MICHAEL BALSAMO

Theodore Kaczynski looks around as US Marshals prepare to take him down the steps at the federal courthouse to a waiting vehicle on June 21, 1996, in Helena, Montana. (Elaine Thompson/AP)

June 11, 2023, 8:41 am

‘Unabomber’ Ted Kaczynski, who sowed terror in US for 17 years, dies in prison at 81

Harvard-educated mathematician’s bombing campaign left 3 people dead and injured 23 more until his own brother tipped off FBI that reclusive sibling was likely suspect

By MICHAEL BALSAMO and LINDSAY WHITEHURST

Former President Donald Trump listens as he speaks with reporters on a flight after a campaign rally in Waco, Texas, March 25, 2023. (AP/Evan Vucci)

June 9, 2023, 3:40 am

Trump charged over classified documents in 1st federal indictment of an ex-president

Case may upend GOP presidential primary as felony charges raise prospects of prison; this is Trump’s 2nd indictment; he already faces NY state criminal charges in hush money scheme

By Eric Tucker, Jill Colvin and MICHAEL BALSAMO

Photo provided by the New York State Sex Offender Registry shows Jeffrey Epstein, March 28, 2017. (New York State Sex Offender Registry via AP)

June 2, 2023, 11:01 am

Newly obtained records detail lead-up to Jeffrey Epstein’s suicide

Documents show how US prison’s failures contributed to shamed financier’s death, describe his struggle to transition from life of luxury to life behind bars

By Michael R. Sisak and MICHAEL BALSAMO

Republican Rep. George Santos of New York leaves a House GOP conference meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, January 25, 2023. (AP/Andrew Harnik)

May 10, 2023, 4:51 am

NY congressman Santos indicted on federal charges after lying about past

Criminal indictment remains under seal until court appearance for freshman lawmaker, who fabricated Jewish background and has faced questions about campaign finance sources

By MICHAEL BALSAMO, Farnoush Amiri and Jake Offenhartz

A law enforcement officer walks as people are evacuated from a shopping center where a shooting occurred Saturday, May 6, 2023, in Allen, Texas. (AP Photo/LM Otero)

May 8, 2023, 6:13 am

Texas investigators suspect gunman who killed 8 had neo-Nazi views

Officials say probe is in early stages, but Mauricio Garcia appears to have expressed interest in white supremacist ideology; shooter wore patch popular with right-wing extremists

By Jake Bleiberg, MICHAEL BALSAMO and Jamie Stengle

April 13, 2023, 11:09 pm

US nabs suspect in Pentagon intel leak, will charge him for removing classified docs

AG names detained person of interest as Massachusetts Air National Guard member Jack Teixeira, says he was taken into custody ‘without incident’

By Eric Tucker, TARA COPP and MICHAEL BALSAMO

Then-White House COVID-19 response coordinator Jeff Zients removes a face mask, as he prepares to speak at a press briefing at the White House, April 13, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

January 22, 2023, 11:06 pm

Biden expected to tap Jeff Zients as new chief of staff after Ron Klain leaves

Jeff Zients served as COVID response coordinator at beginning of Biden’s term but has since worked in a low-profile post on staffing matters

By Zeke Miller and MICHAEL BALSAMO

US President Joe Biden speaks in the East Room of the White House in Washington, January 20, 2023. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

January 22, 2023, 4:57 am

FBI finds more classified documents in search of Biden’s home

As 6 papers and some personal notes seized from his Wilmington residence, lawyer for US president says he was surprised, is fully cooperating

By Zeke Miller, MICHAEL BALSAMO and Colleen Long

White House chief of staff Ron Klain walks to the South Lawn of the White House to attend an event celebrating the confirmation of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson as the first Black woman to reach the US Supreme Court, in Washington, April 8, 2022. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

January 22, 2023, 1:53 am

White House chief of staff Ron Klain, a top Biden aide, expected to step down soon

Development, a rarity in current US administration after Trump’s frequent staff changes, comes after Democrats lost House control and shift to defense mode

By Seung Min Kim, MICHAEL BALSAMO and Zeke Miller

Then-president Donald Trump recording a video statement in an effort to get rioters at the US capitol to disperse, on the afternoon of January 6, 2021, from the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, DC. (House Select Committee via AP)

December 23, 2022, 1:46 pm

Jan. 6 report: Trump ‘lit fire’ of Capitol insurrection, stood by during riot

Panel investigating storming of Capitol says former president and his team took part in at least 200 acts aimed at overturning 2020 election, labels him ‘unfit for office’

By MARY CLARE JALONICK, Eric Tucker, Farnoush Amiri, Jill Colvin, MICHAEL BALSAMO and NOMAAN MERCHANT

Former US president Donald Trump speaks at Mar-a-Lago, on November 18, 2022 in Palm Beach, Florida. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell, File)

December 17, 2022, 4:18 am

House panel considers recommending Trump be charged over US Capitol riot

Committee mulling referral to Justice Department that the former US president should be indicted on 3 charges, including insurrection

By Farnoush Amiri, MARY CLARE JALONICK and MICHAEL BALSAMO

Speaker of the US House Nancy Pelosi, and her husband, Paul Pelosi, arrive at the State Department for the Kennedy Center Honors State Department Dinner, December 7, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf, File)

October 28, 2022, 5:38 pm

Pelosi’s husband beaten with hammer in home by attacker shouting ‘Where is Nancy’

Paul Pelosi, 82, suffers blunt force trauma to head and body but expected to make full recovery; assailant, who is in custody, deliberately targeted their house

By KEVIN FREKING, MICHAEL BALSAMO and Colleen Long

An photo contained in a court filing by the Department of Justice on August 30, 2022, shows documents seized during the August 8 search by the FBI of former president Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida. (Department of Justice via AP)

August 31, 2022, 8:45 am

US Justice Department alleges efforts to obstruct search for docs at Mar-a-Lago

Feds say government records ‘likely concealed and removed’ from Trump’s Florida estate; first image released of classified files, including some labeled ‘Top Secret’

By Eric Tucker, Jill Colvin and MICHAEL BALSAMO

Pages from the affidavit by the FBI in support of obtaining a search warrant for former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate are photographed Friday, August 26, 2022. (AP Photo/Jon Elswick)

August 27, 2022, 6:39 pm

FBI: Trump mixed top secret docs with magazines, other items

Court papers laying out rationale for searching Mar-a-Lago describe ‘probable cause to believe evidence of obstruction’ would be found

By Eric Tucker and MICHAEL BALSAMO

Former US president Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate, August 10, 2022, in Palm Beach, Florida. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

August 16, 2022, 10:22 am

US government opposes unsealing affidavit for search of Trump’s estate

News agencies along with ex-president pressuring officials to release document, but Justice Department says that would cause ‘significant and irreparable damage’ to investigation

By MICHAEL BALSAMO