Jun 23 WATCH: Director Christopher Wray testifies on FBI budget By Associated Press Director Christopher Wray testified on the FBI budget on Wednesday. Continue reading
Jun 15 WATCH: FBI Director Wray testifies before House Oversight Committee on Jan. 6 Capitol attack By Associated Press A top Army leader is defending the Pentagon’s response to the Jan. 6 insurrection. Lt. Gen. Walter Piatt told a House panel Tuesday that the National Guard was delayed for hours because it had to properly prepare for the deployment. Continue reading
Jun 11 ‘We mean it’: FBI takes on sexual misconduct in its ranks By Jim Mustian, Eric Tucker, Associated Press FBI is starting a 24/7 tip line, doing more to help accusers and taking a tougher stand against agents found to have committed misconduct. Continue reading
Jun 10 WATCH: Wray says FBI discourages ransomware payments despite recent trend By Eric Tucker, Associated Press The FBI's director told lawmakers Thursday that the bureau discourages ransomware payments to hacking groups even as major companies in the past month have participated in multimillion-dollar transactions aimed at getting their systems back online. Continue reading
May 10 Watch 8:15 What does the Colonial Pipeline hack tell us about the security of U.S. infrastructure? By William Brangham The federal government on Monday confirmed that a Russian criminal group is behind the hack of the Colonial Pipeline company. The pipeline — the largest of its kind in the U.S. — was shut down after a cyber extortion attempt. Continue watching
Apr 30 Officials report a steep drop in national security surveillance during pandemic By Nomaan Merchant, Eric Tucker, Associated Press Officials who briefed reporters said the restrictions enacted around the world on movement and large gatherings may have decreased the number of potential people or groups to surveil. Continue reading
Apr 29 WATCH: DOJ, FBI officials testify on response to violent extremism, domestic terrorism By News Desk Officials from the FBI and Department of Justice will testify before the House Committee on Appropriations Thursday about the agencies' response to violent extremism and domestic terrorism. Continue reading
Mar 27 US waives FBI checks on caregivers at new migrant facilities By Nomaan Merchant, Associated Press The Biden administration is not requiring FBI fingerprint background checks of caregivers at its rapidly expanding network of emergency sites to hold thousands of immigrant teenagers, alarming child welfare experts who say the waiver compromises safety. Continue reading
Mar 04 Law enforcement on alert after plot warning at U.S. Capitol By Michael Balsamo, Ashraf Khalil, Associated Press Law enforcement is on high alert after intelligence uncovered a “possible plot” by a militia group to storm the U.S Capitol again. Continue reading
Feb 19 Judge says lawyer who killed her son also tracked Sotomayor By Associated Press The lawyer who killed a federal judge's son and seriously wounded her husband at their New Jersey home last summer also had been tracking Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor, the judge said in a television interview. Continue reading