U.S. Attorney General William Barr announced a Department of Justice program Friday that will help investigate cases of missing and murdered indigenous people in America.
Read moreFor years the federal Bureau of Prisons has been plagued by systematic failures, from massive staffing shortages to chronic violence. But the largest agency in the Justice Department has largely stayed out of the public view.
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Attorney General William Barr announced an initiative Wednesday to enforce gun background checks, coordinate state and federal gun cases, and ensure prosecutors quickly update databases to show when a defendant can’t possess a gun because of mental health issues.
Read moreThe Justice Department said Friday that Dow Chemical Company has agreed to pay $77 million to restore wildlife habitats damaged by toxic chemicals released from its facility in central Michigan.
Read moreWeeks into a blockade against administration officials cooperating in the impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump, the Department of Justice said requests for testimony will not be considered legally valid unless a government lawyer sits in the interview.
Read moreA strong quarter from Under Armour was overshadowed by federal investigations into the company’s accounting practices.
Read moreA Ninth Circuit panel sided with a federal judge Thursday, upholding a decision to bar the Justice Department from imposing special conditions on policing grants for cities that refuse to help federal authorities detain and deport undocumented immigrants.
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The D.C. Circuit handed down a temporary stay Tuesday night on a judge’s ruling that backed the legality of the House impeachment inquiry and ordered the Justice Department to hand over secret Mueller grand jury materials to Democrats.
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In what the Justice Department called an “extraordinary reversal,” former Trump national security adviser Michael Flynn is now claiming he is innocent after pleading guilty to lying to the FBI two years ago.
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Read moreThe Justice Department is shifting its review of the Russia investigation into a criminal probe, a move likely to raise ethical questions about the president’s use of law enforcement to look into his opponents.
Read moreTaking President Donald Trump’s side, the Justice Department on Friday asked the Second Circuit to block the release of Trump’s tax returns to the Manhattan district attorney’s office.
Read moreTired and frustrated, federal judges are strategically ordering government agencies to pick up the pace in responding to Freedom of Information Act requests to pressure Congress into allocating more funding to offices tasked with releasing records to the public.
Read moreThe Justice Department urged a federal judge Tuesday not to look to the history books in deciding whether to hand over secret material from special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation to the House Judiciary Committee, saying the court in 1974 was wrong to release grand jury evidence during Watergate.
Read moreJustice Department attorneys are pressing cruise giant Carnival to turn over more information on its pollution-control efforts in the wake of the company’s $20 million fine for violating probation in an illegal waste dumping case.
Read moreIn the annals of federal and state court prosecutors, turf battles have cropped up occasionally over criminal investigations. What has broken out in a fight over President Donald Trump’s tax returns threatens to be a turf war.
Read moreThe Justice Department argued Wednesday that a judge should put a hold on the legal fight over whether the Manhattan district attorney can obtain President Donald Trump’s tax returns, and said the matter belongs in federal court.
Read moreU.S. Attorney General William Barr, in a visit to law enforcement officers in Kansas on Wednesday, praised their efforts in helping to lower the nation’s crime rates while also refusing to comment on the impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump.
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Most federal agencies enjoy majority support from the American public, but a new survey found divisions along party lines in opinions of Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the Department of Justice in light of national political disputes.
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Despite prior legal setbacks, the Justice Department is again trying to cut $328 million in grants from California for passing state laws that make it harder for federal agents to find and deport undocumented immigrants, California claimed in a lawsuit filed Monday.
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