Aysha Bagchi covers the Justice Department for USA TODAY, focusing especially on changes to DOJ priorities under the Trump administration, election security issues, and national legal affairs.
Aysha has reported extensively on the Trump investigations for USA TODAY. She covered every day of then-former President Donald Trump's 2024 New York criminal trial from the courtroom. She is an attorney, Harvard Law graduate, and Rhodes Scholar. She grew up in Austin, Texas.
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Mississippi Senate race still too close to call. See live results
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Alaska and Mississippi Senate races could take days, even weeks, to call
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DOJ issues 20 letters in Alaska 'Dan Sullivan' ballot probe
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State Sen. Louise Lucas arrested on bribery, racketeering charges
DOJ watchdog won't probe Reflecting Pool case handling, lawyers say
Ilhan Omar's sister interviewed in immigration fraud investigation
'Heroic' teacher tackled teen mass shooter in Oregon elementary school
Teen gunman kills 3 children, teacher at Oregon elementary school
News outlets win extended White House access in blow to Trump ban
Televised firing squad: Shock at latest development in military death penalty
Banned media outlets given temporary WH access
DOJ brings new torture charges against Nicolás Maduro and his wife
Judge briefly extends White House access for CNN, MS NOW, Politico
Pennsylvania professor charged with anti-Jewish harassment of coworker
Trump, GOP support among Latino voters drops before midterms: new poll
How is Trump addressing AI? What to know about new 'super intelligence' group
Trump seeks permission to reinstate White House media ban within days
Reflecting Pool case against Olympian permanently tossed
Republican senator sues Jack Smith for obtaining Jan. 6 phone records
How Caitlin Clark became part of viral Jack Smith's Senate hearing
Missouri senator confuses Iowa Hawkeyes for Atlanta Hawks in hearing Republican's apparent basketball mix-up derails Jack Smith hearing
CNN, MS NOW seek longer-term court protection of White House passes
Trump approval ratings sink. How recent polls rate job, issues
News outlets allowed back in White House after Trump ban
Judge orders Trump to restore access to banned media outlets
No ruling after high-stakes hearing over Trump media ban
Is Trump's latest White House media ban legal? It could get complicated
'Desperate stunt'? Legal experts react to $5,000 'Trump Dividend' plan
A 'not guilty' verdict won't free Lindsay Clancy
Final testimony resumes in Lindsay Clancy trial