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Trump and Bolton

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 Maxwell

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)

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, DC

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth does a television interview outside the White House, Friday, March 21, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Trump’s defense secretary accidentally sent war plans to a group chat that included a journalist, days after threatening polygraphs for leaks

By The Associated Press, Tara Copp, and others

FILE – Demonstrators rally in support of federal workers outside of the Department of Health and Human Services, Feb. 14, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)

DOGE gutting of federal agencies presents an unprecedented opportunity for America’s enemies to recruit informants, experts say

By David Klepper, Eric Tucker, and others

Trump's face displayed on a screen above a January 6th committee hearing

Trump says his visit to the Justice Department will be ‘historic’ after the president escaped two federal prosecutions by winning the election

By Eric Tucker, Alanna Durkin Richer, and others

FILE – The U.S. Department of Justice building is seen in Washington, Dec. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

12 Chinese hackers and officials charged by U.S. prosecutors for roles in global cybercrime campaigns

By Eric Tucker, Dake Kang, and others

Elon Musk arrives to speak at the Conservative Political Action Conference, CPAC, at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center, Thursday, Feb. 20, 2025, in Oxon Hill, Md. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Pentagon, FBI and other key federal agencies refuse to comply with Musk’s demand for employees to explain workweeks or lose jobs

By Steve Peoples, Eric Tucker, and others