NEW YORK (AP) — Pam Bondi, the former Florida attorney general, was chosen by Donald Trump to serve as U.S. attorney general hours after his first choice, Matt Gaetz, withdrew from consideration after a federal sex trafficking investigation and ethics probe made his ability to be confirmed dubious.

2. Supreme Court won't revive Michael Cohen's lawsuit against Trump claiming retaliatory imprisonment - Friday, October 18, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court rejected an appeal Monday from Michael Cohen, who wanted to hold his former boss ex-president Donald Trump liable for a jailing he said was retaliation for writing a tell-all memoir.

3. Trump repeats false claims over 2020 election loss, deflects responsibility for Jan. 6 - Friday, September 6, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Donald Trump persisted in saying during the presidential debate that he won the 2020 election and took no responsibility for any of the mayhem that unfolded at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, when his supporters stormed the building to block the peaceful transfer of power.

4. From Biden to Gabbard, here's what Harris' past debates show before a faceoff with Trump - Friday, August 9, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris has repeatedly taunted her opponent's seeming reluctance to debate, telling a series of raucous audiences about Donald Trump's criticisms of her: "As the saying goes, if you've got something to say, say it to my face."

5. Trump praised Minnesota Gov. Walz in 2020 for response to unrest over Floyd's murder, audio shows - Friday, August 9, 2024

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — While former President Donald Trump and running mate JD Vance have been hammering Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz over his response to the violence that erupted after George Floyd's murder, Trump told the governor at the time that he fully agreed with how Walz handled it.

6. Expert calls NRA's spending policies a 'dumpster fire' as gun group's civil trial begins a new phase - Friday, July 12, 2024

NEW YORK (AP) — The second phase of the trial in a civil lawsuit against the National Rifle Association began Monday in Manhattan, with New York Attorney General Letitia James seeking an independent monitor to oversee the powerful gun rights group's finances.

7. Second phase of NRA civil trial over nonprofit's spending begins in NYC - Friday, July 12, 2024

NEW YORK (AP) — The second phase of the civil trial against the National Rifle Association and its top executives began Monday in Manhattan, with New York Attorney General Letitia James seeking an independent monitor to oversee the powerful gun rights group.

8. House panel says China subsidizes fentanyl production to fuel crisis in the United States - Friday, April 12, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — China is fueling the fentanyl crisis in the U.S. by directly subsidizing the manufacturing of materials that are used by traffickers to make the drug outside the country, according to a report released Tuesday by a special House committee focused on countering the Chinese government.

9. Republicans pause effort to hold Hunter Biden in contempt, say they are talking with his attorneys - Friday, January 12, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans have halted plans to hold Hunter Biden in contempt of Congress this week for defying a congressional subpoena, citing negotiations with his attorneys that could end the standoff over his testimony.

10. Prosecutors push back against Hunter Biden's move to subpoena Trump documents in gun case - Friday, December 1, 2023

WASHINGTON (AP) — Prosecutors pushed back Monday against Hunter Biden's move to subpoena documents from Donald Trump and former Justice Department officials in the firearms case filed against the president's son.

11. Hunter Biden wants Trump documents subpoenaed to investigate any political pressure on criminal case - Friday, November 10, 2023

WASHINGTON (AP) — Hunter Biden asked a judge on Wednesday to approve subpoenas for documents from Donald Trump and former Justice Department officials related to whether political pressure wrongly influenced the criminal case against him.

12. Shutdown's shadow, Biden's speech and arguing the case: Takeaways from the House impeachment hearing - Friday, September 29, 2023

WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans on Thursday are holding the first hearing of their impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden and their effort to tie the him to the business dealings to his son Hunter.

13. Trump's drumbeat of lies about the 2020 election keeps getting louder. Here are the facts - Friday, August 25, 2023

WASHINGTON (AP) — With Donald Trump facing felony charges over his attempts to overturn the 2020 election, the former president is flooding the airwaves and his social media platform with distortions, misinformation and unfounded conspiracy theories about his defeat.

