The Justice Department is the United States federal executive department responsible for enforcing federal law, administering justice, and representing the government in legal matters.
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Democratic senators are questioning the Justice Department’s move to drop fraud charges against billionaire Gautam Adani, saying the decision may have been influenced by his political ties and a promised U.S. investment.
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President Donald Trump formally nominated Todd Blanche to be attorney general, putting his former defense lawyer in line to lead the Justice Department.
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The Justice Department is launching its biggest-ever push to revoke the citizenship of naturalized U.S. citizens accused of fraud and serious crimes, under the Trump administration.
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John Bolton has agreed to plead guilty to one count in a classified information case, a deal with the Justice Department that could let him avoid prison.
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The Trump administration appears to be backing away from a $1.8 billion Justice Department fund for people seen as victims of “weaponization,” after rare pushback from Senate Republicans and a court order paused the plan.
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The Justice Department has opened a criminal probe tied to E. Jean Carroll’s Trump-related lawsuits, focusing on possible funding and testimony issues.
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Adam Candeub is the leading candidate to head the Justice Department’s antitrust division, a role that would put him in charge of merger reviews and anti-monopoly enforcement.
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The Southern Poverty Law Center is asking a federal judge to throw out criminal charges, saying the Justice Department brought the case in a vindictive way at the direction of President Donald Trump.
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A federal judge dismissed the human smuggling case against Kilmar Abrego Garcia, saying the Justice Department brought the charges to punish him after his wrongful deportation fight.
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Senate Republicans are backing away from a $1 billion security plan tied to President Donald Trump’s White House ballroom, while new fights over a Justice Department settlement are adding to GOP tension.
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The Justice Department has brought in 82 new immigration judges as President Trump pushes to speed up deportation cases and expand enforcement.
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President Donald Trump and the Justice Department created a $1.7 billion fund to pay people who claim they were unfairly targeted by past investigations, raising major concerns about oversight and political favoritism.
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The Justice Department defended subpoenas sent to The Wall Street Journal in a leak probe, saying it is trying to stop classified information from putting soldiers at risk.
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The Justice Department charged the ship operators and a technical superintendent in the Baltimore bridge collapse case, accusing them of misconduct, obstruction, and other offenses tied to the deadly crash.
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The Justice Department and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission are investigating oil trades and prediction market activity that happened just before major Trump administration news on Iran.
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The Justice Department is seeking personal information for Fulton County election workers from the 2020 election, and the county is trying to stop the subpoena in court.
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The Justice Department under President Donald Trump is adding firing squad, electrocution, and gas asphyxiation as backup execution methods for federal death sentences.
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The Justice Department has ended its criminal probe of Fed Chair Jerome Powell, removing a major obstacle to Kevin Warsh’s possible confirmation as Powell’s successor.
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The Justice Department ended its criminal probe into the Federal Reserve and Jerome Powell over the central bank’s headquarters renovation, shifting the matter to the Fed’s inspector general.
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The Justice Department is preparing up to $3.5 billion in mostly immigration-related grants while cutting or delaying other grant programs, under President Donald Trump’s administration.
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