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The U.S. Treasury Department building viewed from the Washington Monument, Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2019, in Washington. Hackers got into computers at the U.S. Treasury Department and possibly other federal agencies, touching off a government response involving the National Security Council. Security Council spokesperson John Ullyot said Sunday, Dec. 13, 2020, that the government is aware of reports about the hacks. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

Hacked networks will need to be burned ‘down to the ground’

By FRANK BAJAK - Associated Press

Editorial Roundup: US

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

FILE - In this Dec. 1, 2020 file photo, Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador speaks during the commemoration of his second anniversary in office, at the National Palace in Mexico City. The lower house of Mexico’s congress overwhelmingly approved a controversial law Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2020, limiting foreign agents and lifting their immunity. The vote sends the bill to President Lopez Obrador for his signature. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte, File)

Mexico’s congress approves law limiting foreign agents

By MARK STEVENSON - Associated Press

The U.S. Treasury Department building viewed from the Washington Monument, Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2019, in Washington. Hackers got into computers at the U.S. Treasury Department and possibly other federal agencies, touching off a government response involving the National Security Council. Security Council spokesperson John Ullyot said Sunday, Dec. 13, 2020, that the government is aware of reports about the hacks. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

US agencies, companies secure networks after huge hack

By BEN FOX and FRANK BAJAK - Associated Press

Michael Pack

Michael Pack defends reforms at Voice Of America, Radio Free Asia

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

Explainer: How bad is the hack that targeted US agencies?

By MATT O'BRIEN and FRANK BAJAK - Associated Press

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin testifies before a Congressional Oversight Commission hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday Dec. 10, 2020. (Sarah Silbiger/The Washington Post via AP, Pool)

US budget deficit up 25.1% in first 2 months of budget year

By MARTIN CRUTSINGER - Associated Press

Authorities pass a border wall construction site, in Mission, Texas, Monday, Nov. 16, 2020. President-elect Joe Biden will face immediate pressure to fulfill his pledge to stop border wall construction. But he will confront a series of tough choices left behind by President Donald Trump, who's ramped up construction in his final weeks. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

Biden is facing high hopes, tough choices on border wall

By NOMAAN MERCHANT and JOHN L. MONE - Associated Press

US will appeal order barring expulsions of migrant children

By NOMAAN MERCHANT - Associated Press

Feds accuse West Virginia man of anti-government conspiracy

By CUNEYT DIL - Associated Press

US: WADA efforts a direct personal attack on US government

By EDDIE PELLS - Associated Press

A confederate flag hangs from a porch on a property in Munith, Mich., Friday, Oct. 9, 2020, where law enforcement officials said suspects accused in a plot to kidnap Michigan Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer met to train and make plans. Pete Musico and Joseph Morrison, who officials said lived at the Munith property, have been charged in the plot. A federal judge said Friday, Oct. 16, 2020, prosecutors have enough evidence to move toward trial for five Michigan men accused of plotting to kidnap Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer. (Nicole Hester/Ann Arbor News via AP)

‘All talk, no action’ defense likely in Michigan kidnap case

By JOHN FLESHER - Associated Press

This June 25, 2019, file photo shows the entrance to a Walmart in Pittsburgh. Walmart is reporting disappointing fourth-quarter profits and sales. The nation's largest retailer says that sales at its U.S. stores heading into the holiday season were weaker than expected. It also said that social unrest in Chile hurt its business. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)

Walmart sues U.S. government

By Anne D'Innocenzio - Associated Press

Pilgrim’s Pride reaches plea deal on chicken price-fixing

By DEE-ANN DURBIN - Associated Press

FILE - In this Sept. 17, 2020 file photo, visitors wearing mask to protect from the coronavirus walk past a 5G sign at the China Beijing International High Tech Expo in Beijing, China. A much-hyped network upgrade called “5G” means different things to different people. To industry proponents, it’s the next huge innovation in wireless internet. To the U.S. government, it’s the backbone technology of a future that America will wrestle with China to control. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File)

AP Explains: The promise of 5G wireless - speed, hype, risk

By MAE ANDERSON and TALI ARBEL - Associated Press

FILE - In this Friday, Aug. 7, 2020 file photo, Icons for the smartphone apps TikTok and WeChat are seen on a smartphone screen in Beijing. The U.S. government is cracking down on the Chinese apps TikTok and WeChat, starting by barring them from app stores on Sunday, Sept. 20, 2020. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)

Q&A: What does banning TikTok and WeChat mean for users?

By MATT O'BRIEN and TALI ARBEL - Associated Press

A truck driver puts on a mask given to him by Public Order Agency officers at a check point set up to enforce a city regulation requiring people to wear face masks in public places as a precaution against the coronavirus outbreak, in Medan, North Sumatra, Indonesia, Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2020. (AP Photo/Binsar Bakkara)

The Latest: Hawaii again sets plan for pre-testing tourists

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

FILE - This Feb. 25, 2020, file photo, shows the icon for TikTok in New York. Microsoft says its bid to buy popular video-sharing app TikTok has been rejected, removing a leading suitor for the Chinese-owned app a week before President Donald Trump promises to follow through with a plan to ban it in the U.S. (AP Photo/File)

Oracle and TikTok struck a deal. What it is, none will say

By MATT O'BRIEN and TALI ARBEL - Associated Press

In this April 29, 2020 file photo, a sign displaying the size of the national debt is displayed along an empty K Street in Washington. The Congressional Budget Office has warned that the government this year will run the largest budget deficit, as a share of the economy, since 1945, the year World War II ended. Next year, the federal debt — made up of the year-after-year gush of annual deficits — is forecast to exceed the size of the entire American economy for the first time since 1946. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

AP Explains: US debt will soon exceed size of entire economy

By PAUL WISEMAN - Associated Press

Groups raise concerns about new shaft at US nuclear dump

By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN - Associated Press