14. House Speaker McCarthy floats an impeachment inquiry into President Biden - Friday, July 21, 2023

WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Kevin McCarthy says Republicans may consider an impeachment inquiry of President Joe Biden over unproven claims of financial misconduct, as he faces enormous GOP pressure to demonstrate support for Donald Trump ahead of the 2024 presidential election.

15. Grassley releases full FBI memo with unverified claims about Hunter Biden's work in Ukraine - Friday, July 21, 2023

WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley released an unclassified document Thursday that Republicans claim is significant in their investigation of Hunter Biden as they delve into the financial affairs of the president and his son, and revive previously debunked claims of wrongdoing.

16. IRS whistleblowers air claims to Congress about 'slow-walking' of the Hunter Biden case - Friday, July 21, 2023

WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans raised unsubstantiated allegations Wednesday against President Joe Biden over his family's finances as they summoned IRS whistleblowers to testify publicly for the first time about claims the Justice Department improperly interfered with a tax investigation into Biden's son Hunter.

17. IRS whistleblowers airing claims to Congress about 'slow-walking' of the Hunter Biden case - Friday, July 14, 2023

WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans raised unsubstantiated allegations Wednesday against President Joe Biden over his family's finances as they summoned IRS whistleblowers to testify publicly for the first time about claims the Justice Department improperly interfered with a tax investigation into Biden's son Hunter.

18. GOP releases testimony of whistleblowers claiming interference in Hunter Biden case - Friday, June 30, 2023

WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans released testimony Thursday from two IRS whistleblowers who allege that the Justice Department interfered with their yearslong investigation into President Joe Biden's son, Hunter — a charge the department swiftly denied.

19. Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani interviewed in Jan. 6 investigation - Friday, June 23, 2023

WASHINGTON (AP) — Rudy Giuliani, who as a member of Donald Trump's legal team sought to overturn 2020 presidential election results in battleground states, was interviewed recently by investigators with the Justice Department special counsel's office.

20. GOP releases testimony of whistleblowers claiming interference in Hunter Biden case - Friday, June 23, 2023

WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans released testimony Thursday from two IRS whistleblowers who allege that the Justice Department interfered with their yearslong investigation into President Joe Biden's son, Hunter — a charge the department swiftly denied.

21. Trump-Russia special counsel Durham at center of political clash as he appears before Congress - Friday, June 23, 2023

WASHINGTON (AP) — The special counsel who investigated the FBI's probe of ties between Russia and Donald Trump's 2016 campaign found himself at the center of a heated political fight as he appeared before a congressional committee Wednesday, with Democrats denouncing his inquiry and Republicans arguing that its findings helped prove an anti-Trump bias within law enforcement.

22. Trump-Russia special counsel Durham at center of political clash as he appears before Congress - Friday, June 16, 2023

WASHINGTON (AP) — The special counsel who investigated the FBI's probe of ties between Russia and Donald Trump's 2016 campaign found himself at the center of a heated political fight as he appeared before a congressional committee Wednesday, with Democrats denouncing his inquiry and Republicans arguing that its findings helped prove an anti-Trump bias within law enforcement.

23. Fox News says it 'addressed' onscreen message that called Biden a 'wannabe dictator' - Friday, June 9, 2023

NEW YORK (AP) — Fox News appeared to express regret Wednesday for showing an onscreen message that called President Joe Biden a "wannabe dictator" who had his political rival arrested.

On the day he was arraigned on federal charges for hoarding classified documents, former President Donald Trump illustrated his continued role as a lightning rod for the media. PBS second-guessed one of its own messages about Trump, and his primetime speech showed a policy change at CNN following the ouster of its former leader.

24. Trump arrives in Florida as history-making court appearance approaches in classified documents case - Friday, June 9, 2023

WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump arrived in Florida on Monday ahead of a history-making federal court appearance on dozens of felony charges accusing him of illegally hoarding classified documents and thwarting the Justice Department's efforts to get them back.

