Justice Department

The Justice Department has rescinded a Trump-era memo that established a “zero tolerance” enforcement policy for migrants crossing the U.S.-Mexico border illegally, which resulted in thousands of family separations.

After a scathing new report from the Justice Department’s watchdog blamed top department officials for being the “driving force” behind the Trump administration’s 2018 migrant family separation policy, former Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein issued a statement of regret and current DOJ official Gene Hamilton blamed the president for the policy.

U.S. officials say the FBI warned law enforcement agencies ahead of last week’s breach of the U.S. Capitol about the potential for extremist-driven violence

In introducing Garland, President-elect Biden said that the Justice Department does not serve the president: “Your loyalty is not to me.”

The judge for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia is President-elect Joe Biden’s nominee for attorney general. Here are five things to know about Merrick Garland.

Garland would face pressure from liberals to prosecute President Trump after Biden takes office.

Law enforcement officials said Saturday they have not focused in on any individual in the investigation of the Christmas morning explosion in Nashville.

Attorney General William Barr announced on Monday that charges have been filed against alleged bomb maker Abu Agila Mas’ud for his role in the bombing of Pan Am 103 in 1988 that killed hundreds.

President Trump has mulled pushing the Justice Department to name a special counsel to investigate Hunter Biden, son of President-elect Joe Biden.

The widely anticipated announcement of AG William Barr’s departure came moments after the Electoral College finalized Joe Biden’s victory over President Trump.

Two years ago, the U.S. attorney in Philadelphia joined the long line of ambitious prosecutors investigating the Roman Catholic church’s handling of priest-abuse complaints

The Justice Department’s subpoena to Hunter Biden sought information involving more than two dozen entities to examine some of his foreign business ties, including with Ukrainian gas company Burisma

The U.S. Department of Justice has filed a lawsuit against Alabama over conditions in the state prisons

Attorney General William Barr has said there is no significant evidence that President Trump lost the election to Joe Biden because of voting fraud.

President Donald Trump has refused to concede to President-elect Joe Biden, claiming without evidence he won the election and was the victim of ballot fraud.

A Justice Department investigation found that federal prosecutors who oversaw a controversial non-prosecution deal with Jeffrey Epstein in 2008 exercised “poor judgment” but did not break the law, Sen. Ben Sasse said Thursday.

Walmart is suing the U.S. government in a pre-emptive strike in the battle over its responsibility in the opioid abuse crisis

The Justice Department on Tuesday sued Google for antitrust violations, alleging that it abused its dominance in online search and advertising to stifle competition and harm consumers

A Maryland man faces federal charges for threatening former Vice President Joe Biden and Sen. Kamala Harris in a letter he left outside a home with Biden/Harris signs in the yard, prosecutors say.  James Dale Reed, 42, of Frederick, was charged with threatening the Democratic candidates, the Justice Department said Wednesday. He was allegedly caught on a doorbell camera...

The Justice Department unsealed charges Wednesday against two ISIS militants from Britain, accusing them of carrying out a gruesome campaign of torture, beheadings and other acts of violence against Western hostages they had captured in Syria, including four Americans.