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Secret Service shoots person near the White House, bystander also shot

Secret Service shoots person near the White House, bystander also shot

Published by Sam Flores

Construction cranes and an American flag outside of the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Thursday, April 16, 2026. Graeme Sloan | Bloomberg | Getty Images A person who approached a White House security checkpoint and began firing at officers has died, according to federal officials. The U.S. Secret Service said in a statement late Saturday that, according to a preliminary investigation, the person approached a checkpoint shortly after 6 p.m. ET, “removed a weapon from his bag and began firing at posted officers.” Officers returned fire and hit the suspect, who was transported to an area hospital, where he later died, according to the Secret Service. A bystander was struck, but a law enforcement official said it wasn’t clear whether that person was struck by the suspect’s initial bullets or those fired subsequently by officers. Secret Service said none of its officers were injured, and that President Donald Trump — who was at the White House at the time — was not “impacted.” Evidence of the shooting was visible on a sidewalk just …

Kash Patel’s clothing brand website shut down after reports it was hacked

Kash Patel’s clothing brand website shut down after reports it was hacked

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The merchandise website of FBI director Kash Patel was taken offline on Friday after reports that it had been hijacked by hackers trying to infect visitors with malware, as first reported by Straight Arrow News. As of this writing, the website of Based Apparel is offline. On Thursday, an X user who goes by Debbie posted that the brand’s website apparently had malware on it, in particular an infostealer, a type of malicious software designed to infect victims and steal their credentials and passwords. A security researcher later analyzed the malware.  Brand Apparel could not be reached for comment. TechCrunch emailed a Gmail address previously associated with Patel, but we have not received an answer.   This was not a good week for security for MAGA-associated business ventures.  On Friday, President Trump’s cell phone provider and maker of Trump Mobile confirmed that the company left customers’ personal information exposed online, including names, email addresses, mailing addresses, cell numbers, and order identifiers. The confirmation came days after a researcher alerted two YouTubers who had purchased Trump Mobile’s …

Kash Patel appeals dismissal of Figliuzzi defamation suit

Kash Patel appeals dismissal of Figliuzzi defamation suit

Published by Sam Flores

FBI Director Kash Patel testifies before a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., March 18, 2026. Kevin Lamarque | Reuters FBI Director Kash Patel on Thursday filed an appeal of the recent dismissal of his defamation lawsuit against former FBI official Frank Figliuzzi. Patel had sued Figliuzzi in Houston federal court, alleging that the former FBI counterintelligence assistant director defamed him in a May 2, 2025, interview on MS NOW’s “Morning Joe” by saying Patel had “been visible at nightclubs far more than he has been on the seventh floor of” FBI headquarters. U.S. District Court Judge George Hanks Jr., in his April 21 decision dismissing Patel’s lawsuit, said that Figliuzzi’s statement was “rhetorical hyperbole that cannot constitute defamation.” “Accordingly, Dir. Patel has failed to state a claim against Figliuzzi, and his lawsuit must be dismissed,” Hanks wrote. Hanks dismissed Patel’s suit a day after the FBI director filed an unrelated $250 million defamation lawsuit in D.C. federal court against The Atlantic magazine. The suit relates to an Atlantic article …

Kash Patel’s girlfriend lashes out at ‘sick’ report suggesting she was holding another person’s hand after shots rang out at correspondents’ dinner

Kash Patel’s girlfriend lashes out at ‘sick’ report suggesting she was holding another person’s hand after shots rang out at correspondents’ dinner

Published by Sam Flores

FBI Director Kash Patel’s girlfriend has lashed out at a report suggesting she held another man’s hand after the shooting at the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner. The New York Times published, but later edited, a report suggesting musician Alexis Wilkins was spotted holding hands with someone who wasn’t Patel inside a private holding room after shots rang out at the event, according to the Daily Mail. “I was only ever holding Kash’s hand; anything to suggest otherwise is false. It is sick for the New York Times to have used this time after a perceived active shooting as a political tool. They will stop at nothing to push a narrative out that’s damaging to people they’ve determined they dislike,” Wilkins told the Daily Mail. When reached for comment, a NYT spokesperson told The Independent: “A Times journalist on the scene of the Correspondents’ Dinner accurately reported during the breaking news events of the evening, including Ms. Wilkins’ sheltering in a room while holding a security officer’s hand.” “This reporting was published in a live …

James Comey faces Trump threat seashells indictment

James Comey faces Trump threat seashells indictment

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FILE PHOTO: Former FBI Director James Comey testified in front of the Senate Intelligence Committee in the Senate Hart building on Capitol Hill, on Thursday, June 8, 2017. Cheriss May | Nurphoto | Getty Images Former FBI Director James Comey appeared in Alexandria, Virginia, federal court on Wednesday, a day after a two-count indictment charged him with threatening to kill President Donald Trump last May by posting on Instagram a photo of seashells arranged to form the message “86 47” on a North Carolina beach. Comey’s lawyer, Patrick Fitzgerald, told Magistrate Judge William Fitzpatrick that he intends to file a motion to dismiss the case on the grounds of vindictive prosecution. Fitzgerald had filed such a motion when Comey was indicted in another federal criminal case last fall, which was later tossed out on other grounds. Fitzgerald, a former top federal prosecutor, asked the judge about preserving inflammatory statements about Comey that have been made by both Trump and the Department of Justice. The judge, Fitzpatrick, pointedly referenced the prior case when he said Comey …

