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The Institute for Justice has filed a lawsuit to stop forfeiture proceedings targeting a group of individuals whose assets were seized by the FBI without adequate explanation. According to the lawsuit, the government did not specify why it abruptly seized more than $100...

While the political world was buzzing with anticipation as Florida Governor Ron DeSantis geared up for his highly anticipated 2024 campaign announcement on Twitter Spaces, Donald Trump attempted to seize the spotlight, resorting to a barrage of insult-packed rants and diatribes to mock the Florida...

Jack Dorsey, the co-founder and former CEO of Twitter, seems to have expressed a desire to dismantle and disperse three prominent intelligence agencies — the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), National Security Agency (NSA), and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). What Happened: In a tweet,...

A new court document revealed that the FBI misused a powerful digital surveillance tool more than 278,000 times. What Happened: The federal agency used a controversial foreign surveillance authority against crime victims, Jan. 6 riot suspects, and Black Lives Matter protesters and, in one case,...

In response to Thursday’s House Judiciary Select Subcommittee hearing on the Weaponization of the Federal Government, former President Donald Trump highlighted his own perspective as a “victim” of the “weaponization of Justice.” What Happened: Expressing his...

A fourth person pleaded guilty on Friday in an ongoing federal investigation of bribery at the now-defunct Michigan marijuana licensing board. Brian Pierce pleaded guilty to a conspiracy to commit bribery charge in a federal courtroom in Grand Rapids, reported local media. Pierce, along with...

Vincent Brown pleaded guilty to a felony conspiracy to commit bribery charge in a federal court in Grand Rapids on Friday. A lobbyist for the cannabis industry, Brown is now the third man to plead guilty in a corruption probe stemming from bribes given to former House Speaker Rick...

The FBI on Thursday arrested 21-year-old air national guardsman Jack Teixeira, who is believed to be linked to leaked classified U.S. intelligence documents, according to the New York Times. Teixeira, a member of the Massachusetts Air National Guard's intelligence wing, is connected to an...

President Joe Biden has signed a bill that would declassify some information related to the origin of COVID-19. What Happened: On Monday, Biden signed the “COVID-19 Origin Act of 2023,” according to a statement issued by the White House. “We need to get to the bottom of COVID-19...

A Benzinga survey shows where U.S. TikTok users might shift their time and attention if the app, which is owned by Beijing-based ByteDance, is banned. Users were asked, “If TikTok is banned, which platform will you use more?” The results were: Instagram: 38.3% Twitter: 26.3%...

Agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigations and Justice Department prosecutors sparred with each other over recovering documents from Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence in Florida. What Happened: Prosecutors wanted the FBI to conduct a surprise raid at the Palm Beach property but the two...

Over the years, scams in the world of cryptocurrency have increased. One of the tactics used is to hack a high-profile person’s Twitter account and post a phishing link that can drain people’s crypto wallets and take valuable NFTs. One scammer was recently caught by the FBI, resulting...

The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation has reportedly not found classified documents after it searched President Joe Biden’s vacation home in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware. What Happened: The federal agency did, however, remove material, including handwritten notes dating back to his time as the...

The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation searched a think tank linked to President Joe Biden after classified documents were found at his private office at the organization in mid-November by his aides. What Happened: The FBI search of the Penn Biden Center for Diplomacy and Global Engagement was...

The Federal Bureau of Investigation, or FBI, secretly hacked a prolific ransomware gang called Hive to stop them from extorting more than $130 million.  What Happened: An international operation involving authorities from 13 countries, including the U.S., Europe, Germany and the Netherlands,...