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  • FILE – Documents that were included in the U.S. Department of Justice release of the Jeffrey Epstein files are photographed Friday, Jan. 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Jon Elswick, File)Politics

    Latest Epstein files detail contact with Howard Lutnick, Steve Bannon and Goldman Sachs lawyer

    By Eric Tucker, Michael R. Sisak, and others
  • weddingLaw

    Olympic snowboarder turned FBI most wanted drug lord arrested in Mexico, extradited to U.S.

    By Eric Tucker, Alanna Durkin Richer, and others
  • delcyPolitics

    Trump accused Venezuela’s Maduro of massive drug dealing. The AP has receipts about the DEA’s probe of Delcy Rodriguez, too

    By Jim Mustian, Joshua Goodman, and others
  • Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and his wife, Gwen Walz, attend a vigil honoring Renee Good on Friday, Jan. 9, 2026, in St. Paul, Minn., outside the Minnesota State Capitol. (Kerem Yücel/Minnesota Public Radio via AP)Politics

    Justice Department investigates Minnesota’s Walz and Frey, who call it a bullying tactic meant to threaten political opposition

    By Alanna Durkin Richer, Eric Tucker, and others
  • ICEPolitics

    Top DOJ official doesn’t see any basis to open criminal civil rights investigation into Nicole Good’s death

    By Alanna Durkin Richer, Eric Tucker, and others
  • maduroPolitics

    92-year-old judge cuts Maduro’s protestations of innocence short: ‘There will be time and place to go through all of this’

    By Michael R. Sisak, Larry Neumeister, and others
  • BarrLaw

    The legality of Maduro’s trial will all come down to an opinion written in 1989 by … Bill Barr

    By Joshua Goodman, Eric Tucker, and others
  • Men watch smoke rising from a dock after explosions were heard at La Guaira port, Venezuela, Saturday, Jan. 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)Politics

    Rubio suggests the U.S. won’t govern Venezuela day-to-day and will use oil quarantine to exercise control

    By Regina Garcia Cano, Matthew Lee, and others
  • A motorcade carrying ousted Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro leaves the Westside Heliport in New York on January 3, 2026. Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro arrived Saturday evening at a military base in the United States after his capture by US forces in Caracas. Maduro was seen surrounded by FBI agents as he descended the boarding stairs of a US government plane at a New York state National Guard facility, and was slowly escorted along the tarmac. (Photo by ANGELA WEISS / AFP via Getty Images)Politics

    Maduro is now in the U.S. to face criminal charges after deposed Venezuelan leader smiles while escorted by DEA agents

    By Regina Garcia Cano, Konstantin Toropin, and others
  • EpsteinLaw

    DOJ says it discovered another million Epstein documents and may need a ‘few more weeks’ to release them

    By Seung Min Kim, Eric Tucker, and others
  • This undated photo released by the U.S. Department of Justice shows Jeffrey Epstein. (U.S. Department of Justice via AP)Law

    One of the few revelations in the Epstein files is a copy of the earliest known red flag about the sex offender: a report taken by the FBI in 1996

    By Michael R. Sisak, Eric Tucker, and others
  • Brown, MITLaw

    Manhunt in Massachusetts ends after mass shooter, MIT murderer found dead inside storage facility

    By Kimberlee Kruesi, Alanna Durkin Richer, and others
  • BonginoPolitics

    ‘I think he wants to go back to his show’: Dan Bongino retreats from FBI back to conspiracy podcasting

    By Eric Tucker and The Associated Press
  • grassleyPolitics

    ‘There are a lot of people concerned he’s not the same old Chuck Grassley’: Where has the oversight chief gone under Trump 2.0?

    By Joshua Goodman, Jim Mustian, and others
  • James ComeyLaw

    Judge tosses DOJ lawsuits against James Comey, Letitia James as Trump’s revenge tour falters

    By Eric Tucker and The Associated Press