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Federal judge rejects government’s request to search Washington Post reporter’s devices

By JACOB WENDLER

02/24/2026 08:49 PM EST
Contractor indicted over alleged leaks to Washington Post

By JOSH GERSTEIN and KYLE CHENEY

01/22/2026 10:21 PM EST
Judge Cannon clears way for release of classified docs report — but gives Trump an out

By KYLE CHENEY

12/22/2025 11:54 PM EST
Trump: Jack Smith classified documents report should remain secret

By KYLE CHENEY

12/02/2025 03:14 PM EST

Updated 12/02/2025 04:01 PM EST
2025-12-02T04:01-0500
How John Bolton’s criminal case stacks up to other high-profile classified docs probes

By JOSH GERSTEIN

10/22/2025 05:55 AM EDT
FBI says it found classified documents in John Bolton’s DC office

By JOSH GERSTEIN and KYLE CHENEY

09/23/2025 10:16 PM EDT

Updated 09/24/2025 10:02 AM EDT
2025-09-24T10:02-0400
'It’s just dumb’: Hillary Clinton slams Trump administration on Signalgate

By ALI BIANCO

03/28/2025 12:07 PM EDT
legal

DOJ moves to drop prosecution of former Trump co-defendants in classified documents case

By JOSH GERSTEIN and KYLE CHENEY

01/29/2025 11:26 AM EST
Foreign Affairs

US reportedly investigating leak of classified documents on Israel’s attack plans

By AUDE VAN DEN HOVE

10/20/2024 07:18 AM EDT
Legal

Chutkan says 2024 election ‘not relevant’ in deciding Trump criminal case timeline

By KYLE CHENEY and JOSH GERSTEIN

09/05/2024 01:20 PM EDT

Updated 09/05/2024 02:08 PM EDT
2024-09-05T02:08-0400
Legal

Appeals court timeline suggests months more of delay for Jack Smith’s documents case against Trump

By KYLE CHENEY and JOSH GERSTEIN

07/25/2024 01:40 PM EDT
Legal

Pentagon leaker to face a military court-martial, Air Force says

By ASSOCIATED PRESS

07/17/2024 08:27 PM EDT
Legal

Read the Mar-a-Lago classified documents ruling

By POLITICO STAFF

07/15/2024 10:26 AM EDT
legal

Judge dismisses Trump’s Mar-a-Lago classified docs criminal case

By KYLE CHENEY, JOSH GERSTEIN and BETSY WOODRUFF SWAN

07/15/2024 10:03 AM EDT

Updated 07/15/2024 06:09 PM EDT
2024-07-15T06:09-0400
Legal

Judge Cannon is skeptical that evidence from Mar-a-Lago should be thrown out

By KIMBERLY LEONARD

06/25/2024 06:00 PM EDT
Legal

Proposed gag order in classified documents case would stifle Trump in presidential debate, his lawyers say

By KIMBERLY LEONARD

06/24/2024 07:53 PM EDT
Legal

Judge Cannon wants to know whether Merrick Garland is supervising Jack Smith

By GARY FINEOUT and KYLE CHENEY

06/21/2024 07:01 PM EDT
WHITE HOUSE

White House to Republicans: You’re not getting audio of Biden’s interview with Hur

By JOSH GERSTEIN and JORDAIN CARNEY

05/16/2024 08:31 AM EDT

Updated 05/16/2024 02:52 PM EDT
2024-05-16T02:52-0400
Legal

FBI probes whether Iran envoy Malley committed crimes in handling of classified info

By NAHAL TOOSI and JOE GOULD

05/10/2024 12:16 PM EDT
Legal

Judge Cannon indefinitely postpones Trump’s classified docs trial

By KYLE CHENEY

05/07/2024 05:11 PM EDT

Updated 05/07/2024 05:41 PM EDT
2024-05-07T05:41-0400
Legal

Former NSA worker sentenced for selling secrets

By ASSOCIATED PRESS

04/29/2024 07:56 PM EDT
Legal

Still no new trial date for Trump’s Florida case

By SIENA DUNCAN

04/12/2024 06:01 PM EDT
Legal

Siding with special counsel, Cannon agrees to keep witness identities secret

By JOSH GERSTEIN and KYLE CHENEY

04/09/2024 07:48 PM EDT
Legal

Tensions flare between special counsel Jack Smith and Judge Aileen Cannon

By KYLE CHENEY and JOSH GERSTEIN

04/05/2024 05:00 AM EDT
Legal

Judge denies, for now, a Trump bid to dismiss charges that he hoarded classified documents

