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Byline: Paul Duggan When Democrats took power in Richmond five years ago and trained their attention on tightening gun laws, a rural sheriff named Scott Jenkins stood before the Culpeper [...]

Byline: Gerry Shih, Karishma Mehrotra, Anant Gupta - - - Correction: A previous version of this article misidentified Milan Vaishnav's workplace as the Brookings Institution. Vaishnav works at the Carnegie [...]

Byline: Shayna Jacobs, Bryan Pietsch NEW YORK - An Indian billionaire and power broker in the global energy industry has been indicted in the United States on charges related to [...]

Byline: Gerry Shih, Karishma Mehrotra, Anant Gupta NEW DELHI - When U.S. prosecutors Wednesday unveiled fraud and bribery allegations against Gautam Adani, they charged not just one of India's top [...]

Byline: Shayna Jacobs NEW YORK - A judge delayed his decision on whether to toss out Donald Trump's 34 felony convictions in Manhattan, as lawyers for the president-elect argue that [...]

Byline: Spencer S. Hsu D.C. Council member Trayon White Sr. (D-Ward 8) said Wednesday that he expected his council colleagues to respect the will of voters who reelected him to [...]

Byline: Michael Brice-Saddler, Dan Rosenzweig-Ziff D.C. Council member Trayon White Sr. (D-Ward 8) sailed to a third term Tuesday even as he faces a federal bribery charge, the Associated Press [...]

Byline: Craig Whitlock SAN DIEGO - Leonard Glenn Francis, the rotund U.S. Navy contractor, con man and escape artist who repeatedly outwitted federal officials over two decades, could be freed [...]

Byline: Spencer S. Hsu, Meagan Flynn, Paul Duggan D.C. Council member Trayon White Sr. (D-Ward 8) has parted ways with his private defense lawyer and turned instead to public defenders [...]

Byline: Shayna Jacobs, Mary Beth Sheridan NEW YORK - A former top public security official in Mexico on Wednesday was sentenced to more than 38 years in U.S. federal prison [...]

Byline: Eva Dou The Justice Department announced on Wednesday that defense contractor RTX, formerly known as Raytheon, will pay more than $950 million to resolve charges involving inflated federal contracts [...]

Byline: Laura Wagner NEW YORK - In City Hall's cluttered Room 9, the centuries-old space reserved for the town's harried press corp, a shared âcommunity mediaâ desk sits at the [...]

Byline: Shayna Jacobs NEW YORK - A former city official under Mayor Eric Adams was arrested Tuesday and charged with witness tampering and destruction of records as part of a [...]

Byline: Shayna Jacobs NEW YORK - A former city official under Mayor Eric Adams was arrested Tuesday and charged with witness tampering and destruction of records as part of a [...]

Byline: Meagan Flynn, Jenny Gathright, Spencer S. Hsu The FBI informant at the center of D.C. Council member Trayon White Sr.'s bribery case secretly pleaded guilty earlier this year to [...]

Byline: Shayna Jacobs NEW YORK - Mayor Eric Adams has launched a forceful pair of challenges to his indictment on bribery, wire fraud and illegal campaign donation charges, hanging a [...]

Byline: Shayna Jacobs NEW YORK - Mayor Eric Adams has launched a forceful pair of challenges to his indictment on bribery, wire fraud and illegal campaign donation charges, tying a [...]

Byline: Shayna Jacobs, Devlin Barrett NEW YORK - Mayor Eric Adams has arrived at U.S. District Court in Manhattan to be arraigned on bribery, wire fraud and other charges stemming [...]

Byline: Shayna Jacobs, Devlin Barrett, Josh Dawsey NEW YORK - Mayor Eric Adams was charged Thursday with bribery, wire fraud and seeking illegal campaign donations - a years-long catalogue of [...]

Byline: Shayna Jacobs, Mark Berman, Devlin Barrett NEW YORK - Mayor Eric Adams pleaded not guilty Friday to federal charges of bribery, wire fraud and taking illegal campaign donations, even [...]

Byline: Shayna Jacobs, Devlin Barrett NEW YORK - Mayor Eric Adams was arraigned Friday and pleaded not guilty to federal charges of bribery, wire fraud and taking illegal campaign donations. [...]

Byline: Aaron Blake The indictment of New York Mayor Eric Adams (D) punctures yet another hole in Donald Trump's and his allies' unsubstantiated claims that the Justice Department has been [...]

Byline: Mark Berman New York Mayor Eric Adams (D) has been indicted and charged with bribery, seeking illegal campaign contributions and wire fraud. The federal indictment, which was unsealed Thursday, [...]

Byline: Maegan Vazquez, Azi Paybarah A growing number of New York Democrats are calling on Mayor Eric Adams (D) to resign, broadly stating that his federal criminal indictment will hinder [...]

