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14 stories from Planck Standard. Latest: August 29, 2026.
The bureau changed its background-check standards in June without announcement. It lost 1,139 special agents in 2025, and Director Kash Patel has said the old rules were costing him qualified recruits.
A DEA agent serving a drug warrant at a hotel fatally shot a man on Wednesday, the second deadly shooting by the federal crime unit in less than a week and the fourth death tied to it since September.
A coordinated global operation successfully shut down one of the largest criminal botnets ever discovered, freeing millions of infected computers and mobile devices from cybercriminal control.
A coordinated global operation successfully shut down one of the largest known botnets, freeing millions of infected computers and mobile devices from criminal control.
The massive cybercriminal network represents one of the largest botnet takedowns in recent years, affecting millions of infected devices worldwide.
Federal authorities are monitoring rising hostility toward artificial intelligence and technology companies as public anxiety about AI's impact intensifies.
Federal court awards substantial damages in First Amendment case involving month-long imprisonment for protected political speech.
New federal strategy instructs prosecutors to build drug cases against Mexican officials using terrorism statutes.
Justices grapple with constitutional limits on geofence searches that sweep up location data from cellphones near crime scenes.
Tech giant ends controversial practice of maintaining notification data that law enforcement could access to spy on encrypted messaging app conversations.
The lawsuit challenges a magazine report alleging excessive drinking and frequent absences from bureau duties during his tenure as director.
Presidential demands for revenge have become so extreme that even the most obsequious appointees have struggled to meet expectations.
Urgent instructions to gather and relay files on Representative Eric Swalwell have alarmed career law enforcement officials.
Career law enforcement officials express alarm over urgent instructions to collect and relay investigative files on the California congressman.