25. Trump, allies escalate attacks on criminal case as history-making court appearance approaches - Friday, June 9, 2023

WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump and his allies are escalating efforts to undermine the criminal case against him and drum up protests as the former president braces for a history-making federal court appearance this week on dozens of felony charges accusing him of illegally hoarding classified information.

26. Why Republicans are clashing with the FBI over a confidential Biden document - Friday, June 2, 2023

WASHINGTON (AP) — The yearslong feud between congressional Republicans and the FBI is reaching a new level of rancor as lawmakers prepare a resolution to hold bureau director Christopher Wray in contempt of Congress.

27. Durham to testify before Congress next month about Trump-Russia probe - Friday, May 26, 2023

WASHINGTON (AP) — Former special counsel John Durham is scheduled to testify before a House committee next month about his recently completed report on the FBI's investigation of Donald Trump's 2016 presidential campaign.

28. Durham ends $6.5M, 4-year Trump-Russia investigation, saying FBI acted hastily - Friday, May 12, 2023

WASHINGTON (AP) — A special prosecutor found that the FBI rushed into its investigation of ties between Russia and Donald Trump's 2016 campaign and relied too much on raw and unconfirmed intelligence as he concluded a four-year probe that fell far short of the former president's prediction that the "crime of the century" would be uncovered.

29. No 'crime of century' as prosecutor ends probe of FBI's Trump-Russia investigation - Friday, May 12, 2023

WASHINGTON (AP) — A special prosecutor has ended his four-year investigation into possible FBI misconduct in its probe of ties between Russia and Donald Trump's 2016 campaign with withering criticism of the bureau but a meager court record that fell far short of the former president's prediction he would uncover the "crime of the century."

30. Democrats ask Fox not to push 'propaganda' on 2020 election - Friday, March 3, 2023

WASHINGTON (AP) — The two top Democrats in Congress are asking Fox News executives not to spread "grave propaganda" about the 2020 election and are demanding that commentators who have falsely suggested that the election was stolen acknowledge on the air that they were wrong.

31. Top Davidson County residential real estate sales for December 2022 - Friday, January 20, 2023

Top Davidson County residential real estate sales for December 2022, as compiled by the Nashville Ledger.

32. EXPLAINER: How Trump ignored advisers, spread election lies - Friday, December 16, 2022

The executive summary of the House Jan. 6 committee's report documents how then-President Donald Trump was repeatedly warned by those closest to him — Cabinet members, campaign officials and even family members — that claims he had lost his reelection due to fraud were false. But Trump spread those lies anyway.

33. Libyan accused in Lockerbie bombing to appear in US court - Friday, December 9, 2022

WASHINGTON (AP) — A Libyan intelligence official accused of making the bomb that brought down Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, in 1988 in an international act of terrorism is to appear Monday in federal court in Washington to face charges.

34. Misinformation and the midterm elections: What to expect - Friday, November 4, 2022

Conspiracy theories about mail ballots. Anonymous text messages warning voters to stay home. Fringe social media platforms where election misinformation spreads with impunity.

Misinformation about the upcoming midterm elections has been building for months, challenging election officials and tech companies while offering another reminder of how conspiracy theories and distrust are shaping America's politics.

35. Trump claim of 'Crime of Century' fizzles in 3-year probe - Friday, October 14, 2022

WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Donald Trump once predicted that a special prosecutor appointed during his administration would uncover "the crime of the century" — a conspiracy to sink his 2016 campaign.

36. Many remain critical of state of US democracy: AP-NORC poll - Friday, October 14, 2022

WASHINGTON (AP) — Many Americans remain pessimistic about the state of U.S. democracy and the way elected officials are chosen -- nearly two years after a divisive presidential election spurred false claims of widespread fraud and a violent attack on the U.S. Capitol.

37. Jan. 6 takeaways: Subpoena for Trump, warnings for democracy - Friday, October 14, 2022

WASHINGTON (AP) — The House Jan. 6 committee took the extraordinary action of subpoenaing former President Donald Trump on Thursday as it issued a stark warning in its final public hearing before the midterm election: The future of the nation's democracy is at stake.

