Reporting Highlights

Rising Threats: After the Trump administration’s attack on Iran, experts say, threats of extremist violence are likely to rise in the U.S.

Missing Plan: In office for more than a year, counterterrorism chief Sebastian Gorka has yet to issue a blueprint to combat threats.

Killing Machine: Gorka boasts of the U.S. killing hundreds of jihadists, but experts say his claims are overstated or hard to verify.

These highlights were written by the reporters and editors who worked on this story.