WASHINGTON, Aug 15 (Reuters) - Republican U.S. Representative Don Bacon late on Monday said the FBI had warned him that his emails had been hacked by Chinese spies, with both personal and campaign messages compromised. Bacon was told the Chinese Communist Party had access to his accounts for about a month ending on June 16, he said on X, the social media platform formerly known as… Read more »

The suspected Chinese hackers who forged Microsoft customer identities to read the emails of State Department employees also obtained the personal and political emails of Rep. Don Bacon, a moderate Republican from Nebraska on the House Armed Services Committee. Read more here. Read more »

WASHINGTON: A bipartisan group of US lawmakers called on FIFA to recognise the exiled Afghanistan women's soccer team, in a letter sent to the sport's international governing body on Friday (Aug 11). The team has been playing in exile in Australia since the Taliban took control of the Afghan government in August 2021, causing many prominent women to flee the country for fear of… Read more »

Bacon, Panetta, Klobuchar Host Presser on Resolution Condemning Russian Kidnapping of Ukrainian Children  Washington– Reps. Don Bacon (R-NE-02), Jimmy Panetta (D-CA-19), and Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) hosted  a press conference to discuss their House Concurrent Resolution Condemning Russian Kidnapping of Ukrainian Children and the Senate companion. Since February 24, 2022,… Read more »

A bipartisan, bicameral resolution unveiled on March 28 by U.S. Rep. Don Bacon (R-NE) denounces the kidnappings of Ukrainian children by the Russian Federation. “There are no two ways about this, the Russian Federation is abducting children and trafficking them to other families in Russia,” Rep. Bacon said. “We cannot sit by as Vladimir Putin acts like a ruthless dictator and steals… Read more »

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - The phrase “tick-tock” could mean different things: a clock running out of time; that once-popular Kesha song.  If it’s coming from American lawmakers they’re likely talking about the Chinese-owned video-sharing app, TikTok. Read the full article here. Read more »

Rep. Don Bacon on Biden's handling of U.S.-China relations ahead of State of the Union Fallout from the Chinese spy balloon has put a renewed focus on China and foreign policy ahead of President Biden's State of the Union address. Republican Congressman Don Bacon of Nebraska joins CBS News' Ed O'Keefe and Caitlin Huey-Burns to discuss that plus the looming standoff over the debt… Read more »

Bacon’s Statement on 2023 State of the Union Washington – Rep. Don Bacon (NE-02) issued the following statement in response to the President’s State of the Union address: “Tonight, the President tried to claim that the economy is booming but more American families are saying they are worse off financially. Gas has gone up over a dollar since he took office; December is the… Read more »

Washington Journal Rep. Don Bacon on the Debt Ceiling and Federal Spending Representative Don Bacon (R-NE) talked about the state of the economy, federal spending, and the debt ceiling battle. https://www.c-span.org/video/?525512-101/washington-journal-rep-don-bacon-r-ne-discusses-debt-ceiling-federal-spending Read more »

U.S. House Rep. Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA) and Don Bacon (R-NE) reintroduced their bipartisan Banning Oil Exports to Foreign Adversaries Act for the 118th Congress. Their bill would ban China, Russia, Iran, North Korea, and other sanctioned nations from purchasing oil from the U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserves; it is the most bipartisan and comprehensive policy solution put forward on this… Read more »