US Federal Bureau of Investigation News

Thousands of job applicants come to FBI offices all across the country every year, eager to work for the top law enforcement agency in the U.S. But many of them have their hopes dashed, and it's not because of their work experience or education or criminal records.

Some say the 10- and 20-year prison sentences for two Minnesota women who sent money to the group were too harsh, especially since two men who traveled to Somalia and joined al-Shabab got three years.

Two FBI special agents were killed Friday during a training exercise off the coast of Virginia Beach, Virginia, the bureau said in a statement released Sunday.

Two FBI special agents on the agency's elite Hostage Rescue Team have been killed in a training accident in Virginia.

Two FBI agents with the agency's hostage rescue team have died in a training accident off the coast of Virginia, reports said Sunday.

The word you keep hearing at South High seems to have nothing to do with the ascendency of an inner-city Omaha high school that has captured our attention and hearts.

Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn. chair of the Tea Party Caucus speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, May 16, 2013, during a news conference with Tea Party leaders to discuss the IRS targeting Tea Party groups.

HACKETTSTOWN - A registered sex offender employed at a law office in Paterson, was indicted yesterday by a federal grand jury in Newark on May 17 for allegedly possessing and distributing images of child sex abuse over the Internet, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.

Every year, the Federal Bureau of Investigation uses data reported to it by nearly every law enforcement agency in the country to build a report on crime in the United States.

Arkansas Treasurer Martha Shoffner has been arrested for extortion by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and is being held in Pulaski County Jail, the Associated Press reported Saturday.

U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder said on Tuesday he did not make the controversial decision to secretly seize telephone records of the Associated Press but defended his department's actions in the investigation of what he called a "very, very serious leak." The decision to seek phone records of one of the world's largest news-gathering ... (more)

An FBI bulletin telling Washington-are law enforcement -- including the Secret Service -- to be on the lookout for a disgruntled and armed agent was just a "personnel matter," an official said hours after FoxNews.com located the agent at his home.

U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez is shown in this file photo. The FBI is investigating who's behind discredited prostitution allegations against the New Jersey Democrat, according to the Washington Post.

Stored inside a laptop at FBI headquarters are photos of thousands of paintings, sculptures and artifacts, works by Vincent Van Gogh and Henri Matisse , Pablo Picasso and Paul Cezanne -- international treasures worth millions of dollars each.

Networks unveiled their fall lineups this week in New York at their various upfront events, and although CBS, NBC, ABC and Fox all trumpet their new shows as the best of the best, not every pilot is destined to be a hit, or even worth your time.

A cross-dressing child porn suspect caused a stir in federal court Thursday when he showed up in a tan halter top, stuffed red bra and long red hair.

The inmate, James Ninete Leon Guerrero, had consumed nearly 24 ounces of the approximately 180-proof booze from a plastic Pepsi bottle, according to the latest filings.

FBI Director Robert Mueller told the Senate Appropriations subcommittee that oversees the Justice Department the FBI would have no choice but to force unpaid leave, thereby putting the country at risk.

An undercover source working for Canada's spy agency and sensitive intelligence from the United States and Britain helped build the case against three terrorism suspects facing criminal charges, court documents indicate.

Groundbreaking ceremony was held Monday June 25, 2010 on Redstone Arsenal for the FBI's Terrorist Explosive Device Analytical Center, which will move here from Quantico, Va.