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Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump brings Susie Wiles to the podium at an election night watch party.

Trump’s incoming chief of staff—known as the ‘ice maiden’—faces a raft of special interests

By Brian Slodysko, Joshua Goodman, and others

FILE – Trump co-campaign manager Susie Wiles is seen at Nashville International Airport as Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump arrives, July 27, 2024, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Trump’s chief of staff is a former lobbyist. Now she’ll play the other side, policing special interests who want access to the president

By Brian Slodysko, Joshua Goodman, 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

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

Nancy Gonzalez

‘Egregious’—designer who smuggled purses made of python and caiman sentenced to 18 months in prison

By Joshua Goodman and The Associated Press

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

Fishing

Your seafood was probably produced by modern slaves, bombshell report on ‘widespread human rights crisis’ finds

By Joshua Goodman and The Associated Press

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

A jar of krill

From Antarctica to Tasmania, the debate over whether to fish a creature the size of a paper clip is key to saving the climate—and the humpback whales

By Joshua Goodman, David Keyton, 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

Confiscated shark fins

America is about to ban the shark fin trade that kills millions each year as 500 species are threatened with extinction

By Joshua Goodman, Patrick Whittle, and others

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