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DOJ and FBI hold a presser at DOJ announcing the results of “the largest international operation” targeting fentanyl and opioid trafficking on the Darknet. Nearly 300 people were arrested as a result of a years-long, three-continent operation targeting darknet trafficking of fentanyl and opioids, the Justice Department and FBI announced Tuesday. Under "Operation SpecTor," the "largest ever operation targeting the trafficking of fentanyl and opioids on the dark web," 288 people were arrested within the last two years, and more than 850 kilograms of drugs -- including 64 kilos of fentanyl or fentanyl-laced narcotics -- intended to be sold on the darknet were seized, DOJ said. "Our message to criminals on the dark web is this: You can try to hide in the furthest reaches of the internet, but the Justice Department will find you and hold you accountable for your crimes," Attorney General Merrick Garland said at a news conference Tuesday. DEA warns about fentany...

A court employee was arrested Wednesday after she tried to approach former President Donald Trump while he was seated in the courtroom. A court employee was arrested Wednesday after she tried to approach former President Donald Trump while he was seated in the courtroom during his civil trial in lower Manhattan. As the trial was taking place, the woman "disrupted the proceedings by standing up and walking towards the front of the courtroom and yelling out to Mr. Trump indicating she wanted to assist him," according to a spokesman for the New York State Unified Court System. The woman was stopped by court officers before she got near Trump or any of the attorneys or other litigants. Former U.S. President Donald Trump delivers remarks after exiting the courtroom as he attends his Manhattan courthouse trial in a civil fraud case in New York, Oct. 18, 2023. Brendan Mcdermid/Reuters None of the parties were ever in any danger, the spokesman said. She was escorted out of the c...

Hundreds of protesters organized by a left-wing Jewish group on Wednesday occupied one of the buildings in the U.S. Capitol complex and some appeared to be arrested Approximately 300 people were arrested by Capitol Police during a large-scale demonstration on Wednesday against the Israel-Hamas war, a Capitol Police spokesperson said. Most were arrested for demonstrating in the Capitol, according to the spokesperson. Hundreds of people had gathered in and outside of the U.S. Capitol complex on Wednesday before the arrests, calling for an end to the co NFL ict between Israel and Hamas, a Palestinian militant group that launched a terror attack in Israel earlier this month. Some of the demonstrators, organized by a left-wing Jewish group, then entered the Cannon House Office Building at different security entrance points and assembled in the rotunda, the police spokesperson said. The large-scale demonstration follows a similar event at the White House earlier this week that also resulte...

RFK Jr. is again asking for a Secret Service detail after an armed man accused of impersonating a police officer showed up at a campaign event last week. Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is again calling for a U.S. Secret Service protective detail to be assigned to him following an incident at a campaign event last week involving an armed man who now stands accused of impersonating a police officer. Since then, Kennedy's campaign has highlighted his family's history of assassination and the recent security scare as examples of the increased threat environment he faces amid his campaign to defeat President Joe Biden. "​​Although it is a well-known historical fact, apparently, in your case, it bears repeating: Mr. Kennedy's uncle, President John F. Kennedy, was assassinated. Mr. Kennedy's father, Senator Robert F. Kennedy, was assassinated while a presidential candidate," Kennedy's campaign manager Dennis Kucinich said earlier thi...

Taylor Taranto, who has a Jan. 6-related warrant, was arrested near former President Barack Obama’s Washington, D.C., house, officials say. A man with a Jan. 6-related warrant was arrested near former President Barack Obama’s Washington, D.C., house, and he had guns and ammunition in his car, multiple law enforcement sources tell ABC News. Taylor Taranto, 37, was arrested by the Metropolitan Police Department and charged with Fugitive from Justice, pursuant to an arrest warrant, according to a statement from the agency. The officials did not specify what the warrant was for. In this May 26, 2016, file photo, the home of former President Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama is shown in Washington, D.C. Douliery Olivier/Sipa USA via AP, FILE Law enforcement sources told ABC News that they were concerned he was coming to the area and had a Be On the Lookout, or BOLO, order out for his arrest . He was livestreaming just before he was arrested at 1 p.m. Thursday afternoon, a...