William M. Arkin

U.S. officials are concerned that Sunday’s Houthi attacks in the Red Sea could lead to escalation of the Israel-Hamas war—but they also see a possible plus: that the growing instability will propel the Saudi government to become even more involved, building pressure from the Arab states against Hamas and its affiliates.Multiple U.S. officials tell Newsweek that Washington hopes that because the Red Sea attacks originated from the Arabian Peninsula, Saudi Arabian leader Crown Prince Mohammed bin…

U.S. intelligence has concluded that the Israeli Defense Forces did not attack the Ahli Arab Hospital in Gaza City and that 500 civilians did not die there, according to multiple officials in Washington.The Palestinian Health Ministry in Gaza has said that at least 500 people were killed in the blast at the hospital on Tuesday. Hamas has promised to release evidence that Israel bombed the hospital.“Israel did not target the hospital, that we know” a senior Defense Intelligence Agency officer tol…

Israeli intelligence failed to warn of or avert last weekend’s Hamas strike from Gaza, but U.S. intelligence—with more than 650,000 American citizens and significant military assets at risk on the ground in Israel—also failed to warn of prospective threats.“The United States and by extension the Biden administration isn’t responsible for Israel’s intelligence failure,” says a senior intelligence official who requested anonymity in order to speak candidly with Newsweek. “But there are plenty of r…

The federal government believes that the threat of violence and major civil disturbances around the 2024 U.S. presidential election is so great that it has quietly created a new category of extremists that it seeks to track and counter: Donald Trump’s army of MAGA followers.The challenge for the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the primary federal agency charged with law enforcement, is to pursue and prevent what it calls domestic terrorism without direct reference to political parties or affili…

Joe Burrow will be carefully protected by a slew of agencies. Mike Pence wasn’t.

In this daily series, Newsweek explores the steps that led to the January 6 Capitol Riot.

In this daily series, Newsweek explores the steps that led to the January 6 Capitol Riot.

In this daily series, Newsweek explores the steps that led to the January 6 Capitol Riot.

In this daily series, Newsweek explores the steps that led to the January 6 Capitol Riot.

In this daily series, Newsweek explores the steps that led to the January 6 Capitol Riot.

In this daily series, Newsweek explores the steps that led to the January 6 Capitol Riot

In this daily series, Newsweek explores the steps that led to the January 6 Capitol Riot.

In this daily series, Newsweek explores the steps that led to the January 6 Capitol Riot.

In this daily series, Newsweek explores the steps that led to the January 6 Capitol Riot.

In this daily series, Newsweek explores the steps that led to the January 6 Capitol Riot.On November 29, President Donald Trump gave his first TV interview since the election, appearing on “Sunday Morning Futures” with Maria Bartiromo. The president spoke for 46 minutes over the phone and delivered an extended monologue, going through his litany of evidence of voter fraud, calling the election a “fraud” and “rigged.“Trump accused his own government of not doing enough. “This is total fraud. And…

In this daily series, Newsweek explores the steps that led to the January 6 Capitol Riot.

In this daily series, Newsweek explores the steps that led to the January 6 Capitol Riot.

In this daily series, Newsweek explores the steps that led to the January 6 Capitol Riot.

In this daily series, Newsweek explores the steps that led to the January 6 Capitol Riot.

In this daily series, Newsweek explores the steps that led to the January 6 Capitol Riot.