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Ken Dilanian

Ken Dilanian is the justice and intelligence correspondent for NBC News, based in Washington.

Ken Dilanian is the justice and intelligence correspondent for NBC News, based in Washington.


Latest from Ken Dilanian

DOJ charges four Russian soldiers with war crimes related to Ukraine invasion

The Justice Department has charged four Russian soldiers with war crimes in connection with the invasion of Ukraine.

A tiny and cheap device called a 'Glock switch' lets criminals create their own machine guns

Handguns and rifles illegally modified with devices called “Glock switches” to become machine guns have proliferated, officials say. The devices are tiny, cheap and easy to install.

FBI Director Wray calls for renewal of key surveillance tool

FBI Director Christopher Wray urged Congress on Tuesday to renew a surveillance law that provides most of the intelligence that lands on the president’s desk every day.

Trump lawyer tells Georgia judge that a trial before November would be election interference

Steve Sadow, an attorney for the former president, also suggested that the criminal trial might have to wait until Trump is out of office if he's elected to another term next year.

Federal appeals court finds Trump not entitled to presidential immunity in Jan. 6 civil cases — for now

A federal appeals court on Friday rejected former President Donald Trump's bid to dismiss civil claims seeking to hold him to account for the Jan. 6 riot, 2021 at the U.S.
7d ago

DOJ charges man it says was hired by an Indian government employee with plotting to kill a Sikh activist in NYC

Federal prosecutors on Wednesday announced charges against a man they said was "recruited" by an Indian government employee to assassinate a Sikh activist in New York City.

How the death of a young mom led to the unraveling of a national fentanyl trafficking network

Starting with text messages and a handful of pills, authorities unraveled a massive fentanyl network that extended from the D.C. area to California to Mexico.
13d ago

No sign of terrorism in blast that killed 2 at U.S.-Canada border in Niagara Falls, governor says

A deadly explosion near the New York-Canadian border after a car went airborne has been referred to Niagara Falls police as a traffic investigation after no explosives or connection to terrorism were found, the FBI said Wednesday night.
14d ago

No sign of terrorism in blast that killed 2 at US-Canada border in Niagara Falls, governor says

Two people were killed in an explosion at the Canadian border when an “airborne” car crashed into a checkpoint at the Rainbow Bridge in Niagara Falls, New York, on Wednesday, Nov.
19d ago

TikTok removes hashtag for Osama bin Laden’s ‘Letter to America’ after viral videos circulate

TikTok removed the hashtag #lettertoamerica from its search function after videos about Osama bin Laden’s 2002 “Letter to America” went viral on the platform and were reuploaded to X.
26d ago

How the GOP muzzled the quiet coalition that fought foreign propaganda

A once-robust alliance of federal agencies, tech companies, election officials and researchers that worked together to thwart foreign propaganda and disinformation has fragmented after years of sustained Republican attacks.