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Text messages released and radio chatter detailed Monday show that law enforcement officers lost sight of Donald Trump’s would-be assassin, Thomas Matthew Crooks, and further illustrate the confused communications around tracking him at the July 13 rally.
Multiple investigations have been launched as officials probe a complicated law enforcement failure that allowed a man with an AR-style rifle to get close enough to shoot and injure Trump at the rally
Communication breakdowns with local law enforcement hampered the Secret Service’s performance ahead of a July assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump.
Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris warned Tuesday that Republican Donald Trump would try to “institutionalize” harsh policing tactics that disproportionately affect Black men nationwide as she promised to push for legislation to address discriminatory law enforcement practices.
Chad Chronister, President-elect Donald Trump's nominee for DEA leader, has withdrawn from consideration. Chronister, a Florida sheriff, cited the responsibility's gravity as his reason. Trump announced Chronister's nomination to curb fentanyl at the U.S.-Mexico border. Trump's previous Justice Department pick also withdrew, altering the transition process.
Black and Hispanic residents in the Bronx cheered Immigration and Custom Enforcement's Tuesday raids that ferreted out migrants with warrants for vile crimes like murder and kidnapping, and even nabbed a Tren de Aragua ringleader.
Willkie Farr & Gallagher, where Kamala Harris's husband Doug Emhoff is a partner, made a $100 million pro bono deal with the Trump administration, ending diversity hiring practices to prevent business curtailment. This decision faced internal dissent, though other firms have challenged the administration legally.
The two attorneys representing Harvard University in a pitched fight with the Trump administration are no strangers to the spotlight or to Washington investigations that reach into the White House.
SEATTLE (AP) — Current and former Seattle police officers who attended President Donald Trump's “Stop the Steal” political rally on Jan. 6, 2021 at the U.S. Capitol are asking the
NEW YORK (AP) — Police arrested a 30-year-old person inside Trump Tower on Monday after getting a report of a disorderly person on an “elevated surface” inside the building, authorities
A New York judge has ordered city officials to temporarily halt discussions with the Trump administration allowing federal immigration agents to operate within the Rikers Island jail complex.
NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump’s border czar joined New York City’s mayor on Tuesday to tout new federal charges against 27 people accused of being Tren de Aragua
Judge Hannah Dugan has been accused of escorting a man and his lawyer out of her courtroom through the jury door, escalating tensions between the Trump administration and the US judiciary over the president's sweeping immigration crackdown.
New Jersey Democrats accuse the Trump administration of spreading "lies and misinformation" about events that led to the arrest of Newark Mayor Ras Baraka.
The Trump administration is planning to deploy hundreds more federal personnel to ramp up arrests of undocumented immigrants as soon as this week, according to two sources familiar with the planning, including tapping Border Patrol agents to fan out nationwide.
WASHINGTON — The incoming director of the Justice Department's "Weaponization Working Group" revealed Wednesday he was under investigation by D.C.'s Office of Disciplinary Counsel, accusing the official in charge of investigating bar complaints of "weaponizing" his role, according to an letter viewed by NBC News.
Former FBI director describes as ‘crazy’ claim that seashell photo on Instagram signified assassination call
It is the Trump administration’s latest effort to remake the department’s civil rights division, which has historically worked to fight discrimination against minorities.
According to reports, top litigators Karen Dunn, Jeannie Rhee, Jessica Phillips, and William Isaacson are exiting Paul Weiss to start their own law firm.
The Department of Homeland Security is putting more than 500 “sanctuary jurisdictions” across the country on notice that the Trump administration views them as obstructing immigration enforcement, as it attempts to increase pressure on communities it believes are standing in the way of the president’s mass deportations agenda.
Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-NY)'s aide was arrested and video of the "dramatic" and "chaotic" incident was published online. The Gothamist recently reported that U.S. Department of Homeland Security police had handcuffed one of Rep. Jerry Nadler aides in the congressmember's Manhattan office, "which is...
Tensions flared in Los Angeles as immigration officials clashed with demonstrators following a series of ICE raids. Confrontations included tear gas deployment and detentions, with some protesters arrested. Controversy arose over immigration enforcement, highlighting a deep divide on policies under the Trump administration, and sparking calls for action from political figures.
The Trump Administration ripped lefty Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass after a violent mob swarmed ICE officers conducting immigration raids in the city -- while the Department of Homeland Security claimed Saturday local cops waited two hours to help push back the agitators.
The president announced the move despite objections from California governor Gavin Newsom.
Six Americans tell the BBC that there's clearly a problem in Los Angeles - they just don't agree with who's at fault.
Tricia McLaughlin, assistant secretary for public affairs at the Department of Homeland Security, explains why the Trump administration has deployed National Guard and Marine troops to Los Angeles amid protests against immigration raids.
“Texas Guard will use every tool and strategy to help law enforcement maintain order," said Gov. Abbott.
"Peaceful protests are part of the fabric of our nation, but Texas will not tolerate the lawlessness we have seen in Los Angeles," Abbott's office said in a statement.
The White House attempted to clarify Donald Trump's call for the use of force on "any" protesters who show up at the parade celebrating the Army's 250th anniversary.
Officer Nicholas Contino and good Samaritan Nathan Felix worked with a paramedic and motorists to free a 68-year-old woman from an overturned vehicle in Chester, Orange County, New York.
The owner of an Omaha food packaging company says his business has been unfairly hamstrung by federal immigration officials, who raided the plant and...
“Sunday, I woke up a different guy.”
Boelter may have impersonated a law enforcement officer in the attacks.
The Los Angeles Press Club says law enforcement officers have violated press freedoms of reporters covering anti-ICE protests in Los Angeles more than three dozen times.
Democratic lawmakers in California are seeking to ban law enforcement officers in the state from wearing face coverings.
As Trump ramps up mass deportations and conflicts with with progressive leaders like Chicago’s Brandon Johnson, he’s taking aim at the Windy City
On the ground and on the run from cops at the protests in California, shameful military style birthday parties in D.C., and recalling the humanity and kindness of Rep. Hortman as America teeters on the brink
How did Kristi Noem amass so much power as DHS secretary?
A man allegedly purchased explosives to use to attack police during protests against the Trump administration's immigration enforcement actions in LA.
Friends and family of Moises Sotelo ‘disappointed and disgusted’ after respected industry fixture detained outside church
It has never been about removing dangerous criminals — the “worst of the worst” — from the United States. Under Donald Trump, immigration enforcement has been about removing immigrants from the country. Period. That’s the whole thing. (And, apparently the onl…
On Thursday, President Donald Trump scored a temporary victory after an appeals court ruled that he can continue deploying the National Guard as part of his watch-me-play-fascist-on-TV response to anti-ICE protests in Los Angeles. The decision accepted Trump’…
New York City mayoral candidate Brad Lander was arrested by ICE agents while at an immigration court.
What a surprise. The most intellectually dishonest people in the nation still have the biggest bullhorns. That’s why a regular-ass drug raid that occurred in Tuscon, Arizona somehow makes headlines in New York City. Here’s the New York Post, disingenuously re…
The Department of Homeland Security says there’s been a 500 percent increase in assaults against ICE agents, but won’t provide more numbers
Everyone knows guns used by Canadian criminals are often smuggled from the U.S. Not everyone knows how — not like Naomi Haynes does. That's because she did the smuggling.
The cops certainly had fun partnering with Ring, the surveillance camera company now owned by Amazon. Ring handed out free cameras to cops, who handed out these cameras to citizens with the implicit expectation that they’d have warrantless access to camera fo…
Martial law? Police state? These are just things the alleged Leader of Free World wants, rather than things a nation founded on rejecting these options should be in the process of instituting. And yet, here we are, barely six months into Trump’s return to off…
ICEBlock, an app that lets users anonymously report sightings of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials, has soared up App Store charts after receiving criticism from the Trump administration. On Monday, US Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem…
Police are increasing security in the air, on the streets and waterways.
It's probably nothing.
Some are calling for Attorney General Pam Bondi to resign.
One source told Axios "he ain't coming back."
A confrontation erupted Thursday between protesters and federal officials carrying out a raid, with authorities throwing canisters to disperse the crowd.
The terminations come as Bondi herself comes under fire from Trump’s base.
Patel vowed to continue his role at the FBI as reports suggest his deputy Dan Bongino may be on the way out.
The Senate Homeland Security Committee said the Secret Service's "lack of structured communication was likely the greatest contributor to the failures" at the Pennsylvania rally last summer.
The report outlines “stunning failures" by Secret Service that allowed the attempted assassination of then-candidate Trump.
A Senate report said that the Secret Service's "multiple, unacceptable failures" allowed a man to fire bullets at President Donald Trump in July 2024.
The assassination attempt against Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump at a Pennsylvania campaign stop on July 13, 2024, was a perfect storm of failings coming together and became a turning point for the agency tasked with protecting the U.S. presid…
A high-stakes rift at the top of federal law enforcement has erupted into public view as Deputy FBI Director Dan Bongino considers resigning.
Service accused of pattern of negligence and communications breakdowns in planning and execution of Trump rally.
William McNeil, Jr., whose violent arrest by deputies in Jacksonville, Florida, sheriff's has gone viral, tells ABC News' Linsey Davis what was going through his mind as the incident unfolded.
House Democrats are requesting a copy of the alleged "birthday book" compiled for disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein's 50th birthday.
This week, our first place winner on the insightful side is MrWilson with a comment about the failure to get indictments in supposed ICE assaults: And the fact that prosecutors and grand juries didn’t find evidence of actual assault in so many cases proves IC…
Professional Bull Riders wants to know whether Dr. Phil led his Merit Street Media to file for bankruptcy in a “bad faith” move — while shifting assets into ...
A DeKalb County, Georgia, police officer was shot while responding to the incident, and later died from his injuries.
The suspects allegedly posed as grandchildren, nieces and nephews with fake emergencies and convincing the victims to send money.
Attorney General Pam Bondi has named the head of the Drug Enforcement Administration to be Washington D.C.'s emergency police commissioner. The National Guard, FBI and other entities are now working to follow President Trump's directive to clean up the nation…
Tension in the nation's capital escalated over the question of who controls the city's police department after Washington, D.C.'s Attorney General sued over the White House's bid for full control.
The texts were sent to a group called “Mass Text” and show ICE using DMV and license plate reader data in an attempt to find their target, copies of the messages obtained by 404 Media show.
Donald Trump has declared war on American cities, and he’s sending in the troops to prove it. As Rolling Stone rightly notes regarding Trump seizing direct control of DC law enforcement by deploying the National Guard: President Donald Trump has expanded his …
Washington, DC attorney general says in a new lawsuit that Trump is going far beyond his power under the law.
US President Donald Trump had placed Washington's police department under federal control earlier this week.
National Guard members and federal law enforcement officers are patrolling the city as part of President Trump's effort to assert federal control over policing in the District.
A federal judge has delivered an extraordinary rebuke to the FTC’s Andrew Ferguson, finding that his investigation into Media Matters was motivated by “retaliatory animus” rather than legitimate antitrust concerns. In a scathing ruling, Judge Sparkle L. Sookn…
A range of crime data has been going around to make the argument that Washington, D.C., is — or isn't — safe. We talk to crime experts to make sense of it all.
Federal agents and National Guard troops flood Washington after Trump calls for aggressive crime-fighting measures.
President Donald Trump announced that he is "going out" with police and military in Washington, D.C. Thursday to oversee the surge in federal law enforcement
The Trump administration says it has arrested more than 700 people in Washington, D.C., in its mission to crack down on crime. Experts say it's difficult to draw conclusions from that about public safety.
The Justice Department is expected to deliver files from its Jeffrey Epstein investigation to the House Oversight Committee starting Friday. The panel plans to release some of the files publicly.
Maxwell said that Bill Clinton never visited Epstein's private island estate.
Federal agents were seen Friday morning searching the residence of former Trump national security adviser John Bolton, ABC News has learned.
D.C., on Thursday to oversee the surge in federal law enforcement and National Guard responding to what he says is a crime emergency.
The number of assaults on ICE officers was always going to increase. There’s no way it wouldn’t, not when ICE was sending out a task force composed of multiple federal law enforcement agencies daily to multiple locations in the United States, hoping to finall…
The raid is one of several probes launched against critics of President Donald Trump, fuelling fears of 'retribution'.
FBI agents are searching the home and office of former US National Security Adviser John Bolton.
Maxwell denied that there is any 'client list' of prominent figures involved in Jeffrey Epstein's crimes.
The Justice Department turned over more than 33,000 pages related to the case against the notorious financier after a subpoena from the House Oversight Committee.
President Trump has repeatedly threatened U.S. cities with federal action.
Trump has already deployed National Guard troops to Washington, D.C., and is openly discussing sending troops to other cities.
Last spring, Milwaukee County Circuit Court Hannah Dugan was arrested and falsely accused of trying to help an immigrant elude capture by some ICEtapo agents, even though video shows just the ICEtapo agents bumbled the job and almost let the subject get away …
As President Donald Trump pushes federal law enforcement toward an immigration crackdown, agents and prosecutors fear he's drawing resources from one of the most vulnerable groups: victims of child sexual exploitation online. Current and former government emp…
Musk has resisted severance payments for years.
House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer issued a new subpoena to the estate of Jeffrey Epstein.
Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser said students in the capital will not be aided by the presence of National Guard troops as children return to school this week.
Threats to send troops into Chicago and Baltimore come as Washington, DC guards begin carrying arms.
The military said some troops are now carrying guns as Trump claims there is now 'no crime' in the US capital.
Inside the federal courthouse in Washington, D.C., on Monday, tensions over the potential for federal overreach broke into open court.
Is throwing a sandwich at someone a felony? Well, that all depends on a few factors. The most important considerations are these: What would normally be rhetorical questions were answered in Washington, D.C. recently. A (now-former) DOJ employee allegedly (we…
Trump increases security in Washington, DC, with National Guard, more police and inquiries into crime data manipulation.
Here’s how things are going in Washington D.C. ever since some former DOGE employee known as “Big Balls” got his ass handed to him by a couple of teenagers during an alleged failed carjacking: Now that one of DOGE’s dipshits was almost carjacked, Trump thinks…
Police rushed to a Catholic school in Minneapolis in response to a shooting Wednesday morning ... with as many as 20 people injured at the scene. According to KSTP -- the local ABC affiliate in the area -- dozens of law enforcement officers…
The decision to reject the Trump administration's charges points to scepticism about his heavy-handed approach.
Justice Department confirms Minneapolis school shooting; emergency services caring for victims, investigation underway.
A grand jury in the capital refused to indict a man for throwing a sandwich at a federal agent.
At a busy hiring expo in Texas, new recruits answer Trump’s call.
The ruling marks the latest setback for prosecutors in a case that shocked the country when videos were released showing officers violently kicking and punching Nichols during a traffic stop.
Public comments about Kilmar Abrego Garcia by Trump administration officials are "highly prejudicial, inflammatory, and false," his attorneys said in a court filing.
