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Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro speaks after voting during legislative elections in Bogota, Colombia, Sunday, March 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)

DEA names Colombian president ‘priority target’ as U.S. prosecutors probe ties to drug traffickers

By Jim Mustian, Joshua Goodman, and others

Colombia's President Gustavo Petro shows the ballots before voting in legislative elections in Bogota, Colombia, Sunday, March 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)

The president of Colombia has just been labeled a “priority target” for his alleged drug ties by the DEA

By The Associated Press, Jim Mustian, and others

FBI Director Kash Patel takes part in a U.S. Hostage and Wrongful Detainee Flag Raising ceremony at the State Department, Monday, March 9, 2026 in Washington. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf)

U.S. faces elevated terrorism threats amid cuts at FBI and DOJ. ‘So much experience has been decimated from the ranks’

By Eric Tucker, Alanna Durkin Richer, and others

DOJ strikes tentative Ticketmaster settlement as states break away to keep fighting Live Nation

By The Associated Press, Larry Neumeister, and others

President Donald Trump speaks at the Shield of the Americas Summit, Saturday, March 7, 2026, at Trump National Doral Miami in Doral, Fla. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Trump calls on regional leaders at ‘Shield of the Americas’ summit to use their militaries against drug cartels

By Aamer Madhani, Joshua Goodman, and others

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DOJ releases missing files with unconfirmed allegations about Trump from the 1980s

By Alanna Durkin Richer and The Associated Press

An Austin police officer guards the scene on West 6th Street at West Avenue after a shooting, Sunday March 1, 2026, in Austin, Texas. (Ricardo B. Brazziell/Austin American-Statesman via AP)

Suspect in Texas shooting that FBI is investigating as potential terrorism wore ‘Property of Allah’ clothing and Iranian flag emblem

By Jack Myer, Alanna Durkin Richer, and others

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Pam Bondi’s Epstein testimony devolves into name calling as she sweeps her own past behavior under the rug

By Alanna Durkin Richer, Eric Tucker, and others

Pam Bondi speaks at a podium.

Cartels turn to crypto in game of finance whack-a-mole with DOJ

By Alanna Durkin Richer and The Associated Press

A photo of Alex Pretti is displayed during a vigil for Alex Pretti by nurses and their supporters outside VA NY Harbor Healthcare System, Thursday, Jan. 29, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)

Justice Department opens a federal civil rights probe into the killing of Alex Pretti, with FBI leading the investigation

By Michael Biesecker, Rebecca Santana, and others

FILE – Documents that were included in the U.S. Department of Justice release of the Jeffrey Epstein files are photographed Friday, Jan. 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Jon Elswick, File)

Latest Epstein files detail contact with Howard Lutnick, Steve Bannon and Goldman Sachs lawyer

By Eric Tucker, Michael R. Sisak, and others

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Trump on Ilhan Omar getting apple cider vinegar squirted on her: ‘She probably had herself sprayed, knowing her’

By Alanna Durkin Richer, Steve Karnowski, and others

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Olympic snowboarder turned FBI most wanted drug lord arrested in Mexico, extradited to U.S.

By Eric Tucker, Alanna Durkin Richer, and others

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and his wife, Gwen Walz, attend a vigil honoring Renee Good on Friday, Jan. 9, 2026, in St. Paul, Minn., outside the Minnesota State Capitol. (Kerem Yücel/Minnesota Public Radio via AP)

Justice Department investigates Minnesota’s Walz and Frey, who call it a bullying tactic meant to threaten political opposition

By Alanna Durkin Richer, Eric Tucker, and others

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Top DOJ official doesn’t see any basis to open criminal civil rights investigation into Nicole Good’s death

By Alanna Durkin Richer, Eric Tucker, and others