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"I'm F****d," Trump Had Said On Mueller's Appointment, His Report Says

World News | Devlin Barrett, Matt Zapotosky, The Washington Post | Friday April 19, 2019

The report from special counsel Robert Mueller III lays out in alarming detail abundant evidence against President Donald Trump, finding 10 "episodes" of potential obstruction of justice but ultimately concluding it was not Mueller's role to determine whether the commander in chief broke the law.

Trump's 2016 Campaign Didn't Collude With Russians, Finds Mueller Probe

World News | Devlin Barrett, Matt Zapotosky, The Washington Post | Monday March 25, 2019

Special counsel Robert Mueller III did not find that Donald Trump's campaign or any of his associates conspired with Russia in its efforts to interfere in the 2016 election, according to a summary of Mueller's findings sent to lawmakers Sunday.

FBI Accuses Wealthy Parents, Celebrities In College-Entrance Bribery Scam

World News | Devlin Barrett, Matt Zapotosky, The Washington Post | Wednesday March 13, 2019

The Justice Department on Tuesday charged 50 people - including two television stars - with participating in a multimillion dollar bribery scheme that enabled privileged students with lackluster grades to attend prestigious colleges and universities.

Stray Fingerprint, Bad Spelling Led Cops To Suspect Who Mailed Bombs

World News | Devlin Barrett, Mark Berman and Matt Zapotosky, The Washington Post | Saturday October 27, 2018

A man in Florida with a lengthy criminal record was arrested and charged Friday with sending 13 packages containing improvised explosive devices to high-profile figures across the country, authorities said.

Several US States Sue Donald Trump Over Family-Separation Policy

World News | Matt Zapotosky, The Washington Post | Wednesday June 27, 2018

Seventeen states and the District of Columbia asked a federal judge on Tuesday to bar the Trump administration from separating children and their parents who enter the United States illegally at the Southwest border, asserting in a lawsuit that the practice was "an affront to States' sovereign interests in enforcing their laws governing minimum sta...

FBI Agent Who Sent "We'll Stop" Trump Text Escorted From Building

World News | Matt Zapotosky, The Washington Post | Wednesday June 20, 2018

The FBI agent who was removed from the special counsel investigation for sending anti-Trump texts was escorted from the FBI building Friday and effectively relieved of work responsibilities - though he technically remains an FBI agent, his lawyer said.

Ex-CIA Employee Charged in Major Leak of Agency Hacking Tools

Matt Zapotosky, The Washington Post | Tuesday June 19, 2018

Joshua Adam Schulte was charged in a 13-count superseding indictment with illegally gathering and transmitting national defence information and other related counts.

FBI Deputy Director Fired A Little More Than 24 Hours Before He Could Retire

World News | Matt Zapotosky, The Washington Post | Saturday March 17, 2018

Attorney General Jeff Sessions late Friday night fired former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe, a little more than 24 hours before McCabe was set to retire.

Trump Pardons Former Navy Sailor In Case He Compared To Clinton's Emails

World News | Matt Zapotosky, The Washington Post | Saturday March 10, 2018

President Donald Trump on Friday pardoned a former Navy sailor whose conviction for unauthorized retention of national defense information became a rallying cry for conservatives who felt it showed Hillary Clinton was treated too leniently in the FBI's investigation of how she handled classified material

FBI Says It Failed To Act On Tip Warning Of Suspected School Shooter's Potential For Violence

World News | Mark Berman, Matt Zapotosky, The Washington Post | Saturday February 17, 2018

FBI investigators failed to act on a warning that 19-year-old Nikolas Cruz might attack a school, ignoring a concerned call the bureau received just weeks before Cruz allegedly carried out a shooting rampage at a high school in South Florida on Valentine's Day, the FBI said Friday.

Prosecutors Reveal Thwarted Plot To Bomb Times Square, New York Subway

World News | Matt Zapotosky, The Washington Post | Saturday October 7, 2017

Federal authorities revealed Friday they had arrested and charged three men in connection with a 2016 plot to carry out bombings and shootings in crowded areas of New York City, then kept the court case under seal for more than a year as investigators worked the case.

Girlfriend Of Las Vegas Gunman Said She Had No Warning About Massacre

World News | Mark Berman, Matt Zapotosky, The Washington Post | Thursday October 5, 2017

The girlfriend of Stephen Paddock, the gunman who opened fire on a country music festival in Las Vegas earlier this week, said Wednesday that she had no warning about his plans to carry out the massacre.

Gunman In Vegas Seemed To Plan Each Move

World News | Mark Berman, Devlin Barrett, Matt Zapotosky, The Washington Post | Wednesday October 4, 2017

Investigators trying to determine what sparked the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history have found the massacre to be the work of a sophisticated planner with the means and desire to inflict unprecedented carnage.

Grandparents, Some Refugees Can Enter US Despite Travel Ban, Court Says

World News | Matt Zapotosky, The Washington Post | Friday September 8, 2017

Grandparents and other extended relatives of people in the United States are exempt from President Donald Trump's travel ban, as are refugees with a formal assurance from a government agency, a federal appeals court panel ruled Thursday.

15 States, D.C. Sue Trump Administration To Save 'Dreamers'

World News | Matt Zapotosky, The Washington Post | Thursday September 7, 2017

A group of attorneys general from 15 states and the District of Columbia filed a lawsuit Wednesday to stop the administration from winding down the DACA program, which granted a reprieve from deportation to undocumented immigrants who came to the United States as children.