"Ms. Wilkins is not even Jewish, much less Israeli, and has never set foot in Israel," according to the lawsuit.
Trump isn't the first president to send troops into American cities as political theater: But there's a difference
Washington, D.C., residents say the increase of law enforcement and ICE officers in the streets has spooked many Latino migrants who have stopped coming to work and sending their kids to school, fearing deportation amid the Trump administration's ongoing crac…
Jeffrey Epstein's associate has moved to the same prison camp as Elizabeth Holmes and Jen Shah. It's an improvement, according to a prison consultant.
President Trump took aim at Chicago as he suggested federal intervention is needed to combat crime after a violent Labor Day weekend in the Windy City.
U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer issued the order prohibiting troops.
US President Donald Trump said he will continue deploying National Guard troops in cities such as Chicago and Baltimore.
Chicago braces for potential surge in ICE operations... Developing... (First column, 1st story, link) Related stories:Trump's LA Troop Deployment Violated Federal Law, Judge Rules...
A look inside Jeffrey Epstein’s Palm Beach home has been included as part of the release of tens of thousands of files related to the late pedophile. The...
The ruling is a legal victory for Harvard but the White House says it will appeal the decision.
The New York attorney general’s office filed civil charges against far-right anti-immigration activist Peter Brimelow and his wife for allegedly misusing more than $2 million in assets, including a West Virginia castle, from a charitable foundation they run.
FBI agents raided former national security adviser John Bolton's home and seized multiple computers, phones, and documents related to his handling of...
Probe follows a lawsuit filed by Cook challenging Trump firing her from the central bank on mortgage fraud allegations.
Even after a federal court ruled his use of the National Guard in LA was illegal, the president has weighed sending troops to Chicago, Baltimore and New Orleans. Here's where things stand in those cities.
NPR combed through court records and other data related to Trump's takeover of D.C. police to get a better understanding of who has been swept up in the federal surge and what charges they are facing.
Tactics by immigration agents attempting to arrest undocumented immigrants have shocked the public and led to protests. But what is, and isn't, allowed by law when it comes to ICE arrests?
Some Washington, D.C. residents fanned out across the halls of Congress on Thursday, urging lawmakers to end Trump's federal law enforcement surge.
The raid has sparked an angry response from South Korea which called it an unjust infringement of people's rights.
Local officials and community members prepare for the possible arrival of National Guard troops under President Trump.
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The ICE raid on a Hyundai plant, one of the "largest" in history, is reverberating far beyond the rural Georgia town where it took place.
The Homeland department and the US ICE are calling the operation Patriot 2.0, which is a modification of an earlier name given during a deportation surge in May.
Some 400 US agents took part in the immigration raid on the Hyundai facility, detaining hundreds of workers, many South Korean nationals.
The committee issued a subpoena in late August for information from the estate.
Proven solutions have been rejected by the administration in favor of no-tolerance policies and flashy shows of force.
Fifty-seven people in the country illegally were detained after a raid on an upstate New York snack bar plant last week, according to federal prosecutor who ...
The lawsuit from three of the most senior and lauded FBI agents at the bureau says Trump administration demanded loyalty
A person of interest connected to the Charlie Kirk shooting is in custody ... according officials in Utah. At the press conference in Utah moments ago, Utah Governor Spencer Cox clarified that they have a person of interest in custody. Shortly…
Fired FBI officials allege dismissals were part of a retaliatory campaign targeting US agents seen as disloyal to Trump.
U.S. immigration authorities are preparing to send more than 300 South Korean workers home on a chartered flight from Atlanta, a week after detaining them for allegedly working illegally.
The FBI said it is working alongside state and local law enforcement to "to fully investigate and seek justice in the fatal shooting” of Charlie Kirk.
The FBI released images of a person of interest sought in connection with the fatal shooting of Charlie Kirk during an event at Utah Valley University on Wednesday.
"The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives" star is the newest member of Bachelor Nation.
Utah's Department of Public Safety commissioner said the state "will not stand for what happened yesterday" and is "investing everything we have" into bringing Charlie Kirk's killer to justice.
Parker and Stone’s lawyers accused current Paramount president Jeff Shell of illegally interfering in the show’s contract negotiations
The feds just released an image of a person of interest in the Charlie Kirk shooting. The FBI says ... "We are asking for the public's help identifying this person of interest in connection with the fatal shooting of Charlie Kirk at Utah Valley…
The FBI is trying to track down the shooter who killed right-wing activist Charlie Kirk during an event at Utah Valley University on Wednesday.
The suspect has been identified as Tyler Robinson of Utah. Utah Gov. Spencer Cox said Robinson's family members reached out to a friend, who contacted the Washington County sheriff's office on Thursday.
Four prosecutors who worked on Capitol riot cases have found a way to continue public service after leaving the Justice Department. They're all colleagues again.
ABC News' Aaron Katersky reports on the casings that Utah Gov. Spencer Cox says were found on the scene.
NEW: A suspect has been arrested in the fatal shooting of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, officials announced.
The skill set required to succeed online may not always translate to effective law enforcement.
The FBI says a family member recognised the 22-year-old man from Utah from surveillance images released to the public.
Forensic scientist Michael Haag explains how laser scanners could be used to lock down the crime scenes where Charlie Kirk was fatally shot, letting investigators revisit angles, trajectories and vantage points long after the fact.
The FBI is sharing an update regarding the detainment of the individual suspected of killing Charlie Kirk Wednesday afternoon. Officials are giving the update in Utah Friday morning ... coming after the President dropped the news that they had the…
Tyler Robinson, the 22-year-old suspect in the fatal Charlie Kirk shooting, has been arrested and booked for aggravated murder and weapons charges ... according to the probable cause affidavit. Robinson has been booked on aggravated murder, felony…
A federal manhunt is under way for anyone involved in the assassination of the conservative commentator and Trump ally.
Trump says Memphis 'deeply troubled,' as he plans to replicate Washington's federal control measures to address crime.
Utah Governor Spencer Cox and FBI Director Kash Patel reveal details of the alleged gunman at a briefing.
A suspect is in custody for the shooting of Charlie Kirk.
"Hey fascist! Catch!" Tyler Robinson wrote on a bullet casing.
The driver, Silverio Villegas-Gonzales, was pronounced dead in hospital shortly after the incident.
“I’m just so confused."
Fellow conservatives question FBI chief's qualification to head agency as he braces for Senate and House inquiry.
“The subject in custody has been released after an interrogation by law enforcement."
Patel now approaches congressional oversight hearings this coming week facing not just questions about that investigation.
U.S. President Donald Trump established a Memphis Safe Task Force on Monday modeled after the recent federal law enforcement surge in the nation's capital...
New DNA evidence and threatening messages strengthen the case against Tyler Robinson, accused of fatally shooting Charlie Kirk.
"He was the first person I ever opened up to," the Houston linebacker told ABC News' Will Reeve.
The suspect who was arrested for allegedly killing Charlie Kirk had an "obsession" with the conservative influencer, the FBI said on Monday.
A Fox News report found Trump officials are turning on one of their own.
Two people are in police custody after allegedly trying to blow up a local TV news van in Utah. An explosives device was found under a news van belonging to KSTU FOX13 News Utah and the device "had been lit but failed to function as designed" ...…
The first people in line on Tuesday, I was told, started camping out on the sidewalk two days ago. Luigi Mangione, the man accused of gunning down UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in December 2024, was due in court at 9AM ET for a hearing in one of three c…
Pam Bondi stated that the federal government will “go after” Americans “if you are targeting anyone with hate speech.”
Tyler Robinson -- the 22-year-old Utah native charged with murdering conservative pundit Charlie Kirk -- is about to go in front of a judge for the first time ... and TMZ is streaming live. Robinson is set for a court hearing Tuesday in Utah ... it…
The city's Democratic mayor, Paul Young, says the 'decision has been made' but does not think it will drive down crime.
FBI Director Kash Patel says 22-year-old Tyler Robinson also expressed wish to 'take out' Kirk in text message exchange.
It’s probably too much to ask, but I hope California law enforcement agencies will remember who to direct their hate at if this bill becomes law. It’s not the “liberals” running the state. It’s the Trump administration and its mass deportation efforts. ICE an…
ACCUSED KIRK KILLER FACING DEATH PENALTY... (Top headline, 2nd story, link) Related stories:SUICIDE WATCH... UPDATE: First Court Appearance... Left note under keyboard saying he planned to kill... 'Confessed after shooting'... Texts …
More than a dozen elected officials were arrested in or around 26 Federal Plaza in New York City, where ICE detains people in what courts have ruled are unsanitary conditions.
DHS has designated the upcoming funeral for conservative activist Charlie Kirk as a Special Event Assessment Rating (SEAR) Level 1 event.
Only about 25% of Jeffrey Epstein's fortune went to his sexual abuse accusers. Congressional investigations into his finances could change that.
A student was arrested after allegedly posting a threat online and being found with a gun in their backpack at a New York City high school on Thursday, officials said.
Several elected officials in New York were arrested Thursday during a protest at an immigration office in Manhattann
Thought the actor and director’s defense was aggressive enough already? He just added an attorney who previously represented Diddy and Sam Bankman-Fried.
ICE arrested and detained 11 NYC Dems on Thursday for trying to access one of its facilities, including Comptroller Brad Lander.
The law, opposed by police organizations, was aimed by lawmakers at immigration agents and will test state powers over the conduct of federal officials.
“Do you know how many mass shooters there have been in America over the last 10 years?”
Activists, local officials, faith leaders decry Trump administration’s aggressive immigration enforcement strategy
The Justice Department said there was "no credible evidence" of criminal wrongdoing by Homan.
“FBI Director Kash, these 2 men standing behind Charlie Kirk look like they were giving hand signals right before the shot went off, you might want to look into it!”
The ban is a direct response to recent immigration raids in Los Angeles, where federal agents wore masks while making mass arrests. The raids prompted days of protest and led President Donald Trump to deploy National Guard troops and Marines to the area.
It’s a story as old as law enforcement itself: when protesters start protesting, it’s often the cops who decide it’s time for everything to get violent, rather than those engaged in protests. We saw a LOT of this during the protests following the murder of Ge…
ICE made the bed and now California law enforcement officers have to lie in it. The flashpoint of ICE backlash occurred in Los Angeles, as Trump’s mass deportation desires manifested itself in the form of masked officers chasing day laborers through Home Depo…
CHICAGO (Reuters) -Police records and witness accounts from a Chicago suburb where a man was fatally shot by a federal immigration enforcement agent earlier ...
The new U.S. Attorney in Virginia is planning to ask a grand jury to indict former FBI Director James Comey for allegedly lying to Congress, sources said.
The president’s plans for Memphis resemble the aggressive, showy, and ultimately failed crime-fighting strategy once used by the city’s police.
Brendan Carr is fairly typical of a far right wing zealot, in that he has absolutely no compulsion about lying, constantly, about everything. The latest case in point: Brendan Carr is trying to pretend he didn’t abuse FCC power and break the law to try and ce…
Amazon will pay a $1 billion civil penalty—the largest ever in an FTC rule-violation case—and provide $1.5 billion in refunds to customers.
Comey faces one count of making false statements and one count of obstruction of justice in connection.
The FTC announced that the company will pay $1.5 billion in customer refunds.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Justice Department said it had indicted former FBI Director James Comey on criminal charges of false statements and...
Acting Immigration and Customs Enforcement Director Todd Lyons said he would put all ICE facilities on a higher alert following a shooting at a Dallas field office.
High-ranking Sinaloa Cartel members are among defendants charged with trafficking fentanyl, methamphetamine and cocaine through Southern Illinois.
Donald Trump got what he wanted ... one of his archenemies, former FBI Director James Comey, is now under federal indictment. Comey was indicted on 2 counts -- making false statements to Congress and obstruction of justice. Trump has been on the…
One person was killed and two injured by the gunman, who also took his own life. Jahn, the suspect, was 29.
Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee said National Guard troops will serve in support roles to local law enforcement and not be tasked with making arrests.
An ICE officer who was captured on video pushing a woman to the ground outside an immigration court in New York City has been relieved of his duties.
For nearly a decade, President Donald Trump and James Comey's working relationship has descended into deep turmoil with back and forth statements.
In a video posted following his two-count indictment by a federal grand jury, former FBI Director James Comey says he is innocent.
The former FBI director has been indicted on charges of making a false statement and obstruction related to his testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee in 2020.
One of charges faced by ex-FBI Director James Comey focuses on his alleged role in the sharing of information about a probe related to Hillary Clinton, sources say.
Law enforcement experts said the sniper-type shooting at a Dallas ICE facility is part of a frightening trend.
On Thursday night, the Justice Department indicted former FBI Director James Comey — accusing him of having lied to Congress during sworn testimony. For me, a journalist who covers declining democracies, this set off some pretty obvious alarm bells. President…
James Comey isn't going down without a fight after the Department of Justice slapped him with federal criminal charges -- which are widely seen as an act of retribution by his arch nemesis, President Trump. The former FBI director, in a suit and…
Former FBI Director James Comey is a longtime critic of US President Donald Trump and testified against him in 2020.
The former director of the US Federal Bureau of Investigations has been accused of lying to Congress.
Agents said the kneeling was an act of deescalation. The Bureau investigated them at the time and found no causes for discipline. The FBI Agents Association decries the lack of due process.
The FBI Agents Association says the terminations - not yet confirmed by the bureau - violate the agents' rights.
The city's Democratic mayor says there is no need for the US president to send federal forces.
One calendar entry, dated December 6, 2014, reads: 'Reminder: Elon Musk to island Dec. 6 (is this still happening?)'.
President Donald Trump ordered a crackdown on alleged “organized political violence,” claiming “riots” targeted ICE agents.
An earlier probe found “no evidence” the FBI had undercover agents in protests at the Capitol.
Genesee County Sheriff Chris Swanson praised law enforcement's response to the fatal shooting at a Latter-Day Saints chapel that occurred on Sunday morning.
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker said the Department of Homeland Security has requested for 100 military personnel to help protect ICE agents and facilities in his state.
President Trump suggested a criminal investigation into Christopher Wray after a conservative media outlet claimed FBI agents were involved in Jan. 6.
No matter what Trump says, ICE is never going to be going after the “worst of the worst.” If White House advisor Stephen Miller wants 3,000 arrests per day, ICE is just going to have to go after anyone who looks foreign, which basically means it’s just going …
Trump is quietly building a surveillance state, and almost no one is paying attention.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Justice Department is closing a task force that took on drug cartels and an office that aimed to ease racial tensions, in a...
The chief videographer of the Anadolu news agency was taken to hospital after he was shoved to the ground by an ICE agent while covering migrant court hearings at 26 Federal Plaza in New York City. [Read More]
FBI Director Kash Patel announces break with anti-Semitism watchdog amid outrage over description of Charlie Kirk.
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In a post on X on Friday, FBI Director Kash Patel accused the SPLC of turning into a "partisan smear machine" rather than a civil rights advocate and said...
