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President Donald Trump walks from the Oval Office to board Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House en route to Florida, Friday, March 28, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Trump roars down multiple paths of retribution as he vowed. Some targets yield while others fight

March 30, 2025 at 9:17 a.m.

Donald Trump has set out to impose his will across a broad swath of American life, from individuals who have drawn his ire to institutions known for their own flexes...

FBI Director Kash Patel, joined at right by Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, answers questions as the Senate Intelligence Committee holds its worldwide threats hearing, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, March 25, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

President Donald Trump says Signal chat isn’t ‘really an FBI thing.’ The FBI has a long history of such inquiries

March 27, 2025 at 8:50 a.m.

FBI Director Kash Patel was not part of a Signal chat in which other Trump administration national security officials discussed detailed attack plans, but that didn’t spare him from being...

FBI Director Kash Patel speaks during a ceremony to raise the Hostage and Wrongful Detainee flag at the State Department, Thursday, March 6, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Exposure of Trump administration war plans is ‘mind-boggling,’ top Democrat tells intel officials

March 25, 2025 at 11:24 a.m.

The Trump administration’s top intelligence officials are facing Congress this week to offer their first testimony in office about the threats confronting the United States and tackle urgent questions about...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth does a television interview outside the White House, Friday, March 21, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Trump officials texted war plans to a group chat in a secure app that included a journalist

March 25, 2025 at 11:16 a.m.

Top national security officials for President Donald Trump, including his defense secretary, texted plans for upcoming military strikes in Yemen to a group chat in a secure messaging app that...

FILE – The Department of Justice headquarters building in Washington is photographed early in the morning, May 14, 2013. (AP Photo/J. David Ake, File)

President Donald Trump pledges to ‘expose’ his enemies in political speech at Justice Department

March 14, 2025 at 6:03 p.m.

President Donald Trump pledged to “expose” his enemies during a norm-breaking political speech Friday at the Justice Department in which he aired a litany of grievances about the criminal cases...

Elon Musk, left, receives a chainsaw from Argentina’s President Javier Milei as they arrive speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference, CPAC, at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center, Thursday, Feb. 20, 2025, in Oxon Hill, Md. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

President Donald Trump backs Elon Musk as he roils the federal workforce with demands and threats

February 24, 2025 at 1:30 p.m.

President Donald Trump voiced support for Elon Musk's demand that federal employees explain their recent accomplishments by the end of Monday or risk getting fired.

Kash Patel, President Donald Trump’s new director of the FBI, is pictured during his ceremonial swearing-in, Friday, Feb. 21, 2025, in the Indian Treaty Room at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House campus in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

New FBI director Kash Patel plans to relocate up to 1,500 employees

February 21, 2025 at 7:51 p.m.

New FBI Director Kash Patel has told senior officials that he plans to relocate up to 1,000 employees from Washington to field offices around the country and move an additional...

Kash Patel appears before the Senate Judiciary Committee for his confirmation hearing, at the Capitol in Washington, Jan. 30, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Kash Patel is confirmed as FBI director by the Senate

February 20, 2025 at 4:11 p.m.

Kash Patel has spoken of his desire to implement major changes at the FBI, including a reduced footprint in Washington and a renewed emphasis on the bureau's traditional crime-fighting duties rather than...

Attorney General Pam Bondi speaks at a news conference regarding immigration enforcement at the Justice Department, Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

Justice Department’s independence is threatened as Trump’s team asserts power over cases and staff

February 16, 2025 at 9:22 a.m.

In the month since the Trump administration took over the Justice Department, a succession of actions has raised concerns that the department is "playing politics."

FILE – New York City Mayor Eric Adams exits from federal court in New York, Nov. 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Kena Betancur, File)

Prosecutor who quit after refusing to drop NYC Mayor Eric Adams’ case says she’s confident he ‘committed the crimes’

February 13, 2025 at 4:56 p.m.

Before resigning, the top federal prosecutor in Manhattan told her boss that she was confident that New York City Mayor Eric Adams “has committed the crimes with which he is...

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