Washington Post analysis of higher-resolution video shows Secret Service officer fired four times at suspect with no visible muzzle flash from suspect’s shotgun, three shots fired toward fellow security personnel.
Former FBI Director Comey appears in Virginia federal court and is released without conditions on two threats charges over Instagram seashell post.
Federal Reserve holds interest rates steady and Powell announces he will remain a Fed governor through January 2028, citing political attacks.
South Carolina Election Commission votes 4-1 to send voter rolls including partial Social Security numbers to DOJ, breaking with 29 states that refused.
FBI executes 22 search warrants at Twin Cities child care and autism centers in fraud probe targeting Somali community providers.
Justice Department indicts former Fauci aide David Morens, 78, on two counts of concealing pandemic-origin emails as administration promotes lab-leak theory.
Trump-appointed federal judge dismisses DOJ lawsuit demanding Arizona’s voter rolls, the sixth federal court to reject the administration’s nationwide rolls campaign.
DOJ files unsigned-by-career-lawyers brief asking judge to lift White House ballroom injunction, citing Correspondents’ Dinner shooting and using Trump’s social media voice.
Justice Department indicts Comey on two counts over 2025 Instagram seashell post months after first case was dismissed.
National Trust refuses Justice Department demand to drop White House ballroom lawsuit, days after Saturday shooting cited as grounds.
Federal prosecutors charge Cole Allen with attempting to assassinate Trump at Saturday’s White House Correspondents’ Dinner, citing manifesto targeting officials by rank.
Justice Department demands preservation group drop White House ballroom lawsuit by Monday, citing Correspondents’ Dinner shooting.
Justice Department reverses position and grants captured former Venezuelan president Maduro access to Venezuelan funds to pay his New York criminal defense.
Federal judge questions whether Trump can sue the IRS for $10 billion over leaked tax returns when he controls the agency he is suing.
Watchdog groups sue White House over guidance allowing officials to delete text messages, three weeks after DOJ declared the 1978 Presidential Records Act unconstitutional.
U.S. Attorney Pirro says she is closing the criminal probe of Fed Chair Powell three days after Trump’s pick Kevin Warsh testified at his Senate confirmation hearing.
Federal appeals court strikes down Trump’s Day 1 “invasion” order banning asylum at the southern border, ruling only Congress can rewrite the law.
Justice Department reinstates federal executions, adds firing squad, and moves to shorten death row appeals and clemency petitions.
Justice Department charges Fort Bragg special forces master sergeant in first U.S. prediction market insider trading case after $400,000 Polymarket profit on Maduro capture.
Justice Department Inspector General opens compliance probe into DOJ’s identification, redaction, and release of Epstein Files Transparency Act records.
Justice Department moves to reclassify cannabis to Schedule III, would be first federal loosening since 1971 Controlled Substances Act.
Iowa federal judge orders third bond hearing for truck driver held 10 weeks, says government wants to “whipsaw” him with retroactive mandatory detention rule.
Federal judge dismisses FBI Director Patel’s defamation lawsuit against former FBI counterintelligence official, calling the nightclub comments “rhetorical hyperbole.”
House Oversight Committee split on whether Trump should pardon Ghislaine Maxwell in exchange for testimony in Epstein investigation.
Justice Department agrees to pay Carter Page $1.25 million to settle 2016 surveillance lawsuit, a month after paying Flynn over $1 million.
FBI opened stalking investigation into New York Times reporter after her story on Director Patel assigning FBI personnel to his girlfriend’s security detail.
DOJ withdraws grand jury subpoenas in Brennan probe hours after installing Trump loyalist Joe diGenova, who called Brennan a conspiracy “head” on TV.
DOJ indicts Southern Poverty Law Center on money laundering and wire fraud charges for paying informants inside the KKK, neo-Nazi, and white supremacist groups.
Justice Department and Maryland separately sue DC Water over February Potomac sewage spill, alleging neglected maintenance of aging sewer line.
FBI Director Patel sues The Atlantic for $250 million over reporting that he was drunk and erratic on the job.
Justice Department demands all 2024 ballots from Wayne County, Michigan, a Detroit-area Democratic stronghold Trump lost despite winning the state.
Pentagon to begin worldwide boardings of Iran-linked ships under “Economic Fury” campaign days before ceasefire expires.
DOJ installs Trump loyalist Joe diGenova to run Florida “grand conspiracy” probe targeting intelligence officials and prosecutors.
D.C. police prepared to arrest Republican Rep. Cory Mills in February 2025 assault case before lieutenant overruled them and Trump-appointed prosecutor declined warrant.
Federal judge blocks Nexstar’s $6.2 billion takeover of Tegna until antitrust trial, despite FCC and DOJ approval Trump personally endorsed in February.
Justice Department removes career prosecutor leading Brennan probe after she resisted pressure to quickly charge former CIA director and Trump critic.
Nine House Democrats file five impeachment articles against Defense Secretary Hegseth over Iran war crimes and Signal leak.
Justice Department adds terrorism charge against Jan. 6 pipe bomb suspect Brian Cole Jr. five years after DNC and RNC plantings.
Trump threatens to fire Fed Chair Powell if he doesn’t step down May 15, as Warsh confirmation remains blocked.
Prosecutors from D.C. U.S. Attorney Pirro’s office show up unannounced at Federal Reserve headquarters demanding a tour of renovations a judge already ruled were investigative pretext.
Trump Justice Department fires multiple prosecutors who won FACE Act convictions against anti-abortion activists, threatens them with criminal charges in 882-page weaponization report.
Justice Department asks court to vacate seditious conspiracy convictions of 12 Oath Keepers and Proud Boys leaders who organized the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol.
IBM pays $17 million to settle Trump administration’s first Civil Rights Fraud Initiative case while denying it ever engaged in the DEI practices it agreed to end.
Trump administration fires two immigration judges who blocked deportations of pro-Palestinian students Rumeysa Ozturk and Mohsen Mahdawi.
Federal grand jury subpoenas Reddit to unmask anonymous user who criticized ICE online after the agency’s earlier court attempt to identify them failed.
DOJ urges judge to overturn ruling barring it from directly searching Washington Post reporter’s phone and laptops seized in January raid.
Trump repeatedly promises mass pardons to White House aides and officials, telling staff he will pardon “everyone who has come within 200 feet of the Oval.”
DOJ says former AG Bondi will not give Epstein deposition to House Oversight Committee now that she has left office.