Apple dropped an ICE tracking app from its online store on Thursday in response to the Department of Justice raising concerns that the app put law enforcement officers’ safety at risk.
ICE just isn’t getting the job done. Despite the masked men swarming everywhere to arrest every Mexican-looking person in sight, the agency still can’t meet the 3,000 arrests per day quota that White House advisor Stephen Miller has stated is merely the basel…
Around 10 PM on Monday, September 30th, 2025, federal agents surrounded an apartment building in Chicago’s South Shore neighborhood. ICE, Border Patrol, FBI, ATF—a multi-agency operation targeting suspected members of the Tren de Aragua gang. What happened ne…
A year after being arrested and taken into custody on sex-trafficking and racketeering charges, Sean “Diddy” Combs looks likely not to get out of prison any time soon for the two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution the much-accused Bad Boy Reco…
Sean “Diddy” Combs’ defense insisted at today’s sentencing hearing on the Grammy winner’s sex-trafficking trial verdict that their client has been a “model prisoner” and model citizen. But a federal judge really wasn’t going for that. After listening to argum…
FBI leadership is reportedly in discussions to stage a showy arrest of the bureau's former director next week.
CHICAGO (Reuters) -U.S. Border Patrol personnel shot an armed woman in Chicago on Saturday, the Department of Homeland Security said, as scores of protesters...
Sean Combs sat expressionless in his seat when the judge sentenced him to just over four years in prison Friday for his conviction on two prostitution-related offenses.
This story was originally published by ProPublica. Republished under a CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 license. After a fight with a Black student in a St. Louis suburb left a white student badly injured in March 2024, Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey blamed their sch…
ICE agents clash with protesters, deploying rubber bullets and pepper spray amid Chicago immigration demonstrations.
And for the past two years, it has played well the ‘arsonist and the fireman’ scam.
The lines between local, state, and federal law enforcement and the military have blurred. The post The United Police State of America Has Arrived appeared first on The Intercept.
Patel attacked MSNBC over its reporting on the alleged incident, calling it ‘an a— clown factory of disinformation.”
Storming an apartment complex by helicopter as families slept. Activists, residents and leaders say increasingly combative tactics used by federal...
John Durham, who investigated the Russia probe, told prosecutors probing James Comey that had been unable to uncover evidence supporting charges against him, sources say.
President Trump is bucking tradition and legal precedent in pushing to deploy the National Guard to Democratic-led cities like Portland, Oregon, and Chicago due to what he says is rampant crime and to support his crackdown on illegal immigration.
FCI Fort Dix has what's known as a Residential Drug Abuse Program that Sean "Diddy" Combs' lawyer suggested would be beneficial to him.
Oren Peleg on the Harbor Area Peace Patrol, a group in Los Angeles that monitors the movements of federal agents in and out of a Coast Guard facility on Terminal Island.
DHS assistant secretary of public affairs Tricia McLaughlin told TMZ that Bryan should “stick to ‘Pink Skies’”
It seems like years ago, but the Trump administration got itself sued earlier this very year by the state of California for commandeering California’s National Guard to shut down anti-ICE protests in Los Angeles. Trump justified this by declaring the city to …
A lot has happened since last week when my post about Des Moines (IA) school superintendent Ian Roberts being arrested by ICE first hit the front page here at Techdirt. A lot of new information has come to light, almost all of it obtained by Des Moines Regist…
White House border czar Tom Homan has been accused of taking $50,000 from undercover FBI agents, which he denies
Former FBI Director James Comey pleaded not guilty Wednesday in a criminal case that has thrown a spotlight on the Justice Department’s efforts to target...
Former FBI Director James Comey will appear in court on Wednesday for the first time since he was indicted last month on charges of lying to Congress.
Ex-FBI Director James Comey is set to be arraigned Wednesday, but prosecutors investigating him determined that a central witness would prove "problematic," sources say.
Police in London have made dozens of arrests linked to a criminal gang who are alleged to have smuggled 40,000 stolen mobile phones from the U.K. to China.
Former FBI Director James Comey pleaded not guilty on Wednesday. He is charged with one count of false statements and one count of obstruction of a congressional proceeding.
Trump critic James Comey expected to plead not guilty to charges that he made false statements to Congress.
The US President has threatened to invoke an 1807 law to give the National Guard powers of arrest and policing.
The Atlanta narcotics unit’s deadly raid on 92-year-old Kathryn Johnston. The post Episode One: Dirty Business appeared first on The Intercept.
Former FBI Director James Comey did not have a so-called “perp walk” into Alexandria federal courthouse in Virginia on Wednesday. In fact, he did not have any kind of public entrance at all, instead choosing a private courthouse door. That largely left news n…
The former FBI director faces up to five years in prison.
Trump's border czar reportedly took a $50,000 cash bribe from undercover agents.
John Chell John Chell served in the role for less than a year. It's unlikely the next mayor would have kept him in place. [ more › ]
Federal prosecutors told a judge Wednesday that no harm was done to prospects for a fair trial after two U.S. Justice Department officials reposted...
Data shows a stunning shift in law enforcement priorities that has raised public safety concerns
A San Francisco supervisor has proposed that police and other city agencies should have no financial consequences for breaking a landmark surveillance oversight law. In 2019, organizations from across the city worked together to help pass that law, which requ…
Guard members in Memphis are operating under the governor's command — unlike other cities facing troop deployments, including Los Angeles, Portland and Chicago.
A U.S. federal judge has temporarily barred Homeland Security agents from using riot control weapons on journalists in the Chicago area after a photographer was struck with pepper balls. [Read More]
Hello from the free state of Illinois! We just talked about Donald Trump’s incurrsion into Chicago and the surrounding area, in which he first sent in a bunch of masked ICE agents to terrorize citizens and immigrants alike, at one point raiding an apartment b…
CHICAGO/MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -When Silverio Villegas Gonzalez was 12 minutes late for his shift at Tom & Jerry's Gyros, a diner on Chicago's northwest side,...
Never mind the ignorant fantasies coming from the White House. Chicago and Portland are showing us true patriotism
U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., said the Biden administration's FBI tapped several Republican senators' phones while investigating 2020 election interference.
Ordinarily, when a man dons an inflatable frog costume, it makes him look ridiculous. When a man in an inflatable frog costume gets attacked by agents of the state, however, those agents are the ones who look ridiculous. None of this seems lost on score…
Let it be known that Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson has no problem with ICE agents shooting a pastor in the head with pepper balls.
The video was pinned to Border Patrol's Instagram Reels.
Almost every time people protest the government, the government decides to get on the wrong side of the law. This is something every administration is guilty of, but under Trump, attacking protesters and journalists has become the rule, rather than the except…
Virginia Giuffre writes about Jeffrey Epstein's abuse and several alleged encounters with Prince Andrew in an excerpt from her book 'Nobody's Girl.'
Judge Sara L. Ellis of the Federal District Court for the Northern District of Illinois said during a hearing Thursday morning that she would require ICE agents in Chicago engaged in “Operation Midway Blitz” to use body cameras. But the logistics of enforcin…
Federal agents have violently arrested hundreds of undocumented immigrants in the city. Pastors, activists, and lawyers are considering how aggressive the response should be.
As far as the Trump administration is concerned, there’s only one crime worth targeting: not being white. Despite ICE now being the best-funded federal law enforcement agency and military troops being scrambled to any area of the country that pisses Trump off…
The Trump regime exercises real power. Why are they so whiny about it?
"Over time, I would come to see Epstein and Maxwell less as boyfriend and girlfriend, and more as two halves of a wicked whole," Giuffre wrote.
A federal judge is concerned about federal agents violating her orders not to deploy tear gas and pepper spray at protesters.
Firefighters responded to the Row Hotel in Midtown a day after federal agents detained people outside. Mayor Eric Adams' office and the NYPD denied involvement in the incident. [ more › ]
The scene outside the ICE facility took a darker turn as federal agents deployed tear gas on the crowd around 4:30 p.m. and detained at least one person over...
A federal judge again Friday ordered agents in Chicago for immigration operations to wear and turn on their body cameras, telling them "that was not a suggestion."
US agree to send informants to El Salvador, critics now question law enforcement credibility and ethical risks
U.S. Border Patrol agents assigned to immigration enforcement in the Chicago area have been given body cameras, an official testified Monday as a judge held ...
The agency said the stand had a "sight line" of Air Force One's landing area.
A Trump-appointed prosecutor tried to claim that a series of messages to a reporter criticizing her coverage had been “off the record.” But she was too late....
In a letter to the Senate Judiciary chairman, lawyers for former special counsel Jack Smith seek to correct what they call "inaccurate" claims about Smith's Jan. 6 probe.
My Signal exchange with the interim U.S. attorney about the Letitia James grand jury.
As Trump’s agents raid South Shore and other neighborhoods, local rappers are speaking up for their fellow Chicagoans
“They took his brother," a witness said. "The trauma is going to be very tough for them.”
Trail Blazers head coach Chauncey Billups is among those charged in an illegal poker operation, while Heat guard Terry Rozier is among several charged in a separate gambling case, authorities said.
The Trump administration is absolutely stuffed full of people who — if they had any self-awareness at all — would be suffering crippling bouts of impostor syndrome. But they don’t because they actually think they’re the best thing that has happened to the nat…
Law enforcement officers fired shots at a vehicle that backed into a U.S. Coast Guard base in the San Francisco Bay Area that had earlier been the site of...
New York Attorney General Letitia James is scheduled to appear in federal court in Norfolk, Virginia, Friday to be arraigned on charges of alleged mortgage fraud.
Two people were wounded when an "erratic" driver prompted a shooting at the Coast Guard Base Alameda, located on a small island next to Oakland, Oakland, officials said.
Zhi Dong Zhang, known as Brother Wang, was attempting to flee to Russia with false papers when his plot unravelled.
Barf Bag: It turns out that the folks most eager to brutalize non-white people aren’t exactly our country’s best or brightest.
This story was originally published by ProPublica. Republished under a CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 license. When Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers stormed through Santa Ana, California, in June, panicked calls flooded into the city’s emergency response system.…
Candidate's roots in grassroots activism hearten longtime organisers, but test is on his vision of reform yet to come.
The California Supreme Court ordered the U. of California to make public the administration’s $1.2 billion settlement demand for UCLA. Here's a summary of what's in it.
Laugh Factory Chicago is crowdsourcing to assist night manager Nathan Griffin with legal funds after he was arrested Friday morning outside the comedy club. Despite being born in America, masked federal agents tackled him to the ground and reportedly took him…
The administration's theater of cruelty has everyday people asking "Am I next?"
NPR is accusing the Corporation for Public Broadcasting in federal court of reneging on a contract to appease the White House.
Mark your calendars ... the feds are projecting Diddy's prison release date ... and it may be sooner than you might expect. Diddy's possibly going to be a free man on May 8, 2028 ... at least based on his release date provided by the Bureau of…
Just before noon on a sunny Friday earlier this month, federal immigration agents threw tear gas canisters onto a busy Chicago street, just outside of an...
Gregory Bovino probably only answers to two people. The first person would be himself. If he wants to do it, he does it, no matter what the actual chain of command is. On the morning of Jan. 7, Jesús Ramírez and other day laborers huddled in a Home Depot park…
Immigration enforcement officers are sometimes forgoing license plates or otherwise masking their cars while apprehending migrants across the U.S.
By Courtney Rozen WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S.
The National Guard is planning to train up to 500 troops per state to serve as part of a rapid-response force focused on civil disturbance missions, a U.S. official says.
Sean Grayson was on trial for fatally shooting Sonya Massey in her home.
By Andrew Goudsward WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Former FBI Director James Comey on Thursday expanded his legal challenge to a Trump administration criminal case...
The feds are projecting Sean "Diddy" Combs will be released from custody on May 8, 2028 ... but his attorney thinks he will be a free man even sooner. We got Marc Agnifilo in New York City on Thursday and our photog asked him about the Bureau of…
A Detroit police officer was caught during a court appearance with his pants down — literally.
A senior administration source says reports of tension over a foreign intelligence review in the Charlie Kirk case were exaggerated and cooperation continues...
Newly surfaced report is in connection to a John Doe civil lawsuit against the disgraced mogul filed in July
First pic of Diddy in jail shows disgraced star bundled up for walk with gray beard... (Second column, 5th story, link)
Companies hired by ICE would be given bundles of information on 10,000 immigrants at a time to locate. The post ICE Plans Cash Rewards for Private Bounty Hunters to Locate and Track Immigrants appeared first on The Intercept.
BBC Verify has gathered more than 70 videos to track how President Trump's illegal immigration crackdown has unfolded so far.
The FTX founder is looking for a fresh trial on his fraud and conspiracy charges. He's got an uphill battle.
Prosecutors are urging the judge overseeing ex-FBI Director James Comey's criminal case to reject arguments from Comey that he is being "vindictively" prosecuted.
Trial starts for DC man who tossed sandwich at federal agent begins... (First column, 9th story, link) Related stories:Citizen shot from behind as he warned ICE about children gathering at bus stop... Reverend blasted by agents left wit…
(Corrects spelling of agent's name in paragraph 11) By Andrew Goudsward WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The trial of a former U.S.
A federal judge humiliated a Justice Department attorney after he tried to shut down questions about Stephen Miller’s role in Chicago’s ICE crackdown...
A Tennessee sheriff so deep in the Charlie Kirk kool-aid he's lost the plot, tossed a retired cop in jail for the crime of quoting MAGA cult leader Donald Trump. Sixty-one-year-old Larry Bushart Jr. spent five weeks behind bars and faced a $2 million bond aft…
It's part of a program that essentially deputizes police into the federal mass deportation effort.
CBP commander Gregory Bovino has been given a temporary free pass by the Seventh Circuit Appeals Court to continue violating a court order he’s been violating since the lower court first issued it. So, that’s how things continue to go in terms of checks and b…
A former Justice Department employee who threw a sandwich at a federal agent during President Donald Trump’s law enforcement surge in Washington was found...
This story was originally published by ProPublica. Republished under a CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 license. ⚠️ This story contains videos showing violence. President Donald Trump and officials in his administration say National Guard troops are needed in “War ravaged” Po…
Raids across five Spanish cities result in arrests of 13 suspected of being in Venezuela's Tren de Aragua gang.
A suspect with a fake limp carried out a very real bank robbery in broad daylight in Louisiana, police said.
ICE agents pose at 'The Bean' for photoshoot after Chicago suburb raids... (Second column, 1st story, link) Related stories:Firefighter detained on the job speaks out after deportation: 'I feel betrayed'...
Missouri's governor recently authorized the state's National Guard to assist ICE with clerical duties. Black police officers fear the trust they've built with communities of color could take years to rebuild.
We’ll see where this goes from here, but for the moment, this order [PDF], issued by federal judge Karin Immergut still stands: For the above reasons, this Court concludes that Plaintiffs have demonstrated that Defendants violated 10 U.S.C. § 12406 and the Te…
A judge declined Thursday to throw out the criminal case against U.S. Rep. LaMonica McIver, who was charged with assaulting federal agents during a chaotic...