38. Jan. 6 panel subpoenas Trump, shows startling new video - Friday, October 14, 2022

WASHINGTON (AP) — The House Jan. 6 committee voted unanimously to subpoena former President Donald Trump, demanding his personal testimony as it unveiled startling new video and described his multi-part plan to overturn his 2020 election loss, which led to his supporters' fierce assault on the U.S. Capitol.

39. Jan. 6 panel subpoenas Trump for testimony on Capitol attack - Friday, October 14, 2022

WASHINGTON (AP) — The House Jan. 6 committee has subpoenaed Donald Trump for his testimony about the 2021 Capitol attack.

The panel voted unanimously to compel the former president to appear. "We must seek the testimony under oath of January 6th's central player," said Rep. Liz Cheney, the committee's vice chair.

40. Supreme Court won't take up MyPillow head's defamation case - Friday, September 30, 2022

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court says it won't intervene in a lawsuit in which Dominion Voting Systems accused MyPillow chief executive Mike Lindell of defamation for falsely accusing the company of rigging the 2020 presidential election against former President Donald Trump.

41. Florida judge faces criticism following order in Trump case - Friday, September 2, 2022

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon is facing sharp criticism following her decision this week to grant a request by former President Donald Trump's legal team for an independent arbiter to review documents obtained during an FBI search of his Florida property last month.

42. Memo sheds light on decision to clear Trump in Russia probe - Friday, August 19, 2022

WASHINGTON (AP) — Justice Department officials who evaluated then-President Donald Trump's actions during the Russia investigation concluded that nothing he did, including firing the FBI director, rose to the level of obstruction of justice and that there was no precedent for a prosecution, according to a memo released Wednesday.

43. Jan. 6 panel deepens probe to Trump Cabinet, awaits Thomas - Friday, July 22, 2022

WASHINGTON (AP) — The House Jan. 6 committee said Sunday it will interview more former Cabinet secretaries and is prepared to subpoena conservative activist Virginia "Ginni" Thomas, who's married to Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, as part of its investigation of the Capitol riot and Donald Trump's role.

44. Trump painted in testimony as volatile, angry president - Friday, June 24, 2022

WASHINGTON (AP) — When President Donald Trump learned his attorney general had publicly rejected his election fraud claims, he heaved his lunch at the wall with such force that the porcelain plate shattered and ketchup streamed down.

45. Aide: Trump dismissed Jan. 6 threats, wanted to join crowd - Friday, June 24, 2022

WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump rebuffed his own security's warnings about armed protesters in the Jan. 6 rally crowd and made desperate attempts to join his supporters as they marched to the Capitol, according to dramatic new testimony before the House committee investigating the 2021 insurrection.

46. The story behind AP report that caused Trump to throw lunch - Friday, June 24, 2022

NEW YORK (AP) — The news story that reportedly caused former President Donald Trump to throw his lunch against a White House wall came because of an interview that former Attorney General William Barr had arranged with The Associated Press.

47. 1/6 Takeaways: Angry Trump, dire legal warnings and ketchup - Friday, June 24, 2022

WASHINGTON (AP) — The House Jan. 6 committee held a surprise hearing Tuesday delivering alarming new testimony about Donald Trump's angry, defiant and vulgar actions as he ignored repeated warnings against summoning the mob to the Capitol and then refused to intervene to stop the deadly violence as rioters laid siege.

48. Aide: Trump dismissed Jan. 6 threats, wanted to join crowd - Friday, June 24, 2022

WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Donald Trump dismissed the presence of armed protesters headed to the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, and even endorsed their calls to "hang Mike Pence," a key former White House aide told House investigators Tuesday, describing chaotic scenes inside and outside the executive mansion as Trump argued to accompany his supporters.

49. Trump White House aide Hutchinson now in spotlight - Friday, June 24, 2022

WASHINGTON (AP) — Just two years out of college, Cassidy Hutchinson said she watched as a valet mopped up the president's lunch after he had smashed his plate against a wall. Donald Trump was in a rage because his attorney general had refuted his claims that the election he lost had been stolen.

