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Justice and Intelligence Correspondent, NBC News. Reach me at
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Warner Accuses Trump Administration of Undermining National Security
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Warner Accuses Trump Administration of Undermining National Security
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/18/us/politics/mark-warner-national-security-warning.html?unlocked_article_code=1.m08.9xOT.GMA7K44xutbJ&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
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Exclusive: FBI agents have been pulled off terrorism and child predator cases to chase undocumented immigrants
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President Trump's deportations are diverting FBI agents off child predator cases
Officials warn that President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown is leaving domestic terrorists, including online extremists who prey on children, unpoliced.
https://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/trumps-deportations-divert-fbi-agents-child-predator-cases-rcna231481
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FBI and DOJ being 'politicized' in way 'we've never seen in modern history':
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FBI and DOJ being 'politicized' in way 'we've never seen in modern history': Dilanian
The FBI is searching the home and office of former National Security Adviser John Bolton as part of a ânational security investigation in search of classified records,â according to a source familiar ...
https://www.msnbc.com/katy-tur/watch/fbi-and-doj-being-politicized-in-way-we-ve-never-seen-in-modern-history-dilanian-245598789739
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FBI agents fear Trump is turning the bureau into a police force, at the expense of its national security mission. Latest plan: Equip FBI agents with tasers.
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Trump is turning the FBI away from investigating terrorism and corruption, sources say
Staffing cuts and a new focus on violent crime will leave fewer resources for the agency's other goals.
https://www.msnbc.com/news/news-analysis/trump-fbi-violent-crimes-kash-patel-project-47-rcna225307
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Supporters have launched a fundraising appeal to help two veteran FBI agents recently fired for what appear to be political reasons:
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Support Their Service
https://www.supporttheirservice.com/
about 1 month ago
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The latest
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has just dropped! Fiona Hill, once the presidentâs top Russia adviser & inside the room at the Helsinki Trump/Putin summit joins Amber Rudd
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Who is playing who? Trump, Putin, and the Alaska âPeace Summitâ
Podcast Episode · The Crisis Room · 14/08/2025 · 40m
https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-crisis-room/id1815989479?i=1000721963683
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New and exclusive: Sen Durbin is asking the DoJ Inspector General to investigate the apparent politically-motivated firings of FBI leaders.
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Firings at FBI spark demand for probe from top Senate Democrat
Personnel purges and new physical requirements risk driving out women and people of color from the bureauâs staff, Sen. Dick Durbin warns in a letter exclusively obtained by MSNBC.
https://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/fbi-firings-kash-patel-dick-durbin-rcna224988
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Letter from FBI Director Kash Patel firing veteran FBI agent Walter Giardina, whose wife died of cancer last month at age 49. Patel accuses this agent, a Marine combat veteran, of âweaponization.â Many of his FBI colleagues told me he did his job scrupulously and ethically.
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Brian Driscoll, the former acting FBI director who refused to carry out Trump administration plans for mass firing of J6 agents, is being forced out of the bureau, according to a source directly familiar.
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Exclusive: An unprecedented purge of FBI leaders has disproportionally impacted women and people of color
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Analysis | High-ranking FBI job losses disproportionately hurt women, people of color
Leaders are undertaking an unprecedented campaign to force senior officials off the job.
https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/analysis/fbi-women-minorities-job-losses-kash-patel-rcna222988
about 2 months ago
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Dallas Cowboys star Micah Parsons requests a trade from the team while suggesting the club has refused to negotiate a new contract.
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Cowboys star Micah Parsons requests trade and says team wonât negotiate
The 26-year-old is entering the final year of his five-year rookie contract with a salary of $24 million but wants a long-term deal.
https://nbcnews.to/45kOvtO
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New: Ghislaine Maxwell was technically ineligible to be transferred from to a minimum-security federal prison camp-- and the Bureau of Prisons had to waive a rule to facilitate the move, according to public records and a federal prison expert. With
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Unlike most allegations of wrongdoing levied against the Trump administration, these seem likely to be independently investigated by a federal judge with the power to put people under oath.
