Police captured a Wisconsin man early Friday, ending an intense manhunt launched after he allegedly robbed a gun shop and sent an anti-government manifesto to US President Donald Trump. Joseph Jakubowski, 32, was arrested without incident on a farm in the midwestern state of Wisconsin, the Rock County Sheriff’s Office said. A force of some … Read more
The FBI investigated Trump campaign advisor Carter Page last year over worries he could have been working for Russia, the Washington Post reported Tuesday. In the first confirmation that the government conducted surveillance on President Donald Trump’s team, the Federal Bureau of Investigation obtained a rare warrant to monitor the Page’s communications from the top … Read more
The CIA had evidence that Russia was interfering in the 2016 US election to boost Donald Trump earlier than previously thought, the New York Times reported Thursday. Russia’s interference was not made public until months after Trump’s November 8 election victory, with US intelligence chiefs openly accusing Russian President Vladimir Putin of masterminding a hacking … Read more
Federal agents in California on Wednesday raided two homes and a business allegedly connected to a $50 million visa fraud scheme that benefited up to 100 Chinese nationals. Authorities said the key suspects in the case helped wealthy Chinese obtain residency visas in the United States in exchange for bogus investments. According to an affidavit … Read more
Former White House national security advisor Susan Rice flatly denied Tuesday that she combed official intelligence files for political information against incoming President Donald Trump. As Republicans sought to steer public attention to unproven claims that Barack Obama’s administration spied on Trump, Rice said that her final months in the White House were focused on … Read more
A New Jersey teen pleaded guilty Monday to an allegedly Islamic State-inspired plot to kill Pope Francis during his US visit in 2015. The US Justice Department said Santos Colon, 17, sought to recruit a sniper to shoot the pope as well as set off explosives as he performed mass in Philadelphia on September 27, … Read more
Photos taken after the attack on the Pentagon on 11 September 2001 have reappeared on the FBI’s website six years after they were first released. The 27 images show fire crews battling the blaze, as well as recovery teams and investigators searching the rubble. American Airlines Flight 77, travelling from Virginia to LA, slammed into … Read more
The House Intelligence Committee’s top Democrat says a request by the fired US national security adviser for immunity to testify to the panel is “momentous”. Representative Adam Schiff said they were interested in hearing Michael Flynn’s evidence, but it was too early to shield him from any prosecution. Two congressional committees and the FBI are … Read more
Never-seen photographs from the September 11, 2001 attack on the Pentagon released by the FBI this week show the massive devastation that faced first responders. Twenty-seven pictures from that day depict the crushed walls, blazing fires and eviscerated interiors of the seat of the US Department of Defense. The American Airlines jet that struck the … Read more
Ousted White House national security advisor Michael Flynn has agreed to provide testimony to officials investigating alleged ties between Russia and Donald Trump’s presidential campaign, in exchange for immunity from prosecution, the Wall Street Journal reported. According to the daily, Flynn proposed his deal to the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the House and Senate … Read more
Retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn, who briefly served as national security adviser to President Donald Trump, is seeking immunity from prosecution in exchange for testifying on the president’s ties to Russia, the Wall Street Journal reported Thursday. According to the report, Flynn made the offer to the FBI, the House intelligence committee and the Senate … Read more
When Federal Bureau of Investigation Director James Comey teased that he had joined the world of social media with secret Facebook and Twitter accounts, tech writer Ashley Feinberg took the dare. After four hours of FBI-level sleuthing, she was pretty sure she had the answer: On both he was using the name of US Protestant … Read more
President Donald Trump has a new phone. An iPhone. That would not ordinarily be news, but given the security concerns about the risk of hack attacks on the prolific White House tweeter, the shift is significant. Cybersecurity specialists say Trump’s decision to transition from his Android device — details of which were never disclosed but … Read more
Senior Senate Democrats on Thursday said they were demanding the US government investigate connections between President Donald Trump’s real estate company and an Azerbaijani oligarch reported to have ties to Iran’s Revolutionary Guards. The lawmakers wrote to Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, Attorney General Jeff Sessions and FBI Director James Comey to express concern that the … Read more
Russia tried to hijack the US democratic process, says a senator investigating alleged interference in the US election. A hearing by the Senate Intelligence Committee opened on Thursday. Jared Kushner, President Donald Trump’s son-in-law, is to appear next week. US intelligence agencies believe Russia tried to help Mr Trump win in November by damaging Hillary … Read more
An Israeli-American teenager accused of making dozens of anti-Semitic bomb threats that led to concern and a backlash in the United States has autism and a brain tumour, his lawyer told a court Thursday. The Israeli court extended the 18-year-old’s remand at the hearing in the city of Rishon Lezion to April 6 following the … Read more
The Republican and Democrat leaders of a Senate panel investigating alleged Russian interference in the US election have vowed a thorough inquiry. The pledge comes as a similar inquiry in the House remains mired in acrimony. The Senate hearing begins on Thursday. Jared Kushner, President Donald Trump’s son-in-law, is set to appear next week. Ahead … Read more
FBI agents have arrested a Mexican prosecutor suspected of involvement in a ring producing and trafficking illegal drugs including heroin and cocaine into the United States, authorities said on Wednesday. Edgar Veytia, the attorney general in Mexico’s western state of Nayarit, was arrested Monday at the US border in San Diego. He was detained on … Read more
Secret meetings, phone taps, Russian oil money and mysterious intelligence dossiers: the swirling scandal over Donald Trump’s ties to Moscow has all the makings of a classic spy novel — whose ending has yet to be written. But the maelstrom engulfing Washington over Russia’s interference in the US election last year is very real, and … Read more
President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and aide, Jared Kushner, will be questioned by a US committee investigating alleged ties between the Trump team and Moscow. Mr Kushner has volunteered to speak to the Senate Intelligence Committee, the White House said. It is examining Russia’s alleged interference in last year’s election. The US intelligence community believes alleged … Read more