Newly released documents from Jeffrey Epstein’s estate have once again raised questions over Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor’s account of his friendship with the ...
The latest documents were obtained after U.S. lawmakers subpoenaed the Epstein Estate over the summer.
Newly released emails show Kathryn Ruemmler, now Goldman's top lawyer and a former Obama official, maintained ties with Jeffrey Epstein for years.
A U.S. attorney who the Trump administration helped keep in office will defend the Department of Justice (DOJ) in a lawsuit filed by the daughter of former...
Police are searching for a man who escaped from a Louisiana jail by allegedly throwing cleaning supplies in an officer's face.
Gregory Bovino’s star will continue to rise. Admitting you lied to a court no longer matters when the entire administration does it on a daily basis. All that matters is that you serve the fascist cause. And the Border Patrol commander sent to handle things i…
Group cells size of parking lots, people excessively punished... (First column, 3rd story, link) Related stories:ICE almost deports Native American woman! People held in 'decrepit' facility sue over inhumane conditions... VIDEO: Terrif…
Michael Wolff, Larry Summers, Peter Thiel - who are some of the other names mentioned in the newly released files?
Molinari did not say when or where Lisa was arrested, what charges he might face, whether he was in jail, or when he might go before a judge.
She wore a Western hat, never spoke a word, and refused to carry a weapon.
Operation "Charlotte's Web" is part of Donald Trump’s attempt to deliver "the largest deportation programme" in US history.
NPR interviews with current and former officials reveal more of the backstory around the military's strikes in the Caribbean.
A federal judge has slammed the Trump Justice Department for a “disturbing pattern of profound investigative missteps” in the case against former FBI...
U.S. immigration agents arrested more than 130 people in a weekend sweep through North Carolina’s largest city, a federal official said Monday, as the...
Kash Patel girlfriend protected by FBI SWAT agents as security perk... (First column, 4th story, link) Related stories:Judge scolds Justice Dept for 'profound investigative missteps' in Comey case... Developing... Year of Chaos Under Bo…
Pres. Trump talked about the possibility of sending National Guard troops to L.A. to limit crime during the World Cup, encouraging small business owners to tell Gov. Newsom to "ask for federal help."
The decision allows Instagram's parent company to avoid the prospect of the company breaking up
David Maltinsky, a 16-year veteran, says in lawsuit agency retaliated against him for engaging in protected speech
Lawyers for former FBI Director James Comey are expected to argue before a judge Wednesday that his case should be dismissed on the grounds of vindictive prosecution.
The government's case against former FBI Director James Comey could be in jeopardy after a judge grilled DOJ attorneys over the prosecution.
Natalie Greene said Congressman Jeff Van Drew's office has repeatedly gotten threatening mail.
Federal authorities said Wednesday they seized more than a half-ton of methamphetamine and indicted 15 people following a two-year investigation that...
Federal prosecutors moved Thursday to dismiss charges against a woman who was shot several times by a Border Patrol agent last month during the federal...
A federal immigration crackdown based in Charlotte, North Carolina's largest city, is now over, a local law enforcement agency said Thursday.
Charlotte's Democratic leaders say border agents are "stoking fear" in the city.
Fugees member Pras Michél has been hit with a 14-year prison sentence ... handed down after his conviction on conspiracy and illegal foreign lobbying charges. The verdict came down Thursday in a D.C. federal court -- slapping Pras with three years…
The Trump administration has targeted Democrat-led cities like Charlotte for a surge in immigration enforcement.
Lawyers for former FBI Director James Comey on Friday moved to dismiss the criminal case against him, arguing there were "fundamental errors in the grand jury process."
Security cameras capture the ambush shooting of Nicole "Nicki" Lenway while on her way to pick up her 5-year-old son.
By Andrew Goudsward WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A U.S. judge on Monday tossed out criminal charges against former FBI Director James Comey based on a procedural...
Border Patrol commander Gregory Bovino has already made a name for himself during Trump’s second administration. He began making this name by engaging in an unapproved sweep of the area he controlled in California as Trump was still waiting to be sworn in. Th…
A federal lawsuit filed Tuesday by U.S. Rep. Eric Swalwell accuses the Trump administration’s top housing regulator of abusing his position to misuse private...
FBI Director Kash Patel said the agency is working to meet the 30-day release deadline for the files.
Prosecutors in New York say they have dismantled a "sophisticated porch pirate criminal organization" that allegedly stole FedEx packages containing electronic devices.
Witnesses say that Vicente Ventura Aguilar was abducted by ICE in early October, suffered a medical episode and promptly disappeared.
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said President Trump has been briefed and actively monitoring the situation.
Two West Virginia National Guard members shot Wednesday near the White House have died, the state’s governor said. Governor Patrick Morrisey confirmed their...
The co-owners of the Miss Universe Organization are facing charges: Rocha Cantu of Mexico and Jakkaphong "Anne" Jakrajutatip of Thailand.
A lawyer for alleged victims of Jeffrey Epstein asked a judge to order the Justice Department to take more care to protect alleged victims' identities in files releases.
Factually bankrupt analysis doesn’t make unlawful orders lawful.
Trump’s war on Chicago appears destined to end in a whimper. While he kicked off his invasion of Chicago with memes and a call to arrest J.B. Pritzker and Mayor Brandon Johnson, his out of control federal agents have reportedly begun to leave the area. That s…
This story appeared in The Logoff, a daily newsletter that helps you stay informed about the Trump administration without letting political news take over your life. Subscribe here. Welcome to The Logoff: Two National Guard members were shot in downtown Washi…
Local police in Washington, DC, say they have one suspect in custody and that the scene near White House is secure.
Two National Guard members have been shot near the White House in Washington, DC. Police said a suspect is in custody.
US lawmakers who warned military against following illegal orders slam 'intimidation, harassment', face FBI interviews.
The lone suspect - whose motive is unknown - is in custody after opening fire on the soldiers, before being subdued.
Two West Virginia National Guard members deployed to Washington, D.C., remain in critical condition after being shot while on patrol just blocks from the White House on Wednesday afternoon.
Two National Guard members from West Virginia remain in critical condition when a gunman opened fire on them in an apparent "targeted shooting" near the White House.
Guard members Sarah Beckstrom and Andrew Wolfe were wounded in a shooting that the FBI is investigating as 'terrorism'.
Jeanine Pirro announced the suspect's charges would be upgraded to first-degree murder following the death of one of the guardsmen.
Tragic news out of D.C. -- one of the two National Guard members shot by Rahmanullah Lakanwal near the White House on Wednesday has died, President Trump confirmed Thursday. Trump, in his first live remarks since the shooting, said, "Sarah…
President Donald Trump announced Thursday evening that Specialist Sarah Beckstrom, 20, had died from her injuries in Wednesday’s shooting.
The ABC7 I-Team is taking a closer look at a trove of videos ordered released by a federal judge in her explanation of the preliminary injunction she issued ...
A local official in Arizona allegedly offered a man a job in exchange for sex -- and when he refused, kidnapped his teen daughter.
NYPD responds as immigration activists block a garage used by ICE vans in Manhattan Saturday. They also called on the NYPD to drop charges against people after clashes with officers. [ more › ]
After the death of MAGA activist Charlie Kirk, U.S. President Donald Trump promised "to save Chicago" from crime and migrants. But in the wake of violent immigration raids, Chicagoans themselves are divided over who the criminals are — and who is ultimately r…
One day after a violent clash between immigration activists and NYPD cops, reps for the rabib protesters said vowed to do it again.
A fired immigration judge says she was dismissed from her job because of her gender, her status as a dual citizen of Lebanon, and the fact that she once ran for municipal office in Ohio as a Democrat.
West Virginia Gov. Patrick Morrisey on Monday said he received word from Andrew Wolfe's family that the 24-year-old was responsive to a nurse and wiggled his toes.
A new court filing indicates Kathryn Ruemmler, now the top Goldman Sachs lawyer, communicated with Jeffrey Epstein about sex assault lawsuits.
In Key Largo, in front of Pink Plaza at mile marker 103.4, agents stopped a woman driving a white Toyota Corolla and surrounded the vehicle.
By Heather Schlitz and Andrew Hay MINNEAPOLIS - People of Somali origin are among those arrested in an immigration crackdown in Minneapolis, federal...
Army Specialist Sarah Beckstrom was fatally shot in Washington, D.C., while Air Force Staff Sergeant Andrew Wolfe was seriously wounded. Trump says the deployments are necessary to fight crime, but others disagree.
Video shows Coast Guard vehicles pursuing a go-fast vessel that appeared to have multiple people aboard.
Heavily armed tactical teams fired crowd suppression munitions at the Arizona lawmaker and protesters, claiming she was leading “a mob.” The post ICE Denies Pepper-Spraying Rep. Adelita Grijalva in Incident Caught on Video appeared first on The Intercept.
But none are likely to lead to charges.
Democratic Senator Patty Murray of Washington is calling for the release of Wilmer Toledo-Martinez, an immigrant who she says was mauled last month by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement attack dog in Vancouver, Washington.According to Murray’s office, Tol…
Alexis Wilkins allegedly asked her security detail to drive her inebriated friend home after partying in Nashville.
The FBI agents kneeled during a protest in 2020 not to reflect a left-wing political view, but to de-escalate a volatile situation, they say in court papers. The FBI fired them in September.
Ex-FBI agents are trying to get their jobs back, claiming they were fired during Trump's second term for their efforts in 2020 to head off a riot in the wake...
Twelve former FBI agents fired after kneeling during a 2020 racial justice protest in Washington sued Monday to get their jobs back, saying their action had ...
Somali community members in Minnesota said ICE agents have already begun enforcement operations in the state.
Prosecutors released new photos, including evidence allegedly recovered from Luigi Mangione when he was arrested in Altoona, Pennsylvania.
Roderick Macleod, 70, was walking his dogs when he was allegedly struck by a driver with dozens of prior arrests.
Police in Kansas are sharing video of officers deploying a new "grappler" device that authorities say helped apprehend a stolen truck suspect earlier this month.
The group say adopting a gesture used by protesters helped to defuse tensions during a 2020 demonstration.
SCRANTON, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Scranton Police told 28/22 News Tuesday night that three people were stabbed and a potential suspect is in custody....
The footage was played at a hearing to decide what evidence will or won't be used in trial.
Naked bike protesters apparently posed a serious threat to the heavily armed ICE agents
A Washington state man was attacked by a patrol dog while being detained by Customs and Border Patrol agents last month as his wife and young children looked...
We’ve already written several times about the danger posed by adding AI to law enforcement incident/arrest reports. There are a lot of obvious problems, ranging from AI misinterpreting what it’s seeing to it adding so much unsupported gibberish it isn’t the t…
Moore is expected to make his first court appearance on Friday for allegations of assault.
More than $2 million in merchandise was stolen from 128 stores across multiple states.
It’s no secret that 2025 has given Americans plenty to protest about. But as news cameras showed protesters filling streets of cities across the country, law enforcement officers—including U.S. Border Patrol agents—were quietly watching those same streets thr…
The FBI Director and Trump both posted prematurely about the details of an ongoing investigation into a tragedy at Brown University.
Judge Hannah Dugan faces six years in prison if convicted for aiding defence against US federal immigration enforcement.
The driver of a stolen Ferrari lost control and slammed into a utility pole during a police chase in Miami, with authorities saying the alleged car thief was taken to the hospital with minor injuries.
FBI experts on Tuesday combed through the vicinity of a weekend mass shooting that killed two students at the elite Brown University, as the hunt for the...
A driver in a stolen Ferrari crashed into a utility pole after being hit by a police cruiser, knocking out power to nearby buildings.
Dramatic body camera video shows the moment police officers rescued three people after their vehicle crashed into an icy pond in Glendale Heights, Illinois. The driver was arrested on a DUI charge.
Details are beginning to emerge about the life of Claudio Manuel Neves Valente, the gunman who killed two and injured nine others in the attack at Brown University last week. He is also believed to have killed an MIT professor on Monday, police said.
Luigi Mangione’s lawyers contend that Attorney General Pam Bondi’s decision to seek the death penalty against him in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO...
Kyle and his wife sued Rutherford County and two sheriff's deputies back in August
Kyle Chrisley, the son of "Chrisley Knows Best" stars Todd and Julie Chrisley, has been arrested in Tennessee on an array of charges -- including assault. He was picked up by the Rutherford County Sheriff's Office Saturday night around 7 PM, and…
Suffice to say, Jeffrey Epstein should never have been allowed to be around children ... but, as these Department of Justice photos show, the pedophile was having a good time with someone who could be a kid. Check 'em out ... The grainy pics…
Things took a terrifying turn for police in Canton, Ohio, who were taking alleged shoplifting suspects into custody at a Walmart.
The DOJ says it's investigating the “validity” of the letter—though the existence of a letter from Epstein to Nassar was first reported by the Associated Press in 2023.
The largest release of Epstein-related documents yet from the justice department included some notable messages and several mentions of Trump.
Texas builders say arrests have upended industry... (Second column, 10th story, link) Related stories:COLD AS ICE: Number in detention hits record high... More than 68,400 people... 'Construction can't continue'... Drudge Re…
At Congress' behest, the U.S. Department of Justice released hundreds of files related to Epstein, a convicted sex offender, on Dec. 19, 2025.
Texas DAs say some cases, including murders, have been hobbled or lost because witnesses were detained or deported.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers celebrated the birth of Jesus Christ by aggressively detaining a pastor. Multiple agents in tactical gear can be seen in a video arguing with a man in his car on a video taken on Christmas Eve in Lewiston, Maine. “…
Reiner, known for directing movies including "Stand by Me" and "The Princess Bride," was found fatally stabbed in his home in December 2025.
A highway patrol trooper had to perform a PIT maneuver — where the officer nudges the rear of a moving vehicle to make it spin and stop driving — to get a sleepy driver off the road in Oklahoma.
Officers in Ohio raced to save a man trapped inside a burning car, who was badly injured and couldn't move.
Courts blocked troops from deploying in Chicago and Portland, Ore., and the Los Angeles deployment effectively ended after a judge blocked it earlier this month.
Trump Pulls National Guard Out Of Chicago, Los Angeles & Portland President Donald Trump on Wednesday announced that he's pulling National Guard troops from Chicago, Los Angeles and Portland. "We are removing the National Guard from Chicago, Los Angeles, a…
The footage, displaying no visible signs of AI, showed dozens of people throwing snowballs at law enforcement officers wearing riot gear.
Jeanine Pirro, Lindsey Halligan and Alina Habba all showed us what failing upwards looked like this year. Chris Hayes provided a nice summary on his show on Christmas Eve on these incompetent hacks, like Jeanine Pirro who couldn't even indict a ham sandwich b…
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The tactics behind protest policing are changing—from one of cooperation to intentional antagonism for political marketing purposes.
Ohio authorities are searching for a suspect after a dentist and his wife were found murdered inside their home earlier this week.
