Investigations

Viktor Bout

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National Security

Who is the Russian arms dealer known as the 'Merchant of Death' that the U.S. exchanged for Brittney Griner?

Whitey Bulger is taken from a Coast Guard helicopter to an awaiting Sherif vehicle after attending federal court in Boston, on June 30, 2011.

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News

Prison system blunders led to Whitey Bulger's killing, DOJ watchdog says

The Federal Bureau of Investigation headquarters

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News

FBI training academy plagued by sexist culture, watchdog report says

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Security

Maryland bans state agencies from using TikTok and other Chinese and Russian products after NBC News report

Symone

Legal Analysts Discuss Special Counsel Appointment for Trump Investigation

Former President Trump says he’s “not going to partake” in the recently announced special counsel investigation. Legal analysts Paul Butler and Glenn Kirschner dig into what the attorney general’s special counsel appointment means for the Trump investigations.

Investigations

The border wall in El Paso, Texas, as seen from Ciudad Juarez, Mexico.

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Justice Department

Feds cite rarely used law to charge 12 with violent scheme to 'monopolize' business at U.S.-Mexico border

Slivergate CEO Alan Lane, second from right, rings the New York Stock Exchange opening bell before his bank's IPO begins trading

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EXCLUSIVE

Silvergate's ties to FTX and Sam Bankman-Fried entities draw Senate scrutiny

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EXCLUSIVE

Hackers linked to Chinese government stole millions in Covid benefits, Secret Service says

Russia-Ukraine Conflict

U.S. intel chief says Russia is using up ammunition in Ukraine faster than it can replace it

News

Biden vowed 'consequences' for Saudi Arabia after oil production cut. But the U.S. has no plans to follow through.

Image: Christopher FBI Director Christopher Wray speaks at the University of Michigan

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National Security

FBI director defends investigations of Chinese academics in front of university audience

Speaking at the University of Michigan, Wray also said Chinese Americans are "in the crosshairs of the Chinese government," which tries to recruit them.

U.S. soldiers attend a joint military exercise between forces of the U.S.-led "Combined Joint Task Force-Operation Inherent Resolve" coalition against the Islamic State (IS) group and members of the Syrian Democratic Forces

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ISIS Terror

Syrian rebels say anti-ISIS operations with U.S. have stopped, ISIS fighters may escape from prisons

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Immigration

Border crossings are near record highs and may go up more on Dec. 21

Tiandy Technologies Co.'s Surveillance Systems In The Chinese City Of Tianjin

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National Security

Chinese firm selling surveillance tech to Iran comes under scrutiny

Jeffrey Epstein

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News

Jeffrey Epstein's estate agrees to pay the Virgin Islands more than $105 million to settle civil suit

All Souls Unitarian Church in Colorado Springs, Colo., held a vigil for the victims of the mass shooting at the LGBTQ nightclub Club Q.

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National Security

DHS warns of domestic terror threats to LGBTQ, Jewish and migrant communities

Mayor Eric Adams speaks at PO Taufique Bokth, PO Brunel Victor receiving proclamations on saving the life of a man who collapsed on subway tracks on 116th street station in New York on November 28, 2022. Mayor presented proclamations to both officers and mentioned that there was also a good Samaritan who helped to save the life of the man on tracks and left without trace. Mayor was joined by Police commissioner Keechant Sewell, MTA Chair and CEO Janno Lieber, Deputy Mayor of New York City for Public Safety Philip Banks III, NYPD Chief of Transit Jason Willcox and many police officers.

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U.S. news

New York City will involuntarily hospitalize more mentally ill people under new plan

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News

Brett Favre files motion to dismiss lawsuit in Mississippi welfare fraud case

The USA team during the national anthem before their match against Wales in Ar-Rayyan, Qatar, on Nov. 21, 2022.

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World Cup

Political hostility between U.S. and Iran adds to tension before crucial World Cup match

Leon Black, Chairman, CEO and Director, Apollo Global Management, LLC, speaks at the Milken Institute's 21st Global Conference in Beverly Hills, California, U.S. May 1, 2018.

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U.S. news

Financier Leon Black accused in lawsuit of raping woman in Jeffrey Epstein’s New York mansion

Three high school athletes surrounded by a cloud of money.

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U.S. news

‘There’s no rules. It’s crazy’: New money in NCAA recruiting leaves elite athletes ripe for exploitation

Immigration

Inside a U.S. and Colombian operation to bust human traffickers

Law enforcement work the scene of a mass shooting at a Walmart, in Chesapeake, Va., on Nov. 23, 2022.

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Guns in America

6 killed, at least 6 injured in Virginia Walmart after employee opens fire on co-workers

Women and children gather in front their tents at al-Hol camp in Hasakeh province, Syria, on May 1, 2021.

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World

Inside the Syrian refugee camp where supplies are low and ISIS fears run high

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U.S. news

How a corporate landlord’s tactics can turn into a costly nightmare for renters

The interior of the Fordow Uranium Conversion Facility in Qom, Iran.

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World

Iran expands uranium enrichment at underground nuclear site amid violent crackdown on protesters

Local and federal law enforcement officials at the Club Q nightclub on Nov. 22, 2022 in Colorado Springs.

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Guns in America

Club Q shooting suspect changed his name just before his 16th birthday

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News

FTX’s regulatory chief had 4 job titles in 2 years. What was he really doing?

Former NFL quarterback Brett Farve attends a game between the Green Bay Packers and the Dallas Cowboys on Oct. 16, 2016, in Green Bay, Wis.

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News

Brett Favre helped an experimental drug maker get $2M in welfare money. Experts doubt the drug can work.

Penn Station in New York City, where two men suspected of tageting a Manhattan synogogue were arrested Saturday.

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U.S. news

Suspects in antisemitic threats targeted N.Y. synagogue, D.A. says