used to allow the case to go forward. Mexico’s lawsuit contradicts claims made by its former president, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, that crime went down under his leadership and crime in Mexico wasn’t a problem. From 2018 through the end of his term this year, violence increased exponentially, according to multiple reports, The Center Square reported. Obrador’s “hugs not bullets” policy with the cartels led to one of the bloodiest elections in Mexican history this past election cycle. Obrador then blamed Americans for the violence, as dozens of candidates were murdered in Mexico allegedly by the cartels, The Center Square reported. While claiming that America’s “drug problem” is not Mexico’s problem, Obrador blamed U.S. gun manufacturers for cartel gun violence and cartel weapons trafficking and smuggling. Weapons trafficking and smuggling are felonies in the U.S. for which cartel operatives are prosecuted by U.S. authorities. American gun manufacturers do not sell their products to transnational criminal organizations, and no data supports Mexico’s claims, the AGs argue. Congress passed the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act to create protections for firearm companies from being held liable for the criminal misuse of their products, including protecting them from lawsuits like the one Mexico filed, they argue. Mexico argues an exception in the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act narrowly authorizes its lawsuit. The 1st Circuit agreed based on an expansive view of “proximate causation,” which the Supreme Court has already rejected, the AGs note. The proximity cause fails, they argue, because cartel violence is associated with Mexican government policy, cartels rarely use American retail guns, and eliminating the U.S. retail gun industry wouldn’t affect the cartels’ access to weapons. “If Mexico wants to end its domestic gun problem, it may do so. It could name and report the gun dealers who allegedly sell guns to drug cartels. It could attempt to negotiate with the United States to extradite individuals who trafficked guns to Mexico. It could finish its war with the cartels. It could even close its border with the United States. But it cannot end the domestic manufacturing of American firearms,” they argue in the brief. “That Mexico disagrees with our Nation’s history and tradition of firearm ownership is no consequence to its ability to impose its preferences on the American people via judicial fiat. This lawsuit against American gun manufacturers recycles the failed, anti-gun lawfare tactics already rejected by Congress. Mexico’s legal theories have no basis in law or fact. This Court should reverse,” they said. Joining Knudsen in the brief are the AGs from Alabama, Arkansas, Alaska, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, West Virginia, Wyoming, and the Arizona Legislature. Among them, Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody first called on President Joe Biden to designate Mexican cartels as foreign terrorist organizations. She also led a coalition of 17 AGs calling on the president to designate fentanyl as a weapon of mass destruction. Several Republican congressional reports have identified Mexican cartels as facilitating the U.S. illicit fentanyl crisis by working with the Chinese Communist Party to wage nonconventional warfare against the U.S., The Center Square reported. President-elect Donald Trump has warned he will impose sanctions on Mexico, shut down the border, and target the cartels once in office. Originally published by The Center Square The post 28 AGs Call on US Supreme Court to Intervene in Mexico Gun Violence Case appeared first on The Daily Signal.

