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U.S. officials: China’s spy balloon sought communications


China’s spy balloon sought to intercept communications, U.S. officials say

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Fishermen have recovered what appears to be “a pretty big balloon” off the coast of Alaska, a U.S. official confirmed to CBS News Friday.

The balloon is being brought into port for examination, the official said, adding that photographs of the object are being examined, but it will not be possible to determine exactly what it is until it arrives in port.  

The official stressed that the balloon was not shot down by the U.S. military.

The exact location of where the balloon was found, and the circumstances of its discovery were not provided.

In January 2023, a suspected high-altitude Chinese spy balloon was spotted floating over the U.S. before it was shot down off the coast of South Carolina by a U.S. fighter jet. The balloon had high-tech equipment that could collect communications signals and other sensitive information, according to government officials.

China, however, alleged that the balloon was simply a weather research satellite that had blown off course. 

Fighter jets shot down several unidentified objects over the U.S. and Canada over the following weeks.

Late last month, North American Aerospace Defense Command revealed that it was tracking another high-altitude balloon over the Western U.S. A day later, NORAD reported that the object was determined to be a hobbyist balloon and posed no threat to national security.

David Martin, Eleanor Watson and Caitlin Yilek contributed to this report. 



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President-elect Donald Trump says he will remove millions of immigrants living unlawfully in the U.S. through his mass deportation plan once he takes office in January. CBS News immigration and politics reporter Camilo Montoya-Galvez rode along Wednesday in El Paso with a sergeant for the Texas Department of Public Safety to discuss border policy.

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President-elect Donald Trump’s proposed tariffs on Canada haven’t even gone into effect and they’ve already plunged Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government into turmoil. On Monday, Trudeau’s finance minister and deputy prime minister resigned, sharing a sharply critical assessment of her old boss in a public letter. Mercedes Stephenson, Ottawa bureau chief for Canada’s Global News, joins “America Decides” to discuss Trudeau’s future.

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The Supreme Court plans to hear arguments in January on a challenge to a new law that could lead to the popular social media app TikTok being banned in the U.S. The Biden administration and lawmakers say the Chinese government’s ability to collect data from TikTok poses a significant national security risk, while the app and its Chinese parent company ByteDance argue that the law is unconstitutional. CBS News Supreme Court producer Catherine Cole has more.

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