https://www.scmp.com/rss/522904/feed The latest news and top stories on Dan Bongino. He recently became the Deputy Director of the FBI in March 2025. Previously, he served as a New York City Police Department officer and a US Secret Service agent, including on the Presidential Protective Division for Presidents Bush and Obama. He transitioned to media, hosting popular radio and television shows, and authored several best-selling books. A staunch conservative, he is known for his outspoken political commentary and support for Donald... en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Khushboo Razdan Khushboo Razdan US President Donald Trump’s Justice Department on Friday released only a partial set of documents related to its investigation into convicted sex offender and financier Jeffrey Epstein, an issue that has sparked the first major split between Trump’s Make America Great Again support base since he returned to office. The department was compelled by Congress to make the documents public after lawmakers passed the Epstein Files Transparency Act on November 19, a measure that required the disclosure... https://www.scmp.com/news/us/politics/article/3337136/trump-justice-department-release-partial-set-epstein-files-now?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/us/politics/article/3337136/trump-justice-department-release-partial-set-epstein-files-now?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 19 Dec 2025 16:11:49 +0000 Reuters Reuters FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino will step down from his post next month, he said on Wednesday, ending a short and at times tumultuous tenure as the bureau’s second highest-ranking official. Bongino announced the move on social media hours after President Donald Trump said he thought Bongino wanted to “go back to his show”. He hosted a prominent right-wing podcast prior to joining the FBI. “Dan did a great job. I think he wants to go back to his show,” Trump told reporters. Bongino, a former New... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3336836/fbis-bongino-quitting-trump-says-he-wants-go-back-his-show?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3336836/fbis-bongino-quitting-trump-says-he-wants-go-back-his-show?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 17 Dec 2025 22:14:38 +0000 Reuters Reuters The FBI arrested a 30-year-old Virginia man and charged him on Thursday with planting a pair of pipe bombs in Washington the night before the January 6, 2021, assault on the US Capitol by supporters of President Donald Trump, capping a years-long investigation that gave rise to numerous conspiracy theories. The suspect, Brian Cole Jnr, of Woodbridge, was charged with use of an explosive device and attempted malicious destruction by means of explosive materials, Attorney General Pam Bondi and... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3335250/fbi-arrests-suspect-2021-capitol-riot-pipe-bomb-case-after-5-years?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3335250/fbi-arrests-suspect-2021-capitol-riot-pipe-bomb-case-after-5-years?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 04 Dec 2025 16:58:44 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press The FBI in 2023 analysed phone records of more than half a dozen Republican lawmakers as part of an investigation into efforts by US President Donald Trump to overturn the results of the 2020 election, according to information released on Monday by Republican senators. The records enabled investigators to see basic information about the date and time of the calls but not the content of the communications, the senators said. The data encompassed several days during the week of January 6, 2021,... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3328061/fbi-analysed-phone-records-senators-part-trump-january-6-probe-lawmakers-say?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3328061/fbi-analysed-phone-records-senators-part-trump-january-6-probe-lawmakers-say?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 06 Oct 2025 23:01:50 +0000 Reuters Reuters Kash Patel defended his tenure as FBI director before a US Senate panel on Tuesday, angrily pushing back on questions about his handling of the investigation into the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk and the firings of veteran officials. Patel’s appearance before the Senate Judiciary Committee came as critics, including some allies of US President Donald Trump, have questioned his leadership of the most prominent US law enforcement agency. Patel offered a broad defence of his... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3325779/trumps-fbi-chief-grilled-over-charlie-kirk-shooting-epstein-files?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3325779/trumps-fbi-chief-grilled-over-charlie-kirk-shooting-epstein-files?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 16 Sep 2025 17:44:48 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press A man carrying a rifle killed four people at a New York City office tower on Monday, including an off-duty New York City police officer, and wounded a fifth before taking his own life, officials said. The officer who was killed was Didarul Islam, 36, an immigrant from Bangladesh who had served as a police officer for 3½ years, New York Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch said at a news conference. “He was doing the job that we asked him to do. He put himself in harm’s way. He made the ultimate... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3319912/least-2-people-shot-manhattan-office-building-housing-financial-firms-and-nfl?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3319912/least-2-people-shot-manhattan-office-building-housing-financial-firms-and-nfl?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 29 Jul 2025 00:00:07 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press A man accused of entering a Walmart in Michigan and randomly stabbing 11 shoppers before being detained by several bystanders in the car park is expected to face terrorism and multiple assault charges, authorities said on Sunday. Grand Traverse County Sheriff Michael Shea said a motive behind the attack by Bradford Gille of Afton, Michigan, remains unclear. Gille, who Shea said had “prior assaultive incidents as well as controlled substance violations”, said very little as he was detained by... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3319721/least-11-knifed-random-us-walmart-attack-suspect-held?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3319721/least-11-knifed-random-us-walmart-attack-suspect-held?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 27 Jul 2025 01:11:06 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse The White House pulled out all the stops on Wednesday to promote claims that Barack Obama headed a “treasonous conspiracy” against Donald Trump, seeking to redirect public attention from the uproar over its handling of the Jeffrey Epstein affair. Trump’s intelligence chief Tulsi Gabbard told a White House press briefing there had been a “years-long coup” by Obama. The extraordinary narrative essentially rehashed Trump’s long-standing argument that investigations into Russia’s multilayered... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3319358/white-house-pushes-obama-coup-story-epstein-questions-mount?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3319358/white-house-pushes-obama-coup-story-epstein-questions-mount?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 24 Jul 2025 02:07:24 +0000 Bloomberg Bloomberg For US President Donald Trump, whose political career has benefited from voter anxiety over Washington elites, the health of his predecessor and the riches of Wall Street, the past week offered a reversal of fortune. Trump’s efforts to escape the uproar over Jeffrey Epstein failed spectacularly, after The Wall Street Journal published a story alleging he once sent a suggestive birthday letter to the disgraced financier – a claim the president denied. The White House was forced to make a rare... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3318899/trumps-week-wins-dented-epstein-storm-health-concerns?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3318899/trumps-week-wins-dented-epstein-storm-health-concerns?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 20 Jul 2025 08:55:59 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse Donald Trump said on Tuesday the US Justice Department should release all “credible” information from its probe into notorious sex criminal Jeffrey Epstein as he sought to douse a firestorm of criticism from his supporters over his handling of the case. The president was facing the most serious split of his political career from his famously loyal right-wing base over suspicions that his administration was covering up lurid details of Epstein’s crimes to protect rich and powerful figures they... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3318369/trump-addresses-growing-firestorm-over-handling-epstein-case?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3318369/trump-addresses-growing-firestorm-over-handling-epstein-case?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 16 Jul 2025 02:56:06 +0000