Nicole Sganga
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Special counsel's team scrutinizing security camera video from Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort
In some of the footage from May 2022, a Trump aide could be seen moving boxes suspected of containing documents with classified markings. → Read More
Fox News, Dominion Voting Systems reach lawsuit settlement in high-stakes defamation case
The judge announced the case has been resolved after a 12-member jury and 12 alternates had been selected. → Read More
Microsoft turns to court order to take down ransomware hacking tool that targeted hospitals
A bootleg version of "Cobalt Strike" has been used in 69 ransomware attacks on health organizations in more than 19 countries, according to Microsoft. → Read More
What's in Trump indictment? Key takeaways from unsealed court docs
The indictment of the former president on charges related to a payment made to adult film star Stormy Daniels was unsealed Tuesday. Here are the highlights. → Read More
Antisemitic incidents rose 36% last year to highest number since 1979, Anti-Defamation League finds
"The largest and most noteworthy bucket of incidents, which we feel contributed greatly to the increase, is organized white supremacist activity," an ADL official said. → Read More
Patients may have permanent access to some addiction treatments through telehealth
The Biden administration is proposing making permanent some Trump-era allowances established at the start of the pandemic that allow medical providers to prescribe drugs through telehealth visits. → Read More
DHS "very concerned" about white nationalist attacks on power grid
DHS' top counterintelligence official, Kenneth Wainstein, says the department is watching for domestic violent extremists trying to engineer societal collapse. → Read More
Fentanyl seizures rise at U.S.-Mexico border — here's why
GOP lawmakers have incorrectly blamed the spike in fentanyl overdoses on migrants, whom they blame for bringing the drugs across the border. → Read More
Auto thefts, carjackings in major U.S. cities spike, new report finds
Vehicle thefts more than doubled in 14 major cities from 2020 to 2022, according to a new report from the Council on Criminal Justice. → Read More
The Secret Service analyzed 173 mass casualty attacks. Here's what they found.
The 72-page report tallied red flags leading to public attacks between 2016 and 2020. → Read More
TSA confiscated record number of guns from airline passengers in 2022
Of those guns taken at airport security checkpoints, 88% were loaded, the agency said. → Read More
TSA confiscated record number of guns from airline passengers in 2022
Of those guns taken at airport security checkpoints, 88% were loaded, the agency said. → Read More
Law enforcement officers' deaths due to COVID fell by 83% in 2022, according to new data
But COVID-19 remained the number one cause of law enforcement deaths in 2022, according to data compiled by the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund. → Read More
Feds warn of "staggering" sextortion scam that has targeted more than 3,000 minors
The scheme has been tied to more than a dozen suicides by minors who were lured into sending explicit images, federal officials said. → Read More
TSA confiscated a record number of guns in 2022
Of those guns taken at airport security checkpoints, 88% were loaded, the agency said. → Read More
Is that Facebook account real? Meta reports "rapid rise" in AI-generated profile pictures
Publicly available technology enables anyone to create eerie deepfakes in seconds. → Read More
Real ID deadline for air travelers extended by 2 years
DHS is giving Americans more time to obtain a Real ID for air travel because of delays caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. → Read More
Teenagers led a group of hackers who breached some of the world's biggest tech companies. The government wants to know how they did it.
The group targeted Uber, Microsoft, Okta and Samsung for extortion, in some cases, DHS Secretary Mayorkas said, "with relatively unsophisticated techniques." → Read More
Homeland Security warns about domestic extremists praising Colorado Springs suspect
"The LGBTQ community remains a community that is targeted for violence," a senior Homeland Security official said Wednesday. → Read More
2022 elections: Government warns of "heightened threat" to midterms, fueled by rise in domestic violent extremism
DHS issued a bulletin on the same day that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's husband was violently attacked by a man who broke into their home and demanded, "Where's Nancy? Where's Nancy?" → Read More