Tag: FBI

Rep. John Katko, R-N.Y., and his family received a death threat by Patrick Angelo of Syracuse, N.Y. over Katko's position on net neutrality. Angelo has since been arrested. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)

Syracuse man arrested for threatening to kill Republican lawmaker over net neutrality

Melissa Quinn · November 30, 2017 6:43 pm

Charles McCullough, the former intelligence community inspector general, has asserted in recent days that there was an effort by the Obama administration and the Clinton campaign to mislead the public about Hillary Clinton's emails. (screenshot)

National Security

Trump: Why aren’t ‘deep state’ authorities probing Clinton emails?

Diana Stancy Correll · November 29, 2017 4:17 am

The Senate Intelligence Committee, which includes Sen. Richard Burr, R-N.C., right, and Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., advanced its own reauthorization of Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, which would extend the warrantless surveillance program through the end of 2025, late last month. But other groups in Congress have different ideas. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

‘Unmasking’ of Trump officials in background as surveillance renewal deadline looms

Sarah Bedford · November 28, 2017 5:01 am

"Robert Mueller is not a 'man of integrity' as the Washington, D.C., Democrat and Republican political establishment like to spin. He is just another pol who is representing his establishment benefactors in both political parties who want to see the presidency of Donald Trump destroyed." (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

National Security

Conservative group wants to oust Robert Mueller via lawsuit: ‘He is just another pol’

Diana Stancy Correll · November 28, 2017 12:14 am

The FBI got 203,086 requests this past Friday, more than the previous single-day high of 185,713 last year, which also occurred on Black Friday. (Sarah A. Miller/Tyler Morning Telegraph via AP)

FBI receives record number of background check requests for guns on Black Friday

Josh Siegel · November 26, 2017 5:45 pm

Nearly 80 interviews with Americans targeted by Fancy Bear, a Russian government-aligned cyberespionage group, turned up only two cases in which the FBI had provided a heads-up. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, File)

National Security

FBI didn’t tell US targets as Russian hackers hunted emails

Associated Press · November 26, 2017 1:12 pm

NICS is "critically important" to protecting Americans from gun violence, Sessions said in the Wednesday memo. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Jeff Sessions directs FBI, ATF to review gaps in federal background check system for guns

Kelly Cohen · November 22, 2017 11:10 pm

President Trump reportedly wants to see his daughter Ivanka Trump and her husband Jared Kushner return to their home in New York City. The pair have been visible White House figures since the inauguration, but have struggled to find their footing under both media and government scrutiny. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump advocated for Ivanka Trump, Jared Kushner’s return to New York: Report

Naomi Lim · November 22, 2017 3:46 am

The House Intelligence Committee is one of three congressional bodies investigating Russian interference in the 2016 election. According to the committee, three journalists were paid by the authors of the "Trump dossier" and are known to have reported on "Russia issues relevant to [the committee's] investigation." (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Fusion GPS paid journalists, court papers confirm

Todd Shepherd · November 22, 2017 1:39 am

An approved search warrant application dated Nov. 1 and filed in the U.S. District Court of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania mentions Rep. Bob Brady as being suspected of criminal wrongdoing. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Rep. Bob Brady suspected of wrongdoing in FBI campaign finance probe

Diana Stancy Correll · November 21, 2017 11:16 pm

Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., received a voicemail at her Washington, D.C., office threatening her life. The voicemail said it was a direct response to Waters' criticism of President Trump. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Man charged after warning Maxine Waters she’ll ‘wind up dead’ if she continues threatening Trump

Naomi Lim · November 21, 2017 12:59 am

In face-to-face briefings with congressional staff, according to those sources, FBI and DOJ officials have said they cannot verify the dossier's charges of a conspiracy between the Russian government and the Trump campaign. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Beltway Confidential

FBI has not verified Trump dossier

Byron York · November 19, 2017 11:01 pm