Dan Bongino, a former Secret Service agent turned conservative media figure, drew backlash from fellow Trump allies after acknowledging on Fox News that Jeffrey Epstein died by suicide, contradicting years of speculation stoked by the far right.
The FBI has pushed out or reassigned three senior agents, raising new concerns about political retaliation under Director Kash Patel, a Trump ally who has vowed to reshape the bureau.
A federal judge is considering whether to unseal decades-old FBI surveillance records on Martin Luther King Jr., as the Trump administration seeks early access to documents that King’s family and supporters want to keep sealed.
The FBI is asking the public to report hospitals, clinics, and health care providers that offer gender-affirming care to transgender minors, as part of the Trump administration’s broader effort to restrict such treatments.
Since taking over as FBI director, Kash Patel has quickly moved to reshape the bureau, ousting senior officials, forcing others into early retirement, and imposing polygraph tests to root out leaks.
Former FBI Director James Comey expressed concerns about the bureau’s current leadership, including Director Kash Patel and Deputy Director Dan Bongino, during a recent interview with CNN.
The FBI will reopen investigations into three high-profile incidents: the 2023 discovery of cocaine at the White House, the pipe bombs planted near the Capitol on January 6, 2021, and the 2022 leak of the Supreme Court’s draft opinion that led to the overturning of Roe v. Wade.
A former FBI counterintelligence agent turned whistleblower says he tried and failed to warn Elon Musk in 2022 about what he claims was a covert Russian effort to infiltrate the billionaire’s inner circle.
