Trump picks MAGA loyalist for FBI #2 Bongino is a former Secret Service agent who used to regularly appear on Fox News and Infowars Salon · Feb 24, 2025
Elon Musk Warns Federal Workers Of Administrative Leave Policy Elon Musk's warning to federal workers on returning to office sparks resistance and confusion among agencies, highlighting ongoing challenges in the federa... Top News · Feb 24, 2025
Trump Names Right-wing Podcaster As FBI Deputy Director US President Donald Trump has announced the appointment of right-wing podcaster Dan Bongino as deputy director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, a break with tradition that puts yet another loyalist in a key law enforcement position. International Business Times · Feb 24, 2025
Dan Bongino, the new deputy director of the FBI, is a cancer survivor; how he beat Hodgkin lymphoma Dan Bongino, the acclaimed podcaster and commentator has been appointed as deputy director of the FBI by US President Donald Trump. The 50-year-old would join Kash Patel, who was confirmed as the FBI director a couple of days back. Praising Bongino, President Donald Trump described him as "a man of… The Times of India · Feb 24, 2025
What Did You Do Last Week? Plus: German elections, how I almost got arrested this weekend, and more... Reason · Feb 24, 2025
Trump-Appointed Leaders at Pentagon, DHS Seemingly Push Against Musk's Aggressive 'What Did You Do Last Week' Emails to Staff The appointees seemingly directed their subordinates not to reply to the email spearheaded by Musk's DOGE Latin Times · Feb 24, 2025
Trump's Justice Department enforcer has long shrugged off criticism of aggressive style Emil Bove, a top Justice Department official, has plowed through norms and niceties, whether scolding FBI leadership for “insubordination” in refusing his request to hand over the names of agents who investigated the January 2021 assault on the U.S. Capitol or forcing out attorneys who worked those cases The Independent UK · Feb 24, 2025
Man wanted by FBI over bombings to face full extradition hearing in September Daniel Andreas San Diego, 47, has been one of the FBI’s ‘most wanted fugitives’. Evening Standard · Feb 24, 2025
Former Marco Rubio Adviser Slams Republicans For Letting Kash Patel Pick MAGA Podcaster as FBI Deputy Director: 'Should Have Been a Red Line' Gregg Nunziata claimed the "Trump admin is turning federal law enforcement over to unqualified, unprincipled, partisan henchmen." Latin Times · Feb 24, 2025
Quick Facts About Dan Bongino: Net Worth, Ethnicity, Wife, Cancer Scare and More Dan Bongino, a former Secret Service agent turned conservative pundit, has amassed a £119 million fortune, battled cancer, left Fox News over contract disputes, and was recently appointed FBI Deputy Director under Donald Trump. International Business Times UK · Feb 24, 2025
Elon Musk makes an admission about the productivity email his group sent to federal workers Department of Government Efficiency head says he wants to test whether federal employees are ‘capable of replying to an email’ The Independent UK · Feb 24, 2025
DOGE Dilemma: Tulsi Gabbard Defies Elon Musk's Job Justification Order On Federal Workers Tulsi Gabbard has joined FBI chief Kash Patel and the State Department in informing employees that they are not required to respond to an Elon Musk-ordered email from the OPM to list down the work they accomplished in the last week or be resigned. International Business Times · Feb 24, 2025
Neo-Nazi group plots rebuild as Trump’s FBI chief takes helm, audio reveals Exclusive: Terrorist group the Base appears defiant as new administration aims to deprioritize threat from far right The Guardian - US · Feb 24, 2025
Who is Dan Bongino? The right-wing podcaster and failed Congressman who is now Trump’s deputy FBI director ‘Dan Bongino, a man of incredible love and passion for our Country, has just been named the next DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF THE FBI’ wrote Trump on Truth Social Sunday The Independent UK · Feb 24, 2025
Evening Standard · Feb 24, 2025 Elon Musk's 'what did you do last week' email to US federal workers sparks chaos as Trump MAGA appointees fight back DOGE boss Elon Musk’s demand has faced resistance from several key US agencies led by the president's loyalists
International Business Times · Feb 24, 2025 Who Is Dan Bongino? Right-Wing Commentator And Ex-Secret Service Agent Named FBI Deputy Director Before rising to prominence as a conservative voice, Bongino served as a police officer with the New York City Police Department and later as a member of the U.S. Secret Service. He has also served on the presidential security teams for former presidents Barack Obama and George W. Bush.
The Independent UK · Feb 24, 2025 FBI, Pentagon refuse to reply to Musk’s ‘what did you achieve last week?’ email Musk said anyone who didn’t respond within 48 hours would lose their job
Top News · Feb 24, 2025 Dan Bongino Appointed As FBI Deputy Director By President Trump President Trump appoints Dan Bongino as FBI deputy director, alongside Director Kash Patel. Questions arise about Patel's leadership approach.
The Guardian - US · Feb 24, 2025 Trump administration briefing: Zelenskyy rejects US minerals demand; bomb threat sent to anti-Trump conference From a fight over a $500bn minerals deal to Trump ‘surrendering to the Russians’ – here are the key US politics stories from Sunday at a glance
Latin Times · Feb 23, 2025 Elon Musk Claims 'Non-Existent' or 'Dead' People's Identities Are Being Used to Collect Government Paychecks: 'There Is Outright Fraud' Elon Musk took to social media to allege that the identities of deceased people, or "non-existent" people, were being used by unauthorized persons to collect federal paychecks.
The Independent UK · Feb 23, 2025 Trump to name new FBI Director Kash Patel as ATF head Conservatives have long criticized ATF for being over regulatory of firearms
Latin Times · Feb 23, 2025 Kash Patel Tells Employees to 'Pause Any Responses' To Musk's Justify Your Job or Be Resigned Order Newly appointed FBI Director Kash Patel sent out correspondence to all departments he is in charge of, ordering them to "pause any responses" being formulated to billionaire Elon Musk's email in which he asks federal employees to justify their jobs.
Salon · Feb 23, 2025 Feds to staff: Ignore Elon Several agencies have instructed employees to ignore a letter sent from the Office of Personnel Management
Top News · Feb 23, 2025 Federal Employees Receive Unprecedented Email Demand For Work Details Federal employees face pressure to provide work summaries via email, sparking confusion and legal concerns. Elon Musk's involvement adds to the complexity.
The Independent UK · Feb 23, 2025 Zizians crime rampage: How six deaths in three states came to be linked to a cult-like group A traffic stop that led to the shooting death of a border patrol agent in January has cracked open a cult-like group known as the ‘Zizians’, linking some of the members to a slew of killings across the country. Andrea Cavallier takes a look at the their alleged violent rampage