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How Robber Nicknames Helped Colorado Curb Bank Heists

FBI in Colorado is focused on drumming up publicity, especially for serial offenders

(Newser) - Colorado had faced a spike in bank robberies over the last few years, outpacing the rest of the country per capita from 2021 to 2024, according to FBI data. The typical heist involved a masked robber handing a note to a teller and leaving with a small sum, but...

Durbin: Bondi 'Pressured' FBI on Review of Epstein Files

Dem senator says in letters to DOJ, FBI that 1K agents were made to 'flag' any references to Trump

(Newser) - Sen. Dick Durbin, the top Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee, is raising new questions about how the FBI has handled files related to Jeffrey Epstein, the late convicted sex offender. According to letters Durbin sent to the Justice Department and FBI leadership, agents reviewing Epstein's files earlier...

For Decades, Plan for FBI HQ Was Maryland. Not Anymore

GSA says agency will move just a few blocks, from Hoover building to Reagan building in DC

(Newser) - Monday was the last official day for the US Agency for International Development, with its remaining programs set to be absorbed into the State Department. Now, the agency's former headquarters in the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center in downtown DC is set to see a new tenant...

FBI: He Missed Flight, Then Called in a Bomb Threat
'Please Don't Let
That Flight Board'
Jun 10, 2025 11:31 AM CDT

'Please Don't Let That Flight Board'

FBI says that's what John Charles Robinson said during call to report fake bomb threat on Spirit

(Newser) - A Michigan man who arrived too late for his flight out of Detroit on Thursday dialed up Spirit Airlines, saying, "Please don't let that flight board." But that wasn't all he said. John Charles Robinson, 23, of Monroe, allegedly claimed someone planned to blow up...

Scammers Cost Seniors Nearly $5B Last Year

Americans lost $16.6B to online scams overall, per FBI report

(Newser) - Americans lost a record $16.6 billion to online scams last year, according to new data highlighting a surge in cybercrime targeting older adults and cryptocurrency investors. This is up from $12.5 billion in 2023, according to new findings on cybercriminals via the FBI's annual Internet Crime...

FBI Is Going After Tesla Attackers
FBI Has a New Tesla Task Force
Mar 25, 2025 12:38 PM CDT

FBI Has a New Tesla Task Force

Bureau is going after 'domestic terrorism' vandals targeting Elon Musk's EV brand

(Newser) - The FBI has a new task force that's going after vandals targeting Teslas in the wake of CEO Elon Musk's DOGE-related moves. As CNN reports, the bureau announced Monday that it will collaborate with the ATF in an effort to stem the attacks on Tesla dealerships, charging stations,...

Top New York FBI Agent Ousted After 'Defiant' Move

James Dennehy pushed back on Trump's January 6 request

(Newser) - James Dennehy, the top FBI agent at the New York field office, announced Monday that he had been forced to retire, following a high-profile clash with the Trump administration last month. "Late Friday, I was informed that I needed to put my retirement papers in today, which I just...

Pick for No. 2 at FBI Bucks Tradition

Pundit Dan Bongino, a former Secret Service agent, doesn't come from within the agency

(Newser) - A name familiar to supporters of President Trump is the new No. 2 at the FBI. Trump announced on Truth Social on Sunday night that conservative pundit Dan Bongino will serve as deputy director under Kash Patel, reports the Washington Post . About Bongino:
  • He worked as an NYPD officer before
...

Sentence Commuted, Activist Leaves Prison After 50 Years

Native American Leonard Peltier was given one of Biden's final commutations

(Newser) - Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier was released from a Florida prison on Tuesday, after former President Biden commuted his life sentence for the 1975 killings of two FBI agents, a decision that elated Peltier's supporters while angering law enforcement officials who believe he's guilty. For nearly 50 years, Peltier'...

'Drizz' Is the 'Accidental' Head of the FBI

Acting FBI chief Brian Driscoll seems to be earning a following

(Newser) - It's not yet clear if Kash Patel will clear the bar of his Senate confirmation hearings to become the next director of the FBI, but in the interim, an "accidental" chief has been holding the fort down. That's how the New York Times describes Brian Driscoll, a...

