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Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker attends the Presidential Medal of Freedom ceremony at the White House Friday, Nov. 16, 2018 in Washington, D.C. Whitaker said special counsel Robert Mueller is "close" to finishing his investigation. (Olivier Douliery/Abaca Press/TNS)

Mueller Probe Is ‘Close to Being Completed,’ Acting AG Says

by Michael Balsamo Associated Press, and Chad Day Associated PressJanuary 28, 2019

FILE - In this Sept. 19, 2017, file photo, Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump's personal attorney, steps out of a cab during his arrival on Capitol Hill in Washington. Cohen won't appear as scheduled before the House Oversight and Reform Committee on Feb. 7, 2019. Cohen's adviser Lanny Davis says the delay is on the advice of Cohen's lawyers because Cohen's still cooperating in special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia investigation. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, file)

Ex-Trump Lawyer Cohen Delaying Testimony to Congress

by Michael Balsamo Associated PressJanuary 23, 2019

FILE - In this May 23, 2018, file photo, Paul Manafort, President Donald Trump's former campaign chairman, leaves the Federal District Court after a hearing in Washington. Manafort is suffering from depression and anxiety and is at times confined to a wheelchair because of gout. That’s according to a court filing from defense lawyers Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2019, responding to allegations that Manafort has repeatedly lied to special counsel Robert Mueller’s team of investigators. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

Filing: Manafort Gave 2016 Polling Data to Russian Associate

by Michael Balsamo Associated Press, and Eric Tucker And Chad Day Associated PressJanuary 9, 2019

FILE - In this Nov. 1, 2017, file photo, traffic along Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington streaks past the Federal Bureau of Investigation headquarters building. The National Republican Congressional Committee said Tuesday that it was hit with a "cyber intrusion" during the 2018 midterm campaigns and has reported the breach to the FBI. (AP Photo/J. David Ake)

GOP Committee Aide Emails Hacked in 2018

by Michael Balsamo Associated PressDecember 4, 2018

FILE - In this July 20, 2017 file photo, Attorney General Jeff Sessions accompanied by Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, speaks at a news conference at the Justice Department in Washington. Sessions resigned Nov. 7, 2018. as the country's chief law enforcement officer after enduring more than a year of blistering and personal attacks from President Donald Trump over his recusal from the Russia investigation. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Jeff Sessions Pushed Out After a Year of Attacks From Trump

by Eric Tucker Associated Press, and Michael Balsamo Associated PressNovember 8, 2018

FILE - In this June 26, 2018 file photo, Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. A DEA report obtained by The Associated Press shows heroin, fentanyl and other opioids continue to be the highest drug threat in the nation. The National Drug Threat Assessment will be released publicly later Friday. Azar said earlier this month that overdose deaths have now begun to level off. But he cautioned it is too soon to declare victory. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

U.S. Sees Record Overdose Deaths

by Michael Balsamo Associated PressNovember 3, 2018

This Thursday, Oct. 25, 2018 photo shows the United States Postal Service Delaware Processing and Distribution center in New Castle, Del., Thursday, Oct. 25, 2018. A law enforcement official says a package addressed to former Vice President Joe Biden appears similar to packages containing bombs sent to prominent Democrats and has been intercepted at a Delaware mail facility. The FBI confirms there is law enforcement activity at the U.S. mail facility. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Man Detained in Florida in Mail-Bomb Case

by Michael Balsamo Associated Press, Eric Tucker Associated Press, and Colleen Long Associated PressOctober 26, 2018

An NYPD bomb squad vehicle departs an area outside Time Warner Center on Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2018, in New York. Law enforcement officials say a suspicious package that prompted an evacuation of CNN's offices is believed to contain a pipe bomb. (AP Photo/Kevin Hagen)

Pipe Bombs Target Democrats, CNN As Political Tensions Mount

by Michael Balsamo Associated Press, and Eric Tucker And Colleen Long Associated PressOctober 25, 2018

A view of a business centre building known as the so-called "troll factory's" new office in St.Petersburg, Russia, Saturday, Oct. 20, 2018. The troll farm, the Internet Research Agency, is one of a web of companies allegedly controlled by Yevgeny Prigozhin, who has reported ties to Russian President Vladimir Putin. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)

U.S. Readies Election Security

by Michael Balsamo Associated PressOctober 20, 2018

President Donald Trump pauses as he takes questions from members of the media about Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Monday, Oct. 1, 2018. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

FBI Can Expand Its Kavanaugh Probe

by Eric Tucker Associated Press, and Michael Balsamo Associated PressOctober 1, 2018