How Trump’s Focus on Antifa Distracted Attention From the Far-Right Threat
All of this was a strain on the counterterrorism section, which has only a few dozen prosecutors and like other parts of the department was...
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Amid Riot Chaos, Some National Security Leaders Are Absent From View
The department was also enduring an absence of leadership even before Mr. Wolf stepped down days after the siege in part, he said, because of...
Election Officials Directly Contradict Trump on Voting System Fraud
Hours after President Trump repeated a baseless report that a voting machine system “deleted 2.7 million Trump votes nationwide,” he was directly contradicted by a...
Trump’s Hard-Line Immigration Policies Go Before Voters
McALLEN, Texas — The leadership of the Department of Homeland Security gathered on Thursday under the shadow of 30-foot, black-painted, steel bollards to promote the...
Delayed Homeland Security Report Warns of ‘Lethal’ White Supremacy
WASHINGTON — The Department of Homeland Security warned on Tuesday that violent white supremacy was the “most persistent and lethal threat in the homeland” in...
F.B.I. Director Sees No Evidence of National Mail Voting Fraud Effort
WASHINGTON — The F.B.I. has not seen evidence of a “coordinated national voter fraud effort,” its director, Christopher A. Wray, told lawmakers on Thursday, undercutting...
FBI Director Warns of Russian Interference, White Supremacist Violence
WASHINGTON — Christopher A. Wray, the director of the F.B.I., warned a House committee on Thursday that Russia is actively pursuing a disinformation campaign against...
Russian Intelligence Hackers Are Back, Microsoft Warns, Aiming at Democrats and Republicans
The Russian military intelligence unit that attacked the Democratic National Committee four years ago is back with a series of new, more stealthy hacks aimed...
Whistle-Blower Brian Murphy Says DHS Downplayed Threats From Russia, White Supremacists
WASHINGTON — Top officials with the Department of Homeland Security directed agency analysts to downplay the threat of violent white supremacy and of Russian election...
Homeland Security Blocked Warnings of Russian Campaign Against Biden
WASHINGTON — The Department of Homeland Security has declined to publish a July 9 intelligence document that warns of Russian attempts to denigrate Joseph R....