Richard Kolco, a former FBI Special Agent who specialized in security and intelligence operations, joined us on The Morning Show to explain how the security guard’s training was proven effective by the fact that students and teachers remained safe.

The FBI is offering a $200,000 reward for information leading to the capture of a former U.S. Air Force counterintelligence specialist who defected to Iran in 2013.

FBI Director Kash Patel has strongly denied allegations of excessive drinking on the job.

Federal prosecutors are seeking to revoke the U.S. citizenship of Manuel Rocha, a former diplomat who served as a secret agent for Cuba.

The FBI says the man who killed three people and wounded more than a dozen others in a mass shooting at a downtown Austin, Texas, bar in March acted alone and there's no evidence he was supported or directed by a foreign terrorist group.

Former FBI Director James Comey is seeking to cancel his upcoming court appearance in North Carolina.

The leader of the Southern Poverty Law Center has pleaded not guilty on behalf of the organization to charges that the civil rights group has defrauded donors by failing to disclose that money would be paid to informants inside extremist groups.

The federal government doesn't have to return the 2020 election ballots from Georgia’s Fulton County that were seized by the FBI from a warehouse near Atlanta.

Authorities have served a search warrant at a home connected to the man convicted of killing 19-year-old college student Kristin Smart in 1996.

The Justice Department has agreed to return Tennessee Republican congressman Andy Ogles’ personal cellphone that was seized during an investigation into his campaign finances, signaling it's abandoning its probe into the President Donald Trump supporter.

The FBI has searched the Virginia state Senate leader’s hometown office and her neighboring cannabis shop.

Scammers are posing as law enforcement officers — including FBI agents — to frighten and defraud St. Johns County residents, according to the St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office.

Indigenous people are gathering to honor loved ones who have gone missing or been killed.

Authorities have determined that buckshot from the gun of the man charged with trying to storm the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner in an attempt to kill President Donald Trump struck a Secret Service agent.

A man who led Kentucky police on a high-speed chase has been charged in a deadly bank robbery that left two people dead.

Federal authorities are investigating the death of a truck driver whose body was discovered in Georgia after he was last seen alive at a Florida rest stop.

The FBI says a body found in Coastal Georgia is confirmed to be missing truck driver Alejandro Jacomino Gonzalez, who disappeared while transporting vehicles.

The FBI says a body found in Coastal Georgia is confirmed to be missing truck driver Alejandro Jacomino Gonzalez, who disappeared while transporting vehicles.

The FBI says a body found in Coastal Georgia is confirmed to be missing truck driver Alejandro Jacomino Gonzalez, who disappeared while transporting vehicles.

Federal investigators say the man who carried out a mass shooting at Brown University and later killed a Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor did not act randomly, but targeted places and people that held symbolic meaning tied to his perceived failures.

Former FBI Director James Comey has been indicted again, this time over a social media photo of seashells arranged on a beach that officials say constituted a threat against President Donald Trump.

A former FBI agent is offering the first detailed account of how investigators identified the people believed to have carried out the 1990 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum heist.

Fraud is broad and is a growing problem across all of Northeast Florida, from romance scams to fake bank alerts. We got important advice from law enforcement to help you protect yourself.

The New York Times says it has learned that the FBI investigated one of its reporters, Elizabeth Williamson, after she wrote about its agents being assigned to protect and transport the girlfriend of that agency's director, Kash Patel.

An aide to President Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign who was the target of secret surveillance during the FBI’s Russia investigation has reached a settlement with the federal government.

In a story published April 21, 2026, about a Justice Department case against the Southern Poverty Law Center, The Associated Press erroneously reported that an informant was allegedly paid more than $270,000 between 2015 and 2013.

A trial is underway in Virginia for an alleged Islamic State militant charged in a deadly suicide bombing at a Kabul airport during the American military’s chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021.

The FBI Jacksonville Field Office is warning the public about a growing scheme in which scammers impersonate law enforcement and government officials — including FBI Special Agents — in attempts to extort money or steal personal information.

FBI Director Kash Patel has filed a $250 million lawsuit against The Atlantic magazine and its reporter Sarah Fitzpatrick, contending its article posted last week that talked about his alleged excessive drinking was a “malicious hit piece.”.

The FBI and Justice Department are scrambling to rebuild a depleted workforce after a wave of departures over the last year.

One day after the FBI offered a reward of up to $1 million for information leading to the arrest of one of its 10 most wanted fugitives, the fugitive was arrested in Alachua County.

