• AP report: FBI fires agents who worked on Trump classified document investigation

    AP report: FBI fires agents who worked on Trump classified document investigation

    Feb 26, 2026 06:26 PM EDT

    ... included employees who helped investigate Trump's retention of classified documents at his Mar-a-Lago resort, a case that involved a high-profile FBI search of the Florida property and resulted in a federal prosecution charging the now-president with holding onto top-secret records from his first term ...

  • Andy Beshear on how Democrats can appeal to voters across party lines

    Andy Beshear on how Democrats can appeal to voters across party lines

    Feb 25, 2026 11:40 PM EDT

    Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear has become one of the most closely watched Democrats in the country. A two-term governor in a deeply red state, Beshear has won statewide office twice, even as President Trump carried Kentucky by wide margins. As Democrats search for a message that can resonate beyond ...

  • Trump's administration is loaded with people who backed his false 2020 election claims

    Trump's administration is loaded with people who backed his false 2020 election claims

    Feb 20, 2026 11:50 PM EDT

    ... a Democratic stronghold that includes Atlanta. The county has long been a target of election conspiracy theorists aligned with Trump, and the affidavit for the search warrant shows the action was based on 2020 claims that in many cases had been thoroughly investigated. Election officials across the country, especially those ...

  • 5 things to know about Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor's arrest and release

    5 things to know about Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor's arrest and release

    Feb 19, 2026 07:11 PM EDT

    The potential sentence The offense technically carries a maximum sentence of life imprisonment, but experts say a shorter term would be more likely if he is convicted by a jury. Mountbatten-Windsor has always denied any impropriety but has not commented on the most recent allegations. Experts said that proving ...

  • WATCH: Trump says he will revoke church tax exempt status if leaders 'say something bad about' him

    WATCH: Trump says he will revoke church tax exempt status if leaders 'say something bad about' him

    Feb 05, 2026 11:30 PM EDT

    ... want to hear from them. and you were restricted from talking about very important things like who to elect." WATCH: Trump says Gabbard joined FBI search at Fulton County election center at Bondi's 'insistence' The president made the remarks during the 74th National Prayer Breakfast in Washington, D.C ...

  • Fulton County asks court to return 2020 election documents seized by the FBI

    Fulton County asks court to return 2020 election documents seized by the FBI

    Feb 04, 2026 07:57 PM EDT

    ... re counted fairly and honestly, the results will be the same,” Pitts said. Tulsi Gabbard, Trump's director of national intelligence, was at the Fulton search last week, and Democrats in Congress have questioned the propriety of her presence because the search was a law enforcement, not intelligence, action. In ...

  • Trump's use of AI images further erodes public trust, experts say

    Trump's use of AI images further erodes public trust, experts say

    Jan 27, 2026 07:28 PM EDT

    ... this kind of content, and creating this kind of content … it is eroding the trust — even though I’m always kind of skeptical of the term trust — but the trust we should have in our federal government to give us accurate, verified information. It’s a real loss, and it ...

  • Why Venezuela's oil matters to the U.S.

    Why Venezuela's oil matters to the U.S.

    Jan 08, 2026 08:42 PM EDT

    The South American nation has an estimated 303 billion barrels of crude oil in the ground, which is about 17% of the world's supply, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. Unlike other parts of the world, where geologists have to search for untapped oil, the reserves under ...

  • News Wrap: Swiss investigators believe sparklers started deadly fire inside ski resort bar

    News Wrap: Swiss investigators believe sparklers started deadly fire inside ski resort bar

    Jan 02, 2026 11:50 PM EDT

    ... on its security, defense and diplomatic efforts. Budanov is one of Ukraine's most recognizable wartime figures and has frequently warned of Russia's long-term intentions towards Ukraine and the region. Also today, two Russian missiles struck a multistory building in Kharkiv in Northeastern Ukraine. At least 19 people ...

  • Trump posted about the Brown shooting and Reiner killing before details were known, echoing others with confirm-the-facts-later approach

    Trump posted about the Brown shooting and Reiner killing before details were known, echoing others with confirm-the-facts-later approach

    Dec 16, 2025 05:52 PM EDT

    ... a politician," Hunt said in an email. "We historically do not expect rash, impulsive statements from our top law enforcement officials. We expect a patient search for evidence leading to truth. But now I think we are starting to view the FBI director's posts similar to the president's ...