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FBI official: Russia wants to see us ‘tear ourselves apart’

By ERIC TUCKER | February 24, 2020

WASHINGTON (AP) — Russia wants to watch Americans “tear ourselves apart" as the United States heads toward elections, an FBI official warned Monday.David Porter, an assistant section chief with the FBI's Foreign Influence Task Force, accused Russia...

Impeachment fades for Slotkin as Democrats try to pivot away

By LAURIE KELLMAN | February 24, 2020

EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) — A man held up a hostile poster a few rows behind Michigan Rep. Elissa Slotkin as she spoke. On other side of the room, allies hoisted a Slotkin-friendly banner. But what was perhaps most striking at Slotkin's first town hall...

2016 again? Russia back to stirring chaos in U.S. election

By AAMER MADHANI, DEB RIECHMANN, and MARY CLARE JALONICK | February 21, 2020

WASHINGTON (AP) — Just weeks into this year's election cycle, Russia already is actively interfering in the U.S. presidential campaign in hopes of reelecting President Donald Trump, and is also trying to help the candidacy of Sen. Bernie Sanders on...

Intel officials say Russia boosting Trump candidacy

By MARY CLARE JALONICK and MICHAEL BALSAMO | February 21, 2020

WASHINGTON (AP) — Intelligence officials have warned lawmakers that Russia is interfering in the 2020 election campaign to help President Donald Trump get reelected, according to three officials familiar with the closed-door briefing.Trump pushed back...

Mexico scientist accused as Russian spy held without bail

By CURT ANDERSON | February 21, 2020

MIAMI (AP) — A Mexican scientist accused of spying for Russia in Miami will be detained without bail for now, a federal judge decided Friday.The temporary public defender for 35-year-old Hector Cabrera Fuentes said he agreed to remain in jail while...

Trump looks for permanent national intelligence director

By BEN FOX | February 21, 2020

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. Ambassador to Germany Richard Grenell is the new acting national intelligence director, but he's expected to be a short-timer overseeing the nation's 17 spy agencies.President Donald Trump named Grenell the acting director, but...

How Trump’s new intel chief stacks up against predecessors

By The Associated Press | February 20, 2020

President Donald Trump's new acting director of national intelligence is facing criticism that he doesn't have the right experience for the job. Richard Grenell is the American ambassador to Germany and he's served as a spokesman in various roles in government....

Putin hails US for helping prevent terror attack in Russia

February 20, 2020

Russia's President Vladimir Putin on Thursday hailed the FBI for sharing information that helped thwart a terror attack by adherents of the Islamic State group in St. Petersburg during the New Year holidays.Speaking at a meeting with senior officials...

Trump taps loyalist Grenell as nation’s top intel official

By ZEKE MILLER and MATTHEW LEE | February 20, 2020

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump announced that Richard Grenell, the U.S. ambassador to Germany, will become acting director of national intelligence, a move that puts a staunch Trump ally in charge of the nation's 17 spy agencies, which the...

Trump doesn’t heed Barr’s request to cool tweeting on DOJ

By MICHAEL BALSAMO, COLLEEN LONG, and ZEKE MILLER | February 15, 2020

WASHINGTON (AP) — Unbowed by a public rebuke from his attorney general, President Donald Trump says he has the "legal right" to intervene in criminal cases and sidestep the Justice Department's historic independence. At the same time, it was revealed...

Switzerland investigating alleged CIA, German front company

By FRANK JORDANS and JAMEY KEATEN | February 11, 2020

GENEVA (AP) — Swiss authorities said Tuesday they have opened an investigation into allegations a Zug, Switzerland-based maker of encryption devices was a front operated by the CIA and West German intelligence that enabled them to break the codes of...

White supremacist pleads guilty in Las Vegas bomb plot case

By KEN RITTER | February 10, 2020

LAS VEGAS (AP) — A self-described white supremacist pleaded guilty Monday in Las Vegas to collecting materials and planning to bomb a synagogue or office of the Anti-Defamation League, or shoot people at a fast food restaurant or a bar catering to LGBTQ...