Lone actors ‘most likely’ to commit US terror attacks: intel report

Source: New York Post

WASHINGTON — Homegrown radicalized lone wolf actors pose “the most likely terrorist attack scenario” on the US homeland, the intelligence community’s chilling 2026 annual threat assessment report warned. The intelligence community assessed that while Al Qaeda and ISIS “maintain the intent” to carry out attacks on America, they have “focused more on virtually recruiting US-based aspirants to encourage and enable potential attacks. ” The report cites as examples the New Year’s Day 2025 pickup truck attack on Bourbon Street in New Orleans, which killed 14 people and injured 57 others; and the June 1, 2025, Boulder, Colo.