Kansas City, Missouri | The FBI on Wednesday (Thursday AEDT) urged police chiefs across the country to be on high alert for extremist activity and to share intelligence on any threats they encounter, as the US government issued a dire intelligence bulletin warning of potential violence ahead of the inauguration.

In the call with police chiefs, Christopher Wray, the FBI director, and Kenneth Cuccinelli, the acting deputy secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, warned about potential attacks on state capitols, federal buildings, the homes of congressional members and on businesses, according to one of the chiefs on the call.