The Latest Breaking News from Chuck Schumer

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'The bottom line is until a few months ago we didn’t know about these balloons'

A US fighter jet shot down an “unidentified object” over Lake Huron on Sunday on orders from President Joe Biden. It was the fourth such downing in eight days and the latest military strike in an extraordinary chain of events over US airspace that Pentagon officials believe has no peacetime…

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WASHINGTON — The White House said it’s too early to characterize the two latest objects shot down by U.S. fighter jets over North America after Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said they are believed to have been high-altitude balloons.

‘Chinese were caught lying',’ says Senate majority leader as US and Canadian military scramble to recover pieces

Sen. Schumer said the U.S. military and intelligence are "focused like a laser" on gathering more information about the balloons.

U.S. military fighter jets on Sunday shot down an octagonal object over Lake Huron, the Pentagon said, the latest incident since a suspected Chinese surveillance balloon put North American security forces on high alert.