Tag: FBI

"The security and efficiency arguments for this are clear. What is not clear is why this project was suddenly halted, why Congress was not notified in advance, and what happens now," Environment and Public Works Committee Chairman Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., will say at a morning hearing, according to an excerpt of his prepared remarks obtained by the Washington Examiner. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Energy and Environment

John Barrasso to scold feds for quietly killing new FBI headquarters

John Siciliano · August 2, 2017 4:01 am

Senate Confirms Christopher Wray to Lead FBI in 92-5 Vote

Andrew Egger · August 1, 2017 10:56 pm

Christopher Wray is a former high-ranking official in George W. Bush's Justice Department. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Senate confirms Trump nominee Christopher Wray as next FBI director

Kelly Cohen · August 1, 2017 9:13 pm

McConnell noted that Christopher Wray was smoothly reported out of the Senate Judiciary Committee by a vote of 20-0 late last month. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

National Security

Mitch McConnell asks Democrats not to filibuster Trump’s FBI nominee

Kelly Cohen · August 1, 2017 4:10 pm

Nadir Soofi is one of two suspects who drove from Phoenix to Garland, Texas, in a car loaded with numerous firearms and hundreds of rounds of ammunition in May 2015, opening fire in a terrorist attack.

Garland Police keeping tight grip on documents two years after ISIS attack

Todd Shepherd · August 1, 2017 4:01 am

Comey learned that Trump had fired him while giving a speech to the FBI office in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

John Kelly mulled resigning from DHS after he learned of James Comey’s firing: Report

Leah DePiero · July 31, 2017 7:41 pm

Twenty Republicans requested the appointment of a new special counsel. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

National Security

Group of Republicans want separate special counsel to investigate Hillary Clinton and James Comey

Josh Siegel · July 28, 2017 1:54 am

Counselor to the President Kellyanne Conway stands before President Donald Trump speaks in the East Room of the White House, Wednesday, July 26, 2017, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Kellyanne Conway: ‘Huge mistake’ for ‘somebody’ to bully Anthony Scaramucci

Anna Giaritelli · July 27, 2017 1:54 pm

Attorney General Jeff Sessions boards his plane at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., Thursday, July 27, 2017. With his future as the nation's top prosecutor in doubt after a week of blistering public scorn from the president, Sessions is traveling to El Salvador to seek ways to stamp out the brutal street gang MS-13. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Jeff Sessions travels to El Salvador amid Trump tensions

Kelly Cohen · July 27, 2017 1:35 pm

"In light of the leak of my financial disclosure info which is a felony. I will be contacting @FBI and the @TheJusticeDept," he tweeted, tagging White House chief of staff Reince Priebus and adding the hashtag #swamp.

Anthony Scaramucci says he will contact feds about ‘felony’ leak of his financial disclosure

Daniel Chaitin · July 27, 2017 2:50 am

President Trump questioned Wednesday why Attorney General Jeff Sessions didn't fire Acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe when he took over as head of the Justice Department. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

National Security

Trump questions why Jeff Sessions didn’t fire acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe

Melissa Quinn · July 26, 2017 2:49 pm

Presidents are entitled to choose their cabinet members, and Trump is entitled to fire Attorney General Jeff Sessions if he chooses. But the president's focus on this is inconsistent with his protestations that Russia is a red herring. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Trump, Sessions, and the whirlwind on the horizon

Washington Examiner · July 26, 2017 4:01 am