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DOJ approval of a corporate merger has exposed a rift in the MAGA movement
Meanwhile, Democratic senators have seized on the proposed merger between Hewlett Packard Enterprise and Juniper Networks as an example of possible misconduct.
https://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/msnbc/doj-hpe-merger-maga-pam-bondi-laura-loomer-rcna222246
about 2 months ago
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Before you ponder what Hunter Biden has to say about politics, perhaps read this story first. Those of us who covered the trial will not soon forget this testimony.
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Hunter Biden gun trial: Beau Biden's widow Hallie Biden testifies about crack use
The Hunter Biden trial comes after former President Donald Trump was found guilty on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records.
https://www.cnbc.com/2024/06/06/hunter-biden-gun-trial-beau-biden-widow-hallie-biden-testifies.html
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More than 1300 employees were forced out of the State Department Friday, leaving their offices with small boxes of plants and old coffee mugs and taking with them decades of specialized skills and on the job training as part of the United States Diplomatic Corps. Reporting by Abigail Williams
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New documents from DOJ whistleblower sheds light on internal Abrego Garcia deliberations w/
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New documents from DOJ whistleblower shed light on internal Abrego Garcia deliberations
New documents obtained by NBC News shed light on early internal Trump administration deliberations about the court battle over deportations under the Alien Enem
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-administration/live-blog/trump-rubio-russia-ukraine-brazil-tariffs-immigration-live-updates-rcna217074/rcrd84752?canonicalCard=true
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"Nowhere does it conclude that the 2016 assessmentâs findings were wrong or politically skewed...In fact, it found that the supporting intelligence was sound, and the tradecraft behind the assessment was robust and defensible.â
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The CIA Director Didnât Read His Own Report
If he had, he would have known that it said basically the opposite of what he says it did.
https://www.thebulwark.com/p/the-cia-director-didnt-read-his-own-report-2016-russia-election-interference-trump-russia-intelligence?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
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New: The Justice Department has opened criminal investigations into the conduct of former CIA Director John Brennan and former FBI Director James Comey, two of Donald Trumpâs political foes who have long been the target of MAGA conspiracy theories, according to a DoJ spokesman.
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Trumpâs Politicized F.B.I. Has Made Americans Less Safe
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Opinion | Trumpâs Politicized F.B.I. Has Made Americans Less Safe
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/05/opinion/trump-fbi-politics-safety.html?unlocked_article_code=1.UE8.2U3s.4BAByjUoHkNv&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
3 months ago
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The directors of the FBI and CIA say newly declassified documents show intelligence officials acting of a political motive to harm Donald Trump. Read them yourself. They do not.
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Patel and Ratcliffe try to bolster claims that FBI and CIA conspired against Trump
The release of formerly classified documents this week shows how Trump appointees are using their power to try to prop up his allegations about both agencies.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/patel-ratcliffe-try-bolster-claims-fbi-cia-conspired-trump-rcna216848
3 months ago
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Israeli pilots trained for years and intelligence forces built up networks for its multipart offensive in Iran, which included elements called âRed Weddingâ and âOperation Narnia.â
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Trump administration to end DHS program designed to thwart terrorist attacks
The $18 million program aims to prevent lone-wolf attacks like the ones that recently occurred in Boulder, Washington, D.C., New Orleans and New York.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/trump-administration-end-dhs-program-designed-thwart-terror-attacks-rcna212209
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New: How the Trump Administration has smashed the governmentâs bulwarks against corruption
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Firings, pardons and policy changes have gutted DOJ anti-corruption efforts, experts say
Trump administration changes in the Justice Department have fostered what critics say is the ripest environment for corruption by public officials and executives in a generation.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/firings-pardons-policy-changes-gutted-doj-anti-corruption-efforts-expe-rcna200571
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FBI leaders under pressure from MAGA voters to act on their corruption claims
Kash Patel and Dan Bongino have said the FBI was âweaponizedâ against Donald Trump. Now that they run the bureau, some Trump supporters ask, âWhereâs the accountability?â
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/fbi-leaders-pressure-maga-voters-act-corruption-claims-rcna207791
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GIFFORDS: Trump just effectively legalized machine guns
WASHINGTON â GIFFORDS, the national gun violence prevention group led by former Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, condemned the Trump Department of
https://giffords.org/press-release/2025/05/giffords-trump-just-effectively-legalized-machine-guns/
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Exclusive: The Trump Adm. has decided to permit the sale of "forced reset trigger" devices that enable regular firearms to fire like machine guns, a move that one person familiar with the matter said was âby far the most dangerous thing this administration has doneâ on gun policy.