Trump reclassifies state-licensed medical marijuana in historic shift

Trump reclassifies state-licensed medical marijuana in historic shift

Published by Daniella Wilson

Get the Well Enough newsletter with Harry Bullmore for tips on living a healthier, happier and longer life Get the Well Enough email with Harry Bullmore Get the Well Enough email with Harry Bullmore President Donald Trump’s acting attorney general has signed an order reclassifying state-licensed medical marijuana as a less-dangerous drug in a major policy shift. Advocates have long argued that cannabis should never have been treated like heroin by the federal government. The order, signed by Todd Blanche, does not legalize marijuana for medical or recreational use under U.S. law but it does change the way it’s regulated. It shifts licensed medical marijuana from Schedule I — reserved for drugs without medical use and with high potential for abuse — to the less strictly regulated Schedule III. It also gives licensed medical marijuana operators a major tax break and eases some barriers to researching cannabis. Trump told his administration in December to work as quickly as possible to reclassify marijuana. On Saturday, as the Republican president signed an unrelated executive order about psychedelics, …

Kash Patel defamation lawsuit against Figliuzzi dismissed

Kash Patel defamation lawsuit against Figliuzzi dismissed

Published by Sam Flores

Kash Patel, director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), during a House Intelligence Committee hearing on worldwide threats in Washington, DC, US, on Thursday, March 19, 2026. Daniel Heuer | Bloomberg | Getty Images A Houston federal court judge on Tuesday dismissed a lawsuit by FBI Director Kash Patel alleging that former FBI official Frank Figliuzzi defamed him by saying Patel last year had “been visible at nightclubs far more than he has been on the seventh floor of” the bureau’s headquarters in Washington, D.C. “The Court finds that Figliuzzi’s statement is rhetorical hyperbole that cannot constitute defamation,” U.S. District Court Judge George Hanks Jr. wrote in his decision. “Accordingly, Dir. Patel has failed to state a claim against Figliuzzi, and his lawsuit must be dismissed.” The dismissal came a day after Patel filed an unrelated $250 million defamation lawsuit in D.C. federal court against The Atlantic magazine over a new article that alleged he has abused alcohol. While ruling on the key question of defamation in Figliuzzi’s favor, the judge denied his request …

DOJ charges Southern Poverty Law Center with fraud

DOJ charges Southern Poverty Law Center with fraud

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Acting U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche speaks during a press conference with FBI Director Kash Patel next to him, at the Department of Justice in Washington, April 21, 2026. Mandel Ngan | AFP | Getty Images The Department of Justice on Tuesday announced a bombshell 11-count fraud indictment accusing the Southern Poverty Law Center of secretly funding leaders and organizers of white supremacist, racist and other hate groups that the civil rights group claimed to be battling. “The SPLC’s paid informants (‘field sources’) engaged in the active promotion of racist groups at the same time time that the SPLC was denouncing the same groups on its website,” alleges the indictment returned by a grand jury in the U.S. District Court in Montgomery, Alabama, on Tuesday. The SPLC, which is a nonprofit civil rights group, is charged with six counts of wire fraud, four counts of bank fraud and one count of money laundering. Between 2014 and 2023, the SPLC paid at least $3 million to eight individuals, some of whom were associated with the Ku …

Kash Patel sues The Atlantic for 0 million over alcohol abuse claims

Kash Patel sues The Atlantic for $250 million over alcohol abuse claims

Published by Sam Flores

FBI Director Kash Patel testifies before a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on oversight of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., September 16, 2025. Jonathan Ernst | Reuters FBI Director Kash Patel on Monday filed a lawsuit seeking $250 million in damages from The Atlantic magazine, claiming defamation in an article that alleges he abuses alcohol. Patel, over the weekend, had vowed to sue The Atlantic for the article published Friday, which carried the headline “Kash Patel’s Erratic Behavior Could Cost Him His Job.” “The FBI director has alarmed colleagues with episodes of excessive drinking and unexplained absences,” the article’s subhead says. Patel’s 19-page suit was filed in U.S. District Court in Washington. The civil complaint also names the article’s author, Sarah Fitzpatrick, as a defendant. Patel’s suit said it seeks to hold the defendants “accountable for a sweeping, malicious, and defamatory hit piece.” Read more CNBC politics coverage “Defendants are of course free to criticize the leadership of the FBI, but they crossed the legal line by publishing an …

Up to the job? FBI chief Kash Patel’s ‘questionable’ conduct – Spotlight

Up to the job? FBI chief Kash Patel’s ‘questionable’ conduct – Spotlight

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A detailed report by The Atlantic’s Sarah Fitzpatrick raises many questions over the alleged excessive drinking and erratic behaviour of FBI Director Kash Patel. Patel has described the allegations as “fake news” and is threatening to take legal action against the publications. FRANCE 24’s Gavin Lee speaks to Sarah Fitzpatrick in this edition of Spotlight. A few weeks ago, FBI head Kash Patel was targeted by an apparent Iranian group of hackers that managed to get into his emails and published a series of unfortunate photographs. Fast forward to this week: allegations of excessive drinking, unexplained absences and paranoid behaviour on the part of Patel are being made in a detailed report, published in the renowned Atlantic magazine. He has denied the claims as fake news. The journalist behind the report, Sarah Fitzpatrick, spoke to a number of FBI officials who questioned Patel’s fitness for office. Source link