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California man admits sending fake ransom notes in Nancy Guthrie abduction

Last week, celebrity news site TMZ.com reported receiving an email from someone claiming to know the identities of the abductors and to have video of the "main guy" involved in her kidnapping.

A closer view of the FBI building on day two of a partial government shutdown in Washington, DC, US, February 1, 2026.
An image of Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein at the Donald J. Trump and Jeffrey Epstein Memorial Reading Room in Washington, DC, US, June 9, 2026.

Alleged Epstein victim accused Trump of sexual assault, fears retaliation from Trump administration

Washburn pictured with two hand grenades in front of Hamas flag.

NY woman arrested for funding PIJ, wished 'every day was October 7'

A notice circulated by the Pima County Sheriff’s Office requests information on the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie, the 84-year-old mother of U.S. journalist and television host Savannah Guthrie, who went missing from her home in Tucson, Arizona , U.S. February 1, 2026.

FBI determines Nancy Guthrie kidnapping notes to be fakes, source says


Iranian hackers' targeting of US critical infrastructure has escalated since start of war, US says

According to the advisory, the hacking operations targeted unnamed critical infrastructure organizations in the government services and facilities, water and wastewater systems, and energy sectors.

 An illustration of a cyber hacker and the Iranian flag.

Sword-wielding Massachusetts man arrested over threats to Trump, FBI says

Andrew Emerald was charged in an eight-count indictment over a string of threatening posts, including one in which he vowed to travel to Mar-a-Lago if Trump was not dead by 2026.

US President Donald Trump speaks next to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth during a cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington, DC, US, March 26, 2026.

Michigan synagogue attack was Hezbollah-inspired terrorism, FBI confirms

41-year-old Ayman Ghalazi filled his truck with fireworks before ramming it into the Detroit area's largest synagogue around midday on March 12.

School buses and emergency vehicles are parked near the site after the Michigan State Police reported an active shooting incident at the Temple Israel Synagogue in West Bloomfield, Michigan, U.S., March 12, 2026.

Iran-linked hackers claim breach of FBI director's personal email, DOJ official confirms break-in

A Justice Department official confirmed to Reuters that Patel's emails were compromised but did not go into detail.

FBI Director Kash Patel testifies before the Senate Appropriations Committee hearing on President Trump's proposed budget request for the Federal Bureau of Investigation, on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, US, May 8, 2025.

Improvised explosive found at CENTCOM, USSOCOM HQ in Florida, FBI’s Patel says

The improvised explosive device was placed at the MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, which is home to the United States Special Operations Command and the US Central Command.

A sign for MacDill Air Force Base is displayed on a concrete wall near the main gate along South Dale Mabry Highway in Tampa, Florida, US March 18, 2026.

FBI seizes Iranian domains tied to hacking, cyberwarfare, and threats against US and allies

Handala sent death threats to Iranian dissidents and journalists in exile, offering a bounty of $250,000 for the beheading of two such victims.

Illustrative image showing a close up on an FBI agent in uniform.

Robert Mueller, special counsel who probed but did not charge Trump, dies at 81

Mueller, who led the FBI after 9/11 and oversaw the Russia investigation into Trump’s 2016 campaign, has died at 81.

Former special counsel Robert Mueller, accompanied by his top aide in the investigation Aaron Zebley, testifies before the House Intelligence Committee hearing on his report on Russian election interference, on Capitol Hill, in Washington, July 24, 2019.

Kash Patel sued by former agents fired after investigation into attempt to overthrow 2020 election

Kash, who said agents who worked on the election case were “corrupt actors” who “weaponized law enforcement,” terminated them without a hearing or investigation, the lawsuit claims.

 FBI Director Kash Patel speaks during a roundtable on antifa, an anti-fascist movement U.S. President Donald Trump designated a domestic "terrorist organization"

FBI Director Kash Patel's girlfriend receives threatening email, Massachusetts man arrested

Alden Welch Ruml, 26, was arrested on Friday and charged by federal prosecutors in Boston with making threats in interstate commerce.

KASH PATEL is applauded by his partner Alexis Wilkins after being sworn in as FBI director by US Attorney General Pam Bondi in the Indian Treaty Room in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building (EEOB) on the White House campus in Washington, DC, US, February 21, 2025.

Ex-US counterterror chief Joe Kent probed by FBI over alleged leaked classified info - report

The investigation pre-dates Joe Kent's departure as the head of the National Counterterrorism Center on Tuesday, Semafor added.

Joseph Kent, the former Director of the National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC), testifies during a House Homeland Security Committee hearing titled "Worldwide Threats to the Homeland" on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on December 11, 2025.