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  • 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)Politics

    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)Politics

    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)Politics

    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.Politics

    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 VegasLifestyle

    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
  • 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)Politics

    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)Politics

    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)Politics

    Biden pardons his son Hunter despite previous pledges not to

    By Zeke Miller, Alanna Durkin Richer, and others
  • Donald Trump clappingPolitics

    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.Politics

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

    By Eric Tucker, Alanna Durkin Richer, and others
  • FILE – The logo for the Justice Department is seen before a news conference at the Department of Justice, Aug. 23, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)Politics

    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)Politics

    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.Finance

    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)Environment

    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 microphonePolitics

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

    By Alanna Durkin Richer and The Associated Press