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🎯 The House China Select Committee issued its first ever subpoena as it investigates a Chinese-owned lab in California. Local, state and federal agencies have been investigating the lab that produced pregnancy and coronavirus tests to sell online. Politico
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💥 Senate subpoenas Saudi Public Investment Fund’s U.S. subsidiary for info on PGA-LIV Golf deal. Senator Blumenthal accused Saudi Arabia of mirroring other authoritarian regimes like China and Russia by exploiting loopholes in investment platforms to spread their influence and exert soft power within the U.S. CNBC
💥 Caesars Entertainment Paid Millions to Hackers in Attack. The group behind the attack is known as Scattered Spider or UNC 3944, and its members are skilled at social engineering in order to gain access to large corporate networks. Bloomberg
💥 Arms Megadeal Collapsed When China, Russia Links Emerged. Failed talks between RTX and a Saudi defense firm show the kingdom’s difficulties in establishing its own military industry. WSJ
💥 What to know about the House GOP's Biden impeachment inquiry. Republicans have accused President Biden of profiting from the foreign business ventures of his son, Hunter Biden, while he served as vice president from 2009 to 2017. ABC News
💥 Goldman Sachs fires several executives in transaction banking. US regulators have so far fined dozens of Wall Street firms collectively more than $2 billion for failing to keep tabs on employees’ use of “off-channel” communications including text messages and WhatsApp. Reuters
💥 US, Europeans again threaten Iran with IAEA resolution but leave timing open. Western powers have recently condemned Iran for stonewalling the IAEA on that and other issues like the re-installation surveillance cameras removed last year, and for enriching uranium to up to 60% purity. Reuters
💥 TD Calls Justice Department Money-Laundering Probe ‘Manageable’. Canada’s second-largest bank disclosed last month that it’s been receiving inquiries from regulators and law enforcement about its AML compliance. Bloomberg
💥 Members of Alleged Singapore Money Laundering Syndicate Bought London Properties Worth $56M. Police said at the time of the arrests that they had confiscated 50 vehicles and 94 properties in Singapore, which were together worth almost $600 million. OCCRP
💥 CIA 'looking into' allegations connected to COVID-19 origins. The CIA's comment and review come in response to claims leveled in a new letter from two Republican House chairmen to CIA Director Bill Burns. ABC News
💥 The food industry pays 'influencer' dietitians to shape your eating habits. What these dietitians didn't make clear was that they were paid to post the videos by American Beverage, a trade and lobbying group representing Coca-Cola, PepsiCo and other companies. WaPo
💥 'Disguised as tourism’: Colombia's 'VIP' migration routes. Usually, participants arrive legally in Colombia as tourists and are flown to San Andrés, an isolated archipelago and vacation destination in the Caribbean Sea. Al Jazeera
💥 SEC Files Charges Against NFT Project ‘Stoner Cats’ Starring Ashton Kutcher, Mila Kunis and More. The LLC connected to the animated Web3 series, which also stars Jane Fonda, Seth MacFarlane and Chris Rock, agreed to pay a $1 million penalty and return payments to buyers of the NFTs. Hollywood Reporter
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