Homeland Security News
Trump indicted again in federal election interference case following Supreme Court immunity ruling
Former President Donald Trump has once again been indicted over his efforts to overturn his 2020 presidential election loss, an effort that culminated in the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. A federal grand jury on Tuesday returned a superseding indictment that charges Trump with the same four counts he faced in the original…
Read MoreFirst rioter to enter Capitol during Jan. 6 attack is sentenced to over 4 years in prison
A Kentucky man who was the first rioter to enter the U.S. Capitol during a mob’s attack on the building was sentenced on Tuesday to more than four years in prison. A police officer who tried to subdue Michael Sparks with pepper spray described him as a catalyst for the Jan. 6 insurrection. The Senate…
Read MoreBethesda-Chevy Chase student charged with false threat that drew SWAT response
A 15-year-old student at Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School — working in concert with a 12-year-old in Pennsylvania whom he met online — was accused Monday of making bomb threats that sent the school into lockdown and drew in a SWAT team several months ago, according to Montgomery County Police officials. The older teen, according to…
Read MoreAlabama Man Pleads Guilty to Detonating an Explosive Device Outside of the Alabama Attorney General’s Office
Kyle Benjamin Douglas Calvert, 26, of Irondale, Alabama, pleaded guilty in federal court to the malicious use of an explosive device. “This defendant built a bomb using nails and screws as shrapnel and detonated it outside the Alabama Attorney General’s Office, endangering a public institution and members of the community,” said Attorney General Merrick B.…
Read MoreHaqqani Network Poses a Low Threat to the United States
The Haqqani Network under its founder Jalaluddin Haqqani was historically unconcerned with global jihadism, confining its operations to Afghanistan. Now under Sirajuddin Haqqani, the Network has well-established globalized organizational and operational ties. Notwithstanding its multiple external capabilities, the Haqqani Network lacks the motivation to attack the US, its DIME interests, and its allies as it…
Read MoreRussia fires huge missile, drone salvo at Ukraine’s power grid
Russia launched about 200 missiles and drones at Ukraine on Monday, killing five people and striking energy facilities nationwide, Kyiv said, while neighbouring NATO member Poland reported a drone had probably entered its airspace. Power cuts and water supply outages were reported in many areas, including parts of Kyiv, as officials said the attack –…
Read MoreAt least 22 killed after having IDs checked in Pakistan
Gunmen have killed at least 22 people in south-west Pakistan after forcing them out of their vehicles and checking their identity, officials say. The attack happened overnight on a highway in Balochistan province, where security forces are battling sectarian, ethnic and separatist violence. The armed men checked identity documents, reportedly singling out those from Punjab…
Read MoreSikh separatist leader attacked by gunfire on California interstate
Gunmen fired at a truck transporting a Sikh political leader near Sacramento. The incident is one of several targeting Sikh separatists in North America in recent months. Satinder Pal Singh Raju, an organizer in the Khalistan movement, which calls for Sikhs to have a country of their own in the Punjab region of India, survived…
Read MoreFrench authorities arrest suspect behind explosion at a synagogue that has injured a police officer
French police apprehended and detained the suspect behind the arson attack on a synagogue in a southwestern Mediterranean town that injured a police officer, the country’s acting interior minister said early Sunday. Two cars parked at the Beth Yaacov synagogue complex in the seaside resort town of La Grande Motte near Montpellier were set ablaze…
Read MoreIsrael and Hezbollah trade heavy fire before pulling back, jolting a region braced for war
Israel launched a wave of airstrikes across southern Lebanon early Sunday in what it called a preemptive strike to avert a large Hezbollah rocket and missile attack. The militant group said it fired hundreds of rockets and drones to avenge the killing of a top commander last month. Both sides halted the heavy exchange of…
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