Pentagon signs AI deals with Nvidia, Microsoft, Amazon Web Services, and Reflection AI for classified military networks.
House passes 45-day FISA Section 702 extension after Senate rejected three-year renewal, with Wyden securing 15-day declassification deal on secret surveillance court opinion.
Treasury official who raised privacy objections to surveillance of Minneapolis Somali community payments expected to be nominated US representative to OECD.
Justice Department charges Fort Bragg special forces master sergeant in first U.S. prediction market insider trading case after $400,000 Polymarket profit on Maduro capture.
Justice Department agrees to pay Carter Page $1.25 million to settle 2016 surveillance lawsuit, a month after paying Flynn over $1 million.
DOJ withdraws grand jury subpoenas in Brennan probe hours after installing Trump loyalist Joe diGenova, who called Brennan a conspiracy “head” on TV.
OMB contradicts its own federal CIO, denies any policy process to grant agencies access to Anthropic’s Mythos.
DOJ installs Trump loyalist Joe diGenova to run Florida “grand conspiracy” probe targeting intelligence officials and prosecutors.
Senate clears FISA extension through April 30 after 20 House Republicans block Johnson’s longer surveillance renewal including warrant reforms.
Anthropic CEO meets White House chief of staff Wiles as OMB moves to give federal agencies access to Mythos, routing around Pentagon blacklist.
Justice Department removes career prosecutor leading Brennan probe after she resisted pressure to quickly charge former CIA director and Trump critic.
White House app shares user data with third parties including a Russia-founded company while its privacy disclosure claims it collects nothing.
FBI labels breach of its surveillance system a “major incident” after China-linked hackers accessed phone monitoring data and investigation subjects’ personal information.
Iranian drone strike on U.S. Embassy in Riyadh caused far more damage than disclosed, hitting the CIA station and burning for half a day.
California Rep. Swalwell’s lawyers send cease and desist to FBI Director Patel, demanding he stop releasing files from a closed probe that produced no charges.
FBI Director Patel pushes to release investigative files on Rep. Swalwell from a closed probe that produced no charges, as Swalwell leads California governor’s race.
Iran-linked hackers breach FBI Director Patel’s personal email weeks after he vowed to “hunt” the group and offered $10 million for information on its members.
Newly released prosecution memo reveals Trump showed a classified map to passengers on his private plane in 2022 and retained a record restricted to six senior officials.
Trump posts “good, I’m glad he’s dead” after former FBI director and special counsel Robert Mueller dies at 81.
Pentagon will adopt Palantir’s AI targeting system as an official program of record, locking in long-term military funding for the weapons platform used in the Iran war.
DOJ subpoenas former FBI Director Comey in a new probe of Obama officials over Russia, months after a judge threw out the administration’s first case against him.
FBI Director Patel confirms the agency is buying commercially available data that can track people’s movements, the first acknowledgment since the bureau said it stopped the practice in 2023.
DNI Gabbard tells senators only Trump can determine whether Iran was an “imminent” threat, one day after her own NCTC director resigned saying it was not.
Trump’s counterterrorism director resigns over Iran war, calling it a conflict “started due to pressure from Israel and its powerful American lobby.”
Dan Caldwell, fired by Hegseth over alleged Pentagon leaks and later cleared, hired by intelligence office led by Tulsi Gabbard.
FBI searches of Americans’ data under Section 702 surveillance rose 35% in 2025 as the administration pushes Congress for a clean renewal before the law expires in April.
FBI warns Iran “aspired” to launch drone attacks from a vessel off the California coast, based on intelligence gathered before the war began.
Pentagon investigation finds U.S. strike likely killed 168 children at Iranian school because military used outdated intelligence that misidentified it as part of a military base.
Senate confirms Gen. Joshua Rudd to lead NSA and Cyber Command 71-29, ending an 11-month vacancy created when Laura Loomer pushed to fire his predecessor.
Russia shares satellite intelligence on U.S. warships, bases, and aircraft with Iran in what sources call “a pretty comprehensive effort.”
FBI Director Patel fired a dozen counterintelligence staffers with Iran expertise days before strikes began, retaliating for their work on the Mar-a-Lago investigation.
Sen. Wyden places hold on Trump’s nominee to lead NSA and Cyber Command, saying the career special operations officer has no cybersecurity or signals intelligence background.
FBI Director Patel fires at least 10 agents who worked on the Trump classified documents investigation, days after learning the bureau had obtained his own phone records during the probe.
CIA Director Ratcliffe retracts 19 intelligence reports after a review by Trump’s Intelligence Advisory Board flagged them for political bias, spanning three administrations.
Trump orders Defense Department to release government files on “alien and extraterrestrial life” after accusing Obama of leaking classified information for saying aliens are statistically likely to exist.
Justice Department expands Florida investigation into officials who documented Russian 2016 election interference, issuing new subpoenas seeking records beyond the original intelligence assessment.
Pentagon threatens to sever its $200M relationship with Anthropic after the AI firm refuses to lift restrictions on mass surveillance and fully autonomous weapons.
Norwegian government scientist built a secret microwave pulse weapon, tested it on himself, and developed Havana syndrome symptoms, prompting Pentagon and White House visits in 2024.
FBI used warrantless “assessment” authority to gather intelligence on over 1,000 journalists, religious organizations, and politicians between 2018 and 2024, watchdog report finds.
Intelligence chief Tulsi Gabbard blocked a whistleblower complaint from Congress for eight months that centered on an intercepted conversation referencing Jared Kushner and Iran.
Trump directs U.S. spy agencies to share classified intelligence with a campaign lawyer investigating whether the 2020 election was stolen, who calls the president whenever he is rebuffed.
Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard’s office told a whistleblower’s attorney he has no legal right to brief Congress about a classified complaint.
FBI invited state election officials to a February call about 2026 midterm preparations, prompting Colorado’s secretary of state to say she is “deeply skeptical” after Trump’s push to nationalize elections.
FBI unable to access Washington Post reporter’s iPhone protected by Apple Lockdown Mode, but agents forced her to unlock laptop with fingerprint.
CIA ends publication of World Factbook after 64 years, offering no explanation for shuttering the reference tool used by millions.
Gabbard has withheld a classified whistleblower complaint about her conduct from Congress for eight months, attorney says, despite federal law requiring its referral.
Intelligence director Gabbard says Trump personally requested she attend FBI search of Georgia election center, then facilitated a call between Trump and agents.
Trump’s acting cyber chief uploaded sensitive government files into public ChatGPT, triggering internal security warnings and a DHS damage assessment.
China accuses ousted military vice chairman Zhang Youxia, a childhood friend of Xi Jinping, of sharing nuclear weapons secrets with the United States and accepting bribes.
FBI asks agents nationwide to volunteer for temporary duty in Minneapolis, with messages that did not specify the assignment or reference ongoing protests.
