Senate confirms Rod Rosenstein as deputy attorney general
Rosenstein will oversee the federal investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. election
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Rosenstein will oversee the federal investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. election
Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced in a memo a DOJ task force will examine how to approach enforcement of marijuana laws
DOJ sought to delay public hearing on police reforms until June as Attorney General Jeff Sessions shifts policy on consent decrees
Attorneys told it's not the job of the U.S. government to police state and local law enforcement agencies
State Department employee Candace Marie Claiborne is charged with obstructing an official proceeding and making false statements
The Justice Department announced charges in the mega data breach at Yahoo that affected at least 500 million users
Lawyers for drug kingpin Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman argue his First, Fifth and Sixth Amendments are being violated
The Intelligence Committee had originally given DOJ until Monday to provide evidence of Trump's unsubstantiated claim that Obama wiretapped him
White House press secretary Sean Spicer walked back Mr. Trump's charge that former President Obama tapped Mr. Trump's phones
His comments at Thursday's press briefing came a day after he said there is "no reason" to believe Mr. Trump is "the target of any investigation whatsoever"
The administration unveiled its revised travel ban Monday
In his three-page letter to the Senate Judiciary Committee, Sessions doubles down saying his initial answer "was correct"
Fran Townsend, who led the Justice Department’s office of Intelligence Policy and Review during the Clinton administration, explains the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act process
Sessions has been under increasing political pressure to recuse himself from DOJ probes into contacts between the Trump presidential campaign and Russian officials
While the president was visiting the U.S.S. Gerald Ford, he was asked whether he still has confidence in his attorney general
On Thursday, Sessions said he’d recuse himself from the investigations when "appropriate"
This follows revelations that Sessions had contact with the Russian ambassador to the U.S. despite sharing contradictory information in his confirmation process
Sean Spicer said last week that the Justice Department would step up enforcement of federal law against recreational marijuana
Journalists from a number of news organizations not allowed into off-camera briefing where Spicer disputed Trump campaign-Russia ties
It will now be up to states and school districts to interpret whether federal sex discrimination law applies to gender identity
The White House will update the guidance issued by the Department of Justice and the Department of Education under the Obama administration
One person said the Justice Department was concerned that Flynn could be in a compromised position
The contentious hearing before three judges on the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals focused narrowly on whether a restraining order issued by a lower court should remain in effect while a challenge to the ban proceeds.
After a tumultuous few days for President Trump's controversial travel ban, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals heard oral arguments from both sides and will issue a decision soon
Trump Administration had appealed federal judge’s ruling that temporarily placed travel ban on hold, but another court has rejected DOJ's appeal