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Kash Patel reveals FBI’s top security concerns ahead of World Cup

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FBI Director Kash Patel revealed a slew of security concerns, including cyber threats, drones and the potential for lone-wolf attacks ahead of the World Cup, which will draw millions of visitors across North America.
Officials are expecting three million people to visit for the tournament, which will be jointly hosted by the U.S., Canada and Mexico. Out of the 104 total matches in the expanded 2026 World Cup, 78 games will be played in the U.S., while the remaining 26 will be split between its neighbors to the north and south.
Host countries are aggressively ramping up security and intelligence operations to safely stage the much-anticipated soccer matches across 11 U.S. host cities.
«It’s everything from traditional cop work going out to the streets, talking to communities and saying, ‘Hey, do you guys know of any bad actors? Have you heard of anyone that might want to do harm to people or venues?’» Patel told Fox News correspondent Brooke Taylor. «That’s our big security goal for us at the FBI.»
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FBI Director Kash Patel outlined the top security concerns for the FBI ahead of the 2026 World Cup. (Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images)
In an effort to foil any lone-wolf actors, the FBI has created a special operations center at its headquarters to centralize and analyze incoming data about potential threats.
«When we’re talking about cyber actors, those [are ones] that come in and hack our infrastructure and hold data hostage for monetary payments. So we are taking all of that information to one place and centralizing, at least for us at the FBI, at our headquarters component,» Patel said.
Patel added that outside of major nation-state adversaries like China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea, lone-wolf threats pose the greatest concern to national security.
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«Separate and apart from that, [those] who are doing similar activities, or the disparate actors, the lone wolves that are out there, whether it’s in the cyber realm or the violent crime realm,» he said. «So we are heavily relying on the community and state locals and asking them over and over again, ‘What are you seeing in the online spaces? What are you seeing in the chat groups?’»
Law enforcement is also heavily focused on combating the online radicalization of individuals who may feel compelled to carry out domestic attacks, Patel noted.

The FIFA World Cup 2026 winner trophy is displayed at FIFA headquarters in Zurich, Switzerland, as the draw for the 2026 World Cup European qualifiers begins on Dec. 13, 2024. (Dursun Aydemir/Anadolu)
Drones are another top-tier anxiety for federal officials, given that they vary wildly in size and can be easily operated by a pilot far from the target location.
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«The critical component that we at the FBI have been focusing down on is teaching our state and local partners how we handle drones and how they can handle drones with us,» Patel said. «And then collectively, it’s a force multiplier to have thousands of people out there, tens of thousands of police officers out there looking at the drone threat that’s coming in as it comes in, because it’s so quick and dynamic.»
To counter this, Patel revealed that the FBI has developed technology capable of disabling problem drones mid-flight, a tool they have shared with local law enforcement partners during recent specialized training programs.

An image shows the Department of Justice and FBI headquarters with an overlay of FBI Director Kash Patel. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images; Graeme Sloan/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Among the immediate domestic threats the FBI is tracking is a sharp rise in antisemitic violence. Patel pointed to the recent Hezbollah-inspired attack at a Michigan synagogue, where a man packed his pickup truck with gasoline and commercial-grade fireworks, rammed it into the building, and opened fire with an assault rifle before taking his own life during a shootout with the temple’s private security team.
In the 14 months since the Trump administration took office, the FBI has arrested more than 45,000 violent offenders in an aggressive push to dismantle clandestine sleeper cells and violent networks across the country.

A general view of Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City, Mo., ahead of the 2026 World Cup on May 11, 2026. (Jay Biggerstaff/Getty Images)
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The bureau also touted its recent success rate in tracking down high-profile international targets.
«The FBI have arrested eight of the top ten [most wanted fugitives] in the world in 14 months,» Patel said, noting that the figure marks twice as many major captures as the prior four years combined.
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WATCH: Talarico embraces ‘freaky’ identity as crowds chant name meant as insult: ‘So weird’

