Federal prosecutors say a 21-year-old Valencia man was arrested at a Cranberry Township hotel with a rifle and 190 rounds of ammunition after pledging loyalty to ISIS online and preparing for what he called his “mission.”

Director of National Intelligence Jay Clayton says al Qaeda’s global network has grown 50-fold since 9/11 as terror groups increasingly recruit and radicalize followers online, citing a foiled Gracie Mansion bombing plot in New York City as an example.

House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Andrew Garbarino, R-N.Y., says the lesson of 9/11 is that Congress must act on threats before they materialize, not after — and warns that thousands are still dying from attack-related illnesses 25 years later.

Three U.S. security agencies accused Chinese AI companies of systematically stealing American AI technology through “distillation” schemes, a charge Beijing calls “groundless” while threatening countermeasures.

Thomas Weir Pauken II, an American journalist who worked in China for years, was sentenced to two years in prison in Alexandria, Virginia, after admitting he acted as an agent for Chinese intelligence, including an attempt to bribe a Trump administration official for classified information.

The Pentagon has released newly unclassified images of suspected drug-smuggling boats as it confirms its lethal strike campaign against alleged traffickers has now totaled 67 operations since September 2025.