FBI agents who participated in investigations related to President Donald Trump have sued over Justice Department efforts to develop a list of employees involved in those inquiries that they fear could be a precursor to mass firings
February 04, 2025
FBI turns over details of 5,000 employees who worked on January 6 cases to Trump Justice Department, as agents sue
February 04, 2025
Two separate groups of FBI employees sued the U.S.
February 04, 2025
FBI releases ‘seeking information posters’ for two Iranian intelligence officers in case of abducted American
February 04, 2025
Advocacy groups representing FBI agents appealed to the U.S.
February 03, 2025
The association representing thousands of FBI agents is urging congressional leaders to protect the jobs of employees at risk of punishment or possibly termination over their participation in investigations into the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol
February 03, 2025
‘Time for me to dig in’: Justice Department puts pressure on FBI agents who worked on January 6 cases
February 03, 2025
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February 02, 2025
Thousands of FBI employees who participated in investigations related to the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol are being asked to complete in-depth questionnaires about their involvement in the inquiries as the Trump administration's Justice Department weighs disciplinary actions that could result in firings
February 02, 2025
By Sarah N.
January 31, 2025
Senior FBI leaders ordered to retire, resign or be fired by Monday
January 30, 2025
People on Kash Patel’s so-called ‘enemies list’ taking drastic steps for protection before his potential FBI takeover
January 30, 2025
The FBI and a host of law enforcement agencies seized a series of cybercrime-related websites on Wednesday, according to a seizure notice posted to the websites and
January 29, 2025
Kash Patel positioned himself as a steadfast Donald Trump loyalist well before the president picked him to run the FBI
January 28, 2025
Intel officials spent years battling Kash Patel. Now he’s poised to take over a key agency
January 28, 2025
One of FBI's 10 most wanted caught in Florida, officials say
January 27, 2025A 21-year-old Washington state woman faces two weapons charges in connection with the fatal shooting of a U.S. Border Patrol agent in Vermont
January 24, 2025
Authorities are investigating the fatal shooting of a U.S. Border Patrol agent near Canada that also left a suspect dead and another injured
January 21, 2025
A cryptocurrency financial services firm agreed on Tuesday to plead guilty to U.S. charges that it offered to help manipulate the market for a digital token created
January 21, 2025
Trump grants temporary security clearances to officials who have not been fully vetted
January 21, 2025
Authorities say a U.S. Border Patrol agent has been fatally shot in northern Vermont
January 20, 2025
The White House has named a veteran agent to serve as acting FBI director after the official who’d been expected to run the bureau on an interim basis following the departure of Christopher Wray retired after nearly 30 years
January 20, 2025
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January 20, 2025
FBI leaders have warned that hackers who breached AT&T's system last year likely stole months of agents' call and text logs, prompting an urgent effort to safeguard confidential informants'
January 16, 2025
As President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for attorney general, Pam Bondi, gets set for her Senate confirmation hearings, only about 2 in 10 U.S. adults are “extremely” or “very” confident the Justice Department will act in a fair and nonpartisan manner during his second term
January 15, 2025
Federal prosecutors say a former lab manager at Northeastern University has been sentenced to just over a year in prison for staging a hoax explosion at the Boston campus and then lying about what happened to a federal agent
January 14, 2025The Federal Bureau of Investigation and the U.S.
January 13, 2025
Outgoing FBI Director Christopher Wray says the bureau must remain independent, above the partisan fray and “committed to upholding the rule of law."
January 10, 2025
A former FBI informant who admitted to lying about U.S.
January 08, 2025The attack that killed 14 people in New Orleans comes at a difficult time for the FBI, as it finds itself buffeted by suspicion and public criticism from lawmakers, especially allies of President-elect Donald Trump
January 07, 2025
The chief of staff for a Chinese businessman sought by the government of China has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for her role in the $1 billion fraud case
January 06, 2025FBI Special Agent in Charge of the New Orleans Field Office Myrthil shares the timeline of the New Orleans terrorist attack that occurred on New Year's Day during a press conference.
January 05, 2025
The FBI is looking into past visits to Egypt and Canada by the suspect in the New Year's Day attack in New Orleans that killed 14 people after a truck was rammed into a
January 05, 2025
The FBI said on Friday that the suspected driver of the Tesla Cybertruck that exploded outside the Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas this week had no
January 03, 2025
The U.S. on Friday sanctioned China's Integrity Technology Group, accusing it of being behind a prolific hacking group known as "Flax Typhoon."
