Michael Kosnar

1 week ago | nbcnews.com | Erik Ortiz |Michael Kosnar |Andrew Blankstein

In its heyday, Alcatraz Island housed more than 260 prisoners, with notorious gangsters such as Al Capone, George "Machine Gun" Kelly and James "Whitey" Bulger serving time on the rocky outpost. With Alcatraz's closing in 1963 after it fell into disrepair, the federal prison off San Francisco found a new life as a popular tourist destination — one that continues to draw more than a million visitors a year as a national historic landmark.

2 weeks ago | nbcnews.com | Dareh Gregorian |Suzanne Gamboa |Ryan J. Reilly |Michael Kosnar

Hannah Dugan, the Milwaukee County judge arrested Friday by the FBI for allegedly obstructing federal authorities who were seeking to detain an undocumented immigrant, was a longtime social justice advocate before she took the bench.

2 weeks ago | nbcnews.com | Ryan J. Reilly |Michael Kosnar |Gary Grumbach |Tom Winter

WASHINGTON — The FBI arrested a county judge in Milwaukee on Friday, alleging that she obstructed the detention of an undocumented immigrant who was wanted by federal authorities, a senior law enforcement official told NBC News. The arrest of Milwaukee County Circuit Court Judge Hannah Dugan marks a significant escalation of the Trump administration's crackdown on immigration, in line with the administration's rhetoric about going after local and state authorities on immigration-related matters.

1 month ago | nbcnews.com | Michael Kosnar

The Justice Department filed a motion Thursday to drop all charges against a Salvadoran man who Attorney General Pam Bondi described two weeks ago as one of the top leaders of the MS-13 gangs in the country. The move comes after Bondi, flanked by FBI Director Kash Patel, Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin and other law enforcement officials, held a news conference and announced the arrest of 24-year-old Henrry Josue Villatoro Santos.

1 month ago | nbcnews.com | Ken Dilanian |Michael Kosnar

The FBI has issued a call for agents to voluntarily serve as bodyguards for Deputy Director Dan Bongino, a break from past practice in which the bureau’s No. 2 officials did not have security details, two current and two former FBI officials familiar with the matter told NBC News. Bongino, a former Secret Service agent and New York police officer who became a wealthy pro-Trump podcaster, harshly criticized the bureau for years before President Donald Trump chose him to be deputy director.