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Texas Democratic Senate candidate James Talarico is fully embracing his «Talafreako» moniker given to him by Republican opponent Ken Paxton, and is even selling t-shirts with the slogan «I’m a Talafreako.»
While speaking at a general election kickoff event in Houston this week, Talarico encouraged supporters to purchase a T-shirt, saying, «I also saw that Ken Paxton started calling me ‘Talafreako,’ and I am proud to announce that we have ‘I’m a Talafreako’ t-shirts on our website. So, when you go home tonight, make sure you grab one.»
After Talarico exited the stage, the crowd at the Houston rally began chanting «Talafreako» repeatedly.
Despite the bravado, some believe that, with Talarico already having to deal with a series of highly controversial resurfaced comments, the move will backfire with moderate Texas voters. Talarico’s prior comments include saying that «God is nonbinary,» that there are six genders and that the Bible supports abortion.
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Democratic Senate candidate James Talarico addresses supporters at a rally in Houston. (F. Carter Smith/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
A strategist familiar with the Senate race remarked to Fox News Digital that «Talarico can’t run from his record of supporting every freaky left-wing policy under the sun.»
«Selling merch that says ‘Talafreako’ on it is just going to remind people that he is on the wrong side of every 80/20 issue,» the strategist said, adding, «It’s so weird.»
Commenting on a clip of Talarico saying in an interview, «I love» transgender-identifying children, Sen. Eric Schmitt, R-Mo., posted on X, «Talarico was constructed in a Woke Lab. In the end, that dog won’t hunt.»
Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, who is now set to become the state’s senior senator, posted on X, «Texas will never elect someone who thinks God is nonbinary.»
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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton received President Donald Trump’s endorsement one week before his runoff election against Republican Sen. John Cornyn for the GOP Senate nomination. (Amanda Macias/Fox News Digital)
Despite this, not all believe embracing Talafreako will backfire. Eric Koch, founder of Downfield Strategies, told Fox News Digital that he «love[s]» the Talarico campaign «coopting» the jab.
«There were a lot of people wondering if James Talarico can throw a punch. In the first 24 hours of the general election, James made the case that Ken Paxton is the most corrupt politician in the country and called him out for giving Epstein-style sweetheart deals to pedophiles,» said Koch.
He added that the Democratic candidate «can throw a punch and will make this race a choice between himself and Paxton.»
During the kickoff rally in Houston, Talarico ripped Paxton as the «most corrupt politician in America,» who he said, «Has sold us out for years.»
If elected, he pledged that his first move in the Senate would be to file a «comprehensive anti-corruption package,» which he said would include a ban on «unlimited donations» from corporate political action committees and super PACs, as well as banning congressional stock trading, instituting term limits and establishing a national ban on gerrymandering. He also said the package would include a measure to «overhaul» the Supreme Court.
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Talarico held a general election kick-off event in Houston the day after Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton won the GOP’s Senate nomination. (Peter Pinedo/Fox News Digital)
He addressed some of the criticisms already being lodged against him, saying, «They’re going to throw everything they’ve got at us. They’ve already called me a radical leftist. They’ve already called me a fake Christian. They’ve even called me a vegan. And those are fighting words in the state of Texas.»
«They’re going to call us a threat,» he continued. «The only truth out of all of those lies is that we are a threat. We’re a threat to their corrupt system.»
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Speaking on MS NOW, Talarico asserted, «Ken Paxton has a criminal record. I have a legislative record.»
He touted himself as a bipartisan legislator, saying, «For over 4 terms in the Texas House of Representatives, I have brought Democrats and Republicans together to pass more than 60 bipartisan bills to cut property taxes, to raise teacher pay, to lower the cost of housing, prescription drugs, and childcare across Texas — and I’m gonna put that record up against Ken Paxton’s criminal record any day of the week, twice on Sunday.»
Paxton, meanwhile, has cast Talarico as too progressive, posting on X on Thursday that «James Talarico is too radical for California, let alone Texas.»
Fox News Digital reached out to Paxton and Talarico’s campaigns for additional comment.
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Inauguran una sala inmersiva en el aeropuerto Tocumen para transformar la experiencia de quienes transitan por Panamá

Copa Airlines, el Gobierno de Panamá y el Aeropuerto Internacional de Tocumen inauguraron este jueves una sala inmersiva en la terminal para promocionar el programa Panamá Stopover. El espacio apunta a que pasajeros en conexión extiendan su escala hasta 15 días y recorran el país, con la meta de llegar a 250.000 visitantes en 2026.
La instalación, llamada “Sala Panamá”, funciona en el Aeropuerto Internacional de Tocumen, donde opera el Hub de las Américas. Según la información de Copa Airlines, el diseño busca que el viajero vea a Panamá como destino y no solo como punto de paso.
La aerolínea enmarcó el lanzamiento en el volumen de conexiones del principal aeropuerto panameño. Entre enero y abril de 2026, Tocumen movilizó 7.614.103 pasajeros, un 15% más que en el mismo período del año anterior, según cifras de las autoridades panameñas.

“Vamos a aprovechar los millones de pasajeros que transitan por Panamá, sin tener idea muchos de lo que ofrece este país. A partir de hoy verán las maravillas de Panamá”, afirmó el presidente ejecutivo de Copa Airlines Pedro Heilbron durante la inauguración.
Según EFE, la sala incorpora un mapa interactivo con 13 destinos del país, entre ellos la Ciudad de Panamá, lugares históricos y opciones ligadas a naturaleza, playa, cultura y gastronomía. El espacio suma contenido audiovisual y experiencias inmersivas inspiradas en paisajes locales.
La instalación está ubicada entre las dos terminales del aeropuerto. Allí, los pasajeros pueden armar itinerarios de acuerdo con los días disponibles y sus intereses, con apoyo del programa Panamá Stopover de Copa Airlines, que permite ampliar la escala en Panamá por hasta 15 días sin costo adicional.
La estrategia busca convertir el tránsito por Tocumen en visitas al país. De acuerdo con Copa Airlines y la Presidencia de la República de Panamá, la sala integra una política para elevar el turismo y su impacto en la economía local a partir del flujo de conexiones.

Durante el acto, el presidente de Panamá, José Raúl Mulino, destacó la coordinación entre el sector público y el privado. “Felicitar a todo el equipo, el componente público y privado que trabajó en esta idea a lo largo de estos dos años, en relanzar este aeropuerto”, dijo Mulino.
La ministra de Turismo, Gloria de León, presentó la sala como un recurso para acercar la oferta turística a quienes conectan en el Hub de las Américas. “Es un espacio diseñado para que los pasajeros que conectan a través del Hub de las Américas vivan una experiencia de lo que el país tiene que ofrecer”, señaló la funcionaria.
De León sostuvo que el objetivo es cambiar la percepción de los viajeros en tránsito. “Quienes todavía no conocen nuestro país descubrirán que Panamá es mucho más que un punto de conexión”, afirmó.

En un comunicado institucional, el Aeropuerto Internacional de Tocumen informó que la Sala Panamá se inauguró en el Puente Conector del aeropuerto y la definió como un espacio orientado a que los pasajeros en tránsito conozcan la cultura y la biodiversidad del país. La Presidencia de la República de Panamá sintetizó el mensaje con la consigna “Panamá es más que una escala”.
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