Audio clip of Biden special counsel interview is released, showing verbal stumbles
Republicans have long sought to make public a recording of the 2023 interview, arguing that it might offer evidence of a decline in Joseph R....
Trump aims to use more FBI, drug and gun agents to pursue immigrants
The reassigning of some 2,000 federal agents would signal a sharp escalation of efforts to enact a crucial element of President Donald Trump’s agenda.
Orders to investigate Columbia protesters raised alarms in Justice Dept.
Behind the scenes, a top department official pressed employees to gather a list of activists and investigate them, people familiar with the matter said.
Alarm at changes to Justice Dept.’s civil rights office prompts ‘exodus’
Hundreds of lawyers and other staff members are fleeing the arm of the agency that defends constitutional rights, which appointees intend to reshape to enact...
Anti-abortion lawyer pushed out of FDA after Republican senator’s pressure campaign
Hilary Perkins, a career lawyer and a conservative, was targeted by Senator Josh Hawley of Missouri for defending the Biden administration’s position on the abortion...
Justice Dept. nominees suggest some court orders can be ignored
At a confirmation hearing, the nominees, two of whom have been Trump defense lawyers, offered little to assuage Democrats’ fears.
Before ascending to top tier of FBI, Bongino fueled right-wing disbelief
The No. 2 job at the F.B.I. will give the provocateur Dan Bongino access to sensitive intelligence, as well as speculation and false accusations that...
Trump’s lawyers have assailed Jack Smith. They could soon have power to go after him
The president-elect’s defense lawyers accused the special counsel of unethical behavior. They could be in senior Justice Department roles within weeks.
In New Orleans, celebration is followed by terror in the French Quarter VIEW
The attack that left 15 dead and about three dozen injured followed a distressingly familiar pattern of assailants turning vehicles into weapons.