U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken had been scheduled to visit Beijing on Friday, marking the first cabinet member to meet with China. But thanks to this balloon, that's no longer happening. Chinese officials did admit the balloon was theirs, but claimed it was mainly meteorological and had accidentally drifted off-course. American officials say that explanation is a third and it's no coincidence the balloon's flight path took it right over Air Force bases and U.S. nuclear bases housing ICBM launch facilities.
The U.S. shoots down a Chinese surveillance balloon after it spent several days in American airspace, The Biden administration may declare a public health emergency to provide more access to abortions, and a man behind a popular pro-Trump Twitter account faces 10 years in prison over election memes. Get the facts first with Morning Wire.
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