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  • FILE – Erik Siebert, interim U.S. Attorney for the eastern district of Virginia, speaks as Attorney General Pam Bondi, right, and Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin, left, listen during a news conference at the Manassas FBI Field Office, March 27, 2025, in Manassas, Va. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr., File)Law

    U.S. attorney who failed to charge Trump adversary resigns under pressure from administration

    By Alanna Durkin Richer, Eric Tucker, and others
  • Utah Gov. Spencer Cox, left, and FBI Director Kash Patel, right, converse as they make their way to a press conference to speak to media about the shooting death of Charlie Kirk at Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah, on Thursday, Sept. 11, 2025. (Rio Giancarlo/The Deseret News via AP)Law

    After missteps in the Charlie Kirk assassination, FBI director angrily vented to staff about perceived failure to keep him informed

    By Eric Tucker and The Associated Press
  • Charlie KirkPolitics

    FBI releases photos of person of interest in the assassination of Charlie Kirk

    By Eric Tucker, Alanna Durkin Richer, and others
  • Norm EisenEconomy

    DOJ opens mortgage-fraud probe into Lisa Cook, source says

    By Eric Tucker, Paul Wiseman, and others
  • MaxwellPolitics

    White House releases Ghislaine Maxwell interview full of quotes denying Trump and Epstein links

    By Eric Tucker, Michael R. Sisak, and others
  • Trump and BoltonPolitics

    Trump coy on raid of critic John Bolton’s house: ‘I could know about it. I could be the one starting it’

    By Eric Tucker and The Associated Press
  • Ghislaine MaxwellPolitics

    Ghislaine Maxwell holds out for immunity in exchange for testimony to Congress

    By Eric Tucker and The Associated Press
  • FILE – Audrey Strauss, acting U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, points to a photo of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, during a news conference in New York on July 2, 2020. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)Politics

    Ghislaine Maxwell ‘answered every single question’ in meeting with Trump’s DOJ, lawyer says

    By Eric Tucker, Kate Payne, and others
  • A mugshot of Jeffrey Epstein, former financier and convicted sex offender, is seen on a television at the US Capitol in Washington, DCPolitics

    Trump’s Epstein problems grow after report he sent a sexually suggestive letter to one-time friend for his 50th birthday

    By Eric Tucker, Alanna Durkin Richer, and others
  • Attorney General Pam Bondi speaks to the media, Friday, June 27, 2025, in the briefing room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)Politics

    How Epstein’s ‘client list’ went from ‘sitting on my desk’ to something the DOJ says doesn’t exist

    By Eric Tucker, Alanna Durkin Richer, and others
  • FILE – Former Connecticut Gov. John Rowland leaves federal appeals court in New York on March 16, 2016. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews, File)Politics

    Trump’s latest pardons benefit political allies and celebrities convicted of fraud and corruption

    By Eric Tucker and The Associated Press
  • Damage to a building is seen after an explosion in Palm Springs, Calif., on Saturday, May 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Eric Thayer)Politics

    The suspect in an attack on a California fertility clinic believed the world shouldn’t be populated

    By Eric Tucker, Gene Johnson, and others
  • Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth speaks on the South Lawn of the White House before President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump participate in the White House Easter Egg Roll Monday, April 21, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)Politics

    Trump blames ‘disgruntled employees’ for Defense Secretary Hegseth’s problems after second Signal chat comes to light

    By Tara Copp, Eric Tucker, and others
  • FILE – President Donald Trump speaks at an education event and executive order signing in the East Room of the White House in Washington, March 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)Politics

    Major law firm pledges at least $100 million in free legal services in deal to avoid White House order, while two other firms sue

    By Eric Tucker and The Associated Press
  • FBI Director Kash Patel, joined at right by Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, answers questions as the Senate Intelligence Committee holds its worldwide threats hearing, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, March 25, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)Politics

    FBI director avoids committing to investigate Signal leak and tells Congress he hasn’t reviewed the chat as Trump says it’s ‘not really an FBI thing’

    By Eric Tucker and The Associated Press