50. Takeaways: Trump risked provoking 'constitutional crisis' - Friday, June 24, 2022

WASHINGTON (AP) — The House Jan. 6 committee used Thursday's hearing to show how Donald Trump tried to install a loyalist atop the Justice Department who would pursue his false claims of voter fraud and stop the certification of the 2020 election that Democrat Joe Biden won.

51. Hearing: Trump told Justice Dept. to call election 'corrupt' - Friday, June 24, 2022

WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump hounded the Justice Department to pursue his false election fraud claims, striving in vain to enlist top law enforcement officials in his desperate bid to stay in power and relenting only when warned in the Oval Office of mass resignations, according to testimony Thursday to the House panel investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot.

52. 1/6 panel hears of Trump's pressure on Justice Department - Friday, June 24, 2022

WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump hounded the Justice Department to pursue his false election fraud claims, contacting the agency's leader "virtually every day" and striving in vain to enlist top law enforcement officials in a desperate bid to stay in power, according to testimony Thursday to the House panel investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot.

53. 1/6 panel: Plan for Pence to reject electors 'nuts,' 'crazy' - Friday, June 17, 2022

WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump's closest advisers viewed his last-ditch efforts to pressure Vice President Mike Pence to reject the tally of state electors and overturn the 2020 election as "nuts," "crazy" and even likely incite riots, witnesses revealed in stark testimony to the Jan. 6 committee on Thursday.

54. 1/6 panel postpones hearing with ex-Justice Dept. officials - Friday, June 10, 2022

WASHINGTON (AP) — The House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021 riot at the U.S. Capitol has postponed a hearing that was to feature dramatic testimony from former Justice Department officials who were pressured by then-President Donald Trump to pursue his false election fraud theories.

55. Takeaways: Trump's mind 'made up' on fraud ahead of Jan. 6 - Friday, June 10, 2022

WASHINGTON (AP) — The House panel investigating the Jan. 6, 2021 insurrection systemically made the case in its second hearing Monday that several of Trump's advisers warned him against making false claims of widespread voter fraud in the 2020 election that he lost. But the president would not listen.

56. Jan. 6 witness: Trump 'detached from reality' over election - Friday, June 10, 2022

WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump's closest campaign advisers, top government officials and even his family were dismantling his false claims of 2020 election fraud ahead of Jan. 6, but the defeated president was becoming "detached from reality" and clinging to outlandish theories to stay in power, the committee investigating the Capitol attack was told Monday.

57. Clinton 2016 campaign lawyer acquitted of lying to the FBI - Friday, May 27, 2022

WASHINGTON (AP) — A lawyer for Hillary Clinton's 2016 presidential campaign was acquitted Tuesday of lying to the FBI when he pushed information meant to cast suspicions on Donald Trump and Russia in the run-up to that year's election.

58. Jury selection underway in trial tied to FBI's Russia probe - Friday, May 13, 2022

WASHINGTON (AP) — Jury selection got underway Monday in the trial of a lawyer for the Hillary Clinton presidential campaign who is accused of lying to the FBI as it investigated potential ties between Donald Trump and Russia in 2016.

59. Lawyer charged in Durham probe seeks to bar dossier evidence - Friday, April 1, 2022

WASHINGTON (AP) — A lawyer for the Hillary Clinton campaign charged with lying to the FBI during the Trump-Russia investigation is asking a judge to bar from his upcoming trial any evidence or testimony related to a dossier of uncorroborated allegations compiled by an-ex British spy.

60. House panel launches probe of New Mexico 2020 election audit - Friday, March 18, 2022

WASHINGTON (AP) — A congressional oversight committee said Thursday it has opened an investigation into a partisan audit of the 2020 election results that is taking place in New Mexico and was authorized by a Republican-led county commission.

61. EXPLAINER: How the latest Trump-Russia filing generated buzz - Friday, February 11, 2022

WASHINGTON (AP) — The latest filing from special counsel John Durham in his investigation into the origins of the Trump-Russia probe has been seized on by the conservative media and Donald Trump himself as vindication of the former president's oft-repeated claims that he was "spied" on.

