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FILE – Former FBI informant Alexander Smirnov, left, walks out of his lawyer’s office in downtown Las Vegas after being released from federal custody Feb. 20, 2024. (K.M. Cannon/Las Vegas Review-Journal via AP, File)

Former FBI informant will plead guilty to lying about a phony bribery scheme involving Biden and son Hunter

By Alanna Durkin Richer and The Associated Press

FILE – Hunter Biden steps into a vehicle as he leaves federal court, Sept. 5, 2024, in Los Angeles, after pleading guilty to federal tax charges. (AP Photo/Eric Thayer, File)

Joe Biden has pardoned his son Hunter. What does that mean and why did he break his promise not to?

By Colleen Long, Alanna Durkin Richer, and others

FILE – President Joe Biden, wearing a Team USA jacket and walking with his son Hunter Biden, heads toward Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, July 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Biden pardons his son Hunter despite previous pledges not to

By Zeke Miller, Alanna Durkin Richer, and others

Donald Trump clapping

Federal prosecutors dismiss Trump documents case in major presidential perk

By Alanna Durkin Richer, Eric Tucker, and others

Pam Bondi, former Florida Attorney General, speaks to reporters outside an election integrity volunteer training, June 18, 2024, in Newtown, Pa.

Trump taps his former lawyer Pam Bondi for attorney general after Gaetz withdraws

By Eric Tucker, Alanna Durkin Richer, and others

Florida and Texas say they won’t let DOJ monitors into polling places to perform decades-long practice of watching for violations

By Alanna Durkin Richer, Jim Salter, and others

A damaged ballot drop box is displayed during a news conference at the Multnomah County Elections Division office on Monday, Oct. 28, 2024, in Portland, Ore. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane)

Man who destroyed hundreds of ballots in Oregon and Washington drop box fires is a metalworker and might be planning more attacks, police say

By Alanna Durkin Richer, Claire Rush, and others

In this photo illustration, a visual representation of the digital cryptocurrency Bitcoin is displayed in front of a Bitcoin course's graph on February 13, 2024 in Paris, France.

25-year-old arrested in SEC social media hack that spiked Bitcoin price

By Alanna Durkin Richer and The Associated Press

FILE – A general view shows the aftermath of a wildfire in Lahaina, Hawaii, on Aug. 17, 2023. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

Maui fire that killed 102 in Lahaina erupted from earlier blaze firefighters thought they put out, investigation finds

By Rebecca Boone, Alanna Durkin Richer, and others

Donald Trump speaks into microphone

Trump claims crime is ‘through the roof,’ but here’s what FBI data actually say

By Alanna Durkin Richer and The Associated Press

In this aerial image released by the Maryland National Guard, the cargo ship Dali is stuck under part of the structure of the Francis Scott Key Bridge after the ship hit the bridge.

DOJ sues for $100 million in ‘entirely avoidable’ Baltimore bridge collapse

By Lea Skene, Alanna Durkin Richer, and others

Donald Trump steps out of car

Donald Trump is safe after assassination attempt; suspect is identified

By Alanna Durkin Richer, Colleen Long, and others

Hunter Biden is pictured outside the court room wearing a dark navy suit and tie.

Hunter Biden avoids tax trial with surprise guilty plea

By Amy Taxin, Deepa Bharath, and others

WASHINGTON, DC – AUGUST 23: U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland speaks during a press conference at the U.S. Department of Justice on August 23, 2024 in Washington, DC. Officials with the Department of Justice held the news conference to make an announcement pertaining to their antitrust lawsuit against the real estate software company RealPage. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

RealPage’s algorithm enabled collusion that kept rents high, antitrust lawsuits allege

By Alanna Durkin Richer and The Associated Press

Elvis Presley's home

A woman allegedly posed as 3 people in the plot to defraud Elvis Presley’s family and auction Graceland

By Alanna Durkin Richer, Jonathan Mattise, and others