Tag: Fbi

Extremist sought to attack White House: FBI

WASHINGTON: Authorities in the US state of Georgia have arrested a 21-year-old man who sought to buy explosives and an anti-tank rocket for a...

China trying to sway US vote, poses threat: officials

WASHINGTON: China is waging an unprecedented campaign to influence American public opinion as November congressional elections approach and presents the greatest long-term counterintelligence threat to...

FBI digs into US Supreme Court nominee Kavanaugh’s past

WASHINGTON: Days after being ordered to look into sexual misconduct allegations against US Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, the FBI has talked with his...

FBI probe is the next battle in war over Kavanaugh

WASHINGTON: Democratic US senators expressed concern on Sunday over reports the White House was working with Republicans to narrow the scope of an FBI...

FBI contact second accuser of court nominee Kavanaugh

WASHINGTON: FBI agents investigating US Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh have contacted the second woman to accuse him of sexual misconduct, her attorney said...

Trump orders limited FBI investigation to supplement Kavanaugh background check

WASHINGTON: President Trump has ordered the FBI to conduct a limited "supplemental investigation" into his Supreme Court nominee, Brett Kavanaugh, to update the judge's...

Trump orders FBI probe of Kavanaugh as Senate delays final vote

WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump on Friday ordered a new FBI investigation into sexual assault allegations against his Supreme Court pick, as the Senate...

Trump threatens to get involved if FBI, Justice Dept ‘don’t do...

EVANSVILLE: United States (US) President Donald Trump, speaking to a raucous, campaign-style rally in Indiana, warned that the US Justice Department and the Federal...

FBI to help probe into Ethiopia rally blast

ADDIS ABABA: The US is sending the FBI to help investigate a grenade attack in Addis Ababa which killed two people at a rally...

Longtime US Senate intel panel staffer indicted for allegedly lying to...

WASHINGTON: A longtime staffer of the US Senate Intelligence Committee was arrested on Thursday on charges of lying to FBI agents investigating the illegal...

FBI says Russian hackers compromised thousands of routers in the US

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) warned on Friday that Russian computer hackers had compromised hundreds of thousands of home and office routers and...

Prodded by Trump, FBI to look into complaint about its 2016...

WASHINGTON: The Justice Department agreed on Monday to investigate “any irregularities” in FBI tactics related to President Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign after Trump questioned...

Trump’s former campaign chief Manafort to seek dismissal of charges

WASHINGTON DC: Paul Manafort, US President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman, will try on Thursday to convince a judge to throw out charges brought...

Fired FBI director Comey says Trump ‘morally unfit’: ABC News interview

WASHINGTON: Former FBI director James Comey said in an ABC News interview on Sunday that US President Donald Trump is a dangerous, “morally unfit”...

FBI raids offices, home of Trump’s personal lawyer

WASHINGTON: The Federal Bureau of Investigation on Monday raided the offices and home of US President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer Michael Cohen, law enforcement...

Orlando shooter’s father was planning attack against Pakistan: FBI

NEW YORK: The father of Omar Mateen, who killed 49 people in a 2016 attack on an Orlando nightclub, was a long-time confidential informant...

Former FBI No 2 McCabe fired, claims he is being targeted

WASHINGTON: US Attorney General Jeff Sessions fired the FBI’s former No 2 official Andrew McCabe Friday, prompting McCabe to say he is being targeted...