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

Group that allegedly helped plan inauguration protests subpoenaed

The U.S. Attorney's Office in D.C. has subpoenaed records from a web-hosting company which hosts a group that allegedly helped plan Trump inauguration protests

• Aug 15, 2017

Fines for illegal pollution drop under Trump administration, study says

Justice Dept. settled 26 civil cases against companies or environmental violations -- totaling $12M in penalties -- a 60 percent drop under previous presidents

• Aug 10, 2017

DeVos says she should have done more to decry racism

Secretary of education, in an interview with The Associated Press, distanced herself from earlier controversial comments she made about historically black colleges and universities

• Aug 9, 2017

Trump administration says Ohio's system for removing inactive voters doesn't break the law

The Justice Department under President Barack Obama said Ohio's method was prohibited

• Aug 8, 2017

Deputy AG: Prosecutors don't intend to go after reporters

Rosenstein told "Fox News Sunday" the DOJ is after leakers, not journalists

• Aug 6, 2017

Sessions vows crackdown on leaks of classified info

"We will not allow rogue anonymous sources with security clearances to sell out our country any longer," attorney general says

• Aug 4, 2017

Attorney general takes new steps to punish "sanctuary cities"

The Department of Justice has announced that it would withhold funding to certain cities that don't cooperate with the federal government

• Aug 4, 2017

FBI arrests cyber expert who stopped WannaCry outbreak

Marcus Hutchins, 22, was arrested in relation to alleged role "in creating and distributing the Kronos banking Trojan," an official said

• Aug 3, 2017

Sessions announces new DOJ opioid fraud and abuse detection unit

Attorney general announced new efforts to combat ongoing opioid crisis in Ohio

• Aug 2, 2017

Ex-CEO of male escort service website learns his fate

Jeffrey Hurant, who ran Rentboy.com, was found guilty of promoting prostitution within male escort service website

• Aug 2, 2017

Report: Justice Dept. to probe affirmative action in college admissions

Trump administration reportedly plans to have DOJ investigate and sue universities over admissions policies that may put whites at disadvantage

• Aug 2, 2017

Sessions to hold news conference on leak investigations Friday

The Justice Department will announce investigations into leaks of sensitive information to the press

• Aug 1, 2017

Judiciary Committee chair issues warning shot amid attorney general speculation

Sen. Chuck Grassley appears to be warning Trump he has no time to confirm a new attorney general

• Jul 27, 2017

Department of Justice to announce leaks investigation

The investigations have "been in the works for some time," according to an official familiar with the matter

• Jul 26, 2017

Reactions to Trump's treatment of Sessions

Trump is making it clear he's unhappy with his attorney general; here's how Sessions' former colleagues on the hill are reacting

• Jul 25, 2017

Attorney General Jeff Sessions says he does his "best every day" -- live updates

Sessions said that his deputy attorney general, Rod Rosenstein, is "really a good guy"

• Jul 21, 2017

Sessions says he'll continue as attorney general for "as long as it's appropriate"

Trump expressed regret over having named Sessions Attorney General because of his recusal from the Russia investigation

• Jul 20, 2017

Justice Department announces takedown of dark web provider AlphaBay

AlphaBay was the largest dark web market, according to DOJ, and at the time of takedown, it had over 250,000 listings for drugs and other illicit substances

• Jul 20, 2017

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