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Bill Clinton (right) with Jeffrey Epstein.

Inside the Clintons’ fight to avoid testifying in the US Congress over Epstein

A quiet, months-long battle between a Republican congressman and Bill and Hillary Clinton could come to a head this week.

  • Annie Karni

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Trump promoted his former personal lawyer Lindsey Halligan to take over the Comey case.

Judge throws out cases against Trump’s enemies, finds prosecutor illegally appointed

The Trump administration has signalled it will appeal a judge’s ruling that the prosecutor who brought charges against James Comey and Letitia James was illegally appointed.

  • Michael Koziol
US President Donald Trump talks up his investment deal with Saudi Arabia in the White House on Tuesday.

‘Punishable by death’: Trump accuses Democrats of sedition over video message to military

The US president accuses a group of Democrats of being traitors, after they urged the US military to refuse illegal orders.

  • Doina Chiacu and Nandita Bose
US President Donald Trump, former FBI director James Comey and US Attorney Lindsey Halligan.

‘Profound missteps, misconduct’: Judge blows apart Trump’s prosecution of Comey

Former FBI director James Comey was the first of Donald Trump’s political enemies to be indicted on criminal charges in September. Now, a magistrate has identified major problems with the case.

  • Michael Koziol
Former national security adviser John Bolton.

Ex-Trump national security adviser Bolton charged over handling of classified material

In a defiant statement, he denied the charges, saying he was just the latest target in an “intensive effort” by the US president to “intimidate his opponents”.

  • Eric Tucker, Alanna Durkin Richer and Michael Kunzelman
A courtroom sketch of former FBI director James Comey, second from left, during his arraignment on Wednesday.

‘Vindictive prosecution’: Ex-FBI boss Comey pleads not guilty in case Trump pushed for

The case has amplified concerns the Justice Department is operating at the behest of a White House determined to seek retribution for the president’s adversaries.

  • Eric Tucker, Alanna Durkin Richer and Michael Kunzelman
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Attorney General Pam Bondi appears before a Senate Judiciary Committee oversight hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

‘Department of Revenge’: Bondi accused of turning office into weapon for Trump as troops land in Chicago

As National Guard troops gathered in a Chicago suburb on the president’s orders, his attorney-general clashed with Democrat senators during a fiery four-hour hearing in Washington.

  • Alanna Durkin Richer, Eric Tucker and Stephen Groves
US President Donald Trump is expanding his list of possible targets, but insists it’s about “justice – not revenge”.

After Comey, here’s who is next on Trump’s political hit list

Federal prosecutors across the US are facing increasing pressure to quickly produce results in other investigations targeting subjects of the president’s scorn.

  • Jeremy Roebuck, Perry Stein and Emily Davies
Donald Trump’s preoccupation with former FBI director James Comey has never faded.

Trump is now openly mimicking the dictators he admires so much

The Department of Justice is prosecuting former FBI director James Comey not because there is clear evidence of a crime, but because there is clear evidence that the president wants revenge.

  • David French
James Comey and Donald Trump.

Comey charges may have been predictable, but it’s a crisis nonetheless

The indictment of the former FBI director, one of the US president”s political enemies, puts paid to any pretence that he would rise above “lawfare” or that his attorney-general would defy pressure from the White House.

  • Michael Koziol