62. Biden nominating 6 lawyers for federal prosecutor posts - Friday, January 21, 2022

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is nominating six lawyers to run U.S. attorney's offices across the country, a diverse group of candidates in the latest picks for the top law enforcement positions.

63. Analysis: Taking on Trump is Biden's reluctant calling - Friday, January 7, 2022

WASHINGTON (AP) — It may not be the fight he sought, but taking on Donald Trump is President Joe Biden's calling.

Biden offered himself as a guardian of American democracy in a visceral speech Thursday discussing the horrors of the Jan. 6 insurrection that sought to overthrow his 2020 election victory. Trump's refusal to accept the reality of his defeat spawned a conspiracy that came close to shattering the nation's system of government and continues to ripple through society a year later.

64. AP FACT CHECK: Trump sticks to election falsehoods on Jan. 6 - Friday, January 7, 2022

WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Donald Trump on Thursday clung to his false claims that the 2020 election was stolen as the nation marked the one-year anniversary of the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection.

65. DOJ says inmates on home confinement can stay out of prison - Friday, December 17, 2021

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department on Tuesday reversed its own legal opinion and said it would allow federal inmates released on home confinement because of the coronavirus pandemic to stay out of prison.

66. Delaware judge rejects Fox News motion to dismiss lawsuit - Friday, December 17, 2021

WASHINGTON (AP) — A judge Thursday rejected a motion by Fox News to dismiss a $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit brought against the cable news giant by Dominion Voting Systems over claims about the 2020 presidential election.

67. House panel demands information on federal execution drug - Friday, December 17, 2021

WASHINGTON (AP) — The House Oversight Committee is demanding the Justice Department provide answers about whether Biden administration officials have any plans to procure the drug used in federal executions despite an ongoing moratorium on capital punishment.

68. Jan. 6 panel votes to hold former DOJ official in contempt - Friday, December 3, 2021

WASHINGTON (AP) — The House panel investigating the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol insurrection has voted to pursue contempt charges against Jeffrey Clark, a former Justice Department official who refused to answer the committee's questions — but the panel agreed to let him come back for another try.

69. Jan. 6 panel to vote on contempt against former DOJ official - Friday, November 26, 2021

WASHINGTON (AP) — The House panel investigating the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol insurrection will vote on pursuing contempt charges against a former Justice Department official Wednesday as the committee aggressively seeks to gain answers about the violent attack by former President Donald Trump's supporters.

70. Alex Jones, Roger Stone subpoenaed by House Jan. 6 committee - Friday, November 19, 2021

WASHINGTON (AP) — A committee investigating the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol insurrection has issued subpoenas to five more individuals, including former President Donald Trump's ally Roger Stone and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, as lawmakers deepened their probe of the rallies that preceded the deadly attack.

71. How lawmakers are investigating the Jan. 6 riot - Friday, October 15, 2021

WASHINGTON (AP) — The House committee tasked with investigating the deadly Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol has been ramping up its efforts in recent weeks, issuing subpoenas to nearly 20 individuals, including four of former President Donald Trump's advisers and associates.

72. Jan. 6 panel sets vote on contempt charges against Bannon - Friday, October 15, 2021

WASHINGTON (AP) — A congressional committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection has set a vote to recommend criminal contempt charges against former White House aide Steve Bannon after he defied the panel's subpoena on Thursday.

73. Lawyer who aided Trump subpoenaed by Jan. 6 committee - Friday, October 15, 2021

WASHINGTON (AP) — The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol has issued a subpoena to a former Justice Department lawyer who positioned himself as an ally of Donald Trump and aided the Republican president's efforts to challenge the results of the 2020 election.

74. Jan. 6 committee subpoena targets begin turning over docs - Friday, October 8, 2021

WASHINGTON (AP) — At least three of the officials involved in organizing and running the Jan 6. rally that preceded the violent storming of the U.S. Capitol are handing over documents in response to subpoenas from the House committee investigating the attack.

