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Here are five things to know about former federal prosecutor Kash Patel.

Swatting is back in the news Wednesday as multiple members after multiple members of the Trump transition and cabinet picks by the president-elect faced bomb threats and swatting incidents, three senior law enforcement officials tell NBC News. “The FBI is aware of numerous bomb threats and swatting incidents targeting incoming administration nominees and appointees, and we are working with our law...

Authorities say a suspected terrorist wanted in the U.S. for two bombings in the San Francisco area in 2003 has appeared in a London courtroom after being captured in the U.K.

An FBI agent is accused of luring women to his tattoo studio in Gaithersburg, Maryland, before raping and assaulting them, police say.

A Florida man was arrested Wednesday and charged with a plot to “reboot” the U.S. government by planting a bomb at the New York Stock Exchange this week and detonating it with a remote-controlled device, according to the FBI. Harun Abdul-Malik Yener, 30, of Coral Springs, Florida, was charged with attempt to use an explosive device to damage or destroy…

The homes of NFL teammates Patrick Mahomes and Travis Kelce were burglarized last month. NBA stars Bobby Portis and Mike Conley Jr. also recently had their homes broken into.

The FBI on Friday said reports of racist and offensive text messages sent from anonymous phone numbers are now being sent to members of Latino and LGBTQ communities.

Malcolm X’s daughters are accusing the CIA, FBI, the NYPD and others in a $100-million lawsuit for mishandling their father’s 1965 assassination.

Hackers affiliated with Beijing have compromised the networks of “multiple” telecommunications companies to obtain customer call records and gain access to the private communications of “a limited number of individuals,” the FBI said.

A disturbing text message chain is striking fear in Black Americans nationwide. The messages make threatening references to slavery and the recipients appear to range from grade school to college and others. NBC News has learned some of these messages can be traced back to a VPN in Poland, but it doesn’t stop there. NBC New York’s Kay Angrum...

Racist text messages following the election are getting the attention of the New York Attorney General’s office. The unknown culprits have been targeting Black people nationwide. News 4’s Kay Angrum spoke with a Harlem resident who received one of those texts. 

Racist text messages invoking slavery raised alarm across the country this week after they were sent to Black men, women and students, including middle schoolers, prompting inquiries by the FBI and other agencies. The messages, sent anonymously, were reported in several states, including New York, Alabama, California, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Tennesee. They generally used a similar tone but varied in wording....

The FBI and New York attorney general’s office are investigating. Tracie Strahan reports.

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.

The FBI has confirmed that federal agents have boarded a vessel managed by the same company as a cargo ship that caused the deadly Baltimore bridge collapse.

When the FBI said this week that Iran had tried to provide Democrats with material stolen from Donald Trump’s campaign, it was only the latest allegation of foreign interference with the U.S. election.

It now appears there are three separate federal criminal investigations touching upon City Hall as well as members of the NYPD. Some of the city’s highest ranking officials were told by the feds to turn over their phones or electronic devices. No one has been charged with any wrongdoing, but the latest investigative steps appear to be an apparent major...

The FBI searched a Nassau County home Tuesday morning that property records show belongs to a former deputy chief of staff to New York Gov. Kathy Hochul, law enforcement sources close to the case confirmed. Federal officers were seen around the Manhasset property linked to Linda Sun, who left the governor’s office nearly two years go. Sun and her...

The FBI searched a Manhasset home Tuesday morning which property records show belongs to a former deputy chief of staff to New York Gov. Kathy Hochul.

Federal prosecutors and the FBI have arrested and charged a man with allegedly placing bets and coordinating his betting with former NBA player Jontay Porter, according to NBA league records and a copy of the criminal complaint filed by prosecutors in Brooklyn.