There's been a holdup on Capitol Hill in advancing the renewal of a program that lets U.S. spy agencies pore over foreigners’ calls, texts and emails.

The attorney for a man shot by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents during an enforcement stop in California says his client was arrested by the FBI after being discharged from a hospital.

The attorney for a man shot by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents during an arrest in central California says his client is recovering after three surgeries for multiple gunshot wounds and that he denies being a gang member.

A federal judge ordered rapper Pooh Shiesty to remain in custody after he and eight others were accused of kidnapping three music industry professionals and robbing them at gunpoint in Texas during a contract dispute involving rapper Gucci Mane’s record label.

An uncertain ceasefire between Iran and the U.S. and Israel may do little to stop cyberattacks from hackers allied with Tehran.

Savannah Guthrie has returned to hosting the “Today” show for the first time since her mother disappeared from her Arizona home more than two months ago.

Federal prosecutors have accused rapper Pooh Shiesty and eight others of robbing three men at gunpoint and kidnapping them in Texas following a contract dispute in January involving rapper Gucci Mane’s record label.

Three fired FBI agents have sued to try to get their jobs back, saying in a class action lawsuit they were illegally punished for their participation in an investigation into President Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn his 2020 election defeat.

Lawyers for Rep. Eric Swalwell are demanding that FBI Director Kash Patel immediately end any effort to release decade-old files from an investigation involving the California Democrat and a suspected Chinese spy that resulted in no criminal charges.

The FBI says a man with an assault-style rifle who crashed his pickup truck into a Detroit-area synagogue earlier in March was carrying out an attack inspired by the militant group Hezbollah and was seeking to kill many Jewish people.

A pro-Iranian hacking group is claiming to have hacked an account of FBI Director Kash Patel and has posted online what appear to be years-old photographs of him, along with a work resume and other personal documents.

A federal judge is weighing a demand by Georgia's Fulton County that the FBI return 2020 election ballots and records that were seized from an Atlanta-area warehouse.

Jewish and Muslim communities in the United States observed some of the most sacred holidays of their respective religions despite increased security measures and concerns over hateful rhetoric as the war in the Middle East continues.

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The former counterterrorism director who resigned this week in protest of the Iran war is denying allegations that he improperly shared classified information.

Two agents fired from the FBI last year say in a federal lawsuit they were terminated “solely” because of their participation in an investigation into President Donald Trump’s effort to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election.

A Michigan synagogue has posted photos on social media of major fire damage that occurred when a man drove a pickup truck into the building last week before killing himself.

The FBI says a suspicious package found at MacDill Air Force Base contains possible energetic materials, and the investigation is ongoing.

Attorneys for former FBI agent John Connolly have filed a new motion seeking to overturn his murder conviction, citing newly disclosed evidence tied to mobster James “Whitey” Bulger.

The U_S_ government’s top intelligence official has told lawmakers that Iran’s government “appears to be intact but largely degraded.”.

A man charged with planting pipe bombs near the U.S. Capitol on the eve of the Jan. 6, 2021, riot claims he's covered by President Donald Trump's blanket pardons.

The ex-wife of the gunman who drove a pickup truck into a Detroit-area synagogue told police that he was distraught and suicidal.

Israel's military is claiming that the brother of a man who attacked a Michigan synagogue last week was a Hezbollah commander.

Three acts of ideologically inspired violence in the past week in the United States have laid bare the heightened terrorism threat unfolding against the backdrop of the war with Iran.

A Lebanese-born man who had learned a week earlier that four of his family members were killed in an Israeli airstrike in his native country, waited in his car outside a Detroit-area synagogue for two hours before ramming into the building.

A man armed with a rifle rammed a vehicle into a major synagogue in a Detroit suburb and was fatally shot by security.

The armed man who rammed his vehicle into one of the nation’s largest Reform synagogues has been identified as 41-year-old Ayman Mohamad Ghazali, a naturalized citizen born in Lebanon, according to federal officials.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom says there's no imminent threat to the state from Iran.

The FBI found explosive residue in a Pennsylvania storage unit after two men were charged with bringing homemade bombs to a protest outside the home of New York City’s mayor.

The Republican leader of Arizona’s state Senate says he has complied with a federal grand jury subpoena for records related to the 2020 presidential election.

A Bangladeshi man accused of using social media to trick teenage girls into sending him sexually explicit images — and then threatening to share them with their friends and family if they didn’t send more — has been transported to Alaska to face federal charges.

The Justice Department has released additional Jeffrey Epstein files involving uncorroborated accusations made by a woman against President Donald Trump that the department said had been mistakenly withheld during an earlier review.