75. No. 2 House Republican refuses to say election wasn't stolen - Friday, October 8, 2021

WASHINGTON (AP) — The House's second-ranking Republican, Rep. Steve Scalise, repeatedly refused to say on Sunday that the 2020 election wasn't stolen, standing by Donald Trump's lie that Democrat Joe Biden won the White House because of mass voter fraud.

76. Report details Trump's all-out bid to undo election results - Friday, October 8, 2021

WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump's extraordinary effort to overturn his 2020 election defeat brought the Justice Department to the brink of chaos, and prompted top officials there and at the White House to threaten to resign, a Senate Judiciary Committee report found.

77. Justice Kavanaugh tests positive for COVID, has no symptoms - Friday, October 1, 2021

WASHINGTON (AP) — Justice Brett Kavanaugh tested positive for COVID-19 despite being vaccinated, the Supreme Court said Friday. The court said the 54-year-old justice has no symptoms.

It's the first time the court has reported that a sitting justice has tested positive for the virus, although Amy Coney Barrett had COVID-19 last year before she joined the high court.

78. House Jan. 6 panel subpoenas Trump advisers, associates - Friday, September 24, 2021

WASHINGTON (AP) — A House committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol has issued its first subpoenas, demanding records and testimony from four of former President Donald Trump's close advisers and associates, including those who were in contact with him before the attack or on the day of it.

79. Organizer of Saturday rally looks to rewrite Jan. 6 history - Friday, September 17, 2021

WASHINGTON (AP) — The architect of a Washington protest planned for Saturday that aims to rewrite history about the violent January assault on the U.S. Capitol is hardly a household name.

Matt Braynard worked as an analyst for the Republican Party, crunched data for a small election firm and later started a consulting business that attracted few federal clients, records show. He started a nonprofit after he was dismissed by Donald Trump's 2016 campaign following several months on the job, but struggled to raise money. The group's tax-exempt status was revoked last year.

80. Records rebut claims of unequal treatment of Jan. 6 rioters - Friday, August 27, 2021

It's a common refrain from some of those charged in the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol and their Republican allies: The Justice Department is treating them harshly because of their political views while those arrested during last year's protests over racial injustice were given leniency.

81. Evidence presented to grand jury in Durham's Russia probe - Friday, August 13, 2021

WASHINGTON (AP) — John Durham, the federal prosecutor tapped to investigate the origins of the Russia investigation, has been presenting evidence before a grand jury as part of his probe, a person familiar with the matter said Friday.

82. Judge rules Dominion case can proceed against Trump allies - Friday, August 13, 2021

WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge cleared the way Wednesday for a defamation case by Dominion Voting Systems to proceed against Sidney Powell, Rudy Giuliani and Mike Lindell, allies of former President Donald Trump who had all falsely accused the company of rigging the 2020 presidential election.

83. Senate panel interviews former US attorney in Trump probe - Friday, August 13, 2021

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate Judiciary Committee met privately Wednesday with a former U.S. attorney in Georgia who resigned in January as then-President Donald Trump waged a pressure campaign on state and federal officials to overturn his presidential defeat — part of a larger probe into Trump's actions after the November election.

84. Trump urged Justice officials to declare election 'corrupt' - Friday, July 30, 2021

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump urged senior Justice Department officials to declare the results of the 2020 election "corrupt" in a December phone call, according to handwritten notes from one of the participants in the conversation.

85. Effort to fund racially diverse climate groups gets momentum - Friday, July 23, 2021

Efforts to increase how much philanthropic funding goes to minority-led environmental organizations are gaining momentum, with one group's push for transparency from the nation's top climate donors drawing big-name support.

86. Federal executions halted; Garland orders protocols reviewed - Friday, July 2, 2021

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department is halting federal executions after a historic use of capital punishment by the Trump administration, which carried out 13 executions in six months.

Attorney General Merrick Garland made the announcement Thursday night, saying he was imposing a moratorium on federal executions while the Justice Department conducts a review of its policies and procedures. He gave no timetable.

