Yahoo Home Jana Winter is an investigative journalist based in Washington, D.C. She was a 2018-2019 Spotlight fellow at The Boston Globe, and prior to that, a contributing writer at Foreign Policy. She can be reached at: [email protected]
Yahoo NewsOhio law enforcement links Erin Brockovich to potential for 'special interest terrorism' threat in East Palestine
Ohio law enforcement issued a report late last month warning that events planned in East Palestine by environmental activist Erin Brockovich could prompt a terrorist threat from violent extremists, according to an intelligence bulletin obtained by Yahoo News.
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What to know about Biden’s controversial new rule for asylum seekers
The proposed regulation will impose new restrictions on who can seek asylum in the United States by penalizing migrants who cross the border without authorization or fail to apply for protections in another country if they pass through one en route.
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Exclusive: Ex-Russian military bomber engineer seeks asylum at U.S. border, offers military secrets
A Russian military bomber engineer drove up to the U.S. Southwest border in late December, asking for asylum and offering up some of Russia’s most closely guarded military secrets, according to an unclassified U.S. Customs and Border Protection report obtained by Yahoo News.
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Greene poses with white balloon ahead of State of the Union address, just as conspiracy websites requested
The Georgia congresswoman has extensive ties to fringe movements but has been pushed into a position of power with Republicans in control of the House.
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Online threats to State of the Union dwarfed by Chinese balloon jokes
In the days leading up to Tuesday’s State of the Union address, the FBI, Department of Homeland Security, Secret Service and Capitol Police released a national security assessment warning that the speech could be a target for “anti-government or anti-authority violent extremists.”
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Exclusive: Countries along migrant route to U.S. experiencing ‘enforcement fatigue,' DHS documents show
The increasing influx of migrants to the U.S. border with Mexico is causing “enforcement fatigue” in Central and South American transit countries, according to Department of Homeland Security and Customs and Border Patrol documents obtained by Yahoo News, and almost all won't be able to handle an expected surge should Title 42 restrictions be lifted in the coming months.
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Jan. 6 report sidesteps federal intelligence failures before deadly Capitol riot
While detailing multiple warnings of violence collected by U.S. law enforcement and intelligence officials about protests planned for Jan. 6, the House select committee’s report largely avoids critiquing how federal agencies handled the information or why they failed to share the full extent of the threats with U.S. Capitol Police officers.
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Exclusive: An intel analyst tried to prevent the Jan. 6 attack — but DHS failed to act
An intelligence analyst at the Department of Homeland Security flagged credible threats of plans to attack the U.S. Capitol in the weeks leading up to Jan. 6, 2021. But the agency produced no warnings, no bulletins and no alerts on threats it was seeing, documents obtained by Yahoo News show.
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FBI warned law enforcement about threats against LGBTQ community before Colorado shooting
Weeks before a gunman killed five people and wounded at least 17 others at the Club Q nightclub in Colorado Springs, Colo., the FBI had warned law enforcement nationwide about increased threats to the LGBTQ community, documents obtained by Yahoo News show.
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DHS monitored 'social media reactions' to Roe, collected legally protected speech, bulletin shows
This comes as the Department of Homeland Security is under intense scrutiny by Congress for its social media monitoring activities, including how it tracks and collects what it determines is misinformation or disinformation.
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Top U.S. officials urge patience as the country awaits election results
Senior federal election officials urged the American public to be patient and not view any potential delays as anything other than the normal election process as they sought to stem conspiracy theories and baseless allegations of fraud spreading online.
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Federal election officials say reported voting issues in Arizona won't disrupt election
Senior officials with the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency seemed to downplay reports of issues related to voting by reassuring reporters on Tuesday that the agency had seen nothing that could have any impact on disrupting election infrastructure.
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Exclusive: State Dept. gives law enforcement, intelligence agencies unrestricted access to Americans' personal data
The State Department is giving law enforcement and intelligence agencies unrestricted access to personal data from the passports of more than 145 million Americans without legal process or any apparent oversight, according to a letter sent from Sen. Ron Wyden to the State Department.
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Nancy Pelosi's husband 'violently assaulted' in their home by man with hammer
Paul Pelosi was attacked in their San Francisco home early Friday morning by an assailant who reportedly shouted “Where is Nancy?” during the attack.
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Exclusive: Head of Congressional Ethics Office charged with DUI after crashing into Pa. home
Omar Ashmawy has been charged with driving under the influence and other offenses in connection with the Sept. 10 crash, according to a copy of the criminal complaint obtained by Yahoo News.
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DHS taps key architect of 9/11 response to oversee domestic counterterrorism efforts
Nicholas Rasmussen, former director of the National Counterterrorism Center, is heading to the Department of Homeland Security to oversee counterterrorism prevention, intelligence, policy and other efforts, Yahoo News learned.
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Iranian hackers tied to companies DHS called a front for Tehran cyber unit
The Iranian hackers accused by the U.S. government Wednesday of carrying out hundreds of ransomware attacks against American targets were working for two Iranian companies the Department of Homeland Security had previously identified as fronts for the Iranian regime’s hacking operations.
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Biden speech denouncing Trump, 'MAGA ideology' sparks threats, calls for violence
President Biden’s speech denouncing Donald Trump and what he described as “extreme MAGA ideology" has sparked online calls for violence, including death threats against the president, according to documents obtained by Yahoo News.
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Suspect in Salman Rushdie attack sympathized with Iranian regime, NYPD intelligence bulletin says
The man arrested for allegedly attempting to kill author Salman Rushdie at an event in upstate New York is believed to have sympathized with Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, according to a New York Police Department intelligence assessment obtained by Yahoo News.
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John Bolton, target in alleged Iran assassination plot, urges U.S. to stop nuclear deal talks
John Bolton urged the Biden administration to cease negotiations with Iran after a federal indictment revealed an alleged plot to assassinate the former Trump adviser.