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The Justice Department’s $400 million deal to settle TikTok child privacy allegations has puzzled Beltway insiders over its easy terms and an unusual lack of transparency.

Arizona State University gave 432 illegal immigrants in-state tuition in Fall 2025, totaling $10.5 million in reduced costs, the Justice Department alleges.

Andrew Haden, 48, who ran the office after Trump fired Biden appointee Tara McGrath, was found dead in a San Diego federal building Wednesday.

A federal appeals court found the Justice Department unlawfully bypassed Senate confirmation to install Sigal Chattah as Nevada's top prosecutor.

Rep. Andrew Clyde calls the ruling removing the $200 tax on silencers and short-barreled rifles the greatest Second Amendment restoration in a century.

FBI Director Kash Patel says the Washington, D.C., crime crackdown yielded over 6,000 arrests and 1,300 illegal firearm seizures in one year.

Rep. Rich McCormick's bill could ban Anthony Fauci from federal employment after he invoked the Fifth Amendment over 100 times before Rand Paul.

The prosecution’s central claim “would be laughable,” one former federal judge noted, if it weren’t intended “to deprive a man of his liberty.”...

DHS counsel calls the ruling "open defiance of the Supreme Court" after Judge Patti Saris preserves TPS protections for South Sudanese nationals.

Trump pardoned people convicted of Clean Air Act violations who he said were "persecuted by the Biden Administration" and punished for "fixing their car."...

Trump granted full pardons to six people, calling the prosecutions "weaponization." The people granted clemency have not yet been identified.

Acting AG Todd Blanche says Gov. Gavin Newsom's claims that the Justice Department is politically targeting him are not "grounded in fact."...

A New Jersey man, a French citizen, pleaded guilty to illegally voting in the 2022 federal midterm elections despite never holding U.S. citizenship.

The Justice Department failed to explain why it simply couldn’t put in writing that the slush fund is dead.

A federal judge indefinitely blocked the Trump administration's $1.76 billion anti-weaponization fund, citing concerns it could be revived.

Former AG Pam Bondi says she delegated Epstein files oversight to Todd Blanche, now facing scrutiny as Trump's nominee to be Attorney General.

President Trump announces plans to nominate acting Attorney General Todd Blanche to permanently lead the Department of Justice after Pam Bondi's firing.

The Trump administration has been blocked from making any payments before a judge can hear arguments in the case.

A U.S. judge temporarily blocked the Justice Department from “taking any further action pursuant to the creation or operation" of a $1.778 billion "Anti-Weaponization Fund."...

The Maryland Democrat also tried to subpoena Trump administration officials over it — and a GOP-turned-independent lawmaker voted with him.

A former DOJ prosecutor was charged with allegedly emailing confidential records from Jack Smith's Trump investigation to her personal accounts.

Joe Biden's lawyers are expected to intervene against the DOJ's release of redacted transcripts and audio from his ghostwriter conversations.

Former special counsel Jack Smith reportedly accused the DOJ of corruption and political weaponization during a fiery private dinner speech in Washington.

Former FBI Director James Comey posted an Instagram photo of an "86 47" shell formation on a beach in May 2025, then deleted the image.

The DOJ reportedly taps former Trump attorney Joe diGenova to oversee a probe into ex-CIA Director John Brennan and Trump-Russia investigation origins.

Melania Trump's appeal for Congress to hear from Jeffrey Epstein survivors is adding pressure on the DOJ and its new acting director as lawmakers and alleged victims demand more action.

Pam Bondi's exit is the latest in a long history of attorney general firings and resignations that shook Washington, from Nixon to Trump and beyond.

Former FBI Director James Comey has been subpoenaed by prosecutors in Miami as part of the Justice Department...