87. Judge appears skeptical over effort to dismiss Dominion suit - Friday, June 25, 2021

WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge on Thursday appeared skeptical of arguments to dismiss a defamation lawsuit filed by Dominion Voting Systems over baseless 2020 election claims made by Trump allies Sidney Powell, Rudy Giuliani and the MyPillow Guy.

88. Biden pushes effort to combat rising tide of violent crime - Friday, June 18, 2021

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden plans to lay out new steps to stem a rising national tide of violent crime, with a particular focus on gun violence, as administration officials brace for what they fear could be an especially turbulent summer.

89. Judge tosses most claims over clearing protesters in DC park - Friday, June 18, 2021

WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge dismissed most claims filed by activists and civil liberties groups who accused the Trump administration of violating the civil rights of protesters who were forcefully removed by police before then-President Donald Trump walked to a church near the White House for a photo op.

90. Emails show Trump pressured Justice Dept. over 2020 election - Friday, June 11, 2021

WASHINGTON (AP) — During the last weeks of his presidency, Donald Trump and his allies pressured the Justice Department to investigate unsubstantiated claims of widespread 2020 election fraud that even his former attorney general declared without evidence, newly released emails show.

91. Justice Department to tighten rules on seizing Congress data - Friday, June 11, 2021

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department will tighten its rules around obtaining records from members of Congress, Attorney General Merrick Garland said Monday, amid revelations the department under former President Donald Trump had secretly seized records from Democrats and members of the media.

92. Lawyers: Biden in office makes 2020 protest suit unnecessary - Friday, May 28, 2021

WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawsuits filed by protesters who were forcefully removed from a park near the White House before a photo op by former President Donald Trump should be dismissed because the new administration is not likely to repeat the events of last June, lawyers argued Friday.

93. Justice Dept. appeals judge's order on Russia probe memo - Friday, May 21, 2021

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration said Monday that it would appeal a judge's order directing it to release in its entirety a legal memo on whether President Donald Trump had obstructed justice during the Russia investigation. But it also agreed to make a brief portion of the document public.

94. Hearing on Jan. 6 violence exposes stark partisan divisions - Friday, May 7, 2021

WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans sought to shift the narrative on the violent Jan. 6 insurrection during a congressional hearing Wednesday, with some painting the Trump supporters who stormed the building as patriots who have been unfairly harassed, as Democrats clashed with the former Pentagon chief while drilling into the government's unprepared response.

95. AP FACT CHECK: Yes, Trump lost election despite what he says - Friday, May 7, 2021

WASHINGTON (AP) — Seeking to shame Republicans who are disloyal to him, former President Donald Trump distorted the Constitution's meaning in asserting widespread voter fraud and insisting that state legislatures could overturn Joe Biden's presidential win.

96. Judge orders Justice Dept. to release Trump obstruction memo - Friday, April 30, 2021

WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge has ordered the release of a legal memorandum the Trump-era Justice Department prepared for then-Attorney General William Barr before he announced his conclusion that President Donald Trump had not obstructed justice during the Russia investigation.

97. Garland rescinds Trump-era memo curtailing consent decrees - Friday, April 16, 2021

WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney General Merrick Garland on Friday rescinded a Trump-era memo that curtailed the use of consent decrees that federal prosecutors have used in sweeping investigations of police departments.

98. Few in GOP rush to defend Gaetz amid sex trafficking probe - Friday, April 2, 2021

WASHINGTON (AP) — The political peril for conservative Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz deepened Friday as the often outlandish Trump-styled provocateur appeared politically isolated amid a federal sex-trafficking investigation.

99. Poll: Majority in US back easier voter registration - Friday, April 2, 2021

WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats' proposals to overhaul voting in the U.S. won solid -- although not overwhelming -- support from Americans in a new survey measuring the popularity of major pieces of the sweeping legislation in Congress.

100. Dominion Voting sues Fox for $1.6B over 2020 election claims - Friday, March 26, 2021

WASHINGTON (AP) — Dominion Voting Systems filed a $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit against Fox News on Friday, arguing the cable news giant, in an effort to boost faltering ratings, falsely claimed that the voting company had rigged the 2020 election.