FBI Director Kash Patel, who is also serving as acting director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, is moving forward with a plan to reassign as many as 1,000 ATF agents to the FBI, slashing the agency’s workforce by more than a third.
The FBI has reduced staffing in its Domestic Terrorism Operations Section and ended the use of a tagging system used to track such cases, raising concerns that investigations into white supremacists and anti-government extremists could suffer.
A veteran FBI agent who accused the bureau of political bias during President Donald Trump’s administration was arrested Monday in New York on charges of unlawfully disclosing confidential information, according to court records filed Tuesday.
FBI Director Kash Patel on Tuesday praised Mexican authorities for capturing and turning over Francisco Javier Román Bardales, an alleged senior leader of the violent MS-13 gang and one of the FBI’s “Ten Most Wanted” fugitives.
The FBI is investigating a series of attacks on Tesla facilities, including an arson at a Las Vegas showroom where Molotov cocktails ignited several vehicles.
The Justice Department on Monday announced a new task force to investigate Hamas for its Oct. 7, 2023, attack on Israel, as well as potential civil rights violations and acts of antisemitism linked to support for the militant group.
A federal judge sharply criticized the Trump administration Monday for deporting more than 200 alleged gang members to El Salvador despite a court order barring their removal.
The FBI has appointed Rachel A. Byrd as the new special agent in charge of its Mobile Field Office, the agency announced.
