Del Quentin Wilber

FILE - President Ronald Reagan waves and then looks up before being shoved into the President's limousine by secret service agents after being shot outside a Washington hotel, March 30, 1981. The assassination attempt of former President Donald Trump has parallels to the last time a president or presidential candidate was wounded — in 1981 when Ronald Reagan was nearly killed by an assailant's bullet. Reagan's life was spared thanks to the quick actions of a Secret Service agent and the skill of doctors and nurses at a Washington, D.C., hospital. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds, File)

Reagan survived an assassination attempt and his response changed the trajectory of his presidency

July 14, 2024 at 10:10 a.m.

President Ronald Reagan was leaving the Washington Hilton hotel after giving a speech to a union group when John W. Hinckley Jr. opened fire from his .22-caliber revolver.

Sen. Richard Burr, R-N.C., listens to testimony before the Senate Committee for Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions hearing, Tuesday, May 12, 2020 on Capitol Hill in Washington.

FBI serves warrant on Sen. Richard Burr in investigation of stocks trades linked to coronavirus

May 14, 2020 at 1:32 p.m.

Federal agents seized a cellphone belonging to a prominent Republican senator on Wednesday night as part of the Justice Department's investigation into controversial stock trades he made as the novel...

Personnel remove the bodies of two gunmen, Elton Simpson and Nadir Soofi, after police shot and killed the men whenthey opened fire on a security guardoutside a "Draw Muhammad" cartoon contest in Garland, Texas, on May, 4, 2015.

Islamic State cyber recruiter inspired scores of would-be U.S. terrorists, FBI says

August 22, 2019 at 3:57 a.m.

Born and raised in Britain, Junaid Hussain was an accomplished computer hacker, winning notoriety for posting former Prime Minister Tony Blair's personal information online and for blocking a police anti-terrorism...

Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Burbank) has said it was "more than possible" that a Trump advisor and others colluded with Moscow during the 2016 campaign.

Lots of smoke but no fire yet in U.S.-Russia investigation

August 22, 2019 at 3:40 a.m.

Roger Stone, a pugilistic Republican political operative who cut his teeth under President Nixon, didn't attend Monday's dramatic congressional hearing into Russia's interference in the 2016 presidential race, but he...

Justice Department charges Russian spies, hackers in massive Yahoo breach

August 22, 2019 at 3:35 a.m.

The Russian spies wanted secrets; the hacker was motivated by money. Together, they orchestrated one of the largest thefts of consumer data in history: pilfering detailed user information from more...

This file photo taken on August 13, 2008 shows the seal of the Central Intelligence Agency in the lobby of CIA Headquarters in Langley, Virginia.

FBI joins CIA in hunt for leaker of sensitive data to WikiLeaks

August 22, 2019 at 3:29 a.m.

The FBI has launched a criminal investigation into the security breach that resulted in the publication of detailed records concerning the CIA's super-secretive computer hacking operations, according to a U.S....

U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions delivers remarks at the Justice Department's 2017 African American History Month observation Feb. 28, 2017.

Concerns mount over Chicago cop reform as Sessions vows to ‘pull back’

May 15, 2019 at 9:09 p.m.

Attorney General Jeff Sessions has sent the clearest signal yet that the Trump administration may not keep pressing reforms to policing in Chicago, sowing uncertainty as to how much change...

Dan Coats is President Trump's nominee to lead the Office of the Director of National Intelligence.

Dan Coats faces Senate confirmation hearing to be top U.S. intelligence official

August 22, 2019 at 3:22 a.m.

Dan Coats will be at the epicenter Tuesday of the bitter squabble between President Trump and the U.S. intelligence community, which the former senator from Indiana will lead if he...

Sen. Jeff Sessions, President Trump's pick for attorney general, at his confirmation hearing in January.

As attorney general, Jeff Sessions will take center stage in nation’s most acute controversies

August 22, 2019 at 3:04 a.m.

After enduring an unusually bitter confirmation battle for a sitting U.S. senator, Jeff Sessions will barely have time to settle into his fifth-floor office at the Justice Department before he...

Travel order, firing of acting Atty. Gen. Sally Yates roils Justice Department

August 22, 2019 at 2:58 a.m.

President Trump's decision late Monday to fire acting Atty. Gen. Sally Yates over her decision to not defend his immigration order has split the Justice Department, with some lawyers hailing...

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