The FBI is investigating “suspicious activities” on an internal system that the bureau says contains sensitive information related to surveillance operations and investigations.

A criminal trial in New York is airing claims that Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard was entangled in a foiled 2024 assassination plot that eyed then-candidate Donald Trump as a possible target.

Federal and city authorities say the gunman who opened fire outside a Texas bar, killing three people and wounding more than a dozen was not on their radar before the attack.

Authorities say a gunman wearing clothes with an Iranian flag design and the words “Property of Allah” killed two people and wounded 14 at a Texas bar.

The FBI has fired additional agents who worked on an investigation into President Donald Trump, this time terminating employees who participated in the probe into the Republican’s hoarding of classified documents.

The Justice Department says it is looking into whether it improperly withheld documents from the Jeffrey Epstein files.

When the American men’s hockey team retreated to their locker room to celebrate their Winter Olympics gold medal win, they were joined by a special guest from the United States: FBI Director Kash Patel.

Minnesota and federal authorities are investigating claims that immigration officers shattered a Mexican man's skull while taking him into custody last month.

The Justice Department has issued new subpoenas in an investigation into perceived adversaries of President Donald Trump and the U.S. government’s response to Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election.

The NAACP and allied groups are asking a judge to limit how the federal government uses voter data seized in an FBI raid near Atlanta.

The FBI says a glove containing DNA was found about two miles from Nancy Guthrie’s Arizona home and appears to match those worn by a masked person outside her front door the night she vanished.

Nancy Guthrie’s disappearance highlights how differently police respond when a case draws national attention.

Law enforcement investigating the disappearance of “Today” show host Savannah Guthrie’s mother have blocked off a road near Nancy Guthrie’s home in Arizona.

Four people have been indicted on federal charges stemming from clashes with federal officers in Minneapolis.

Those frightening images of a masked man on Nancy Guthrie’s porch could provide valuable clues to investigators.

More than 4,000 calls came into an Arizona sheriff's department within 24 hours after the release of videos of a masked person on Nancy Guthrie’s porch.

The top antitrust official in the Trump administration is leaving her post amid tension about greenlighting big mergers in recent months.

Investigators in Arizona want residents near Nancy Guthrie’s home to share surveillance camera footage of suspicious cars or people in the month before the disappearance of “Today” show host Savannah Guthrie's mother.

Investigators are still searching for Nancy Guthrie as the case reaches it's 11th day.

FBI agents are fanning out across an Arizona neighborhood not far from Nancy Guthrie’s home.

Investigators have found surveillance footage of an armed, masked person at Nancy Guthrie's doorstep on the night she disappeared.

Three Idaho families are suing over an immigration raid at a horse racing track last year.

The FBI relied on years-old claims of fraud, many of them thoroughly investigated, to obtain a search warrant to seize ballots from election offices in Fulton County, Georgia.

Officials say a person has been detained for questioning in the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie.

The FBI says it is not aware of ongoing communication between Savannah Guthrie’s family and suspected kidnappers.

The FBI pored over Jeffrey Epstein’s bank records and emails.

The investigation into the apparent kidnapping of Nancy Guthrie, mother of "Today" show host Savannah Guthrie, continues.

Savannah Guthrie has told the potential kidnappers of her mother Nancy Guthrie that the family is prepared to pay for her safe return.

The sheriff investigating the apparent abduction of “Today” show host Savannah Guthrie’s mother says it’s frustrating that a camera at Nancy Guthrie’s home wasn’t able to capture images of anyone the day she went missing.

Attorney General Pam Bondi says she's not worried about the involvement of Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard in an FBI search of a Georgia election office.

Savannah Guthrie made a heart-wrenching plea for “proof of life” of her 84-year-old mother.

The Republican lawmakers in charge of the House and Senate intelligence committees have rejected an anonymous complaint from last year alleging that Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard withheld access to classified information for political reasons.

The FBI’s Jacksonville Field Office is warning the public to be cautious this Valentine’s Day after more than 550 people across Northeast Florida reported losing a total of $22.2 million to romance scams in 2025.

A complaint made about Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard months ago relates to an allegation that she withheld access to classified information for political reasons.

A Jacksonville pastor has been named the recipient of the FBI Director’s Community Leadership Award for 2024 by the FBI’s Jacksonville Field Office.

An attorney says Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard has delayed giving members of Congress a complaint about her conduct.

Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche says the Justice Department has opened a federal civil rights investigation into the death of Alex Pretti, the Minneapolis resident killed by Border Patrol officers.