Can the president fire leaders of more than 50 independent agencies overseen by Congress because he wants to? The Supreme Court may say yes, upending decades of constitutional law.
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Trump’s use of the Justice Department to target political opponents goes beyond revenge − it deters current officials from defying the president.
America’s intelligence bosses would not accept that ‘Signal-gate’ represented a breach of security.
Some observers compare FBI Director Kash Patel to J. Edgar Hoover. A better historical match is the politically motivated William J. Burns.
Donald Trump’s moves to install loyalists in US security agencies and the military echo the actions of strongmen worldwide who prioritize personal loyalty over competence and respect for the law.
The Musk-led purge of public servants is causing concern among some Republicans as well as Democrats.
Create a moral panic. Blame it on certain people. Commence monitoring. Deploy droves of security agents. Detain or remove the targets. Sound familiar?
The New Orleans attack is a reminder of the continued threat from Islamic State.
An enemies list isn’t a weapon against ‘the Deep State.’ It was a tool Richard Nixon used to create a deep state of his own.
The FBI investigates everything from terrorist threats to cybercrime to public corruption. What does the presidentially nominated, Senate-confirmed head of the sprawling agency actually do?
In the last ten years, Republicans have increasingly lost faith in the FBI. Here’s why.
Unfortunately, there’s no cure for scammers – but you can build immunity against them.
Privacy advocates lost out when Congress reauthorized Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act without major reforms. But the renewal fight returns in 2 years.
Hate crime legislation is often touted as a progressive tool to end violence and champion inclusion. Its origins tell a more complicated story.
The death of a protester in 2023 at the site of the proposed Atlanta Public Safety Training Center has brought renewed attention to radical environmentalism in the United States.
Despite the perpetrators being tried and convicted, anti-Indigenous sentiment roiled the area for decades.
Trump appointed Cannon to the bench, but that alone is not a good enough reason for her to recuse herself from the case.
A former national security staffer, now a scholar of secrecy law, says criticisms of Trump’s federal indictment for hoarding classified documents are unfounded.
Check fraud is one of history’s oldest financial crimes and criminals are finding new ways to use it to steal billions from banks.
The handling of US classified information received another stain as a 21-year-old Air National Guardsman stands accused of mishandling secret documents on US allies and the war in Ukraine.
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