A federal judge recuses herself from the Justice Department’s lawsuit over Georgia’s voter rolls after it questioned her ties to Trump’s former prosecutor there.
California Governor Newsom says Trump directed the Justice Department to investigate him and his wife as he weighs a 2028 presidential run.
The Supreme Court declines to revive Carter Page’s lawsuit against former FBI director Comey over the 2016 Russia-probe surveillance, after the administration paid Page $1.25 million in April.
The FBI searches a voting-rights group’s Cleveland offices and seizes staff devices statewide without saying what crime it suspects, five months before the midterm elections.
Trump picks his own hush-money appeal lawyer James McDonald to run the powerful Manhattan federal prosecutor’s office.
A federal judge permanently blocks Trump’s $1.78 billion fund to pay January 6 rioters, saying she does not trust officials who refused to disavow it under oath.
Justice Department approves Paramount Skydance’s $110 billion takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery, clearing a merger that puts CBS and CNN under one Trump-allied owner.
Vance Boelter pleads guilty to murdering former Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband and shooting state Senator John Hoffman, avoiding the death penalty.
Judge warns Justice Department not to play possum over the $1.8 billion fund Trump’s administration created to settle Trump’s own lawsuit.
FBI serves search warrant at the aerospace plant whose overheating chemical tank forced 50,000 Californians from their homes over Memorial Day weekend.
Justice Department drops assault charges against a St. Paul man ICE agents shot at after five of six agents contradicted the official account.
Justice Department declares 50-year-old discrimination rules unconstitutional, making it harder for workers to sue employers whose hiring practices disproportionately harm minorities.
Vance refers Minnesota Governor Walz and Attorney General Ellison to the Justice Department for criminal fraud investigation, the second federal probe targeting Walz this year.
Georgia Republicans seek to impeach Judge Eleanor Ross as the Justice Department pushes to remove her from its voter roll case against the state.
Trump’s Justice Department killed a criminal pollution investigation into the coal empire of Republican Senator Jim Justice, a close Trump ally.
Trump formally nominates his former defense lawyer Todd Blanche as attorney general, sending the choice to the Senate.
Trump pardons former Republican congressman Stephen Buyer for insider trading, the same week his administration touts a fraud crackdown on Democratic-run states.
Justice Department tells a federal court it won’t proceed with Trump’s $1.8 billion anti-weaponization fund while urging the judge not to block it.
FBI fires five analysts behind retracted 2023 Catholic-extremism memo, latest purge under Director Kash Patel.
Justice Department opens multiple investigations into California’s elections after Trump claims without evidence that Democrats are stealing the primary vote count.
Senate rejects Schumer’s motion to permanently kill Trump’s $1.8 billion fund to compensate January 6 rioters, 49 to 50, as three Republicans cross over.
Trump’s former national security adviser Bolton agrees to plead guilty to retaining national security information, six years after Trump called for his prosecution.
DHS Secretary Mullin appears to undercut his agency’s year-long fight to deport Kilmar Abrego Garcia to Liberia, telling senators the US would be “happy to send him” to Costa Rica instead.
Chicago US Attorney Boutros admits he personally addressed a grand jury before it indicted immigration protesters on a third attempt.
DHS Secretary Mullin restores ICE officer training to 584 hours, reversing a cut made during last year’s hiring surge.
Trump tells the Supreme Court he will appeal the $83 million award to writer E. Jean Carroll for defaming her after she said he sexually assaulted her in 1996.
The Pentagon hires Elias Irizarry, who pleaded guilty to storming the Capitol on January 6, into a sensitive office running counterterrorism and hostage rescue missions.
Acting Attorney General Blanche says the administration is permanently killing its $1.8 billion anti-weaponization fund but keeping the order that shields Trump’s family from tax audits.
Justice Department says it will comply with a court order freezing Trump’s $1.8 billion anti-weaponization fund, as reports say the administration is backing away from it.
Former Vice President Pence urges Trump to scrap the $1.8 billion anti-weaponization fund, calling it deeply offensive that it could pay January 6 rioters.
Justice Department moves to remove Judge Eleanor Ross from its case to force Georgia to hand over its private voter list, citing her affair and a Fani Willis campaign event.
Newly hired prosecutor who brought the indictment against former FBI Director Comey over a seashell photo steps off the case months before trial.
Federal judge freezes Trump’s $1.8 billion anti-weaponization fund a week after targeted individuals and groups sued, calling it a payout scheme for political allies.
Former Attorney General Bondi tells House investigators she delegated the Epstein files review to acting Attorney General Blanche, as survivors demand sworn testimony.
Justice Department sues Maine, Massachusetts, Oregon, and Washington for refusing to issue undercover license plates to ICE agents.
Chicago U.S. attorney denies investigating E. Jean Carroll, who won $88 million from Trump, saying the inquiry targets the donor who funded her suit.
Newsom and New York lawmakers threaten 100% taxes to claw back Trump anti-weaponization fund payouts as Senate Democrats push a national version.
Justice Department refers Trump accuser E. Jean Carroll for criminal prosecution in Chicago over her funding testimony.
Thirty-five former judges ask court to reopen Trump’s IRS case and investigate his settlement as fraud on the court.
Justice Department orders Miami prosecutors to drop scrutiny of Venezuela’s acting president as the U.S. opens her country’s oil to American investors.
DOJ sues UC over UCLA antisemitism response in third federal action targeting the university this year after February employee suit and January admissions complaint.
Biden sues DOJ to block June 15 release of ghostwriter audio after Trump administration reversed Biden DOJ’s decision to withhold the recordings.
Supreme Court reverses ruling that would have let immigration judges challenge DOJ rules requiring permission for public speeches on immigration.
SPLC moves to dismiss DOJ fraud indictment as vindictive prosecution after Trump, Patel, and Blanche attacked civil rights group’s Klan-informant program.
Trump posts AI image of Obama, Comey, and six other political opponents in prison jumpsuits days after DOJ’s second Comey indictment.
Justice Department deletes press releases documenting Jan. 6 prosecutions from its website, calling the official record of insurrection charges ‘partisan propaganda.’
San Francisco becomes first major U.S. city without a primary immigration court after Trump purges 19 of 21 judges in one of the nation’s most asylum-friendly jurisdictions.
Federal judge dismisses human smuggling indictment against wrongly deported Maryland man Kilmar Abrego Garcia as “vindictive and selective,” citing DOJ retaliation for his successful return.
