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January 13, 2020 at 12:27 pm

Mueller probe witness pleads guilty on child sex charges

ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — A key witness in special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia investigation will be sentenced to at least 10 years in prison after...

January 9, 2020 at 1:39 pm

Mueller probe witness considers child sex trafficking plea

ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — A key witness in special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation is expected to plead guilty to charges of child sex trafficking and...

December 27, 2019 at 11:35 am

Judge orders government to make changes to terror watchlist

FALLS CHURCH, Va. (AP) — A federal judge is ordering the government to make changes to its watchlist of more than 1 million people whose...

December 24, 2019 at 9:15 am

Ebert retires after 52 years of high-profile prosecutions

MANASSAS, Va. (AP) — Prosecutor Paul Ebert is a man of few words, but in 52 years before juries and judges he learned to use...

December 5, 2019 at 10:12 pm

Virginia lieutenant governor seeks vindication in court

ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — Virginia Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax says he's done everything he can to clear his name after two women accused him of...

November 25, 2019 at 2:15 pm

Virginia grants parole to German national for 1985 slayings

FALLS CHURCH, Va. (AP) — Virginia granted parole on Monday to a German diplomat’s son who was serving a life sentence for the 1985 killings...

November 21, 2019 at 10:31 pm

Ex-CIA officer gets 19 years in China spy conspiracy

ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — A former CIA case agent was sentenced to 19 years in prison Friday for an espionage conspiracy in which prosecutors say...

Nation & World

November 20, 2019 at 2:26 pm

Snowden: Lawsuit targeting his book is selective enforcement

FALLS CHURCH, Va. (AP) — Former CIA contractor Edward Snowden says the government is unfairly singling him out in a lawsuit that seeks to block...

Entertainment

November 18, 2019 at 8:46 am

House lawyer says committee investigating whether Trump lied

WASHINGTON (AP) — The House of Representatives’ top lawyer told a federal appeals court Monday that the House is investigating whether President Donald Trump lied...

From left: House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), Ranking Minority Member Devin Nunes (R-Calif.) and Steve Castor, the attorney for the minority, during the impeachment hearing in Washington on Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2019. Lawmakers are considering whether to impeach President Donald Trump for what Democrats say was an effort to use the power of his office for political gain. (Doug Mills/The New York Times) XNYT171 XNYT171

November 15, 2019 at 9:01 am

AP Explains: What’s wrong with hearsay evidence in Congress?

FALLS CHURCH, Va. (AP) — A leading Republican critique of the House impeachment inquiry is that Democrats are relying on “hearsay” evidence. The word ‘hearsay’...