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  • President Donald Trump’s former lawyer and longtime fixer Michael Cohen is currently locked up at FCI Otisville in New York after pleading guilty to numerous charges, including campaign finance fraud and lying to Congress.Politics

    Trump fixer Michael Cohen is being released from prison amid coronavirus outbreak fears

    By Michael Balsamo and The Associated Press
  • Alarm grows as Cook County, state struggle with what to do with the incarcerated in the face of COVID-19Politics

    Coronavirus in prison: 146,000 federal inmates will be locked in their cells for 14 days to slow spread

    By Michael Balsamo, Michael R. Sisak, and others
  • 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.Politics

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

    By Michael Balsamo, Eric Tucker, and others
  • About two dozen House Republicans barge into the closed House impeachment inquiry, considered a secure room off limits to others except those involved in the House Intelligence, Foreign Affairs, and Oversight committee investigation.Politics

    Trump Impeachment Inquiry’s GOP Gatecrashers ‘Finally Reached a Boiling Point’

    By Michael Balsamo and The Associated Press
  • World Leaders Address United Nations General AssemblyPolitics

    Why the Whistleblower Complaint Is About More Than Just a Phone Call

    By Michael Balsamo, Colleen Long, and others
  • William BarrPolitics

    Why the Whistleblower Complaint Just Pushed William Barr Back Into the Political Fray

    By Michael Balsamo, Mark Sherman, and others
  • Presidential Candidates Attend Gun Safety Forum In Des MoinesPolitics

    Trump Prodded Ukraine Leader on Biden Claims, According to White House Memo

    By Michael Balsamo, Zeke J Miller, and others
  • House Speaker Nancy Pelosi Attends AFL-CIO Rally At The CapitolPolitics

    Pelosi Expected to Announce Formal Impeachment Inquiry of Trump

    By Lisa Mascaro, Mary Clare Jalonick, and others
  • US Army soldierPolitics

    U.S. Soldier Talked of Killing Activists and Bombing News Network, Prosecutors Say

    By Michael Balsamo and The Associated Press
  • President Donald Trump Departs White House For Campaign Rally In New MexicoPolitics

    Trump Says He Had ‘Perfectly Fine’ Call With Ukraine Leader

    By Jonathan Lemire, Michael Balsamo, and others
  • Attorney General Federal PrisonsPolitics

    Justice Dept. Will Execute Inmates for First Time Since 2003

    By Michael Balsamo and The Associated Press
  • Gwen Carr, mother of the late Eric GarnerPolitics

    Why Police Officer in Eric Garner’s Chokehold Death Won’t Be Charged

    By Michael Balsamo, Michael R. Sisak, and others