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Alaska Airlines aircraft sit in the airline's hangar at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2024, in SeaTac, Wash. Boeing has acknowledged in a letter to Congress that it cannot find records for work done on a door panel that blew out on an Alaska Airlines flight over Oregon two months ago. Ziad Ojakli, Boeing executive vice president and chief government lobbyist, wrote to Sen. Maria Cantwell on Friday, March 8 saying, “We have looked extensively and have not found any such documentation.” (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)

FBI tells passengers on the plane that lost a panel in flight they might be crime victims

By David Koenig - Associated Press

This photo provided by the Municipal Water Authority of Aliquippa, Pa., shows the screen of a Unitronics device that was hacked in Aliquippa on Saturday, Nov. 25, 2023. The hacked device was in a pumping booster station owned by the Municipal Water Authority of Aliquippa. An electronic calling card left by the hackers suggests they picked their target because it uses components made by an Israeli company. (Municipal Water Authority of Aliquippa via AP) ** FILE **

Partnerships with tech companies aim to help U.S. secure elections

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

A Transportation Security Administration officer works at Dallas Love Field Airport on June 24, 2020, in Dallas. U.S. Senate and House members proposed Wednesday, March 29, 2023, to create a new no-fly list for unruly passengers, an idea that was pushed by airline unions but failed to gain traction last year. The legislation would let the Transportation Security Administration ban people convicted or fined for assaulting or interfering with airline crew members. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez, File)

Supreme Court clears way for Muslim American to challenge No Fly List in lawsuit against FBI

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

A hand drawn map of Okinawa dating back to the 19th century, one of 22 historic artifacts that were looted following the Battle of Okinawa in World War II and recovered after a family from Massachusetts discovered them as they were going through their late father's personal items is displayed. The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation, FBI, said Friday, March 15, 2024, that they have helped orchestrate the return of the artifacts to the Government of Japan, Okinawa Prefecture. (Federal Bureau of Investigation via AP)

FBI Boston office returns 22 artifacts looted from Okinawa after WWII

By Brad Matthews - The Washington Times

In this image provided by The White House, President Joe Biden speaks with Russian President Vladimir Putin on the phone from his private residence in Wilmington, Del., Dec. 30, 2021. Biden's sprawling home outside downtown Wilmington, has a special place in his heart. When he met special prosecutor Robert Hur to talk about the sensitive documents he’d improperly kept after his vice presidency, Biden told Hur three times he is a “frustrated architect.” (Adam Schultz/The White House via AP, File)

The Hur interview transcript offers a window into the life of ‘frustrated architect’ Joe Biden

By Zeke Miller - Associated Press

Rioters wave flags on the West Front of the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Jan. 6, 2021. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

‘Network’ of supporters helped fugitives avoid capture after Capitol riot, prosecutors say

By Michael Kunzelman - Associated Press

Avril Haines, director of National Intelligence, testifies during the Senate Armed Services hearing to examine worldwide threats, Thursday, May 4, 2023, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)

Intel chief: China’s economic woes increase danger of war

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee talks to reporters as he leaves a meeting at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2023. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

Republicans press EventBrite and GoFundMe for evidence of government spying on transactions

By Kerry Picket - The Washington Times

This image provided by CBS News shows reporter Catherine Herridge. In a case with potentially far-reaching press freedom implications, a federal judge in Washington is weighing whether to hold in contempt Herridge, a veteran journalist who has refused to identify her sources for stories about a Chinese American scientist who was investigated by the FBI but never charged. The judge previously ordered the former Fox News reporter to be interviewed under oath about her sources for a series of stories about Yanping Chen. (John Paul Filo/CBS News via AP) ** FILE **

Judge holds reporter Catherine Herridge in civil contempt for refusing to divulge source

By Alanna Durkin Richer and Eric Tucker

New York City Mayor Eric Adams speaks during a news conference at City Hall, Dec. 12, 2023, in New York. Adams, on Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2024, called for expanded cooperation between local police and federal immigration authorities, attacking the current city policies limiting such communication as detrimental to public safety. (AP Photo/Peter K. Afriyie, File)

