S12 E03: The FBI, Ukraine & Tipping: 3/2/25: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver submitted by /u/AdmiralSaturyn

F.B.I. Returns Materials Taken From Mar-a-Lago to Trump Among the items taken from the president’s Florida residence were files that investigators said contained classified material and formed the central evidence in one of the criminal cases against him.

Senate Confirms Patel as Next F.B.I. Director The vote puts Kash Patel in charge of the country’s premier law enforcement agency.

Kash Patel Passes Senate Panel Vote Amid FBI Turmoil The vote moved Mr. Patel, a Trump loyalist, one step closer to leading the nation’s premier law enforcement agency.

Trump Officials Fire Jan. 6 Prosecutors and Plan Possible F.B.I. Purge The prosecutor firings and a move to scrutinize thousands of F.B.I. agents were a powerful indication that the president has few qualms deploying federal law enforcement to punish perceived enemies.

Trump Administration Shakes Up Senior F.B.I. Ranks Top officials have been told to retire or be fired in the coming days, fueling fear within the agency that has been the target of President Trump and Kash Patel, his nominee to be F.B.I. director.

Kash Patel, Trump’s FBI Pick, Works to Persuade Senators in Confirmation Hearing Testifying in a confirmation hearing, Kash Patel, who is nominated to lead the F.B.I., also sought to allay fears about his fitness to serve.

Kash Patel, Trump’s FBI Pick, Sees Good in QAnon and Evil in the Bureau Kash Patel’s public praise of the QAnon conspiracy theory suggests he sees its adherents more as an audience to be courted rather than an ideology to follow.

FBI hacked thousands of computers to make malware uninstall itself Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The VergeThe FBI hacked about 4,200 computers across the US as part of an operation to find and delete PlugX, a malware used by state-backed hackers in China to steal information from victims, the Department of Justice announced on Tuesday. In an unsealed affidavit, the FBI says the China-based hacking group kno…

The Mathematician So Strange the FBI Thought He Was a Spy submitted by /u/World-Tight

FBI warns about targeted burglaries of athletes The FBI has issued a formal warning to sports leagues about organized crime organizations from South America targeting the homes of professional athletes.

Your Texts May Not Be Secure, According to the FBI Stop texting with SMS.

Joanne Pierce Misko, Ex-Nun Who Made F.B.I. History, Dies at 83 She and Susan Malone were sworn in together in 1972 as the first female agents, only months after the bureau opened the door to women.

F.B.I. Passed Tip About Mangione to New York Police After C.E.O. Killing It was unclear when the information arrived, or whether it would have helped speed an arrest in the death of Brian Thompson, the chief executive of UnitedHealthcare.

Why Christopher Wray’s Resignation May Signal a Shift in FBI Tradition Mr. Wray’s voluntary departure could usher in a new era at the nation’s premier law enforcement agency, one in which the job of director changes with the administration.

Patel’s Warm Senate Welcome Reflects the G.O.P.’s Turn Against the F.B.I. Senate Republicans have largely embraced President-elect Donald J. Trump’s pick to run the bureau, demonstrating that his anti-F.B.I. stance is now party orthodoxy.

F.B.I. Chief to Step Out of ‘the Fray,’ and Housing’s Terrible Year Plus, a labor fight that could upend reality TV.

Christopher Wray Says He’ll Step Down as F.B.I. Director President-elect Donald J. Trump had already signaled his intention to replace Mr. Wray with a longtime loyalist, Kash Patel.

The F.B.I. Director Said He Would Resign Also, A.D.H.D. diagnoses are surging among older Americans. Here’s the latest at the end of Wednesday.

What Did Kash Patel, Trump’s F.B.I. Pick, Do at Truth Social? Mr. Patel was directly involved in building a case that two co-founders of Trump Media & Technology mismanaged the debut of Truth Social in 2022. He was paid about $130,000 as a consultant.