8/12/25. 7:15AM FBI Daily News Briefing View in Browser August 12, 2025 Federal Bureau of Investigation Daily News Briefing (In coordination with the Office of Public Affairs) Email Public Affairs to subscribe to the Daily News Briefing. Mobile version and archive available here. Table of Contents IN THE NEWS • President Trump Says He's Placing Washington Police Under Federal Control • Democratic Whistleblower Told FBI That Adam Schiff Approved Classified Leaks to Target Trump COUNTERTERRORISM • California Woman Admits Leading White Supremacist Terrorist Group, DOJ Says • Continued Reporting: FBI on the Case After Fourth Bomb Threat in Boston • Continued Reporting: FBI Reveals Turkey's Role in ISIS Transit to Most Dangerous Country in the World COUNTERINTELLIGENCE • Continued Reporting: Texas Soldier With Top Secret Clearance Charged in Attempt to Leak Abrams Tank Data to Russia • Analysis: China Shamelessly Pillages Tech From the West CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS • Continued Reporting: Atlanta CDC, Emory University Shooting • Dead Baby Found in Alabama Hearse; Mother Arrested for Murder • Continued Reporting: AG Bondi Has a New Probe Into the Handling of 2016 Russian Meddling • Continued Reporting: Judge Will Not Unseal Grand Jury Papers of Maxwell, Epstein's Companion • Former Indianapolis Police Officer Involved in Undercover Cocaine Transaction • South Dakota Highway Patrol Seized Over Two Hundred Pounds of Meth From Non-citizen • Wisconsin Man Indicted on Wire Fraud, Money Laundering Charges • Two Michigan City Council Members Charged With Election Fraud • Virginia Social Worker to Pay $1.2m in Medicaid, Medicare Fraud Cases • Florida Man Charged With Defrauding Virginia Doctor • North Carolina Man Faces Charges After FBI Tip • Animal-Rights Activists Targets Vogue Editors at Their Homes • Utah Resident Arrested for Allegedly Abusing Child and Uploading Video • Son of Missing Indiana Woman Files Lawsuit Against City and Police Depar