January 03, 2025
A defense attorney says a man accused of long hiding a stolen pair of ruby slippers that Judy Garland wore in “The Wizard of Oz” plans to plead guilty
January 03, 2025
The FBI has identified the suspect who rammed a pickup truck into a crowd during New Year’s celebrations on Bourbon Street in New Orleans as a 42-year-old Texas man and Army veteran. CNN's Kyung Lah reports.
January 01, 2025
The FBI is releasing new information about a suspect who planted pipe bombs four years ago outside the offices of the Democratic and Republican national committees near the Capitol
January 02, 2025
A Pennsylvania man who previously served in the U.S.
January 02, 2025The FBI on Thursday released new surveillance video in a bid to reinvigorate its four-year-old hunt for a suspect who placed pipe bombs in Washington the
January 02, 2025
After failing for four years to track down DC pipe bomber, FBI hopes there’s a new person willing to talk
January 02, 2025
Law-enforcement officials in U.S. cities were beefing up security on Thursday after a deadly attack in New Orleans and an
January 02, 2025
Man arrested after FBI finds 150+ 'finished explosive devices' at his Isle of Wight home
January 02, 2025
The FBI is warning sports leagues about crime organizations targeting professional athletes
December 30, 2024
The FBI is offering a $10,000 reward for help finding a man suspected of fatally shooting a 7-year-old boy on a tribal reservation in Colorado earlier this month
December 24, 2024Boston Marathon Terror Attack Fast Facts
June 03, 2013Mysterious drones have been reported flying over the eastern United States in recent weeks, sparking speculation and concern over who is flying them and why
December 14, 2024
A Department of Homeland Security agent who the FBI says conspired with another agent to sell an illicit drug known as “bath salts” has pleaded not guilty to a drug distribution conspiracy charge
December 20, 2024George Mason University student charged with plotting mass casualty attack on Israeli consulate in New York
December 20, 2024
The FBI investigates everything from terrorist threats to cybercrime to public corruption. What does the presidentially nominated, Senate-confirmed head of the sprawling agency actually do?
December 13, 2024
Woman who stowed away on Delta flight to Paris apprehended again, this time trying to get into Canada
December 16, 2024
A northern Virginia man targeted by an FBI sting operation has been convicted on terrorism charges for collecting funds on behalf of the Islamic State group
December 16, 2024Rep. Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ) tells CNN's Kate Bolduan that he believes the FBI and other officials should explain to residents in New Jersey what they know about mysterious drone sightings. He says state and local officials should be able to shoot the drones down if necessary.
December 13, 2024
Officials from the White House, FBI and DHS on Saturday stressed that most of the recent reported drone sightings in New Jersey and nearby states involved manned
December 14, 2024FBI Director Wray walked a tightrope with Trump. Here’s how it went wrong
December 13, 2024
Social media users are misrepresenting a report by the Justice Department inspector general’s office, falsely claiming that it’s proof the FBI orchestrated the Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021
December 13, 2024
The FBI should have done more to collect intelligence before the Capitol riot even though the bureau did prepare for the possibility of violence on Jan. 6, 2021, according to a watchdog report
December 12, 2024
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December 12, 2024
A large number of mysterious drones have been reported flying over parts of New Jersey in recent weeks, sparking speculation and concern over who sent them and why
December 12, 2024
Fourteen North Korean nationals have been indicted in a scheme using information technology workers with false identities to contract with U.S. companies, workers who then allegedly funneled their wages to North Korea for development of ballistic missiles and other weapons
December 12, 2024Retired FBI Supervisory Special Agent Steve Moore reacts to a Federal Bureau of Investigation statement that FBI Director Chris Wray will resign at the end of the Biden administration. President-elect Donald Trump has announced he will nominate Kash Patel for the role.
December 11, 2024
Wray’s departure will cement Trump’s control over the institutions of US justice
December 12, 2024FBI Director Chris Wray to resign at end of Biden term, clearing way for Trump pick
December 11, 2024
By Sarah N.
