Adam Goldman

An annex to a report by the special counsel John H. Durham was the latest in a series of disclosures about the Russia inquiry, as the Trump team seeks to distract from the Jeffrey Epstein files.

Brian Driscoll, who was the acting director in the early days of the administration, was among those being told to leave by Friday.

Russia Is Suspected to Be Behind Breach of Federal Court Filing System

Information collected during the yearslong Salt Typhoon attack could allow Beijing’s intelligence services to track targets from the United States and dozens of other countries.

La información recopilada durante el ataque, que duró años, podría permitir a los servicios de inteligencia de Pekín rastrear objetivos de Estados Unidos y de decenas de otros países.

Already, a series of missteps by Kash Patel, the F.B.I. director, in recent months have invited worries that he has eroded public confidence in the agency.

A negotiated settlement to end the fighting remains distant, in part because of the maximalist positions of Israel’s leader, Benjamin Netanyahu, and of Hamas.

Fears of U.S. surveillance drove Xi Jinping, China’s leader, to elevate the agency and put it at the center of his cyber ambitions.

A botched spying case prompted accusations that the British government was soft on China, highlighting tensions between economic and national security interests.

The episode has contributed to concerns among intelligence allies that Kash Patel, brash and partisan, is also unpredictable and even unreliable.