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US official: Envelope with 'ricin' sent to White House

The FBI says agents were working to investigate "a suspicious letter received at a US government mail facility."

Trump rages at his FBI director over Russia, antifa

The US president attacked the intelligence chief over his focus on white supremacist groups as the biggest threat of domestic violence.

White supremacist and far-right groups have infiltrated US law enforcement

‘Explicit racism’ has remained entrenched in police departments over the past two decades, a report authored by a former FBI agent revealed, highlighting the links between extremist organisations and officers.

Lebanese leaders 'disappointing' on reform, amid second wave of infections

US and French officials visiting Beirut after the August 4 blast have said they had made clear they would not extend a financial lifeline to the country if its leaders did not tackle corruption and mismanagement.

Egypt moves dangerous materials from ports to avoid Beirut-like disaster

Egypt is moving to get rid of large quantities of abandoned and neglected and dangerous materials that were in its ports.

FBI team set to arrive in Lebanon to participate in Beirut blast probe

An FBI team is taking part in the investigation into the massive August 4 explosion at the invitation of Lebanese authorities.

Trump commutes jail sentence of ally Roger Stone

The move came just days before Stone was to begin serving a 40-month prison sentence for lying to the US Congress, witness-tampering and obstructing the House investigation into whether Trump's campaign colluded with Russia to win the 2016 election.

FBI says black NASCAR driver not targeted by hate crime in noose incident

"The FBI has completed its investigation at Talladega Superspeedway and determined that Bubba Wallace was not the target of a hate crime," NASCAR said in a statement after outrage erupted over the incident.

Transcripts released of Flynn's calls with Russian diplomat

Trump's newly confirmed spy chief, John Ratcliffe, declassified the transcript of the conversation between Flynn and Russian ambassador to Washington Sergey Kislyak and released them to Congress in one of his first official actions in his new role.

US says video in apparent Epstein suicide attempt is lost

Epstein's death on August 10, 2019, was ruled as a suicide. An autopsy found that he hanged himself.

FBI's Trump-Russia probe justified, no bias - watchdog report

The long-awaited report by the Justice Department's internal watchdog rejected theories and criticism spread by President Trump and his supporters, though it also found “serious performance failures” up the bureau’s chain of command.

The FBI releases 2018 hate crime stats –– underreporting a serious drawback

While the number of hate crime incidents is down slightly from 2017, so are the number of reporting law agencies. Murders are at a 27-year high, totalling 24, and blacks, Hispanics, Jews and Muslims are still victimised, as are LGBTQ persons.