Jim Mustian

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FILE – Debris covers the area of Camp Mystic in Hunt, Texas, Monday, July 7, 2025, after a flash flood swept through the area. (AP Photo/Eli Hartman, File)

FEMA removed dozens of Camp Mystic buildings from 100-year flood map before expansion, records show

By Ryan J. Foley, Christopher L. Keller, and others

A Camp Mystic sign is seen near the entrance to the establishment along the banks of the Guadalupe River in Hunt, Texas, Saturday, July 5, 2025, after a flash flood swept through the area. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

Texas approved Camp Mystic’s disaster plans just 2 days before deadly flooding killed more than 2 dozen people there

By Jim Mustian, Christopher L. Keller, and others

CIA director William Burns stands in a courtroom

A veteran CIA officer reached up a colleague’s skirt and forcibly kissed her in front of co-workers, prosecutors allege in sexual misconduct case

By Jim Mustian, Joshua Goodman, and others

Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump is rushed offstage by U.S. Secret Service agents after being grazed by a bullet

Motive of man who tried to assassinate Donald Trump remains elusive as authorities hunt for clues

By Michael Biesecker, Alanna Durkin Richer, and others

Marijuana

Biden’s DEA to reclassify marijuana in historic shift that still doesn’t decriminalize it, sources say

By Zeke Miller, Joshua Goodman, and others

Manuel Rocha

Elite Miami lawyer hid in plain sight as a Yale graduate and top exec while spying for Cuba for 50 years: AP investigation

By Joshua Goodman, Jim Mustian, and others

The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) headquarters are pictured in Langley, Virginia, on July 8, 2022. – US President Biden is visiting the CIA headquarters today to congratulate the Agency and staff on the 75th anniversary of its founding. (Photo by Samuel Corum / AFP) (Photo by SAMUEL CORUM/AFP via Getty Images)

Ex-CIA officer accused of drugging and sexually abusing two dozen women pleads guilty in the latest embarrassment for the spy agency

By Fu Ting, Jim Mustian, and others

DEA

The FBI flipped DEA snitch ‘Bowling Ball,’ and he’s blowing the lid open on Miami’s ‘white powder bar’ of cocaine lawyers

By Joshua Goodman, Jim Mustian, and others

Joseph Ruddy

One of America’s top cocaine cops just blew a 0.17% blood-alcohol level and handed his business card to a cop wearing a bodycam

By Joshua Goodman, Jim Mustian, and others

WASHINGTON, DC – MARCH 09: CIA Director William Burns testifies during a House Select Committee on Intelligence hearing concerning worldwide threats, on Capitol Hill March 9, 2023 in Washington, DC. The leaders of U.S. intelligence agencies testified on a wide range of issues, including China, Russia, Covid-19 origins, and TikTok. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

‘Culture of secrecy’: CIA employees say agency tries to ‘cover up’ rampant sexual misconduct that includes lewd remarks and assaults

By Jim Mustian, Joshua Goodman, and others

Anne Milgram

2-year, $1.4 million review of DEA scandals ends with ‘stunningly vague’ report, top senator says

By Jim Mustian, Joshua Goodman, and others

Hugo Holland

Special prosecutor denies he’s a ‘closet Klansman’ as he takes case of 5 white police officers charged with killing Black motorist

By Jim Mustian and The Associated Press

Jose Irizarry

‘The drug war is a game’: The most corrupt DEA agent in history claims he didn’t act alone during decade of debauchery

By Jim Mustian, Joshua Goodman, and others

Huawei executive resolves criminal charges in deal with U.S.

By Eric Tucker, Jim Mustian, and others

Venezuela President Nicolas Maduro

Trump administration indicts Venezuela’s Maduro on drug-trafficking charges

By Joshua Goodman, Jim Mustian, and others