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Kash Patel, seen here on January 30, has been confirmed as President Donald Trump’s FBI director.

Senate confirms Kash Patel as Trump’s FBI director

Clare Foran and Veronica Stracqualursi February 20, 2025

(CNN) — The Senate voted on Thursday to confirm Kash Patel as FBI director, installing a staunch loyalist of President Donald Trump and conservative firebrand at the head of the nation’s top law enforcement...

The demand has caused consternation among FBI employees who fear it is meant to amass a list of line-level personnel for possible termination by the Trump administration.

FBI braces for Tuesday deadline to turn over names of employees for possible firing

Josh Campbell, CNN February 4, 2025

(CNN) — Senior FBI leaders are bracing for a Tuesday deadline as they grapple with whether to hand over information demanded by the Justice Department regarding bureau employees who worked cases involving...

Texas massacre suspect’s longtime partner arrested after accused gunman captured in a closet

CNN– The longtime partner of the man suspected of fatally shooting five people – including a 9-year-old and his mom – last week in a Texas home is in jail after law enforcement caught the alleged...

Prosecutors are reviewing the evidence, and the charges could still be refiled against Baldwin.
(Santa Fe County Sheriff's Office/AFP/Getty Images)

Potential modifications to the firing mechanism of the gun prompted dismissal of charges against Baldwin, source tells CNN

Chloe Melas, CNN April 21, 2023

CNN– New information is coming to light as to what led prosecutors to dismiss involuntary manslaughter charges against actor Alec Baldwin. A source familiar with the case told CNN that the possibility...

Chandan Khanna/AFP/Getty Images/FILE

FBI arrests two alleged Chinese agents and charges dozens with working inside US to silence dissidents

CNN– The FBI has arrested two alleged Chinese agents and federal prosecutors have charged dozens of others with working to silence and harass dissidents within the United States – with some even operating...

What we know about the major Pentagon intelligence leak

CNN– The man arrested by the FBI in connection with a massive US classified documents leak was charged in Boston Friday with unauthorized retention and transmission of national defense information,...

Former President Donald Trump speaks during a Save America rally on October 1, 2022 in Warren, Michigan.
(Emily Elconin/Getty Images)

Trump and his advisers await potential indictment in hush money case

Kristen Holmes, CNN March 22, 2023

CNN– Behind the gilded doors of Mar-a-Lago, former President Donald Trump and his advisers are preparing for several different potential scenarios related to a possible indictment from the Manhattan...

M. Evan Corcoran
(Evelyn Hockstein/Reuters/File)

Trump attorney ordered to testify before grand jury investigating former president

CNN– In a monumental ruling Friday, a federal judge ordered Donald Trump attorney Evan Corcoran to provide additional testimony as part of an investigation into the former president’s handling of classified...

4 US citizens were kidnapped by gunmen in Mexico in case of mistaken identity, US official says

CNN– Four US citizens were assaulted and kidnapped by gunmen in northeastern Mexico on Friday in a case of mistaken identity, a US official with knowledge of the investigation told CNN. The Americans...

FBI conducting search of former Vice President Mike Pence’s home

CNN— The FBI is currently conducting a search of former Vice President Mike Pence’s home in Indiana, a source familiar with the situation told CNN. Pence is currently on the West Coast with his...

US officials disclosed new details about the balloon’s capabilities. Here’s what we know

(CNN)--Biden administration officials disclosed new information Thursday about the capabilities of the suspected Chinese surveillance balloon that traversed the United States last week and what they are...

‘He was one of these rockstars’: Former FBI agents shocked at the indictment of one of their own

Katie Bo Lillis and Evan Perez, CNN February 6, 2023

CNN— The insular world of FBI counterintelligence agents was rocked last month when one of their own, Charles F. McGonigal, formerly the FBI’s top counterintelligence official in New York, was...