FBI Chief's Resignation May Be 'Act of Defiance'
FBI Chief's
Resignation
May Be 'Act
of Defiance'
the rundown
Dec 12, 2024 12:06 PM CST

FBI Chief's Resignation May Be 'Act of Defiance'

But others accuse Christopher Wray of capitulating to Donald Trump

(Newser) - The decision by Christopher Wray to resign as head of the FBI with three years to go in his tenure has prompted plenty of critics to accuse him of capitulating to President-elect Trump. Another school of thought, however, suggests Wray did exactly the opposite. What's not in dispute is...

FBI Cuts Hefty Settlement With 34 Female Recruits

Women who said they were sexually discriminated against get $22M payout

(Newser) - The FBI has agreed to pay more than $22 million to settle a class-action lawsuit alleging female recruits were singled out for dismissal in training and routinely harassed by instructors with sexually charged comments about their breast size, false allegations of infidelity, and the need to take contraception "to...

DOJ: FBI Failing to Report Sex Crimes Against Kids

Watchdog finds the bureau is only reporting cases to local authorities about half the time

(Newser) - The FBI is failing to report all suspected child sexual abuse cases to appropriate law enforcement agencies, according to a Justice Department watchdog report released Thursday. The review found no evidence that the FBI complied with mandatory reporting requirements in about 50% of the cases examined by the inspector general,...

RFK Jr.: Dad, JFK Had to Allow Wiretapping of MLK

Presidential candidate says 'politically' they had to do it

(Newser) - Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was defending his father and uncle's approval of the wiretapping of Martin Luther King Jr. on the eve of the holiday honoring the civil rights leader. In an interview with Politico while he was campaigning in Atlanta on Sunday, RFK Jr. explained that in his...

FBI Director: Yes, COVID 'Most Likely' Originated in Lab

Christopher Wray comments on the matter for the first time

(Newser) - In an interview with Fox News Tuesday, FBI Director Christopher Wray acknowledged that, yes, the Federal Bureau of Investigation has concluded the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19 probably leaked from a Chinese lab. "The FBI has for quite some time now assessed that the origins of the pandemic are...

FBI Report Casts Doubt on Baldwin's Trigger Claim

Actor says he never pulled it in cinematographer's death, but tests suggest that's impossible

(Newser) - The investigation into exactly what transpired before Alec Baldwin accidentally killed a cinematographer on set is ongoing, but a new FBI report casts doubt on one element of Baldwin's account. The actor told ABC News definitively last year that he never pulled the trigger of what he was told...

What We Know About Phone Seizure of Trump Ally Scott Perry

GOP congressman's phone was taken by the FBI

(Newser) - Three FBI agents took the rare step of seizing the cellphone of a sitting member of Congress on Tuesday. Republican Rep. Scott Perry of Pennsylvania, a five-term congressman and chair of the conservative House Freedom Caucus, has claimed the seizure is tied to the search of Trump's home in...

Beware of Chinese Spying, Heads of FBI, MI5 Warn

Tech is most at risk, directors tell business, education leaders in London

(Newser) - Seeking maximum impact, the heads of the FBI and Britain's MI5 stood together Wednesday to warn of the danger of Chinese espionage. Western technology companies are especially at risk of losing intellectual property, the two told chief executives at Thames House, headquarters of the British domestic security agency, in...

FBI Warns of 'Route 91 Bandit': 'We Need to Put a Stop to This'

$10K reward for perp who's hit nearly a dozen banks along New England interstate

(Newser) - His disguise is no more elaborate than a coronavirus-preventing face mask (usually not worn properly, hanging underneath his nose), but the man dubbed the "Route 91 Bandit" has still managed to pull off nearly a dozen bank robberies throughout New England over the past several months. Now, the FBI...

FBI Director Issues Strong Warnings About China

Christopher Wray calls it the 'greatest long-term threat' to the US

(Newser) - The greatest long-term threat to the US? China, according to FBI Director Christopher Wray. In a speech to Washington's Hudson Institute on Tuesday, he said "the stakes could not be higher" when it comes to China and its acts of espionage, cyberattacks, data and monetary theft, and acts...

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