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There is a ton of fraud in government programsâas much as $1 trillion a year. But DOGE so far doesnât seem to be tackling the real problem. âThe rampant federal fraud that DOGE is largely ignoringâ
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The rampant federal fraud that DOGE is largely ignoring
International criminal groups are stealing as much as a trillion dollars a year from U.S. government programs, according to a new report by an anti-fraud firm.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/doge/rampant-federal-fraud-doge-done-little-stop-rcna206860
4 months ago
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WATCH:
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breaks down what to expect at todayâs Supreme Court birthright citizenship arguments
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I just really need everybody to understand that everything thatâs happening in and to the global economy now (and all the businesses and people in it) is the entirely predictable result of the intentional decisions of one guy who doesnât understand how the global economy works.
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Kash Patel's new way of leading the FBI: Fewer morning intel briefings, more pro sports events
Supporters of the new director say he is bringing needed change. Some current and former FBI and DOJ officials worry he is not taking the job seriously enough.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/kash-patels-new-way-leading-fbi-fewer-morning-intel-briefings-sports-e-rcna202865
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Ryan J. Reilly âpaints a vivid and urgent portrait of⊠disarrayâ
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âItâs been a complete bloodbath.â
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Trump upends DOJ's Civil Rights Division, sparking 'bloodbath' in senior ranks
Trump's hand-picked head of the division has outlined priorities that are dramatically at odds with the way past administrations have enforced civil rights law.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/trump-upends-dojs-civil-rights-division-sparking-bloodbath-senior-rank-rcna202622
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A federal judge has blocked a portion of Pres. Trumpâs Executive Order and AG Pam Bondiâs directive blocking federal funding for several cities and counties because they are considered sanctuary jurisdictions, @GaryGrumbach reports.
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New: How the Trump Administration has re-purposed the DoJâs Civil Rights Division, ousting career public servants and implementing a sweeping new set of MAGA priorities.
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Trump upends DOJ's Civil Rights Division, sparking 'bloodbath' in senior ranks
Trump's hand-picked head of the division has outlined priorities that are dramatically at odds with the way past administrations have enforced civil rights law.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/trump-upends-dojs-civil-rights-division-sparking-bloodbath-senior-rank-rcna202622
5 months ago
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Electronics, clothes and coffee: What you're still set to pay more for under Trump's tariffs
5 months ago
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Federal spending is higher since President Trump took office even as the Department of Government Efficiency slashes contracts, cuts jobs and ends diversity programs
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Exclusive: The FBI is recruiting a multiagent bodyguard team to protect Dan Bongino, the first ever deputy director to have a full security detail.
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FBI creates multiagent bodyguard team to protect Dan Bongino
The former pro-Trump podcaster is the first deputy director to have a security detail. Full-time protection could require up to 20 agents, former officials said.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/fbi-creates-multiagent-bodyguard-team-protect-dan-bongino-rcna199861
6 months ago
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After the the DoJ said it would seek to execute Luigi Mangione, he raised thousands more for his legal defense fund. My reporitng for Top Story with Tom Llamas:
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Attorney general directs prosecutors to seek death penalty for Luigi Mangione
Attorney General Pam Bondi announced she is directing prosecutors to seek the death penalty against Luigi Mangione, the suspected shooter of the United Healthcare CEO. NBC News' Ken Dilanian has the l...
https://www.nbcnews.com/now/video/attorney-general-directs-prosecutors-to-seek-death-penalty-for-luigi-mangione-236103749717
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A federal judge has just dismissed the corruption case against the New York mayor *with prejudice* in a ruling that completely repudiates the Justice Department's arguments in the case, calling DoJ's contentions "fundamentally incompatible with the basic promise of equal justice under law."