Officials announced the suspect has been charged with attempting to provide 'material support' for 'terrorism'.
A federal immigration agent’s killing of a woman driving an SUV fits into a tragic pattern.
"[DHS is] already trying to spin this as an action of self-defense," Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey said following the shooting. "Having seen the video myself, I want to tell everybody directly that is bullshit."
A federal officer shot and killed a woman in Minneapolis on Wednesday, shortly after the Trump administration deployed thousands of immigration agents to the city. Although the full circumstances of the killing remain unclear, video of the shooting shows an o…
Mayor alleges ICE officer ‘recklessly’ shot her adding immigration agents are ‘causing chaos in our city’.
ICE is under scrutiny following the fatal shooting of Minneapolis woman Renee Nicole Good.
Hundreds of people have taken to the streets of Minneapolis to protest the killing of 37-year-old Renee Good.
In cities across the country, demonstrators have expressed grief and outrage over the death of Renee Nicole Good, who was fatally shot by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer on Wednesday morning.
ABC News has verified video of the moment an ICE agent opened fire, fatally shooting a woman behind the wheel of an SUV in Minneapolis.
"They identified somebody they wanted in this crowd, they aggressively went after them, they pushed their way in, now they're shooting pepper balls towards the crowd," CNN senior national correspondent Ryan Young reported.
The events that led to a federal officer in Minneapolis killing Renee Nicole Good have not been universally interpreted. On a visit to Texas on Wednesday, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem described the incident as an “act of domestic terrorism.” She sa…
"What happened to the police body cameras?" one Uber driver in Minnesota asked a Border Patrol agent.
Vice President JD Vance defended the ICE officer who fatally shot a 37-year-old woman in Minneapolis on Wednesday, saying the officer faced an "attack on federal law enforcement.”
ABC News' frame-by-frame review of video from Wednesday's ICE shooting in Minneapolis examines what happened before, during, and after the incident.
Shots were fired just 40 seconds after the ICE agent left his vehicle.
The Minneapolis shooting will get less official scrutiny because of cuts by the Trump administration.
ICE and the National Guard are acting with impunity.
Days after the death of Renee Good, protests continue in Minneapolis and cities across the US.
The video, published online by a Minnesota-based news site, Alpha News, and reposted by the Department of Homeland Security, shows the shooting from the perspective of the officer who fired the shots.
"We are a safe city. ICE is making it less so," Mayor Jacob Frey said Friday.
Frazzled agents, quick triggers, and a motor-powered protest movement are creating a uniquely dangerous moment on U.S. streets.
UPDATE: Agent's footage raises new questions about tactics... (Top headline, 1st story, link) Related stories:'Fucking bitch'... Minnesota prosecutors will conduct own review... America Watches Shooting and Comes to Two Different Concl…
On "This Week," Sen. Tina Smith said the government is 'attempting to cover up what happened in Good's shooting by an ICE agent.
The only perspective that matters is the perspective of the Officer at the time he uses deadly force in response to a threat.
Protests erupt after ICE agent fatally shoots mother of three, fuelling anger at Trump's hardline immigration crackdown.
Ahmed Bin Hassan, a Somali American, was defiant as more than a dozen masked federal agents harangued him about his accent. The post “They Could See My Color”: Minneapolis Uber Driver Speaks Out On Why Border Patrol Accosted Him appeared first on The Intercep…
“I just don’t understand how we provide votes for a bill that funds the extent of the depravity,” says one senator.
he protest was part of over a 1,000 planned demonstrations against ICE across the nation this weekend
The state of Minnesota, along with the Twin Cities, have sued the US government and several officials to halt the flood of agents carrying out an Immigration and Customs Enforcement operation.
Jonathan Ross positioned himself in front of Good's car and continued firing even after he was no longer in its path.
ICE Barbie has been working overtime to work outside the law and rewrite reality.
Court papers filed on Monday show the broadcaster will argue the Florida court lacks "personal jurisdiction" over the BBC.
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Officials will examine video footage and policy guidelines as part of the investigation, experts told the BBC.
“I cannot think of another high-profile federal agent shooting case like this when the Civil Rights Division was not involved," a former associate AG under Obama told the Washington Post.
ICE activity has increased exponentially since Trump’s return to office, bringing with it an exponential increase in rights violations committed by federal officers. Multiple lawsuits have been filed and, without exception, courts have safeguarded the rights …
US state sues Trump over ICE raids after fatal shooting of mother of three sparks nationwide protests.
The FBI is solely leading the inquiry into the killing of Renee Macklin Good by ICE agent Jonathan Ross without help from Minnesota authorities. Legal experts explain why the move is unusual and why joint investigations are the norm.
Surveillance video captured the moment a suspect opened fire at a police vehicle, sending sparks flying. The suspect was later found dead in his vehicle.
Tensions continue in Minneapolis after the fatal shooting of Renee Good by an ICE agent.
Attorney General Bondi accused the journalist of reporting classified information allegedly leaked by a federal contractor, who she said has been arrested.
ICE agents seemingly believe they can get away with anything, even stealing and selling the phone of a 16-year-old citizen.
Last week, we wrote about how ICE agent Jonathan Ross murdered Renee Nicole Good, a 37-year-old poet and mother, on a Minneapolis street in broad daylight. We wrote about how the Trump administration immediately began lying about it despite multiple video ang…
This story was originally published by ProPublica. Republished under a CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 license. The original version has even more horrifying photographs and videos of agents engaging in this kind of behavior. Immigration agents have put civilians’ lives at r…
Jonathan Ross -- the ICE agent who shot and killed Renee Good while she was behind the wheel of her car in Minneapolis last week -- reportedly suffered internal bleeding from their confrontation ... according to Trump administration officials. Two…
As protests grow over violent ICE enforcement actions in Minneapolis, the president said he could invoke a centuries-old law that would give him sweeping powers to deploy the military in U.S. cities.
Hannah Natanson had a phone, two laptops and a Garmin watch seized. The Justice Department says this is part of an investigation into a Pentagon contractor accused of taking home classified information.
The Liberian man arrested over the weekend after heavily armed immigration agents used a battering ram to break through the front door of his Minneapolis...
The City of Minneapolis confirmed a man was shot and taken to hospital for non-life threatening injuries.
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Watch out for that ice, you fascist clowns.
As masked and armed men in combat armor swarmed throughout the Twin Cities, Gov. Tim Walz took to primetime television to ask Minnesotans to film ICE. The videos, he said, would "create a database of the atrocities against Minnesotans - not just to establish …
Within minutes, hulking SUVs, pickup trucks and minivans begin leaving, forming the unmarked convoys that have quickly become feared and common sights in the...
Reports of Trump administration investigating top Democrats in Minnesota as violent ICE crackdown continues.
The court injunction bars federal agents from detaining or retaliating against peaceful protesters or observers.
The conservative network once decried similar searches as press intimidation under Obama
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey joined "This Week" amid ongoing protests in his city and a newly launched DOJ probe into his actions.
The troops are an option should Donald Trump decide to use them to quell anti-ICE protests in the city, an official tells CBS News.
The footage depicts a crowd of people in a setting somewhat resembling Central Park throwing snowballs at law enforcement officers.
Protesters continued to clash with law enforcement over the weekend.
US Justice Department says no to probing the ICE agent, despite public outrage over Renee Good's shooting in Minnesota.
The Minnesota attorney general and St. Paul mayor have also been subpoenaed as local, state and federal officials have clashed in the aftermath of the shooting of Renee Good by an ICE agent.
Do you still want to cling to this pretense, Trump supporters? Do you still want to pretend ICE efforts are targeting “the worst of the worst?” Are you just going to sit there and mumble some incomprehensible stuff about “respecting the laws?” Go ahead. Do it…
New court documents claim the feds could access Slack channels, Signal chats, email, and more.
The group Whistleblower Aid says it represents two anonymous U.S. government officials. The group argues the ICE memo violates the Fourth Amendment and DHS policies.
I came to Minneapolis to report on what's going on, and one of the main questions I showed up with is "just what is the scale of the resistance?" After all, we're all used to the news calling Portland a "war zone" or whatever when it's just some protests in o…
This story appeared in The Logoff, a daily newsletter that helps you stay informed about the Trump administration without letting political news take over your life. Subscribe here. Welcome to The Logoff: Over the past few weeks, ICE’s actions have gotten a l…
Renee Good was shot in the left forearm, right breast and left side of her head during a confrontation with ICE officer Jonathan Ross earlier this month in Minneapolis, an autopsy commissioned by her family has revealed. The new information was…
In the days leading up to Renee Macklin Good's death, the political situation in Minneapolis had turned combustible. Her shooting has exposed how colliding forces set the stage for the ongoing crisis.
Vice President JD Vance visited Minneapolis Thursday amid heightened tensions and clashes between federal agents and groups of protesters.
When officials record themselves, they become content creators, too.
The incident, which was caught on video, marks the second deadly shooting by federal officers in Minneapolis in less than a month.
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz gave an update after federal agents fatally shot a man in Minneapolis Saturday.
Minneapolis may represent the beginning of a broader rupture between local police and federal agents.
On Saturday, a Border Patrol agent in Minneapolis shot and killed Alex Jeffrey Pretti at close range after Pretti had been pepper-sprayed, beaten, and forced onto his knees by other agents. Pretti, 37, was a US citizen and reportedly in the area to observe a…
The video of the latest killing in Minneapolis is truly horrific. In it, about half a dozen men in military garb, who appear to be federal immigration officers sent to Minnesota by President Donald Trump, wrestle a man to the ground and repeatedly strike him.…
President Donald Trump says Minnesota Governor Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey are to blame for the Saturday morning shooting ... claiming they don't protect ICE agents and cause situations like this to arise. POTUS shared his thoughts…
The U.S. citizen shot to death by federal agents in Minneapolis has been identified. Alex Jeffrey Pretti -- a 37-year-old man -- was the individual killed by feds, according to the Associated Press, which cites Pretti's parents. AP says Pretti is…
New video from the shooting of Alex Pretti by Department of Homeland Security in Minneapolis Saturday morning shows officers pile onto the late ICU nurse before the fatal shots ring out. Check out the shocking clip -- the video is filmed from…
Footage circulating on social media shows US officers wrestling a person to the ground before several shots ring out.
Networks shifted from the emerging winter mega storm to another deadly shooting in Minneapolis, where federal agents killed a 37-year-old man. As was the case with the fatal shooting of Renee Good earlier this month, bystander video quickly emerged on social …
Federal immigration agents shot and killed a 37-year-old Minneapolis resident on Saturday morning, the second time this month that federal agents killed a civilian.Video of the incident shows at least seven masked agents working to tackle the man to the groun…
Video on Saturday showed federal agents wrestling a man to the ground outside a donut shop before shots rang out.
Video Saturday showed federal agents wrestling a man to the ground outside a donut shop before shots rang out.
The victim of Saturday’s fatal shooting by federal agents in Minneapolis was identified as 37-year-old Alex Pretti, an ICU nurse.
Federal and state authorities have offered conflicting versions of what happened in the moments leading to the shooting.
The family of a woman fatally shot by an ICE agent in Minneapolis retained a law firm that helped land a large settlement in another case of deadly force by ...
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz accused federal officials of "spinning stories" after a man was killed Saturday in a confrontation with federal agents in Minneapolis.
Tensions continued over the weekend in Minneapolis, as protesters clashed in the streets with law enforcement.
Vinson Cunningham writes about how the rapidly disseminated videos of Alex Pretti’s fatal shooting, in Minneapolis, reveal a brazen display of brute power.
Two witnesses said in court filings that the victim did not brandish a gun, refuting claims by the Trump administration.
Videos show the victim holding a phone in his hand, not a handgun, as he tried to help other protesters.
Border Patrol commander Greg Bovino said his agents were "the victims" of a recent deadly shooting in Minneapolis
A bystander footage has captured the moments before Pretti was shot dead by a Border Patrol agent in Minneapolis.
In its efforts to rapidly boost its ranks, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has been making appeals on social media in language familiar to right-wing extremists.
Democrats demanded that federal immigration officers leave Minnesota after a U.S. Border Patrol agent fatally shot a man in Minneapolis on Saturday, drawing hundreds of protesters onto the frigid streets and increasing tensions in a city already shaken by ano…
At least two U.S. citizens have been shot and killed by federal agents since a major operation began in Minnesota.
By Brad Brooks and Tim ReidMINNEAPOLIS, Jan 25 (Reuters) - Senior Trump administration officials on Sunday defended the fatal shooting of a U.S. citizen by immigration ag… Leggi
Two people have been shot dead by federal agents in the city in recent weeks, leaving many angry and frustrated.
Minneapolis is in mourning again – but still fighting back.
ABC News' Mary Bruce asked White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt if President Donald Trump agrees with administration officials who labeled Alex Pretti a "domestic terrorist."
Anti-ICE protesters took to the snowy streets of Chicago on Sunday, one day after the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti in Minneapolis.
Second fatal shooting an 'inflection point' says Tim Walz as protests spread over Saturday's shooting of intensive care nurse Alex Pretti in Minneapolis.
Just days ago, the Trump administration used AI to doctor an image of a suspect. How can we trust body cam footage in their possession?
First, there’s the lies: the immediate, reflexive flurry of posts meant to portray anyone federal immigration officers kill as a threat to public safety. When an officer murdered Renee Good, the administration claimed she was a terrorist who was trying to run…
Federal agents’ killing of Alex Pretti in Minneapolis on Saturday has strengthened Senate Democrats’ resolve to force changes to Trump’s immigration forces — even at the risk of shutting down the government. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer released a st…
Republican lawmakers pushed back on Trump administration and DHS claims justifying the killing of Minneapolis resident Alex Pretti by ICE.
Federal immigration enforcement authorities are facing scrutiny and criticism over their tactics, including the lack of body-worn cameras, following the killing of two U.S. citizens in Minneapolis.
The judge ordered the acting head of ICE to appear in his courtroom on Friday and explain why he should not be held in contempt of court.
Customs and Border Protection commander-at-large Greg Bovino is returning to El Centro, California, to resume his duties as chief of that sector, sources told ABC News.
The thing with an invasion is that it makes enemies of everyone being invaded, even those who may nominally support the end goal. Law enforcement officers and officials are no exception, especially when they see the invading force creating problems they shoul…
This story appeared in The Logoff, a daily newsletter that helps you stay informed about the Trump administration without letting political news take over your life. Subscribe here. Welcome to The Logoff: After killing Alex Pretti in Minneapolis over the week…
A federal agent shoves a woman to the ground. A young man walks over to help her up. Then the agent pepper-sprays them both. Despite the burning in his eyes, the young man keeps trying to get the woman upright — until a pack of masked, camouflaged officers w…
The chief judge of Minnesota’s federal district court, a George W. Bush appointee who clerked for Justice Antonin Scalia, just issued a remarkable order commanding the head of ICE to appear personally before him to explain why he should not be held in contemp…
Experts say federal immigration agents' skills are a dangerous mismatch for urban settings such as the Twin Cities
Bystander videos have shaped public perception for decades. The ability to now spread video widely can lead to real-time access and transparency, but experts say videos can't tell the full story.