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Last weekend, Jacksonville Jaguars quarterback Trevor Lawrence sustained a nasty concussion in the second quarter that forced him to sit the remainder of the game against the Houston Texans. Texans linebacker Azeez Al-Shaair, who incapacitated Lawrence, was immediately ejected from the match and has since been suspended by the NFL for the next three games without pay. Jason Whitlock and coach Jason Brown discuss the incident. While Jason initially agreed with the NFL’s decision to suspend Al-Shaair, Brown may have convinced him to soften his stance. “When are we going to start making quarterbacks part of the 22 players that wear pads on the football field? Last I checked is we all have pads and helmets on. Stop with the defenseless player thing. When the quarterback left the pocket, he's now a running back,” Brown argues, adding that the only reason these rules are in place is because quarterbacks are so expensive. “This is not how you’re supposed to play the game that we all signed up for. Make the quarterback part of the game; take the slide out of football. You are in a no-win situation on defense,” he adds, noting that Lawrence chose not to run out of bounds and slid too late, and now Al-Shaair is being unfairly punished for just playing defense. In retrospect, Jason agrees with Brown’s stance — mostly. “I get the NFL is paying these quarterbacks 40, 50, 60 million a year, and they don't want their $50 million investment on the sideline, standing around in concussion protocol. I get it — but if the guy that's getting the most money is taking the least amount of risk, that's a bad, bad recipe that will create some disharmony in the locker room,” Jason says. “You're 1,000% right — ‘Hey, we all signed up to play tackle football. One guy because of the position he plays will get paid 50 million while I'm a linebacker getting paid 10 million, and he has to take less risk than me,”’ he says, imagining what many of the players must be thinking. “It makes no sense.” However, Jason also understands that Al-Shaair has a reputation for being unnecessarily violent. He plays a video montage of the linebacker’s most eyebrow-raising plays — some of which involve him punching another player in the head and hitting a player when he was already several steps out of bounds. When it comes to banning the quarterback slide, Jason says Brown is on “rock solid ground,” but the punishment of Azeez Al-Shaair for his illegal hit on Trevor Lawrence is “a little deeper” than just one reckless play. “This Azeez Al-Shaair is the new [Vontaze] Burfict,” he says. To hear more of the conversation, watch the clip above. Want more from Jason Whitlock?To enjoy more fearless conversations at the crossroads of culture, faith, sports, and comedy with Jason Whitlock, subscribe to BlazeTV — the largest multi-platform network of voices who love America, defend the Constitution, and live the American dream.

The Department of Government Efficiency underscored this week the staggering cost of the Biden administration's ongoing immigration crisis, comparing the expense of it to other historic milestones and projects.Based on data collected by the Federation for American Immigration Reform, the planned advisory committee, headed by Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy, reported that American taxpayers shelled out $150.7 billion in 2023 to address the immigration crisis.'The scale of spending on illegal immigration boggles the mind!'FAIR reached the amount by combining the total federal, state, and local expenses and subtracting the tax contributions from illegal aliens. The organization estimated that the gross cost is $1,156 per year — per taxpayer."In 2017, FAIR estimated the net cost of illegal immigration at approximately $116 billion," the organization wrote. "This means that in just 5 years, the cost of illegal immigration has increased by nearly $35 billion. This rapid increase is a consequence of the ongoing border crisis and a lack of effective immigration enforcement. The sections below further break down and explain these numbers at the federal, state, and local levels."New York City taxpayers have already spent $6.4 billion to support the 200,000 migrants who have entered the city since the beginning of the immigration crisis. Since December 2022, Denver has expended $356 million to provide housing, food, and other services for illegal immigrants.DOGE highlighted FAIR's findings in a Monday post on X.The department attempted to put the total "in context with other costs" after adjusting for inflation. It noted that World War I cost $334 billion, the Apollo Space Program $257 billion, the Manhattan Project $30 billion, the Panama Canal $15.2 billion, and the Hoover Dam $1 billion. — (@) Musk responded to DOGE's post, writing, "The scale of spending on illegal immigration boggles the mind!"X users mocked Democrats for insisting it would be too expensive to deport illegal aliens or complete a border wall.One user responded to DOGE's post asking, "How much would it have cost to keep those illegals out?"Another user wrote, "How can we afford NOT to deport them?"Over the past several weeks, DOGE has brought to light numerous instances of wasteful government expenditure, including the expenses related to vacant buildings resulting from remote work policies.U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), who will head the nearly formed Senate DOGE Caucus, sent a letter to Musk and Ramaswamy last week outlining ways the department could slash $2 trillion in government waste. Her first suggestion was to reduce spending on unused or mostly empty buildings, calling it President Joe Biden's "billion dollar boondoggles."On Wednesday, DOGE noted that the Social Security Administration approved an agreement with the American Federation of Government Employees allowing 42,000 employees to work remotely until 2029. An SSA spokesperson verified the telework agreement with Bloomberg. The AFGE claimed it would "secure staffing levels through prevention of higher attrition."Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

