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Motorists line up for fuel at one of the few remaining gas stations that still has fuel in Arlington, Virgina, on May 13, 2021. – The Colonial Pipeline network shut down by a cyber attack said t has resumed fuel deliveries, but gas stations up and down the east coast were still facing shortages after a wave of panic buying. Frantic motorists from Florida to Maryland continued to line up at gas stations trying to fill their tanks and other containers, sending the national average price above $3 a gallon for the first time since late 2014 despite government efforts to ease the supply crunch. (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP) (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images)

Ransom paid, fuel is flowing—but the Colonial Pipeline mess will linger

By Cathy Bussewitz, Eric Tucker, and others

FILE – This Thursday, June 6, 2013 file photo shows the National Security Administration (NSA) campus in Fort Meade, Md. The number of targets of secretive surveillance in national security investigations fell sharply last year amid the coronavirus pandemic and continued scrutiny of the FBI’s wiretapping authorities arising from the Russia investigation. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

Number of surveillance targets fell sharply during the pandemic according to U.S. officials

By Nomaan Merchant, Eric Tucker, and others

FILE – In this Nov. 19, 2020, file photo, former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani, who was a lawyer for President Donald Trump, speaks during a news conference at the Republican National Committee headquarters in Washington. A law enforcement official tells the Associated Press that federal investigators have executed a search warrant at Rudy Giuliani’s Manhattan residence. The former New York City mayor has been under investigation for several years over his business dealings in Ukraine. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

Feds execute search warrant at Rudy Giuliani’s NYC home

By Michael R. Sistak, Michael Balsamo, and others

15 February 2020, Hamburg: The screen of a PC with the lettering “locky” and various number combinations (alienation in an image processing program). Photo: Soeren Stache/dpa-Zentralbild/ZB

U.S. takes new aim at ransomware after most costly year

By Eric Tucker and Bloomberg

FILE – This Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2021 file photo shows power lines in Houston. The Biden administration is taking steps to protect the country’s electric system from cyberattacks through a new 100-day initiative combining federal government agencies and private industry. The initiative was announced Tuesday by the Energy Department. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

Biden administration launches initiative to protect U.S. electric system from cyberattacks

By Eric Tucker and The Associated Press

Biden Administration poised to slam Russia with sanctions over SolarWinds hack, election meddling

By Aamer Madhani, Eric Tucker, and others

Microsoft’s one-click tool to protect against cyberattacks is getting lots of downloads

By Eric Tucker and The Associated Press

Compressor complexes at the Gazprom PJSC Slavyanskaya compressor station, the starting point of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline, in Ust-Luga, Russia, on Thursday, Jan. 28, 2021. Nord Stream 2 is a 1,230-kilometer (764-mile) gas pipeline that will double the capacity of the existing undersea route from Russian fields to Europe — the original Nord Stream — which opened in 2011. Photographer: Andrey Rudakov/Bloomberg via Getty Images

In CIA Senate confirmation battle, Ted Cruz gets his way on Russian pipeline sanctions

By Eric Tucker and The Associated Press

The FBI has reached out to Sen. Richard Burr, a Republican from North Carolina, about his sale of stocks before the coronavirus caused markets to plummet.

FBI contacts U.S. senator who sold stock after getting coronavirus threat briefings in January

By Eric Tucker and The Associated Press

Four attorneys who represented the Justice Department on the Roger Stone trial quit after the DOJ recommended reducing Stone’s sentence. In the photo, Stone leaving the courthouse after being found guilty of seven felony charges.

4 prosecutors on Roger Stone case quit after DOJ interferes on sentencing

By Michael Balsamo, Eric Tucker, and others

Senate Impeachment Trial Of President Donald Trump Moves Into Its Final Week

Trump impeachment trial closing arguments aim at voters and history

By Lisa Mascaro, Eric Tucker, and others

Senate Impeachment Trial Of President Trump

GOP doesn’t have votes to block witnesses, McConnell says

By Eric Tucker, Zeke Miller, and others

In this screenshot taken from a Senate Television webcast, Chief Justice John Roberts admonishes the House managers and the President’s lawyers for using language inappropriate for the Senate during impeachment proceedings against U.S. President Donald Trump at the U.S. Capitol on January 22, 2020 in Washington, DC.

Crime required for impeachment? Not so, say legal experts

By Eric Tucker and The Associated Press

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Giuliani letter among new documents disclosed by Democrats ahead of impeachment trial

By Mary Clare Jalonick, Eric Tucker, and others

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How Trump’s Public Impeachment Hearings Will Differ From Clinton’s and Nixon’s

By Eric Tucker, Fortune Editors, and others