President Donald Trump previewed a "more relaxed" approach from federal agents operating in Minnesota following three shootings in Minneapolis.
President Trump told ABC News' Rachel Scott on Tuesday he hasn’t "heard" comments over the weekend from top administration officials labeling Alex Pretti a "domestic terrorist" and an "assassin."
The FBI said Wednesday that there is court authorized activity at the Fulton County Election Hub and Operation Center.
New details have emerged in the killing of Alex Pretti by federal agents in Minneapolis. ABC News' Matt Rivers reports.
The administration has shifted it's tone on the shooting.
The country’s founding principles will survive only if the public remains willing to fight for them.
Minneapolis is once again the focus of debates about violence involving law enforcement after an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer shot and killed Renee Nicole Good, a 37-year-old mother, in her car. The incident quickly prompted dueling narratives.…
First off, there’s a chance my headline (which went through several iterations) undersells what’s actually going on here. What’s detailed below is yet another jaw-dropping act of executive hubris, with the DOJ again deciding it can do whatever the hell it wan…
US president says he still has confidence in Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem amid calls for her resignation.
The shooting of Alex Pretti and Renee Macklin Good by federal agents in Minneapolis have enraged many people across the country. NPR wanted to know what supporters of President Trump's immigration policy think about the shootings.
The Minnesota congresswoman was attacked while hosting a town hall in Minneapolis on Tuesday, Jan. 27
As Trump and the Minneapolis Mayor spar over social media on immigration law enforcement, the US continues to be roiled by the killing of nurse Alex Pretti.
After federal agents shot and killed Alex Pretti, Noem and Miller both tried to paint him as a domestic terrorist…and now they’re throwing each other under the bus.
The new video of Alex Pretti busting the taillight of a federal vehicle days before being shot to death is very critical to the shooting ... but not for the reasons you might think. Harvey Levin's been stewing on the new footage of Pretti violently…
Yet another new angle of the newest video of Alex Pretti tussling with federal agents in Minneapolis, 11 days before he was shot to death, has surfaced ... and you can see the violent altercation and clearly hear the insults he hurled at the officers leading …
Alex Pretti busted the tail light of a federal agent's SUV days before he was shot to death ... and the tense exchange -- while he was armed -- played out on camera. The Minneapolis ICU nurse, who was killed by Customs and Border Protection…
Two agents placed on administrative leave as outrage continues over killing of intensive care nurse Alex Pretti.
As part of the government's affidavit, an FBI agent testified to the suspect approaching Omar with a syringe.
The Trump administration has flooded Minneapolis and other parts of Minnesota with federal agents as part of its immigration crackdown, Operation Metro Surge — detaining children, intimidating protestors and community organizers, and killing multiple people. …
Epstein wrote an email to Musk in 2013 discussing a visit with four "assistants," newly released DOJ documents show.
The Trump administration’s immigration crackdown in Minneapolis is providing insights into the surveillance technologies the government is using in its mass deportation campaign. Department of Homeland Security officials insist their immigration enforcement o…
A couple weeks ago, in the wake of the murder of Renee Good, we wrote about “border czar” Tom Homan’s ridiculous TV comments suggesting that if Democrats didn’t stop calling ICE & CBP murderers for murdering people, that they’d just be forced to murder again.…
Attorney General Letitia James is opposing the Justice Department's request for a stay pending an appeal of a judge's decision invalidating two subpoenas...
Last week, a federal magistrate judge told the DOJ it could not arrest journalist Don Lemon. The DOJ appealed and lost that appeal too. The legal system said no. So the DOJ arrested him anyway. On January 18th, protesters interrupted services at a Minnesota c…
Cybersecurity experts say that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement seems to be indifferent to how their artificial intelligence tools work.
Our visual journalists documented the days surrounding Alex Pretti’s killing in Minneapolis.
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The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raymundo Gutierrez.
The Trump administration says it's reviewing thousands of cases to look for potential fraud. A judge ordered a temporary pause, saying refugees cannot be arrested "without warrants or cause."
The ICE-tracking service says it doesn't store usernames or addresses ICE-reporting service StopICE has blamed a US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agent for attacking its app and website and sending users text messages warning them that their information…
Official lies after an ICE killing begin to backfire.
Two agents involved in the shooting deaths of US citizens in Minneapolis are reportedly part of highly militarized DHS units whose extreme tactics are generally reserved for war zones.
The day after the second general strike in Minneapolis, the labor unions of Portland, Oregon, marched in solidarity. It was the warmest day that Portland had seen in a while, with sun peeking out from the clouds here and there. Many people had brought their e…
Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard arranged for agents who searched a Georgia election site last week to have a phone call with President Trump, sources say.
No doubt this will be spun as some form of Minnesota-specific obstruction, but until that happens, let’s just appreciate the fact that not all cops are willing to be appendages of the Trump administration’s bigoted migrant purge. Here are the details, courtes…
The administration’s racist goon squads have absolutely been steamrolling the Constitution since Trump’s return to office. When ICE et al started roving throughout the nation looking for anyone non-white enough to be foreign, all rights were considered expend…
Don Lemon appeared on 'Jimmy Kimmel Live' to discuss being arrested for covering an anti-ICE protest in Minnesota.
The US president writes on Truth Social that he wants 'nothing further to do, into the future' with the university.
Unsealed transcript reveals a judge bought the DOJ’s arguments about “bounties” on an ICE agent, when his name and location were on LinkedIn. The post Judge Censored an ICE Agent’s Face Over “Threats.” His Info Was a Google Search Away. appeared first on The …
"Border tsar" Tom Homan said about 2,000 would remain, and the US government is equipping more officers with body-worn cameras.
It comes as Pres. Trump doubles down on his call to nationalize elections.
Man accused of ambushing West Virginia National Guard members near the White House in November, killing one and severely wounding another, set to be arraigned Wednesday.
“A court order is not advisory, and it is not conditional,” U.S. District Court Judge Jerry Blackwell said.
The two murders by immigration officers during Trump’s vengeful “surge” in Minneapolis, Minnesota have grabbed most of the headlines recently. And deservedly so. The violent rhetoric used by nearly every administration official — combined with a lack of train…
This story appeared in The Logoff, a daily newsletter that helps you stay informed about the Trump administration without letting political news take over your life. Subscribe here. Welcome to The Logoff: The Trump administration says it will remove 700 feder…
The search continues for Savannah Guthrie's kidnapped mother ... and law enforcement in Arizona is recapping what they know so far about Nancy Guthrie's abduction. The Pima County Sheriff's Department says Nancy's Tucson-area home has been…
Tom Homan cites increased cooperation with local authorities but promises enforcement operations will continue.
Look. All technology comes with a learning curve.
Newly released body camera video shows the moment officers shot and injured a man who was suffering a mental health crisis in Queens. His family says they called 911 for medical aid, not police.
A Minneapolis man who described himself as an "Antifa member" has been arrested on charges of making threats against federal immigration agents.
The search for Nancy Guthrie has entered its fifth day ... and the Pima County Sheriff's Department is staying true to its word and providing another update you can watch live. Sheriff Chris Nanos and other authorities are expected to speak on any…
President Donald Trump ordered federal law enforcement to assist in the ongoing search.
In the documents the Department of Homeland Security said the raid "was based on intelligence that there were illegal aliens unlawfully occupying apartments in the building." There is no mention of criminal gangs or Tren de Aragua.
The FBI is now jointly investigating the case and offering a $50,000 reward
President Trump says the feds are getting closer to cracking the kidnapping case of Savannah Guthrie's mom Nancy ... and the FBI may even have a suspect! Trump shared the bombshell news with reporters on Air Force One Friday night, saying…
The home of Nancy Guthrie was buzzing with police activity Friday, with a steady stream of vehicles in and out ... plus a tow truck that was seen hauling away a blue SUV as the search for Nancy continues. Video shows the truck removing the SUV from…
A floodlight has seemingly been removed from Nancy Guthrie's back door as investigators rake through her property to find clues about her disappearance. Check out the photo yourself -- a screenshot from a video taken by Fox News on Friday shows a…
A neighbor’s tip leads the Nancy Guthrie disappearance investigation to hidden roof evidence in Tucson.
The family of Nancy Guthrie is pleading for her safe return a week after the 84-year-old was allegedly abducted from her home in Tucson, Arizona.
Some state election officials say they no longer trust their federal partners.
FBI Director Kash Patel released images of an "armed individual" in connection with the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie, the 84-year-old mother of "Today" show host Savannah Guthrie.
FBI Director Kash Patel released video of an "armed individual" in connection with the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie, the 84-year-old mother of Savannah Guthrie.
Amid funding fight and polls showing 60% of Americans disapproving of ICE's immigration enforcement operation, senior officials to testify Tuesday on Capitol Hill.
Border Patrol commander Greg Bovino has been sent back to the border after making himself the Nazi scum face of the Trump administration’s brutal efforts to purge this country of as many non-white people as possible. Bovino made it clear what team he really w…
Police have released a person taken in for questioning in connection with Nancy Guthrie's disappearance. And, AG Pam Bondi will testify before the House Judiciary Committee.
By Renee Hickman Feb 10 (Reuters) - Federal prosecutors have released bodycam footage in the case of a Chicago woman who survived being shot multiple times...
The DOJ failed to secure indictments for Democratic members of Congress who participated in a video telling the military they could disobey illegal orders.
Patel is already doing what he does best: rushing to tweet and potentially bungling the investigation in the process.
After a cop got shot, Prairieland ICE protesters face terrorism charges. Will Alex Pretti’s killing sway the jury? The post Texas “Antifa Cell” Terror Trial Takes on Tough Questions About Guns at Protests Against ICE appeared first on The Intercept.
Close-up detail of a law enforcement agent. New Jersey officials say they’re investigating after an ICE officer discharged a firearm in Roxbury Township. [ more › ]
In a humiliating defeat for Donald Trump’s administration, all federalized National Guard troops have been pulled out of American cities that never wanted them there after failing to accomplish what the president asked them to do. Hundreds of servicemembers d…
Attorney General Pam Bondi crashed out during a hearing with the House Judiciary Committee Wednesday, and began ranting about how great the stock market is doing in order to try and deflect questions over whether she was investigating any of convicted sex off…
The aggressive enforcement operation resulted in thousands of arrests, and two U.S. citizens were fatally shot in Minneapolis by federal immigration agents.
Kelly, an Arizona Democrat, sued Hegseth after the Defense Secretary moved to formally censure him for participating in a video where he told service members they can refuse illegal orders.
At no point in the video footage is a driver seen ramming the agents' vehicle.
The DHS and its components want to find non-white people to deport by any means necessary. Of course, “necessary” is something that’s on a continually sliding scale with Trump back in office, which means everything (legal or not) is “necessary” if it can help…
Yesterday, Attorney General Pam Bondi appeared before the House Judiciary Committee. Among the more notable exchanges was when Rep. Pramila Jayapal asked some of Jeffrey Epstein’s victims who were in the audience to stand up and indicate whether Bondi’s DOJ h…
Bondi clashed with Democrat representatives Jasmine Crockett and Ted Lieu during her Epstein files hearing.
Julio Cesar Sosa-Celis was shot in the leg during the incident. Another Venezuelan man was also accused of attacking an immigration officer.
The top federal prosecutor in Minnesota is asking a judge to dismiss charges against two men accused by the Trump administration of allegedly attacking an ICE agent.
A California police department is none too happy that its license plate reader records were accessed by federal employees it never gave explicit permission to peruse. And, once again, it’s Flock Safety shrugging itself into another PR black eye. Mountain View…
Donald Trump told reporters on Friday that he believes that “progress has been made” in the Nancy Guthrie case after the FBI got involved. The case is being led by the Pima County Sheriff, which has jurisdiction over the Tucson area neighborhood where Guthrie…
The Justice Department has filed a lawsuit against Harvard University, accusing it of withholding admissions data.
The FBI director is also facing criticism over his handling of the Epstein files
On Friday, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem was asked simple and important questions about reporting that the Trump administration closed down El Paso’s air space and shot down a party balloon it mistakenly thought was a foreign drone. We…
Attorney General Pam Bondi wrote in a letter to members of Congress that all of the Justice Department files on Jeffrey Epstein have been released in accordance with a law passed last year to disclose the millions of documents related to the the convicted sex…
By Herbert Villarraga and Steve GormanTUCSON, Arizona, Feb 15 (Reuters) - Investigators have obtained a DNA sample from a discarded glove that was found near Nancy Guthri… Leggi
The public reaction to the violence in Minneapolis suggests that we have held on to our sense of universal morality.
Even as the FBI continues to refuse to share evidence, the DOJ is investigating two ICE agents in Minnesota for lying.
Attorney General Pam Bondi tried to pacify critics of the Justice Department’s handling of the Jeffrey Epstein files by sending Congress a letter Saturday with a list of 130 names—which for some reason, included dead celebrities.The list contains some absurd …
The flight was only in the air for about 15 minutes, according to KTRK.
Earlier this month, the FBI decided it was going to help Donald Trump steal back the election he’s claimed for half-a-decade was stolen from him. The state whose Secretary of State was asked directly by the outgoing president in January 2021 to “find 11,780 v…
A federal judge on Wednesday dismissed portions of the Justice Department’s antitrust lawsuit against Live Nation, but will allow other claims to proceed to trial next month. The Justice Department and 39 states sued Live Nation in 2024, with claims that comp…
South Dakota Republicans worry that she might return.
Nancy left in an Uber at 5:32 PM to have dinner at her daughter Annie's house in Tucson, Arizona. At 9:48 PM, Nancy's son-in-law, Tommaso Cioni, dropped her back off at her home. Tommaso, Annie's husband, reportedly waited 2 minutes for Nancy to…
The U.S. Secret Service says the man carried a gas can and shotgun before agents shot and killed him early Sunday morning.
A man who "appeared" to be armed was shot and killed by Secret Service agents after "unauthorized entry into the secure perimeter at Mar-a-Lago," the agency said.
The United States Secret Service fatally shot a man outside of President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort early Sunday morning.The USSS shot and killed the man, who was in his early 20s, after he unlawfully entered the secure perimeter at the president's Flor…
ICE agents don't care if you're a frail senior citizen; they'll still delight in the opportunity to inflict some physical punishment.
Seventeen organizations filed an amicus brief calling out pretextual federal investigations and arguing for judicial oversight. The post Nonprofit Coalition Asks Courts to Prevent Coercive Federal Investigation Tactics appeared first on The Intercept.