Byline: Shayna Jacobs, Devlin Barrett, Josh Dawsey NEW YORK - New York Mayor Eric Adams was charged with bribery, wire fraud and seeking illegal campaign donations in a federal indictment [...]

Byline: Spencer S. Hsu Eight current or former Navy officials, including five admirals, could be compelled to testify in a bribery case against the Navy's former second-highest ranking official that [...]

Byline: Spencer S. Hsu, Meagan Flynn D.C. Council member Trayon White Sr. (D-Ward 8) pleaded not guilty through his attorney Thursday to a federal indictment accusing him of agreeing to [...]

Byline: Michael Brice-Saddler, Meagan Flynn Last weekend, days after he was formally indicted on federal bribery charges, D.C. Council member Trayon White Sr. stood at the front of Union Temple [...]

Byline: Perry Stein, Devlin Barrett It was a hectic week in the courts for Donald Trump's criminal cases, even though we are heading into a stretch where no major prosecutorial [...]

Byline: Meagan Flynn Federal prosecutors formally indicted D.C. Council member Trayon White Sr. (D-Ward 8) on federal bribery charges this week, forging ahead on a case that has shaken up [...]

Byline: Shayna Jacobs NEW YORK - A judge on Friday delayed Donald Trump's hush money sentencing until after the November election, which means voters will cast ballots without knowing whether [...]

Byline: Shayna Jacobs NEW YORK - Donald Trump is making a second effort at getting his state court hush money case removed to federal court as his lawyers engage in [...]

Byline: Paul Schwartzman In his two terms at the center of D.C. politics, Council member Trayon White Sr. (D-Ward 8) has styled himself as a disciple of Marion Barry, the [...]

Byline: Emily Davies, Peter Hermann, Katie Shepherd, Salvador Rizzo, Michael Brice-Saddler In cash-stuffed envelopes exchanged in the front seat of parked cars, D.C. Council member Trayon White Sr. took tens [...]

Byline: Patrick Svitek Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) has ended his independent campaign for reelection as he prepares to resign after his conviction on federal bribery and corruption charges. Menendez filed [...]

Byline: Maegan Vazquez, Tyler Pager New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy (D) is expected to appoint his former chief of staff, George Helmy, to replace Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) for the [...]

Byline: Maegan Vazquez Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) announced Tuesday that he plans to resign effective Aug. 20, creating a Senate vacancy in the wake of his federal bribery conviction. New [...]

Byline: Tyler Pager, Abbie Cheeseman, Nicole Markus, Liz Goodwin Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) announced he plans to resign effective Aug. 20, after months of Democratic hand-wringing over his scandalous federal [...]

Byline: Abbie Cheeseman, Nicole Markus Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) plans to resign effective Aug. 20, according to two people briefed on the decision, who spoke on the condition of anonymity [...]

Byline: Spencer S. Hsu A career Pentagon official who had a romantic relationship with a married four-star admiral could become a key government witness against him, according to his lawyer [...]

Byline: Mariana Alfaro Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.) and New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy (D) issued swift calls Tuesday for Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) to resign after he [...]

Byline: Salvador Rizzo, Shayna Jacobs NEW YORK - Sen. Bob Menendez was convicted Tuesday of taking bribes from three businessmen who showered him and his wife with cash, gold bars [...]

Byline: Salvador Rizzo Now that Sen. Bob Menendez's corruption trial has ended with guilty verdicts on 16 felony counts, the longtime Democratic lawmaker stands to lose not only his freedom [...]

Byline: Salvador Rizzo, Shayna Jacobs, El Calabrese NEW YORK - The jury in Sen. Bob Menendez's corruption trial deliberated for its first full day on Monday without reaching a verdict, [...]

Byline: Salvador Rizzo NEW YORK - After nearly two months of hearing 37 witnesses weave a tale of gold bars and cash-filled envelopes, Egyptian intelligence officials and Qatari investors, the [...]

Byline: Shayna Jacobs, Salvador Rizzo NEW YORK - Sen. Bob Menendez's litany of explanations for why a stockpile of cash and gold bars were in his house when it was [...]

Byline: Philip Bump It seems fitting that the Supreme Court's decision granting presidents - read: Donald Trump - robust immunity from criminal prosecution landed less than a day after Trump [...]

Byline: Salvador Rizzo NEW YORK - After sitting through 30 prosecution witnesses testifying at his federal corruption trial, Sen. Bob Menendez called on family and forensic accountants this week as [...]

Byline: Salvador Rizzo NEW YORK - After sitting through 30 prosecution witnesses testifying at his federal corruption trial, Sen. Bob Menendez called on family this week as his attorneys began [...]

Byline: Spencer S. Hsu Two top executives of a New York-based technology services firm charged alongside the highest-ranking U.S. Navy admiral ever to face criminal indictment for bribery are fighting [...]