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MICHAEL BALSAMO

This image released by US President Donald Trump via his Truth Social account shows a person he claims to be the suspect in the shooting at the White House Correspondents Dinner on the ground after being apprehended on April 25, 2026 (@REALDONALDTRUMP / TRUTH SOCIAL)
April 26, 2026, 10:37 pm
Washington shooting suspect sent anti-Trump writings to family before attack
Suspect Cole Tomas Allen called himself ‘Friendly Federal Assassin’ in message to family; sister describes him as prone to making radical statements
By Eric Tucker, ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and MICHAEL BALSAMO
Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump arrives at Harry Reid International Airport to board a plane after a campaign trip, September 14, 2024, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
September 15, 2024, 11:46 pm
Trump safe after apparent assassination attempt at his Florida golf course, FBI says
Months after bullet grazed his ear at rally, former US president says he is well after man pointed gun some 400 meters from him; suspect Ryan Routh, a former Trump voter, in custody
By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER, Colleen Long, MICHAEL BALSAMO and Zeke Miller
US President Joe Biden speaks at the 115th NAACP National Convention in Las Vegas, Nevada, July 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)
July 19, 2024, 8:16 pm
Biden campaign admits ‘slipping’ support but says he’s ‘absolutely’ staying in race
6 more congressional Democrats urge US president to end reelection bid, as Obama and Pelosi said to express concerns party will lose election if incumbent still on ticket
By Zeke Miller, LISA MASCARO, MICHAEL BALSAMO and AAMER MADHANI
Illustrative: The White House in Washington, DC, July 30, 2022. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)
July 4, 2023, 9:55 pm
Suspicious powder found at White House said to be cocaine
After evacuation on Sunday while Biden was away, US law enforcement sources say substance that sparked alarm in West Wing was drugs
By Colleen Long and 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 , 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
Jack Teixeira (via social media)
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
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