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New: We spent time with the DEA in Phoenix, where drug warriors who have spent years trying to slow the flow of fentanyl say Trumpâs policies are helping.
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Inside the DEA's battle against fentanyl smugglers along the border
Federal officials say as much as 60 percent of all fentanyl brought into the U.S. comes through Phoenix, and now the Drug Enforcement Administration is ramping up resources to stop it. NBC News' Ken D...
https://www.nbcnews.com/nightly-news/video/inside-the-dea-s-battle-against-fentanyl-smugglers-along-the-border-235779141874
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Exclusive: A DHS staffer faces serious punishment for doing what Trumpâs top aides did: accidentally adding a reporter to a group email containing sensitive information.
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A DHS staffer faces serious punishment for accidentally adding a reporter to a group email
The episode, which has not been previously reported, raises questions about unequal punishment for inadvertent leakers in the Trump administration.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/dhs-staffer-faces-serious-punishment-accidentally-adding-reporter-grou-rcna198233
6 months ago
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Such a treat to spend some time with smart and curious students digging through the newly released JFK files.
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Inside the search for clues in newly released JFK files
More than 60 years after President John F. Kennedy was gunned down in Dallas, the federal government began releasing what could be the final trove of documents delving into the assassination. NBC News...
https://www.nbcnews.com/nightly-news/video/inside-the-search-for-clues-in-newly-released-jfk-files-235142213971
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FBI's 'Ten Most Wanted Fugitives' list turns 75 years old
From bank robbers, to serial killers, and terrorists, the FBI's "Most Wanted" list has documented some of the world's worst criminals. NBC News' Ken Dilanian looks at the history of the list as it hit...
https://www.nbcnews.com/now/video/fbi-s-ten-most-wanted-fugitives-list-turns-75-years-old-234495045522
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Democratic Party hits new polling low, while its voters want to fight Trump harder
Unlike in Trumpâs first term, Democratic voters say 2-to-1 they want party leaders to fight rather than compromise, even at the risk of not getting things done, per the NBC News poll.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/democratic-party-hits-new-polling-low-voters-want-fight-trump-harder-rcna196161
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New: Itâs Trumpâs Justice Department now. How AG Pam Bondi has embraced an effort to impose the presidents will on the agency that tried to him in prison.
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Itâs Trumpâs Justice Department now
Some people thought Attorney General Pam Bondi would resist efforts to politicize the DOJ. Instead, critics say, she has embraced them.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/s-trumps-justice-department-now-rcna195289
6 months ago
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Trump administration slashes division in charge of 26,000 U.S. artworks
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Appeals from fired federal workers have skyrocketed more than 2,100% at one watchdog since Trump and DOGE took charge
The Merit System Protections Board usually receives about 100 cases every week. In the last week of February, it received 2,171.
https://fortune.com/2025/03/10/fired-federal-workers-mspb-appeals-petitions-doge/
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Politicians are allowed to take credit for intelligence success but they shouldnât pretend that such success is not dependent on years of work and relationships built up over many Administrations. Trump cuts will jeopardize future success.
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New: The capture of the ISIS-K terrorist built on years of intelligence-sharing with Pakistan under the Biden admin., despite comments from Trump officials accusing the Biden team of inaction, according to multiple current and former national security officials.
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Capture of suspected ISIS-K operative wasn't solely work of Trump, Biden officials say
The arrest of a man accused of taking part in the killing of 13 U.S. service members was aided by a yearslong effort by the U.S. and Pakistan, former Biden admin officials say.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/capture-isis-k-operative-was-not-solely-work-trump-biden-officials-say-rcna194501
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