Bank CEO charged with trying to trade loans to Manafort for Trump post
A banker who prosecutors say tried to buy himself a senior post in President Donald Trump's administration by making risky loans to former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort was arrested Thursday on a financial institution bribery charge.
WATCH: Domestic terrorism threat is growing, U.S. officials say in hearing
The FBI has more than 850 open investigations into domestic terrorism across the country, top counterterrorism officials said Wednesday.
Watch 5:48
News Wrap: White House tells Don McGahn to defy House subpoena
In our Tuesday news wrap, the Trump administration intensified its resistance to investigations by congressional Democrats, instructing former White House counsel Don McGahn to defy a subpoena. Meanwhile, uncertainty over U.S.-China trade negotiations sent Wall Street stocks plummeting. The Dow…
WATCH: FBI chief Wray breaks with Barr on use of term ‘spying’
FBI Director Chris Wray told senators that "spying" is not the term he would use for court-authorized surveillance conducted by the bureau.
Wray is scheduled to testify before the Senate Appropriations subcommittee at 9:30 a.m. ET. Watch live in our video player.
President Trump has long claimed U.S. intelligence agencies spied on his 2016 campaign. This week, he considered himself vindicated by a story in The New York Times detailing an FBI effort to covertly gather information from a Trump campaign adviser.
“This committee is going to look long and hard at how this all started,” Graham said. But he also expressed concerns about the FBI’s surveillance of the Trump campaign.
FBI and IRS agents raided the homes and offices of Baltimore's embattled mayor on Thursday amid widening probes to determine whether she used sales of her children's books to disguise government kickbacks.
Jefferson County Sheriff Jeff Shrader said the 18-year-old was discovered by the FBI with an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound.
Additional Support Provided By:
