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President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office of the White House, Friday, Aug. 22, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Donald Trump ran on a promise to use the powers of the government for revenge against those he believed wronged him. He now appears to be fulfilling that campaign promise while threatening to expand his powers well beyond Washington.

On Friday, the FBI searched the home of John Bolton , Trump’s first-term national security adviser-turned-critic , who last week in an interview called the administration “the retribution presidency.”

Trump's team has opened investigations of Democrat Letitia James, the New York attorney general who sued Trump’s company over alleged fraud for falsify

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