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
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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
The FBI says an 18th century British painting stolen by mobsters in 1969 has been returned more than a half-century later to the family that bought the painting during the Great Depression
January 26, 2024
FBI Director Chris Wray is preparing to tell House lawmakers that Chinese government hackers are busily targeting water treatment plants, the electrical grid, transportation systems and other critical infrastructure inside the United States
January 31, 2024
Hackers linked to the Chinese government are targeting critical infrastructure in the United States, preparing to cause "real-world harm" to Americans, FBI
April 26, 2024
During years of scrutiny from prosecutors, Donald Trump has repeatedly sought to deflect attention from himself by making the personal lives of investigators ripe for derision and ridicule
February 05, 2024
The FBI says a contract worker stole an agent’s car from the bureau headquarters in Washington and tried to get into a restricted facility before he was arrested
February 07, 2024The United States is offering a reward of up to $10 million for information leading to the identification or location of key leaders in the Hive ransomware organized crime group
April 26, 2024
U.S. authorities on Friday said they had seized websites used to sell cybercriminals malware called "Warzone RAT" that could be used to steal data from victims'
April 26, 2024
A dozen victims of Jeffrey Epstein filed a lawsuit on Wednesday accusing the FBI of covering up its failure to investigate the late financier, enabling his sex
May 07, 2024
A former high-ranking FBI counterintelligence official was sentenced to more than two years in prison for concealing hundreds of thousands of dollars in payments from a businessman with ties to the Albanian government
February 16, 2024
A former FBI official was sentenced to more than two years in prison on Friday for hiding $225,000 in payments from a former Albanian intelligence officer while serving in a
April 26, 2024
Prosecutors say a former FBI informant charged with making up a multimillion-dollar bribery scheme involving President Joe Biden, his son Hunter and a Ukrainian energy company had contacts with officials affiliated with Russian intelligence
February 20, 2024
A Southern California shopping center was closed following reports of an explosion
February 21, 2024
Defense lawyers say a former FBI informant accused of lying about a multimillion-dollar bribery scheme involving President Joe Biden and his son Hunter and purportedly having links to Russian intelligence has been taken back into the custody of U.S. Marshals
February 22, 2024
A federal judge in California will consider whether a former FBI informant charged with lying about a multimillion-dollar bribery scheme involving President Joe Biden’s family must remain behind bars while he awaits trial
February 23, 2024
FBI Director Christopher Wray says the U.S. expects to confront fast-moving threats to American elections this year as artificial intelligence and other technological advances have made interference and meddling easier than before
February 29, 2024
FBI agents searched the New York City home of a senior policy adviser to Mayor Eric Adams early on Thursday, according to News 12.
April 26, 2024
An FBI informant who was once held up by Republicans as a credible source of information about Hunter Biden now finds himself charged with lying to federal authorities
March 02, 2024
Less than a month after his victory, President-elect Donald Trump has assembled a team ready to carry out two of his biggest priorities:
December 04, 2024
Federal investigators are again searching a troubled women’s prison in California, seizing computers and documents in an apparent escalation of a yearslong sexual abuse investigation that led to previous charges against a former warden and other employees
March 11, 2024
Homicides across the U.S. dropped by more than 13% in 2023, according to FBI data released this week, declining for the second consecutive year after a precipitous spike during the
April 26, 2024
New FBI statistics show violent crime in the U.S. dropping again last year, continuing a downward trend after a pandemic-era spike
March 20, 2024
Three boys, ages 11, 12 and 16, and dubbed the “Little Rascals,” have been arrested for robbing a bank in Houston
March 20, 2024The FBI is telling people who were on board the Boeing 737 Max that lost a panel in midflight that they might be victims of a crime
March 22, 2024
Lawyers for convicted killer Alex Murdaugh want to release to the public statements he made to the FBI about what happened to million of dollars he stole from clients and his law firm
March 28, 2024
The Federal Bureau of Investigation has arrested a would-be intruder who tried to ram his car through the front gate of the agency's Atlanta field office on Monday, according to FBI
April 01, 2024The U.S. Justice Department has agreed to pay approximately $100 million to settle claims with about 100 people who say they were sexually assaulted by sports doctor Larry Nassar
April 17, 2024
The Senate has voted to reauthorize a key U.S. surveillance law after divisions over whether the FBI should be restricted from using the program to search for Americans’ data nearly forced the statute to lapse
April 20, 2024
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April 23, 2024
The FBI has determined that a young Black man died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound inside a rural Missouri home, not at the hands of the white homeowner who had a history of racist social media postings
April 24, 2024
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April 29, 2024A former National Security Agency employee who sold classified information to an undercover FBI agent he believed to be a Russian official has been sentenced to nearly 22 years in prison, the penalty requested by government prosecutors
April 29, 2024
The FBI says scammers stole more than $3.4 billion from older Americans last year
April 30, 2024
The number of FBI searches of a vast foreign intelligence repository for information about Americans and people in the United States plummeted over the last year from the prior 12 months, according to a U.S. government report released Tuesday
April 30, 2024U.S. officials are urging telecommunication companies to boost network security following a Chinese hacking operation that gave officials in Beijing access to the private texts and phone conversations of Americans
December 03, 2024A Russian national pleaded guilty on Wednesday to lying to the FBI about his participation in an organization that U.S. prosecutors said was controlled by sanctioned Russian
May 01, 2024A federal appeals court has rejected a bid to release from jail a former FBI informant who is charged with fabricating a multimillion-dollar bribery scheme involving President Joe Biden’s family
May 02, 2024
A former government employee has been charged with repeatedly submitting fake tips to the FBI reporting that several of his co-workers in the intelligence community were part of a mob that attacked the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021
May 03, 2024
The FBI has laid out a detailed case showing why agents believe a Florida man is behind his estranged wife's disappearance in Spain, but gave no indication about what they believe happened to her
May 07, 2024
Donald Trump demanded that federal prosecutors reveal details about how they handled boxes seized during a search of his Florida home in 2022 as he seeks to
May 22, 2024
A senior FBI official says the agency is concerned that foreign adversaries could deploy artificial intelligence as a way to interfere in American elections and spread disinformation
May 09, 2024
Forty years ago, on Dec. 8, 1984, one of the largest manhunts in FBI history came to an explosive end on Whidbey Island in Puget Sound
December 03, 2024
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June 03, 2024
Former President Donald Trump has pointed to standard language used in an unsealed FBI document to baselessly claim the Biden administration wanted to kill him during a search for documents at his Florida estate in 2022
May 22, 2024
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June 08, 2024
A former CIA officer and contract linguist for the FBI accused of spying for China for at least a decade has pleaded guilty in a federal courtroom in Honolulu
May 24, 2024
Federal prosecutors have asked the judge overseeing the classified documents case against Donald Trump to bar the former president from public statements that “pose a significant, imminent, and foreseeable danger to law enforcement agents” participating in the prosecution
May 24, 2024
By Raphael Satter and Christopher Bing WASHINGTON - An Israeli private investigator sought by the United States over hack-for-hire allegations previously told colleagues that he had been questioned by
June 11, 2024
Kash Patel has been well-known for years within Donald Trump’s orbit as a loyal supporter who shares the president-elect’s skepticism of the FBI and intelligence community
December 03, 2024
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June 13, 2024
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