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President Joe Biden talks talks to reporters after a meeting of G7 and NATO leaders in Bali, Indonesia, Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2022. (Doug Mills/The New York Times via AP, Pool)

Biden says it is ‘unlikely’ missile that killed 2 in Poland was fired from Russia

By Seung Min Kim, Zeke Miller, and others

Sam Bankman-Fried

Both the DOJ and SEC are probing potential criminal activity, securities offenses at FTX, source says

By Ken Sweet, Michael Balsamo, and others

Police officers outside synagogue

FBI says it has credible information of ‘broad’ threat to New Jersey synagogues, urges taking ‘all security precautions’

By Ryan Kryska, Michael Balsamo, and others

Paul Pelosi, left, with Nancy Pelosi

‘Where is Nancy?’ An intruder broke into Nancy Pelosi’s home and assaulted her husband with a hammer after calling her name

By The Associated Press, Kevin Freking, and others

An aerial view of former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate is seen Aug. 10 in Palm Beach, Fla.

The FBI seized ultra ‘top secret’ documents in search of Trump’s Mar-a-Lago, including some that could cause ‘exceptionally grave’ damage to U.S. interests

By Michael Balsamo, Zeke Miller, and others

DALLAS, TEXAS – AUGUST 06: Former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) at the Hilton Anatole on August 06, 2022 in Dallas, Texas. CPAC began in 1974, and is a conference that brings together and hosts conservative organizations, activists, and world leaders in discussing current events and future political agendas. (Photo by Brandon Bell/Getty Images)

FBI seized ‘top secret’ files from Trump’s home, warrant documents show

By Michael Balsamo, Zeke Miller, and others

New York City Police Department personnel gather at the entrance to a subway stop in the Brooklyn borough of New York, Tuesday, April 12, 2022. Multiple people were shot and injured Tuesday at a subway station in New York City during a morning rush hour attack that left wounded commuters bleeding on a train platform. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

Man wanted in Brooklyn subway shooting arrested, law enforcement officials say

By Michael R. Sisak, Michael Balsamo, and others

Spain U.S. Oligarch's Yacht Sanctions

The U.S. just seized a $120 million yacht owned by oligarch with close ties to Putin

By Francisco Ubilla, Aritz Parra, and others

Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson

Biden picks Ketanji Brown Jackson for the Supreme Court

By Colleen Long, Michael Balsamo, and others

COVID-19 testing in California

The U.S. confirms its first case of the Omicron variant in California

By Michael Balsamo, Zeke Miller, and others

Attorney General Merrick Garland speaks during a news conference on voting rights at the Department of Justice in Washington, Friday, June 25, 2021. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Justice Department sues Georgia over controversial voting law

By Michael Balsamo, Christina A. Cassidy, 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

NEW YORK – MARCH 12: Financier Bernard Madoff arrives at Manhattan Federal court on March 12, 2009 in New York City. Madoff is scheduled to enter a guilty plea on 11 felony counts which under federal law can result in a sentence of about 150 years. (Photo by Stephen Chernin/Getty Images)

Ponzi schemer Bernie Madoff dies in federal prison

By Michael Balsamo and The Associated Press

WASHINGTON, DC – APRIL 02: A member of the National Guard stands guard after a vehicle charged a barricade at the U.S. Capitol on April 02, 2021 in Washington, DC. The U.S. Capitol was locked down after a person reportedly rammed a vehicle into two Capitol Hill police officers. A suspect was apprehended.

Car rams two officers at Capitol barricade; driver shot dead

By Michael Balsamo, Colleen Long, and others

Trump supporters clash with police and security forces as they try to storm the US Capitol in Washington, DC on January 6, 2021. – Demonstrators breeched security and entered the Capitol as Congress debated the a 2020 presidential election Electoral Vote Certification. (Photo by Joseph Prezioso / AFP) (Photo by JOSEPH PREZIOSO/AFP via Getty Images)

1 person shot as pro-Trump insurrectionists storm Capitol

By Michael Balsamo and The Associated Press