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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

Rescue workers and military personnel survey the scene of a direct hit a day after an Iranian missile struck in Tel Aviv, Israel, Sunday, March 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)

Iran will pick a new supreme leader in ‘one or two days’ as retaliation attacks spread to more targets after Khamenei’s death

By Jon Gambrell, Melanie Lidman, and others

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Iranian Supreme Leader Khamenei dies after major attack by Israel and the U.S., Iranian state media confirms

By Jon Gambrell, Melanie Lidman, and others

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Inconvenient fact about the Epstein files: they’re missing Trump mentions that have appeared in the press

By Eric Tucker and The Associated Press

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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

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

By Eric Tucker, Alanna Durkin Richer, and others

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Trump accused Venezuela’s Maduro of massive drug dealing. The AP has receipts about the DEA’s probe of Delcy Rodriguez, too

By Jim Mustian, Joshua Goodman, 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

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92-year-old judge cuts Maduro’s protestations of innocence short: ‘There will be time and place to go through all of this’

By Michael R. Sisak, Larry Neumeister, and others

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The legality of Maduro’s trial will all come down to an opinion written in 1989 by … Bill Barr

By Joshua Goodman, Eric Tucker, and others

Men watch smoke rising from a dock after explosions were heard at La Guaira port, Venezuela, Saturday, Jan. 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)

Rubio suggests the U.S. won’t govern Venezuela day-to-day and will use oil quarantine to exercise control

By Regina Garcia Cano, Matthew Lee, and others

A motorcade carrying ousted Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro leaves the Westside Heliport in New York on January 3, 2026. Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro arrived Saturday evening at a military base in the United States after his capture by US forces in Caracas. Maduro was seen surrounded by FBI agents as he descended the boarding stairs of a US government plane at a New York state National Guard facility, and was slowly escorted along the tarmac. (Photo by ANGELA WEISS / AFP via Getty Images)

Maduro is now in the U.S. to face criminal charges after deposed Venezuelan leader smiles while escorted by DEA agents

By Regina Garcia Cano, Konstantin Toropin, and others

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DOJ says it discovered another million Epstein documents and may need a ‘few more weeks’ to release them

By Seung Min Kim, Eric Tucker, and others