FBI disrupts plot targeting UFC event at White House
The FBI says they have arrested multiple people for allegedly planning to attack Sunday's UFC 'Fight Night' event at the White House. Investigators say they are still working to track down...
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The FBI says they have arrested multiple people for allegedly planning to attack Sunday's UFC 'Fight Night' event at the White House. Investigators say they are still working to track down others who may have been involved.
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The FBI says they have arrested multiple people for allegedly planning to attack Sunday's UFC 'Fight Night' event at the White House. Investigators say they are still working to track down...
The 19-year-old man from a small Ohio town who described himself as a leader in a plot to attack the UFC fight at the White House has agreed to stay in jail as his case plays out.
The thwarted drone attack targeting the UFC fight at the White House over the weekend is a stark example of how the threat in the United States is very much one for the present and not just...
In newly unsealed court filings, the government says the group allegedly expressed grievances about corruption, the Epstein files, and data centres.
Sens. Marsha Blackburn and Tom Cotton were among those allegedly targeted.
Five suspects allegedly plotted a mass casualty event targeting Trump and officials at UFC Freedom 250, using explosive drones and sniper teams.
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