A made-for-TV golf game between the stars of the PGA Tour and Saudi Arabia's LIV Golf will award $10 million in cryptocurrency.World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler and No. 3 Rory McIlroy will play an 18-hole prize match against No. 10-ranked Bryson DeChambeau and No. 79 Brooks Koepka.The December 17 showdown will officially be called the "Crypto.com Showdown," with the title sponsor providing a crypto-backed purse for the first time in PGA history.Front Office Sports reported that the $10 million prize will be paid entirely in the Crypto.com native currency, called Cronos. At the time of this writing, one Cronos is currently valued around $0.227. The $10 million equates to about 44 million Cronos.It was not confirmed, however, how the prize would be distributed between the winning and losing teams.Neither the PGA nor LIV are the first sports brands to integrate cryptocurrency into their winnings or payments.The UFC added $60,000 Bitcoin bonuses voted on by fans in 2023. The "Fan Bonus of the Night" awards were in $30,000, $20,000, and $10,000 increments, paid out to fighters. Crypto.com was also the sponsor for that endeavor, as part of a 10-year, $175 million partnership with the UFC.Karate Combat, another fight league, has fully integrated cryptocurrency into its business model.With its own token ($KARATE), Karate Combat allows viewers to own a stake in the sport while also earning more coins through games on the platform UpOnly. This play-to-earn model allows users to gain cryptocurrency while the game designer earns revenue through licensing, ads, microtransactions, or subscriptions.Bitcoin and cryptocurrency overall have skyrocketed since Donald Trump's election win. On the campaign trail, he pledged to end the "anti-crypto crusade" by the SEC.Senator Tim Scott (R-S.C.) publicly declared his support for Bitcoin and cryptocurrency for the first time at the Bitcoin 2024 conference in July. The senator touted cryptocurrency as an opportunity for impoverished and lower-class Americans to make investments.The PGA vs. LIV match will take place at the Shadow Creek Golf Course in Las Vegas, Nevada. It follows in the footsteps of previous TV golf events like the Netflix Cup and Tiger Woods vs. Phil Mickelson.Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

Tiger Woods shed light on whether or not he will continue his golfing career, explaining that his body isn't healing the way he hoped it would.During a press conference in the Bahamas, Woods said he had a "long way to go" before he was "able to compete" against PGA Tour opponents.Woods said last year he wanted to compete once per month in 2024 but played just five times this season and even withdrew from a tournament due to illness. He only made one cut in those five competitions; placing 60th at the Masters.'That's part of age and part of the athlete's journey.'While hosting the Hero World Challenge, Woods spoke to reporters for about 30 minutes on his injuries and intent to play moving forward."I'm not tournament-sharp yet. I'm still not there," Woods said regarding competing in the challenge; he finished 18 out of 20 in the tournament in 2023."These are 20 of the best players in the world, and I'm not sharp enough to compete against them at this level. When I'm ready to compete and play at this level, then I will."Expressing his desire to continue golfing, Woods said "the fire still burns to compete.""The difference is, the recovery of the body to do it is not what it used to be," he added."I still love doing it, I love competing, I love competing at anything whether it's we're playing cards or we're playing golf, and no matter what it is I love competing. That's never going to leave but, as far as the recovery process of going out there and doing it again and again and again and doing it consistently at a high level, for some reason the body just won't recover like it used to," Woods said with a shoulder shrug."That's part of age and part of the athlete's journey."In mid-September, Woods went under the knife for what was believed to be his sixth back surgery, ESPN reported, an injury that also caused pain down right his leg. The pain became even worse as the 2024 season went on.Woods has also had multiple surgeries to repair damage in his right foot and leg he suffered from a car accident in February 2021. The 49-year-old said he didn't expect his back to go out again this year, but it was "quite painful" throughout the end of the season, which led to another procedure to alleviate the pain in his leg.As for his future commitments, Wood said he could make new promises all over again but truly didn't know when he would recover."I'm just trying to rehab and still get stronger and better and feel better and really give myself the best chance I can going to next year."Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

With heavy, gratifying, in-your-face combat and a story filled with wit, Kingdom Come Deliverance is a great historical RPG, but its sequel looks to go bigger and better in every aspect. If it weren’t for a delay, we’d probably be playing Kingdom Come Deliverance 2 right now, but today I come bearing good news - it’s now going to arrive earlier than its previously-announced launch date. Continue reading Medieval RPG Kingdom Come Deliverance 2 is arriving sooner than expected MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Best RPG games, Best action-adventure games, Best medieval games

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