December 11, 2024
Luigi Mangione, suspect in health care CEO’s killing, charged with murder
December 09, 2024
After days of searching, police have announced the arrest of a suspect in the killing of UnitedHealthcare’s CEO outside a Midtown Manhattan hotel last week
December 08, 2024
Key GOP senators begin to fall in line to support Kash Patel and keep door open for Pete Hegseth
December 09, 2024
A pair of ruby slippers that were worn by Judy Garland in “The Wizard of Oz” and stolen nearly two decades ago have fetched $28 million at auction
December 07, 2024
Police don’t know who he is, where he is, or why he did it
December 08, 2024
Man sentenced to federal prison for importing switch devices, but FBI & MPD say 'hundreds' more remain on streets
December 06, 2024Ray Epps, a former Marine who became the target of a Jan. 6, 2021, conspiracy theory, has been charged with a misdemeanor in connection with the U.S. Capitol riot and is expected to plead guilty
September 19, 2023
A former high-ranking FBI counterintelligence official has pleaded guilty to concealing at least $225,000 in cash that he allegedly received from a former Albanian intelligence official while working for the agency
September 22, 2023
A sharply divided privacy oversight board says the FBI and other government agencies should be required to get court approval before reviewing the communications of U.S. citizens collected through a secretive foreign surveillance program
September 28, 2023
New eyewitness accounts are raising questions about the FBI’s secretive 2018 dig for a legendary cache of Civil War-era gold
October 07, 2023
President Joe Biden said on Tuesday U.S. law enforcement agencies were taking steps to disrupt any domestic threat that may emerge after Palestinian Islamist group Hamas'
April 26, 2024
Data in the FBI's annual crime report released Monday shows that violent crime across the U.S. decreased last year, dropping to about the same level as before the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic
October 16, 2023
Violent crimes including murder and rape declined in the United States in 2022 from a year earlier, but property crimes rose during the same period, according to data published by the
April 26, 2024
Donald Trump is scheduled to be questioned under oath as part of lawsuits from two former FBI employees who provoked the former president’s outrage after sending each other pejorative text messages about him
October 17, 2023
The attack by Hamas on Israel will inspire the most significant terror threat to the U.S. since the rise of ISIS nearly a decade ago, FBI Director Christopher Wray
April 26, 2024
FBI Director Christopher Wray is warning that Hamas’ rampage inside Israel could inspire violence in the U.S. He told lawmakers on Tuesday that multiple foreign extremist groups have called for attacks against Americans and the West in recent weeks
October 31, 2023
FBI agents searched the home of New York City Mayor Eric Adams' chief election campaign fundraiser, Brianna Suggs, on Thursday, and she was questioned by public
April 26, 2024
A woman interviewed by FBI agents says they are investigating allegations of wrongdoing by a Texas sheriff who faced complaints of corruption for years before drawing broader scrutiny for his response to a mass shooting
November 03, 2023
A bipartisan team of U.S. lawmakers has introduced new legislation intended to curb the FBI's sweeping surveillance powers, saying the bill helps close the
April 26, 2024
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July 02, 2024
FBI Director Christopher Wray is making a fresh push to Congress to authorize a spy program that Biden administration says is vital to preventing terrorism, catching spies and disrupting cyberattacks
November 15, 2023
The FBI warned organizations to guard against the Scattered Spider hacking group, which has breached dozens of American organizations over the past year,
April 26, 2024
The FBI has ended its investigation of a fiery car wreck that killed two people at a border checkpoint in Niagara Falls after finding no evidence that it was a terror attack
November 23, 2023
A federal watchdog is investigating how the Biden administration chose the site for a new FBI headquarters following a contentious competition marked by allegations of conflict of interest from the bureau’s director
November 30, 2023
Police are searching for two people after an FBI agent was carjacked in Washington D
November 30, 2023
FBI Director Christopher Wray will press a Senate committee on Tuesday to renew the authority of the U.S. government to conduct warrantless surveillance
April 26, 2024
FBI Director Christopher Wray is making a fresh pitch for the reauthorization of a U.S. government surveillance tool set to expire at the end of the year
December 05, 2023
FBI Director Christopher Wray will visit India next week, officials said, days after Washington accused an Indian government official of directing an unsuccessful plot to
April 26, 2024
A federal judge is ordering Republican Rep. Scott Perry of Pennsylvania to turn over more than 1,600 texts and emails to FBI agents investigating efforts to keep President Donald Trump in office after his 2020 election loss
December 20, 2023
Bomb threats and false reports of shootings at the homes of public officials, state capitols and courthouses have surged in recent weeks, including some connected to court cases against former president Donald Trump
December 29, 2023
Three years after the attack on the U.S. Capitol, Washington’s federal courthouse is flooded with trials, guilty plea hearings and sentencings stemming from the largest criminal investigation in American history
January 05, 2024
U.S. authorities including the Federal Bureau of Investigation are probing a fake post made on the Securities and Exchange Commission's account on X,
July 02, 2024
A man convicted in 2010 of plotting to blow up New York City synagogues, a Jewish community center and shoot down military planes, was ordered to be released
April 26, 2024
The Justice Department plans to send additional law enforcement resources to help Washington, D.C., battle the perpetrators of violent crime and carjackings, the department said
July 02, 2024
Trump has begun another trade war. Here's a timeline of how we got here
Canada's leader laments lost friendship with US in town that sheltered stranded Americans after 9/11
Chinese EV giant BYD's fourth-quarter profit leaps 73%
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