Sessions announces end of DOJ guidance memos

"The Department of Justice is duty-bound to defend laws as they are written," he said at a Federalist Society event

• Nov 17, 2017

Russian TV network registers as foreign agent in U.S.

RT formally complied with DOJ requests on Monday by registering under FARA as an agent for the Russian government

• Nov 13, 2017

Feds announce new measures to crack down on fentanyl

The new actions come after the president's declaration that the nation's opioid crisis is a public health emergency

• Nov 9, 2017

DOJ: ACLU misled U.S. on timing of "Jane Doe" abortion

The teen had an abortion early in the morning, before the case could be appealed

• Nov 3, 2017

Sessions says U.S. would use Guantanamo when warranted

Attorney General Jeff Sessions addressed prosecutors in New York, two days after the deadliest attack in the city since 9/11

• Nov 2, 2017

Libyan national charged with federal offenses in 2012 Benghazi attack

Justice Department announced Monday that Libyan national Mustafa al-Imam was charged on multiple counts

• Oct 30, 2017

Virginia man sentenced to 20 years for joining ISIS

Mohamad Jamal Khweis of of Alexandria was convicted of providing material support to ISIS this summer

• Oct 27, 2017

Sessions makes MS-13 a priority for drug enforcement task forces

The task forces involve federal prosecutors from the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA), FBI, and numerous and other agencies

• Oct 23, 2017

Sessions announces DOJ hire to police asset forfeiture

In July, Sessions strengthened DOJ's controversial use of civil asset forfeiture, which allows law enforcement to seize assets suspected to be connected with criminal activity, even if there is no charge

• Oct 17, 2017

Rod Rosenstein announces indictments of Chinese fentanyl traffickers-- live updates

DOJ called the indictment a "major milestone" in the effort to curb the nation's opioid epidemic

• Oct 17, 2017

Sessions says asylum system is "subject to rampant abuse and fraud"

The attorney general said the system has become "overloaded with fake claims"

• Oct 12, 2017

DOJ is looking into Harvard admissions practices

Last month, the department signaled that it would follow up on complaints filed by Asian-American student associations who say that affirmative action policies put them at an unfair disadvantage

• Oct 5, 2017

Justice Department told prior presidents to not appoint family

Justice Department lawyers believed that appointing relatives to certain senior-level administration positions violated an anti-nepotism law

• Oct 4, 2017

Alleged NSA leaker told FBI she stuffed documents in her pantyhose

In a court filing, prosecutors attached a 77-page transcript of Reality Winner's interview with FBI agents

• Sep 28, 2017

Meet the lawyers on Robert Mueller's team

The special counsel has top lawyers investigating Russian influence in the 2016 election and any ties to Trump associates

• Sep 20, 2017

Paul Manafort responds to wiretapping report

A spokesman for the former Trump campaign manager said "there is nothing there," after feds wiretapped his communications

• Sep 19, 2017

DOJ rejects Senate committee's request for interviews with FBI officials

This means the firing of FBI Director James Comey is not yet determined to be out of the scope of the special counsel's investigation

• Sep 13, 2017

Trump appeals to Supreme Court on travel ban

An appeals court ruling last week would allow refugees to enter the U.S. if a resettlement agency in the U.S. had agreed to take them in

• Sep 11, 2017

Justice Department taking latest travel ban ruling to Supreme Court

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rejects the administration's view of who is allowed into the U.S. under the president's travel ban

• Sep 8, 2017

Drug prosecutions lag under Trump, Sessions

In the first five months of President Trump's administration, drug prosecutions were down 9 percent from last year

• Aug 31, 2017

Sessions announces end to ban on surplus military equipment for police

Trump plans to sign an executive order renewing the transfer of surplus military equipment to police forces

• Aug 28, 2017

Chinese national arrested by FBI in connection to hacking charge

Yu Pingan captured Monday in California stemming from charges he conspired with others to hack records of U.S. government employees

• Aug 24, 2017

Federal judge throws out Texas voter ID law

Law was backed by Department of Justice under Trump

• Aug 23, 2017

9/11 victim fund granted contracts worth millions to official's law firm

Negotiations for contracts worth $3.6 million issued by the Sept. 11 Victim Compensation Fund were tainted by an apparent conflict of interest

• Aug 20, 2017

Trump has yet to appoint key agency watchdogs

Inspectors general are key to ferreting out waste, fraud and abuse -- but President Trump has only nominated one so far

• Aug 17, 2017

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