His boss is known to show up at the Super Bowl, the U.S. Open, UFC events, the FIFA World Cup Final and, of course, LIV Golf tournaments held at at Trump courses, but FBI director Kash Patel took it one step further this weekend, popping up in the locker room…
FBI Director Kash Patel is unapologetic after being caught celebrating with the U.S. Men’s Hockey Team after their Olympic gold medal victory in Milan, Italy, Sunday. Patel posted on X Sunday that “yes, I love America and was very humbled when my friends, the…
Checks and balances. That’s the mantra. That’s what makes America great. That’s the system we deployed to prevent being just another iteration of the British empire. It was never perfect, but it seemed to get the job done most of the time. The gentleman’s agr…
The agents were fired after FBI Director Kash Patel told Reuters that phone records belonging to him and White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles had been subpoenaed.
A Columbia University student was detained by Department of Homeland Security agents after they allegedly made "misrepresentations" to enter a dorm, the school said.
Columbia University says federal immigration agents entered a residence hall under the guise of searching for a missing person and then arrested Ellie Aghayeva, a student from Azerbaijan.
Trump commerce secretary – who lived next door to Epstein in New York – urged to testify about extent of relationship
The feds are going hard on the anti-ICE demonstration Don Lemon covered at a Minnesota church ... because dozens more protestors are going to be arrested. According to a superseding federal indictment, obtained by TMZ, the feds are charging 30 new…
Panelists on Washington Week With The Atlantic joined to discuss the Department of Justice’s handling of the Epstein investigation, and more.
Suspect fired from SUV, then got out of the vehicle and opened fire with a rifle before being killed by officers.
All Kristi Noem had to do was admit, weeks later, that Pretti and Good were not terrorists. She still couldn't bring herself to do it.
In addition to seeking misconduct charges against Bovino, Minnesota is still investigating the deaths of Renee Good and Alex Pretti.
The Department of Homeland Security, which oversees ICE and Border Patrol, is using a broad web of surveillance tools — purchased as its budget has ballooned under this administration — to monitor, apprehend and intimidate the people it seeks to deport and th…
While investigating a reported assault, two deputies came under fire when a man emerged and began shooting.
We’ve said it over and over again on this site: when you stand up to the bully, the bully backs down. When you capitulate, you get nothing but a permanent stain and an invitation for more abuse. And here we are again. The Wall Street Journal is reporting that…
House Oversight Committee votes to subpoena Bondi over Justice Department's handling of files in Epstein investigation.
ICE has been telling itself all it needs to do is write its own paperwork and it can do whatever it wants. Memos — passed around secretively and publicly acknowledged by no one but whistleblowers — told ICE agents they don’t need judicial warrants to arrest p…
Two people have been arrested after the device was thrown, as far-right demonstrators clashed with counterprotesters.
NYPD said one of the suspicious devices thrown during an anti-Muslim protest outside the NYC mayor's residence was an "improvised explosive device that could have caused serious injury or death."
Say what you will about cops — even the federal ones — but they have nothing on the people charged with guarding people who have been detained or imprisoned. The cruelty of cops is slightly tempered by the fact that anyone with a cell phone, dash cam, or door…
Federal employees have been losing their jobs after sting operations engineered by political provocateur James O'Keefe. Now some of them are fighting back in court.
Flooding cities with federal officers more used to dealing with border crossings and customs enforcement has led to multiple killings by these officers. They’re not trained to do what they’re being ordered to do. And their new hires aren’t being given the tra…
Retired FBI agent Brad Garrett discusses how an active shooter training in January helped prepare the West Bloomfield, Michigan, synagogue on how to respond to Thursday's vehicle ramming incident.
Just weeks after joining the U.S Men’s Olympic hockey team in the locker room to celebrate their Gold Medal victory in Italy, FBI director Kash Patel is celebrating what he sees as another athletic milestone. “I’m thrilled to announce this historic seminar be…
Judge James Boasberg ruled US prosecutors under Trump produced 'essentially zero evidence' to justify the subpoenas.
Marset was transferred into the custody of the United States, which has pushed for more aggressive antidrug tactics.
My little horror movie review was introduced to prove a conception of antifa that — like many of the monsters we scream at in horror flicks — isn’t quite real. The post I Wrote a Movie Review. Cops Took It From A Protester’s Home to Make the Case That He’s a …
Hours after Renee Good was gunned down on a Minneapolis street by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent inside her Honda Pilot, Aurin Chowdhury, the council member for Minneapolis’s Twelfth Ward, told me the city was under siege. “We’re already in a ma…
It’s not that arrest and ticket quotas don’t exist. They do. They always have. They always will. It’s that they’re illegal. Courts have repeatedly criticized quotas because they create incentives so perverse they’d make /b/ board denizens uncomfortable. Since…
Deputies in Florida ended a car chase by deploying a grappling gun attached to the front of their squad car.
Authorities riding paddleboards apprehended a suspect who attempted to evade arrest by jumping into the Halifax River near Daytona Beach, Florida.
Angel Esteban Aguilar is suspected of masterminding the 2023 assassination of an Ecuadorian presidential candidate.
Gabbard said she oversaw "parts" of the raid on an election center, but avoided offering details.
Grammy-nominated rapper Afroman won a defamation lawsuit filed by seven Ohio sheriff's deputies who sued him over music videos in which he used home security footage to mock their raid of his home.
The trooper in Mamaroneck was injured during a traffic stop when a SUV slammed into his patrol car, pushing it into another vehicle and hitting him. The incident is under investigation.
At least six people were injured and sent to the hospital.
Robert S. Mueller III, the FBI director who transformed the nation’s premier law enforcement agency into a terrorism-fighting force after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks and who later became special counsel in charge of investigating ties between Russia and Donal…
ABC's Andrew Dymburt with newly released footage of the police stop and field sobriety test of pop star Justin Timberlake before being booked in 2024 for alleged DWI.
ICE agents are assisting unpaid TSA agents with managing the flow of passengers, and the president said they can also "arrest illegals."
Newly-released police body camera footage shows the moments cops in the Hamptons inform Timberlake that he’s under arrest after stopping him for a suspected DWI in June of 2024.
I arrived at John F. Kennedy International Airport nearly five hours before my domestic flight. This is not my way - usually I roll up to the airport 30 minutes before boarding - but not even I have enough hubris to think that my good luck is more powerful th…
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers were reportedly sent to 14 airports, including New York’s JFK.
The FBI agent behind the search warrant that led to the FBI's seizure of 2020 election ballots in Fulton County won't have to testify in a hearing in the case Friday.
This judge ain’t fucking around. Earlier this month, we covered New Jersey federal judge Zahid Qurashi’s response to the actions of Trump’s DOJ, which begins with lots of illegal appointments of prosecutors and runs right through these prosecutors’ inability …
Joshua Wayne Metcalf, 48, is wanted for escaping from the Hancock County Jail in northeast Tennessee, the Hancock County Sheriff's Department said on Thursday.
The dispute with the Trump admin is a game of constitutional chicken over states’ rights versus federal immunity
Federal law enforcement agents, including some with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, walk through LaGuardia Airport in Queens on March 23, 2026. Travelers at high risk of detention should reconsider flying, according to immigration attorneys. [ mo…
No Kings protests descended into anarchy Saturday as police clashed with violent protesters across the country.
Insider trading is a big problem. But how do you protect against it?
Even when Transportation Security Administration workers get paid, Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents could still be present at U.S. airports.
An investigation is underway after two Army Apache helicopters were seen flying close to Kid Rock’s home in Nashville over the weekend.
Bystander video shows a woman escaping from custody through the open window of a police cruiser in Michigan.
Former agents say that they were fired for work on probe into Trump's efforts to stay in power after 2020 election loss.
This is big. This is going to cause a whole lot of problems for the administration in the hundreds of ICE-related lawsuits it’s defending itself against. It’s a Perry Mason moment, albeit one that implicates the entity delivering it, rather than the other way…
Body camera footage has been released showing the law enforcement response to Tiger Woods' rollover crash in Florida.
ICE is claiming that Sarsour, who has lived in the U.S. for 33 years, is a terrorist. His supporters say he's punished for criticizing Israel.
Judge Boasberg says Trump administration's arguments 'do not come close to convincing Court' of subpoenas' legitimacy.
Federal agents’ indiscriminate use of tear gases and “less-lethal” projectiles has become a mainstay of protest crackdowns. The post DHS Launches Massive “Less Lethal” Chemical Weapons Buying Spree appeared first on The Intercept.
The niece and grand-niece of Qasem Soleimani are in the custody of US Immigration and Customs Enforcement, officials said.
This story was originally published by ProPublica. Republished under a CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 license. They asked nicely at first. After an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent shot and killed Renee Good, a 37-year-old mother of three who’d recently moved to M…
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In a letter sent last week, ICE's top official indicated to members of Congress the agency is using a spyware tool to intercept encrypted messages of fentanyl traffickers.
One reason: They’re aiming to protect, not betray, their communities.
A sheriff's vehicle deployed a grappler in an attempt to stop a vehicle being pursued on a highway. The car can be seen spinning out through multiple lanes of traffic, then crashing through a wall.
The Trump Administration claims its use of advanced spyware is "in response to the unprecedented lethality of fentanyl."
Officials in Minnesota have sued the Trump administration, saying federal officials are withholding evidence in the killings of U.S. citizens Alex Pretti and Renee Macklin Good by immigration agents in Minneapolis, as well as the non-fatal shooting of a Venez…
The man allegedly attacked three people waiting for the subway in Grand Central Station, police said.
The image of ICE agents marching a senior citizen in his underwear into the cold in Minnesota was one of the very worst of Trump's campaign.
The government’s reliance on grand juries to bring charges against activists, protesters, and the president’s personal enemies has been misplaced. Increasingly, grand juries are refusing to give the government what it wants: rubber-stamped indictments that wi…
“My plan is legitimately to just let them all assault me and you guys arrest them all,” the Phoenix cop told fellow police after the incident. The post Armed Off-Duty Cop Tried to Incite Violence at a High School Anti-ICE Protest appeared first on The Interce…
A woman armed with a kitchen knife was fatally shot by police officers Tuesday after slashing a 3-year-old boy in a shopping cart outside a Walmart store in Nebraska, authorities said.
There is a warrant out for agent Gregory Donnell Morgan Jr.’s arrest.
The officer and his horse managed to successfully apprehend the suspect.
The San Diego Police Department video outlines the potential dangers of the game, in which high schoolers "hunt" each other using water guns.
A baby was rescued during an alleged abduction attempt where a man led police on a high-speed chase before crashing into a church.
Authorities say the baby's father forcibly took the 2-month-old from the mother and led police on a high-speed chase.
Castellanos was permanently blinded in one eye and filed a federal lawsuit in 2022, alleging excessive use of force.
FBI director Kash Patel asked for $250 million in damages following an article from The Atlantic about his drinking.
Our FBI director is actually so stable and in charge that he filed a $250 million lawsuit against The Atlantic on Monday for reporting that he drinks too much.
This story was originally published by ProPublica and Frontline. Republished under a CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 license. The National Guard soldiers in desert camo piled out of unmarked vans in East Los Angeles last June, cordoning off East Sixth Street, a residential s…
The Atlantic defends its reporting as Kash Patel denies allegations and files a $250m US defamation lawsuit.
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Flight records show that Los Angeles police dispatched drones 32 times over last month’s No Kings rally. The post LAPD Deployed Drones to Spy on No Kings Protest appeared first on The Intercept.
FBI Director Kash Patel filed a $250 million defamation suit against The Atlantic Monday, after a sweeping report detailing his excessive drinking and unexplained absences. In a 19-page filing, lawyers for Patel alleged that The Atlantic had published an “art…
The Justice Department alleges that the SPLC improperly raised millions of dollars to pay informants to infiltrate the Ku Klux Klan and other extremist groups.
Two alleged scammers were taken down on body camera after a 75-year-old woman grew suspicious when a caller asked her to withdraw $25,000 from her bank account.
Last fall, an Alabama police officer decided he wasn’t going to allow a 62-year-old woman to exercise her First Amendment rights — not if she was going to do so from inside an inflatable penis costume. Yes, these are sentences we actually have to write here a…
Azealia Banks was a no-show at a court hearing, but a damages trial to determine her liability for stalking and defaming her ex-manager is proceeding.
The civil rights group has long been a target for conservative activists who object to its characterisations.
Authorities have arrested an U.S. soldier involved in the capture of Nicolas Maduro for allegedly pocketing more than $400,000 by betting on his capture, sources say.
An interview with staff writer Sarah Fitzpatrick about her reporting
The New York Times revealed this week that after they reported on Patel’s girlfriend, Alexis Wilkins, in February, he’s since used the bureau to try and pin a stalking charge on the reporter.
Surveillance video shows a suspect driving off with a police officer in the car during a confrontation of a reported robbery in Antioch, California.
To have one defamation case about public allegations of your drinking as FBI Director would be unfortunate. To have a second dismissed the very next day would be, well, perhaps a sign that something has gone wrong. Earlier this week we wrote about Kash Patel’…
The man arrested at the event attended by President Trump has been named in US media as Cole Tomas Allen from California.
President Donald Trump’s Justice Department is using the shooting at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner on Saturday to try to pressure preservationists...
President Trump and acting U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche speak to the press after a shooting incident outside the White House Correspondents' Dinner Saturday night.
Law enforcement sources identified the suspect in a shooting incident at the White House Correspondents' Association Dinner as Cole Allen, 31, of Torrance, California.
A suspect has been identified in the shooting incident that occurred outside the White House Correspondents' Dinner on Saturday night. ABC News' Pierre Thomas reports.
Cole Tomas Allen has been identified as the suspected gunman who opened fire outside the White House Correspondents' Dinner. Here's what we know:
US President Donald Trump has called a shooter who tried to rush the White House Correspondents’ gala, ‘a sick person.’
A California teacher was identified as the attacker who opened fire at the White House Correspondents' Dinner.
The chief of the District of Columbia police department said investigators believe the suspect was a guest at the Washington Hilton hotel, where the annual dinner was taking place, but that no motive had been determined.
The suspected gunman will face charges, including assault on a federal officer using a dangerous weapon.
Saturday's shooting at the White House Correspondents' Association dinner raised questions about how close the alleged gunman got to the president and what the Secret Service security looked like.
Hotels, like the Washington Hilton, where the shooting took place, are inherently complex to secure.
But it’s time to rethink security at an event that is clearly so vulnerable.
A grand jury has indicted former FBI Director James Comey over a controversial Instagram post from last year that President Trump claimed was a threat against him.
Cole Allen, the suspect in Saturday's shooting at the White House Correspondents' Association Dinner, was described as a "gentle, smart young man."
A journalist is suing the acting AG over the Justice Department’s gross mishandling of the Epstein files, arguing that the DOJ’s failure to upload the documents in full was hurting her ability to do her job as a journalist.
Under Trump, DHS, ICE, CBP, and Border Patrol have violated every single right affected by their daily work. When you’re trying to perform 3,000 arrests per day, you can be slowed down by things like the Constitution. And these agencies certainly haven’t been…
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Trump has long called for prosecution of Comey, who led an FBI investigation related to the president's 2016 campaign.
