Source: BBC News Russia’s FSB state security agency says it has arrested a US citizen “caught spying” in Moscow. It named him as Paul Whelan, saying he was arrested in Moscow on 28 December and charged with “espionage”. The FSB, Russia’s main counter-espionage service, gave no further details.

Updates: On whether Trump's dismissal of Comey has disrupted the FBI's investigation of Russia meddling: "There has been no effort to impede our investigation to date." "You cannot stop the men and women of the FBI from doing the right thing," McCabe says on if Comey's firing disrupted

The U.S. Congress on Friday appeared to be headed toward approving a three-week-long stopgap funding bill for the domestic security agency that postpones the threat of a partial shutdown, but moves lawmakers no closer to a permanent solution. Opinion: Tony  Senate Democrats have blocked a

The Senate on Wednesday moved to avert a partial shutdown of the U.S. domestic security agency this weekend, voting to clear the way for a funding bill free of contentious immigration issues. Hurdles remained, with conservative Republicans in the House of Representatives still opposed, and