By JOSH GERSTEIN and KYLE CHENEY

04/04/2024 03:20 PM EDT
Legal

Garland: ‘Absurd’ to think he should’ve censored special counsel report on Biden

By JOSH GERSTEIN and KYLE CHENEY

03/21/2024 11:57 AM EDT

Updated 03/21/2024 12:57 PM EDT
2024-03-21T12:57-0400
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House lawmakers press Hur on decision not to charge Biden

By RENEE KLAHR

03/12/2024 03:56 PM EDT
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Schiff rips into Hur for 'political firestorm' over Biden memory

03/12/2024 12:43 PM EDT
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'It's a lie': Gaetz pushes Hur on Biden's response to the report

03/12/2024 12:07 PM EDT
Legal

Hur to defend report's assessment of Biden's 'poor' memory in opening remarks

By ANDREW HOWARD

03/12/2024 08:19 AM EDT
Congress

Adam Schiff: ‘Dumb down’ the briefing for Donald Trump

By KELLY GARRITY

03/10/2024 12:11 PM EDT
Legal

Special counsel: Trump’s ‘deception’ on classified docs distinguishes him from Biden, Clinton and Pence

By JOSH GERSTEIN and KYLE CHENEY

03/07/2024 05:31 PM EST

Updated 03/07/2024 07:46 PM EST
2024-03-07T07:46-0500
Legal

Judge Cannon signals doubts about Jack Smith’s timeline for Trump trial in Florida

By JOSH GERSTEIN, KYLE CHENEY and SIENA DUNCAN

03/01/2024 01:43 PM EST
Legal

Trump moves to dismiss classified documents case

By JOSH GERSTEIN and KYLE CHENEY

02/23/2024 10:14 AM EST
Legal

All 4 of Trump’s criminal cases reach inflection points this week

By KYLE CHENEY, JOSH GERSTEIN and ERICA ORDEN

02/13/2024 05:00 AM EST
Florida

Trump attends closed-door hearing in Florida classified docs case

By KIMBERLY LEONARD, JOSH GERSTEIN and KYLE CHENEY

02/12/2024 12:01 PM EST

Updated 02/12/2024 06:41 PM EST
2024-02-12T06:41-0500
White House

Poll: Overwhelming majority of Americans think Biden is too old for another term

By KELLY GARRITY

02/11/2024 12:11 PM EST
White House

White House frustration with Garland grows

By JONATHAN LEMIRE and SAM STEIN

02/09/2024 07:19 PM EST

Updated 02/10/2024 08:04 AM EST
2024-02-10T08:04-0500
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Biden blasts special counsel for questioning his memory

02/09/2024 09:02 AM EST
Playbook

Biden faces his 'Comey moment'

By RYAN LIZZA

02/09/2024 08:22 AM EST
Legal

Trump, Haley slam decision in Biden classified documents case as unfair

By SAMANTHA LATSON

02/08/2024 06:51 PM EST
2024 Elections

GOP sees political ammo in special counsel’s ‘well-meaning elderly’ depiction of Biden

By JORDAIN CARNEY and ANTHONY ADRAGNA

02/08/2024 03:57 PM EST
White House

Special counsel passes on charging Biden but paints damning portrait of him

By BETSY WOODRUFF SWAN

02/08/2024 02:56 PM EST

Updated 02/08/2024 04:30 PM EST
2024-02-08T04:30-0500
Legal

Biden classified document probe ends without charges

By JOSH GERSTEIN

02/07/2024 07:14 PM EST

Updated 02/07/2024 09:47 PM EST
2024-02-07T09:47-0500
Legal

The violent political threats public officials are facing amid Trump's legal woes

By KIERRA FRAZIER

01/12/2024 10:29 AM EST
Legal

Judge Aileen Cannon rebuffs Trump’s call for trial delay in classified documents case — for now

By KYLE CHENEY and JOSH GERSTEIN

11/10/2023 11:29 AM EST
Legal

Trump co-defendant in classified records case says he wants to keep lawyer despite possible conflict

By ASSOCIATED PRESS

10/20/2023 05:49 PM EDT
White House

Biden interviewed in classified documents probe

By EUGENE DANIELS and JOSH GERSTEIN

10/09/2023 08:06 PM EDT

Updated 10/09/2023 08:49 PM EDT
2023-10-09T08:49-0400
Europe

Campaign stunt: Poland’s ruling party publishes top secret plan

By WOJCIECH KOSC

09/19/2023 12:24 AM EDT
White House

Biden taps Chicago attorney from Rahm Emanuel’s administration as top White House counsel

By SHIA KAPOS

08/22/2023 06:47 AM EDT
Florida

Third defendant in Trump classified documents case pleads not guilty

By KIMBERLY LEONARD

08/15/2023 10:53 AM EDT