Acting AG Todd Blanche says the DOJ's decision to investigate James Comey for his "86 47" Instagram post does not mean everyone who posts that will be prosecuted.
A federal grand jury in North Carolina indicted Comey on Tuesday.
Since 2007, Jezebel has been the Internet's most treasured source for everything celebrities, sex, and politics...with teeth.
James Comey is not exactly someone we’ve ever been a fan of on Techdirt. He was a terrible FBI director in so many ways. We’ve spent years criticizing the man — for his crusade against encryption, his supporting the FBI’s ridiculously aggressive impersonation…
The administration’s anti-migrant tactics are now months into an indefinite period of continuous escalation. That protest efforts have escalated alongside it apparently means nothing to the officials spearheading this brazen attack on non-white people. It was…
Comey turned himself in on two charges, threatening the US president's life and transmitting threats across state lines.
Comey has been accused of knowingly threatening the US president.
Newly reviewed surveillance footage from the White House correspondents' dinner shows a Secret Service agent firing multiple shots at a fleeing suspect into a crowded hallway. The video offers no clear visual evidence that the alleged gunman ever fired his we…
Former FBI Director James Comey made an initial court appearance on Wednesday.
Seven NYPD officers are recovering after rescuing people, including children, inside a house that exploded after they arrived on scene for a domestic incident call in New York City.
Over 9,000 FBI personnel were assigned to immigration after Trump returned to office — a massive diversion that experts warn could put national security at risk. The post FBI Redirected Thousands of Workers to Target Immigrants Under Trump’s Deportation Push …
Jeanine Pirro, the U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, affirmed Sunday that the bullet that hit a Secret Service agent at last weekend’s White House ...
Florida’s Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd was having fun trolling MAGA influencer Craig Long, who got busted in a sex sting: Then there's Craig Long, whom we arrested. He's 41. Some of you may recognize him. He's an influencer. He also owns Craig Long Fitne…
The incident at Trump's Florida golf course comes just one week after gunfire erupted at the White House Correspondents' Dinner.
A judge has warned DOJ lawyers of "serious consequences" if the Trump administration begins major work at a public D.C. golf course without first notifying the court.
A plainclothes Secret Service officer observed a "suspicious individual that appeared to have a firearm," USSS Deputy Director Matt Quinn said during a press briefing.
The excellent Patrick McKenzie has a very long Bits About Money post on the the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) indictment. It is filled with details about bank operating procedures. I’m going to summarize. The post is divided into what I think of as two p…
Judge apologizes to accused Correspondents' Dinner gunman for treatment in DC jail... (First column, 2nd story, link) Related stories:Secret Service says individual shot near White House triggering lockdown...
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Becky Halioua, who attended a vigil for Pretti after his death, feels the VA probe is a “scare tactic” and an attempt to silence those “with the loudest...
A federal worker was arrested after he allegedly threatened to harm the president and used a work computer to research his plans, prosecutors said.
The suspect has been taken to hospital following the shooting in Washington.
Sarah Fitzpatrick reported on concerns about Kash Patel’s drinking and behavior.
MS NOW has learned that that FBI agents are probing the reporter who wrote a detailed story of Patel’s alleged heavy drinking and erratic behavior.
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In early 2025, the lead prosecutor was told not to look any further into the matter.
Lutnick said last year that he cut ties with Epstein, his former neighbor, in 2005. But the Epstein files indicate that the two kept in contact, including for a 2012 lunch on Epstein's private island.
The area, called MacArthur Park, is a densely populated immigrant neighborhood west of downtown LA where federal immigration authorities and the National Guard made a brief show of force last summer.
Former FBI Director James Comey on Thursday asked to cancel his upcoming court appearance in North Carolina, saying it was unnecessary because he already...
Virginia state Senate leader L. Louise Lucas (D) struck an unyielding tone on Wednesday after federal authorities searched her office and a nearby cannabis...
On Wednesday, when FBI agents raided the office of one of the most powerful Democrats in Virginia, Fox News just happened to have one of its Washington-based foreign correspondents on the scene in the small city of Portsmouth. What an extraordinary coincidenc…
FBI agents who raided an Indiana farm in 2014 were astonished to find some 42,000 artifacts and bones looted by an amateur archaeologist.
Maybe this isn’t just another vindictive prosecution by the Trump administration. But we’re going to need a lot more evidence to the contrary to abandon this conjecture: The FBI searched the Virginia state Senate leader’s hometown office and her neighboring c…
Fidelity, Charles Schwab, and Vanguard are tamping down on the Southern Poverty Law Center’s donations, acting as the government’s de facto censors. The post Big Finance Might Be Dooming the SPLC — Even Before Its Day in Court appeared first on The Intercept.
A DHS official and another person who attended a recent conference described the plans to 404 Media.
There are perks to spending over a quarter of a billion dollars getting your preferred candidate elected. A multi-month free pass to take a sledgehammer to the federal government, for starters. And, apparently, a sweetheart deal when the SEC comes knocking wi…
PayPal was engaging in "illegal DEI," according to Trump's DOJ.
The DOJ has reached a deal with PayPal over an investigation into its minority-owned business program.
The FBI probe was promptly closed and found Khalil did not “warrant further investigation.” The Trump administration kept calling him a threat. The post FBI Tip Claimed Mahmoud Khalil Called for “Violence on Behalf of Hamas” Two Days Before ICE Arrest appeare…
Louisiana officials have agreed to a tentative $4.8 million settlement with the family of Ronald Greene, a Black motorist who died during a violent roadside arrest carried out by five white officers.
Lawsuit says task force comprised of state and federal agencies harassed bystanders who recorded enforcement activities.
Hit with prostitution allegations by agents... (First column, 10th story, link) Related stories:RFK Jr. Takes Part in Open Heart Surgery? Border Patrol Boss Quits...
The ATF revoked fewer gun dealer licenses in 2025. Is it fairer enforcement, or a weakening of oversight?
Nothing says "serious law enforcement leadership" like a secret VIP snorkel at Pearl Harbor The FBI was reportedly very keen to emphasize that Kash Patel's Hawaii trip was absolutely, definitely official business. This begs the question of how the FBI forgot …
Former FBI Director James Comey, in an appearance on "Good Morning America," maintained his innocence after being indicted by the Trump DOJ for a second time.
The former FBI director discusses his new legal thriller following a prosecutor investigating a poisoning tied to a high-stakes espionage conspiracy.
Police were called to break up fights between shoppers outside limited-edition watch collaboration events between Swatch and Audemars Piguet in Milan and New York City.
Donnell Morgan Jr. remains at large, and ICE won't even acknowledge that he exists despite the nationwide warrant for his arrest.
I’m not here to kink shame or suggest sex work isn’t work. I’m not here to claim that every sex worker is a victim of sex trafficking. I’m not even here to suggest that government officials shouldn’t be allowed to exchange money for goods and sexual services.…
Officers Harry Dunn and Daniel Hodges say the fund will likely be used to 'reward' rioters who attacked the US Capitol.
Nothing says law-and-order presidency like a possible rebate program for political violence. Having offered up a scheme that seats Donald Trump more as a comic book criminal and less like the sitting President of the United States, Police are suing to stop hi…
Seattle Shield requests suspicious activity reports from companies, which are then circulated with members as part of surveillance apparatus
The Trump administration’s newly created nearly $1.8 billion fund for allies of President Donald Trump who say they were wrongly targeted by the government...
This story was originally published by ProPublica. Republished under a CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 license. In October, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sued pharmaceutical companies tied to Tylenol in state court, repeating claims made a month earlier by Health and Hum…
A person who approached a White House security checkpoint and began firing at officers has died, according to federal officials. The U.S. Secret Service...
The US Secret Service is investigating reported gunfire outside the White House.
The White House lawn and presidential residence itself have been locked down after dozens of apparent gunshots rang out near the area, as reported by multiple publications and captured in video footage. FBI director Kash Patel tweeted that federal authorities…
FBI Director Kash Patel said on social media that officers were responding to shots fired and that he would "update the public as we're able." President Trump was inside the White House at the time.
No Secret Service agents sustain injuries, but a bystander is wounded in the exchange of fire.
The first known sanction of its kind held CoreCivic responsible for destroying video in a case alleging wrongful death of an ICE detainee. The post Judge Sanctioned Private Prison Giant for Destroying Evidence in ICE Death Suit appeared first on The Intercept.
An overnight Department of Justice filing cast Saturday's shooting on Pennsylvania Avenue as another attempted assassination of President Donald Trump.
WASHINGTON, May 26 (Reuters) - A U.S. judge on Tuesday pushed back to October 21 the trial of former FBI Director James Comey over a social media post of...
Joe Biden sued the Justice Department to block the release of audio recordings and transcripts of the former president's interview with a ghostwriter that were obtained by the special counsel.
Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin amped up his threats Thursday to pull officers who process international passengers at Newark International Airport.
The lead prosecutor tasked with overseeing former FBI Director James Comey's prosecution stemming from his seashells post has left from the case, according to a filing.
CBP Commander-at-Large Gregory Bovino made that title literal by showing up wherever Trump needed trouble started. Once he had arrived far north of the southern border he was supposed to be patrolling, Bovino (and the people he was “commanding”) found themsel…
On Techdirt, we often complain about lawyers and bad lawyering and bad cases. But there are times when lawyers are helpful, and my one-sentence summary after spending many days trying to understand a viral dispute about [checks notes] some old Star Wars LEGO …
A subterranean mystery in New York after surveillance video captured groups of people entering and emerging from manholes around the city. Police are trying to identify them.
New York City police are working to identify men seen in video opening manholes and going into sewers.
Fascists are like cockroaches: They survive on the conservative movement's leftovers, and keep coming back
The Justice Department on Tuesday urged a federal judge to reject a lawsuit seeking to stop the White House's Ultimate Fighting Championship event scheduled this weekend
The more things change, the more they remain the same. That could be said of anywhere in this country, now that the Trump administration is trying to turn the clock back to 1940, if not 1840. But it’s especially true in Los Angeles, where law enforcement agen…
Authorities say teens in Europe are being recruited online by gangs and criminal organizations for killings, bombings and abductions – a growing trend that police say is making its way to the U.S.
Newly released video shows an officer being shot in the shoulder by a fellow cop during what police call "horseplay" inside a police parking garage.
Kenyan McDuffie says DC needs to crack down on youth gatherings to stave off the Trump administration. Janeese Lewis George argues that's playing into Trump's hand. The post How Policing Teen Hangouts Became a Key Issue in D.C. Mayor’s Race appeared first on …
Spurred by The Intercept's reporting, Sheldon Whitehouse calls out DHS for recruiting materials celebrated by white nationalists. The post ICE Should Show It Hasn’t Been “Infiltrated by Violent Extremists,” Senator Urges appeared first on The Intercept.
In a private meeting last week, a group of survivors of Jeffrey Epstein’s abuse and family members of the late Virginia Giuffre pointed House Oversight Chair...
Prosecutors have accused the activists of seeking 'to interfere with lawful immigration enforcement operations'.
The FBI discovered a planned attack from what might be the dumbest group of right-wing terrorists we've ever encountered.
Trump’s indictment against ICE protesters in Minneapolis is part of an attempt to criminalize organizing as a “conspiracy.” The post Trump’s Spaghetti-Against-the-Wall Indictment Against ICE Protesters — and How to Fight It appeared first on The Intercept.
ICE investigators leaned on Signal communications to build their case against protesters. Take these steps to keep your chats safe. The post How Did the Feds Get Into Anti-ICE Activists’ Signal Messages? appeared first on The Intercept.
The accused 19-year-old ringleader, Tycen Proper of Knox County, Ohio, was turned in by his own mother, who called local police on June 10 after spotting his firearms purchases and online activity.…
President Donald Trump said the U.S. Park Police had arrested multiple people he alleged were vandalizing the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, which has seen algae.
Chaos on the streets of Boston as a crowd takes matters into their own hands, restraining a carjacking suspect. The individual allegedly fled the scene of a fatal crash.
Ruling represents setback for investigation that targeted state Democratic officials who criticised immigration raids.
Civil liberties advocates have expressed alarm over the case involving a protest outside Prairieland Detention Center.
An officer was shot in the neck during the Texas disorder by "Antifa Cell operatives", prosecutors said.
U.S. Park Police is seeking assistance in identifying a person in connection with an investigation related to the Reflecting Pool.
This is not the only administration to engage in corruption. Most administrations have to some extent. It’s that corruption is the everyday, front-page business of this administration. It’s so brazen, it’s insulting. It demands Americans pretend nothing matte…
President Donald Trump announced Saturday that he’s nominating Lance Schroyer, a longtime law enforcement officer from Oklahoma, to be his nominee for ICE director.
US prosecutors reach into Somalia for a key suspect in US fraud case.
It's easy to imagine which technologies agents could have used, but none would be normal in this context.
“ICE continues to flagrantly violate the law by arresting immigrants who are attending their mandatory court hearings,” said Rep. Dan Goldman. The post ICE Flouting Federal Judge’s Order to Stop Arresting Immigrants at New York Courts appeared first on The In…
David Hearn could face up to 10 years in prison if convicted, but critics question the legitimacy of Trump's claims.
The DOJ accidentally handed over the sealed second volume of Jack Smith's classified-documents report to lawyers for Carmen Lineberger — the woman they're currently prosecuting for allegedly stealing that exact report by emailing it to herself disguised as a …
Memphis police say National Guard troops fired their weapons in the early morning hours of July 5, killing a man who was armed with a handgun. State investigators will handle the case.
Judge to decide whether there's enough evidence to bring Tyler Robinson to trial for conservative activist's killing.
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg stands with members of his staff at a news conference following the conviction of former U.S. President Donald Trump in his hush money trial on May 30, 2024 in New York City. In 2025, Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg's Polic…
Authorities say the guardsmen shot the man when he pointed a firearm at them.
Federal agents asked about links between the woman and the Prairieland case — suggesting a sprawling conspiracy that fits with Trump’s attacks on antifa. The post FBI Raided Texas Activist’s House — Then Offered Her $200,000 to Become Antifa Informant appeare…
Man, identified as Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, is latest to be killed by ICE officers since President Trump took power.
Calls for answers after Lorenzo Salgado Araujo fatally shot during traffic stop in Houston in latest ICE killing.
Another Memphis man has died at the hands of federal agents working with the Memphis Safe Task Force. He is the fourth in the last two months, and the second in a single week.
ICE has already been operating like a paramilitary kidnapping squad. Officers roam through neighborhoods, stake out hardware store parking lots, and even occasionally enjoy some ethnic food just so they can raid the source of hospitality later. It’s nasty, di…
After finding a woman sitting with her feet dangling over the bridge, officers spent nearly an hour talking her to safety. It's the same unit that arrested the Empire State Building climbers.
Those present say Lorenzo Salgado Araujo did not ram or 'weaponise' his vehicle, as the US government claimed.
The son of a Mexican national fatally shot by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer in Houston says he was a hardworking father who had been working toward a work permit after 35 years in the U.S. Lorenzo Salgado Araujo was driving to a construction …