US is failing to address ‘persistent and lethal threat’ of domestic terrorism, report finds

Federal government has continued to focus disproportionately' on international terrorist threats despite spate of racist shootings

The FBI and the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) are failing to properly address the threat of domestic terrorism, predominantly from white supremacist and anti-government extremists, according to a Senate committee report released on Monday.

The Senate homeland security and governmental affairs committee spent three years investigating domestic terrorism and the federal response.