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Luigi Mangione in court

Attorney General Pam Bondi tells prosecutors to pursue death penalty against Luigi Mangione, charged with killing UnitedHealthcare CEO

By Michael R. Sisak, Alanna Durkin Richer, and others

Trump's face displayed on a screen above a January 6th committee hearing

Trump says his visit to the Justice Department will be ‘historic’ after the president escaped two federal prosecutions by winning the election

By Eric Tucker, Alanna Durkin Richer, and others

President Donald Trump, left, gestures as is escorted by Air Force Col. Angela Ochoa, commander of the 89th Airlift Wing, center, as he walks from Marine One before boarding Air Force One, Friday, Feb. 28, 2025, at Joint Base Andrews, Md. (AP Photo/Luis M. Alvarez)

Judge rules head of watchdog agency must keep his job, says Trump’s bid to oust him was unlawful

By Alanna Durkin Richer and The Associated Press

FILE – New York City mayor Eric Adams departs Manhattan federal court after an appearance, Friday, Sept. 27, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura, File)

Justice Department orders prosecutors to drop corruption charges against New York Mayor Eric Adams

By Jake Offenhartz, Alanna Durkin Richer, and others

Attorney General Pam Bondi speaks after being sworn in by Supreme Court Associate Justice Clarence Thomas, in the Oval Office of the White House, Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2025, in Washington, as President Donald Trump looks on. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

New Attorney General Pam Bondi calls for creation of ‘weaponization working group’ to review Jack Smith’s Trump cases

By Alanna Durkin Richer, Eric Tucker, and others

Trump attorney Emil Bove

Top DOJ official accuses FBI chief of ‘insubordination’ but tries to dampen talk of revenge on agents ‘who simply followed orders’

By Eric Tucker, Alanna Durkin Richer, and others

FILE – Special counsel Jack Smith speaks about an indictment of former President Donald Trump, Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2023, at a Department of Justice office in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

Trump Justice Department says it has fired over a dozen employees who were involved in prosecutions of president

By Eric Tucker, Alanna Durkin Richer, and others

White House 'border czar' Tom Homan

Trump ‘border czar’ and other top officials in Chicago for start of illegal immigration crackdown

By Sophia Tareen, Alanna Durkin Richer, and others

President Donald Trump holds up an executive order commuting sentences for people convicted of Jan. 6 offenses in the Oval Office of the White House, Monday, Jan. 20, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump pardons over 1,500 Jan. 6 defendants, including rioters who assaulted police

By Alanna Durkin Richer, Michael Kunzelman, and others

FILE – Special counsel Jack Smith speaks about an indictment of former President Donald Trump, Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2023, at a Department of Justice office in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

Special counsel Jack Smith’s much-anticipated report says Trump would have been convicted if he hadn’t been elected

By Alanna Durkin Richer, Eric Tucker, and others

FILE – Special counsel Jack Smith speaks to the media about an indictment of former President Donald Trump, Aug. 1, 2023, at an office of the Department of Justice in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Federal court denies bid to block release of Jack Smith report on Trump’s efforts to overturn his 2020 election loss

By Eric Tucker, Alanna Durkin Richer, and others

FILE – Special counsel Jack Smith speaks to the media about an indictment of former President Donald Trump, Aug. 1, 2023, at an office of the Department of Justice in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

DOJ says it plans to hold back part of Jack Smith’s report about Trump’s hoarding classified documents at Mar-a-Lago

By Eric Tucker, Alanna Durkin Richer, and others

FILE – In this courtroom sketch Defendant Alexander Smirnov speaks in Federal court in Los Angeles, Feb. 26, 2024. (William T. Robles via AP, File)

Ex-FBI informant who made up Ukraine bribery story about Biden and son Hunter gets 6 years in prison

By Alanna Durkin Richer and The Associated Press

This undated photo, provided by the Las Vegas Police Department shows an ID belonging to Matthew Livelsberger, found inside a Tesla Cybertruck involved in an explosion outside the Trump Hotel in Las Vegas.

Army Green Beret Matthew Livelsberger died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound before Tesla Cybertruck explosion in Las Vegas

By Tara Copp, Alanna Durkin Richer, and others

A Tesla Cybertruck on fire after detonating outside Trump Hotel in Las Vegas

Matthew Livelsberger, who died in the Tesla Cybertruck explosion outside Trump’s hotel in Las Vegas, was a highly decorated Green Beret

By Tara Copp, Alanna Durkin Richer, and others