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The U.S. Supreme Court will decide when threats made on social media can be prosecuted as crimes under the First Amendment. A convicted stalker from Colorado is asking the Supreme Court this week to toss out the law that put him in prison for sending hundreds of messages on social media to a singer-songwriter who felt threatened by the contact. Billy Raymond Counterman, who spent four and a half years behind bars, says he never intended to harm rising-star performer Coles Whalen, whom he'd never met, and that the First Amendment protects his ability to communicate with a public figure. Whalen said she feared for her life and that the years of incessant messages from Counterman on Facebook inflicted significant emotional distress and sent her into hiding. She no longer performs openly in public. A Supreme Court case pitting a singer songwriter against a convicted stalker could clarify when threats made on social media become crimes. ABC News "It's very unfortunate that ano...

Chinese cyber threat "unparalleled," FBI Director says The Chinese cyber threat is " unparalleled " by any other national security challenge seen by the U.S. government, according to FBI Director Christopher Wray. China, seemingly gearing up to invade Taiwan within years or even months, poses the most significant threat to the United States more broadly, Wray said during Thursday testimony before the House Appropriations Subcommittee. "They've got a bigger hacking program than every other major nation," Wray said. "There's no country that presents a more significant threat to our innovation, our ideas, our economic security, our national security than Chinese government. And that's why we've grown the number of investigations into threat s from China about 1300%," he added. FBI Director Christopher Wray testifies during a hearing before the Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Subcommittee of the House Appropria...

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas tells Jewish leaders that law enforcement is "very concerned" about "lone wolf" threat against Jewish communities. Law enforcement around the country remain "very concerned " about the threat of a "lone wolf" actor attempting to exploit the co NFL ict between Israel and Hamas, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas told Jewish leaders. "We remain very concerned about the lone wolf, the individual incited to violence by and ideology of hate," Mayorkas said at "Unity in Crisis: Emergency Leadership Mission for Israel" an event in Washington, D.C., put on by the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations. Mayorkas urged Jewish organizations to utilize the $156 million made available by the department through grant funding in order to bolster security around synagogues in the wake of Hamas' terrorist attack on Israel. In his remarks, th...

Several House Republican who have not backed Rep. Jim Jordan for speaker are seething after threats have been made against them, their offices or even their spouses. Several House Republicans who have voted against Rep. Jim Jordan for speaker are seething after threat s have been made against them, their offices or even their spouses -- including one that a lawmaker called a "credible death threat ." The chaotic battle for the speakership presses on after Republicans twice rejected Jordan -- a conservative firebrand and favorite of former President Donald Trump -- most recently with 22 members of his party voting against him. Several in the GOP are opposed to Jordan as speaker -- and say they have been threatened or harassed as a result of the pressure campaign Jordan's allies have waged across conservative media. MORE: House speaker vote live updates: Some Republicans slam proposal to empower temporary speaker House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH) talks ...

Illegal drugs are expected to be one of the biggest threats to national security in 2024, according to the Department of Homeland Security's annual threat study. Illegal drugs are expected to be one of the biggest threats to national security in 2024 as overdose deaths topped 100,000 in the last year, according to the Department of Homeland Security's annual threat study. In its report released Thursday, DHS said it expects illegal drugs produced in Mexico and sold in the United States will continue to kill more Americans than any other threat . "While terrorists pose an enduring threat to the Homeland, drugs kill and harm far more people in the United States annually," the report states. MORE: To help curb terrorism and violence threats, DHS awards $20M to local communities In the past year, traffickers have contributed to more lethal mixes of fentanyl -- an already deadly drug -- on the market and driving an increase in overdose deaths in the U.S., DHS said. It is...