President Connolly appointed counterterrorism specialist Ross Frenett as a member of An Coimisiún Toghcháin as the Electoral Commission prepares to play an increasingly central role in tackling online misinformation and safeguarding electoral integrity.

New Trump counterterrorism strategy elevates threats from leftist groups like Antifa: ( TruthSocial: May 6 2026, 9:19 PM ET )​​​‍​​‌‍​​‌‍​​​​​​​‌‍​​​​​​‌‍​​​​‌‍​‌‍​​​​​​​‌‍​​​​​​‌‍​​​​​​​​​​‌‍​​​​​​​​​‌‍​‌‍​​​​​​​​​‌‍​‌‍​​​‌‍​​​​‌‍​​​​‌‍​​​​​​‌‍

Today marks 22 years since the establishment of the National Counterterrorism Center. Happy birthday, @NCTC_Official! Since its establishment in 2004, NCTC has served as the nation’s hub for analyzing, integrating, and sharing counterterrorism intelligence — fusing law enforcement and intelligence information to prevent and respond to terrorist threats at home and abroad. Their mission remains clear: at the direction of @POTUS, NCTC works to disrupt terrorist threats wherever they emerge and to keep Americans safe.

🇺🇸 The U.S. Counterterrorism Strategy 2026 confirms that the U.S. will designate more chapters of the Muslim Brotherhood as Foreign Terrorist Organizations. “President Trump knows that all modern Jihadi groups, from al Qaeda to ISIS to Hamas, can trace their roots back to one organization: the Muslim Brotherhood… We will continue to designate its branches across the Middle East and beyond as FTOs to crush the organization everywhere it operates.”

🚨 VP VANCE: "I will immediately take that to the team because that should a counterterrorism investigation." Vice President @JDVance responds to a Minnesota whistleblower report from 2019 that warned Minnesota elected officials, "it is a near certainty that at least a percentage of the fraud proceeds that go overseas are being siphoned off by one or more Designated Terrorist Organizations…” The Vice President told me, "It's hard to fathom. You pay your TAXES, and it goes to a TERRORIST." @SatAmericaFNC @FoxNews ⬇️

🇺🇸 Kash Patel says the FBI and its partners have stopped 1,100 of planned terrorist attacks since Trump returned to office. Most of them never became national stories because they were disrupted before anyone had to learn the suspect’s name. That is the strange math of counterterrorism. Success is measured in headlines that never existed. Writers: Lucas, Oliver

The US and Indian armies conducted a high-intensity building-clearance and room-intervention drill during Exercise Yudh Abhyas 2026 in Auli, Uttarakhand. The counterterrorism exercise involved assault teams supported by drones, robotic dogs, canines and snipers, simulating close-quarter operational scenarios. The drill focused on tactical coordination, professional exchanges and interoperability between the two armies. #YudhAbhyas2026# #IndianArmy# #USArmy# #Auli# #MilitaryExercise# #CounterTerrorism#