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Gavin Newsom

‘Trying to find a crime’: Trump-rival Newsom says he is being investigated by Justice Department

The Democratic governor of California and possible presidential candidate said federal agents had knocked on the doors of his family members, friends and former employees “demanding records”.

  • Michael Koziol

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This photo made available by the Ramsey County Sheriff’s Office shows Vance Luther Boelter,

Dressed as a cop, he arrived at a politician’s home and rang the doorbell. Then the killing began

A Minnesota man who spent months stalking Democrats before killing a top Minnesota politician and her husband has been spared the death penalty.

  • Tim Sullivan and Hannah Fingerhut
The review came after people who worked at the AOFM blew the whistle to Treasurer Jim Chalmers and senior Treasury officials about concerns they had about the leadership and capacity of the agency.

National security risk as parliamentary network fails seven out of eight basic cyber checks

A damning report from the auditor-general reveals deep vulnerabilities across critical federal government safeguards, amid warnings the system may no longer be fit for purpose against sophisticated foreign espionage.

  • Rob Harris
Jefferey Epstein’s long-time executive assistant Lesley Groff at the Central Park Conservancy 30th Anniversary Gala on February 23, 2010 in New York City.

This woman ran Epstein’s diary for 18 years. How much did she know?

Those gripped by the saga will hope the appearance of his long-time executive assistant before a US House committee can illuminate a case that still refuses to yield all its secrets.

  • Ed Cumming
FBI Director Kash Patel sought to tie together the actions of a group of people President Donald Trump blamed for investigations into him.

How the drive to find a conspiracy against Trump rocked the Justice Department

Trump’s FBI director wanted to pull together a series of actions by the president’s opponents into a single “grand conspiracy”. The first the public heard of it was through Joe Rogan’s podcast.

  • Devlin Barrett in Washington
Melissa Casias worked at the Los Alamos nuclear research laboratory.

FBI probes missing scientists mystery as nuclear lab worker found dead

The disappearance of nuclear lab worker Melissa Casias had been linked to a string of missing person cases involving US scientists, which have fuelled internet conspiracy theories.

  • Poppy Wood
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A federal judge last week ordered Trump’s case against the IRS to be reopened, saying she wanted to investigate “grievous allegations” that a hasty deal had been made “premised on deception”.

Inside Trump’s $US10b tax case: How loyalists cut a secret deal to drop audits

Discussions among a group of lawyers with allegiance to the president were closely held. Some senior White House officials were said to have felt blindsided as the agreement took shape.

  • Alan Feuer, Andrew Duehren, Glenn Thrush, Ben Protess and Maggie Haberman
Two women embrace near the scene of the San Diego shooting.

​‘Worst nightmare’: Teen’s mum warned police ahead of deadly mosque attack

Authorities are now piecing together the horrific hate crime that left five people dead – including the two suspected teenage gunmen – and has rocked California and the US.

  • Michael Koziol
FBI director Kash Patel at a Senate hearing in Washington last week.

Kash Patel’s ‘horrifying’ VIP snorkel next to sacred US military site

The FBI director continues to come under scrutiny for mixing government business with dates, holidays and leisure time.

  • Elizabeth Williamson and Adam Goldman
Former FBI director James Comey.

Ex-FBI chief charged with threatening the life of the president over Trump seashell post

The indictment charges Comey with “knowingly and wilfully” making a threat to “take the life of, and to inflict bodily harm upon” Trump over a social media post he shared showing shells on a beach arranged to read “86 47”.

  • Alanna Durkin Richer and Eric Tucker