FBI agents raid home of top aide to NYC Mayor Eric Adams

By Kerry Picket - The Washington Times

Former FBI informant Alexander Smirnov, second from right, leaves the courthouse on Feb. 20, 2024, in Las Vegas. A federal judge in California will consider whether Smirnov, who was charged with lying about a multimillion-dollar bribery scheme involving President Joe Biden's family, must remain behind bars while he awaits trial. U.S. District Judge Otis Wright II has set a hearing for Monday, Feb. 26 in Los Angeles on prosecutors' request to keep Smirnov in jail. (Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal via AP, File)

Ex-FBI informant charged with lying about Bidens to remain jailed while he awaits trial, judge rules

By Amy Taxin and Alanna Durkin Richer - Associated Press

In combo of undated selfie images provided courtesy of the Dime Doe family, show Dime Doe, a Black transgender woman. Doe's August 2019 death is now the subject of a first-of-its-kind federal hate crimes trial that began this week in Columbia, S.C. (Courtesy Dime Doe Family via AP)

Man guilty in Black transgender woman’s killing in 1st federal hate crime trial over gender identity

By James Pollard - Associated Press

Former FBI informant Alexander Smirnov, left, walks out of his lawyer's office in downtown Las Vegas after being released from federal custody Tuesday, Feb. 20, 2024. Prosecutors say that Smirnov, who is charged with making up a multimillion-dollar bribery scheme involving President Joe Biden, his son Hunter and a Ukrainian energy company, had contacts with Russian intelligence-affiliated officials. (K.M. Cannon/Las Vegas Review-Journal via AP)

DOJ indicts FBI informant to protect Biden

By Editorial Board - The Washington Times

Former FBI informant Alexander Smirnov, center, leaves the courthouse on Tuesday, Feb. 20, 2024, in Las Vegas. Prosecutors say that Smirnov, who is charged with making up a multimillion-dollar bribery scheme involving President Joe Biden, his son Hunter and a Ukrainian energy company, had contacts with Russian intelligence-affiliated officials. (Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal via AP)

How is an ex-FBI informant charged with lying about Bidens allegedly linked to Russian intelligence?

By Lindsay Whitehurst - Associated Press

Former FBI informant Alexander Smirnov, left, walks out of his lawyer's office in downtown Las Vegas after being released from federal custody Tuesday, Feb. 20, 2024. Prosecutors say that Smirnov, who is charged with making up a multimillion-dollar bribery scheme involving President Joe Biden, his son Hunter and a Ukrainian energy company, had contacts with Russian intelligence-affiliated officials. (K.M. Cannon/Las Vegas Review-Journal via AP)

Ex-FBI informant charged with lying about Bidens had Russian intelligence contacts, prosecutors say

By Rio Yamat and Lindsay Whitehurst - Associated Press

Hunter Biden, son of President Joe Biden, talks to reporters at the U.S. Capitol, in Washington, Dec. 13, 2023. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana. File)

Hunter Biden’s lawyers suggest his case is tainted by claims of ex-FBI informant charged with lying

By Lindsay Whitehurst - Associated Press

President Joe Biden speaks in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington on Feb. 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) **FILE**

Biden says indictment of FBI informant for lying should stop GOP’s impeachment probe

By Dave Boyer and Susan Ferrechio - The Washington Times

Hunter Biden, President Joe Biden's son, accompanied by his attorney Abbe Lowell, left, leaves a House Oversight Committee hearing as Republicans are taking the first step toward holding him in contempt of Congress, Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2024, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Special counsel charges former FBI informant with falsely claiming Burisma bribed the Bidens

By Susan Ferrechio - The Washington Times

An aerial view of former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate is seen Aug. 10, 2022, in Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Steve Helber, File)

Missing binder at center of new claim that CIA drummed up spy operation on Trump’s 2016 campaign

By Susan Ferrechio - The Washington Times

Congress and FISA reform illustration by Greg Groesch / The Washington Times

Congress should scrap current FISA reform proposals, get FBI out of politics

By Jed Babbin