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An honor guard stands at the entrance before ribbon cutting ceremonies for the new 1st Infantry Division Headquarters at Fort Riley, Kansas, on February 9, 2015. (AP Photo/Orlin Wagner File)

September 23, 2019, 11:55 pm

US soldier arrested over far-right plot to bomb activists, news network

Prosecutors say self described ‘radical’ Jarrett William Smith planned to target left-wing activists, wanted to train with ultra-nationalist Ukrainian group with Nazi sympathies

By AP and TOI staff

This Sept. 22, 2016, photo from video from KTNV 13 Action News shows Conor Climo during an interview while walking a Las Vegas neighborhood, heavily armed. (KTNV 13 Action News via AP)

August 11, 2019, 3:56 pm

Las Vegas man tied to white supremacists planned to bomb synagogue

Conor Climo, 23, charged with plans to target Jews or LBGT community in terror attacks on heels of shooting in El Paso by racist gunman

By AFP

Fadi Abu al-Sabah, a Gaza resident who Shin Bet said entered Israel with a humanitarian permit while planning to set up an explosives lab in the West Bank (Shin Bet)

July 3, 2019, 6:39 pm

Israel says Hamas bomb-maker used medical permit to leave Gaza

Fadi Abu al-Sabah recruited by terror group to go to West Bank and set up explosives lab, arrested by police and Shin Bet after going to Israeli city

By TOI staff

This undated California Department of Motor Vehicles photo released by the US Department of Justice shows Mark Domingo, an army veteran who converted to Islam and allegedly planned to bomb a white supremacist rally in Southern California as retribution for the New Zealand mosque attacks in March. (US Department of Justice via AP)

June 2, 2019, 11:47 am

US Army vet pleads not guilty to bomb plot at California white supremacist rally

Mark Steven Domingo accused of plan to kill at Nazi rally in retribution for Christchurch mosque attack; alleged to have discussed attacks on Jews, churches, police

By AP

US President Donald Trump speaks, following a ceremony signing the 'America's Water Infrastructure Act of 2018' into law in the Oval Office at the White House on October 23, 2018. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

October 31, 2018, 1:52 am

US mosque bomb plotters blame Trump’s rhetoric for their attempted attack

Kansas militiamen ask judge to take the influence of the US president into consideration in sentencing them for the conspiracy, which also targeted Somali migrants

By ROXANA HEGEMAN

United States Attorney General Jeff Sessions during a news conference at the Justice Department in Washington, December 15, 2017. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

October 27, 2018, 2:26 am

US mail bomb suspect charged with five crimes

If put on trial and convicted, Cesar Sayoc faces up to 48 years in prison, Justice Department says

By AFP

In this undated photo released by the Broward County Sheriff's office, mail bomb suspect Cesar Sayoc is seen in a booking photo in Miami. (Broward County Sheriff's Office via AP)

October 26, 2018, 11:10 pm

Mail-bomb suspect is a Trump supporter, Soros critic, with long arrest record

Cesar Sayoc’s social media posts contain memes denigrating Democrats and promoting conspiracy theories about Jewish billionaire donor George Soros

By Michael Biesecker and Stephen Braun

Law enforcement officials respond to a suspicious package at a US Post Office facility at 52nd Street and 8th Avenue in Manhattan, October 26, 2018 in New York City. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images/AFP)

October 26, 2018, 6:42 pm

Florida man arrested over US mail-bomb spree targeting Trump critics

Latest suspicious packages intercepted by US authorities addressed to Democratic senator Cory Booker and ex-intel chief James Clapper; suspect identified as Cesar Sayoc, 56

By MICHAEL BALSAMO, Eric Tucker and Colleen Long

US President Donald Trump at a rally at Central Wisconsin Airport in Mosinee, Wisconsin, on October 24, 2018. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

October 25, 2018, 4:25 pm

Trump blames media for ‘anger’ after pipe bombs

After explosives sent to prominent Democrats and CNN, president claims ‘hateful’ and ‘purposely false’ journalism responsible for bitter political climate

By Agencies

US President Donald Trump speaks at a rally at Central Wisconsin Airport in Mosinee, Wis., Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2018. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

October 25, 2018, 4:49 am

Trump calls on media to end ‘hostility’ after thwarted bombs

Two more suspected explosives sent to Rep. Maxine Waters; authorities say bombs filled with powder and shards of glass

By Zeke Miller and Jill Colvin

Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz, speaks during a news conference after touring in the Homestead Temporary Shelter for Unaccompanied Children, on Saturday, June 23, 2018, in Homestead, Fla. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)

October 25, 2018, 4:08 am

Why would a bomber try to implicate Debbie Wasserman Schultz?

The high-profile Jewish Democrat was listed as the sender on at least four explosive devices sent to four prominent targets this week

By Ron Kampeas

Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., ponders a question during his appearance with the Public Policy Institute of California, Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2018, in Sacramento, Calif. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

October 25, 2018, 3:40 am

House majority leader deletes tweet saying Soros buying elections

Kevin McCarthy also accuses Tom Steyer and Michael Bloomberg of trying to ‘buy’ votes for Democrats

By JTA

Alexander Soros, son of billionaire Holocaust survivor George Soros. (Wikimedia commons/Nathalie Schuller)

October 24, 2018, 11:57 pm

After bomb scares, George Soros’s son says Trump is fueling demonization

Alexander Soros blames 2016 campaign ad with images of Jewish financial figures for attacks on his father: ‘A genie was let out of the bottle’

By JTA

New York City Police Dept. officers arrive outside the Time Warner Center, in New York on October 24, 2018. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

October 24, 2018, 9:59 pm

Pipe bombs sent to Obama, Clintons, CNN and Soros believed to be linked

US officials intercept explosives targeting prominent Democrats and news network two weeks before sharply polarizing elections

By Agencies

Police officers stand in front of property owned by former secretary of state Hillary Clinton and former president Bill Clinton in Chappaqua, New York, on October 24, 2018. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

October 24, 2018, 5:26 pm

Suspected bombs sent to Obama, Clinton homes, CNN studio

Packages intercepted by Secret Service linked to one found at New York home of billionaire George Soros earlier this week; pipe bomb sent to CNN addressed to ex-CIA director

By Agencies and TOI staff