Donald Trump has said he did not know a raid by the FBI on the home of his former adviser turned critic, John Bolton, was planned and that he expected to be briefed by the justice department on it.<\/p>\n
\u201cI tell the group I don\u2019t want to know, but just you have to do what you have to do. I don\u2019t want to know about it,\u201d Trump said, adding \u201cI\u2019m not a fan of John Bolton<\/a>. He\u2019s a real sort of a lowlife. He\u2019s not a smart guy. But he could be very unpatriotic. I\u2019m going to find out.\u201d<\/p>\n JD Vance denied the raid was politically motivated. \u201cWe don\u2019t think that we should throw people \u2013 even if they disagree with us politically, maybe especially if they disagree with us politically \u2013 you shouldn\u2019t throw people willy-nilly in prison,\u201d the vice-president told NBC. \u201cYou should let the law drive these determinations, and that\u2019s what we\u2019re doing.\u201d<\/p>\n Here are the key Trump administration<\/a> news stories of the day:<\/p>\n FBI raids home of Trump\u2019s ex-national security adviser<\/p>\n The FBI<\/a> raided Bolton\u2019s home on Friday morning.<\/p>\n The federal search of Bolton\u2019s house in the Washington DC<\/a> area was as part of an investigation involving the handling of classified documents, the Associated Press reported, citing a person familiar with the matter. A government source confirmed the raid to the Guardian, but did not disclose further details.<\/p>\n Read the full story<\/a><\/p>\n DoJ releases Ghislaine Maxwell interview transcripts<\/p>\n The US Department of Justice has released the transcript and audio recording of an interview conducted by Todd Blanche, the deputy attorney general, with the convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell<\/a>.<\/p>\n Read the full story<\/a><\/p>\n Trump targets Chicago and New York as Hegseth orders weapons for DC troops<\/p>\n Donald Trump has threatened to take his federal crackdown on crime and city cleanliness to New York and Chicago, as the defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, ordered that national guard troops patrolling the streets of Washington DC<\/a> under federal control will now be armed.<\/p>\n Read the full story<\/a><\/p>\n Hegseth fires top US general after Iran assessment angers Trump<\/p>\n Pete Hegseth<\/a> has fired a general whose agency\u2019s initial intelligence assessment of damage to Iranian nuclear sites from US strikes angered Donald Trump, according to two people familiar with the decision and a White House official.<\/p>\n Read the full story<\/a><\/p>\n US man wrongly deported released to await trial<\/p>\n Kilmar \u00c1brego Garc\u00eda<\/a> has been freed from criminal custody in Tennessee so he can rejoin his family in Maryland while awaiting trial on human smuggling charges, after a court ordered his release.<\/p>\n Read the full story<\/a><\/p>\n Canada to drop counter-tariffs on some US goods <\/p>\n Canada will drop its counter-tariffs on some American goods in the coming days, Mark Carney<\/a> has said, as the country\u2019s prime minister looks to end a protracted trade war with the US.<\/p>\n Read the full story<\/a><\/p>\n What else happened today:<\/p>\n