President Donald Trump’s political appointees at the department cited antisemitism on campuses as justification for using the law, the False Claims Act, to target universities and other institutions that Trump views as bastions of opposition to his agenda and a ripe populist target to rile up his right-wing base.

The Justice Department charged Newark Mayor Ras Baraka with trespassing during a visit to an ICE facility in the city, but days later has now dropped the case.

This article examines the Trump DOJ’s new corporate crime enforcement policies, their impact on victims’ rights under the Crime Victims Rights Act, and the controversy surrounding the Boeing 737 Max case.

After killing a criminal case against Mayor Eric Adams, the Trump administration has begun investigating his chief rival in the New York City mayoral race over his testimony about the pandemic.

The Trump administration will allow the sale of forced-reset triggers, which make semiautomatic rifles fire more rapidly.

The Justice Department may move decisions about charging public from headquarters to regional U.S. attorney offices.

The Trump administration is investigating former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo and pressing charges against a New Jersey congresswoman, leveraging its control over the criminal justice system to pursue Democratic rivals.

The Justice Department’s Public Integrity Section is charged with ensuring cases against elected officials are not politically motivated. The Trump administration is considering changing that.

The Justice Department ended three high-profile lawsuits involving a gun parts manufacturer in a win for firearms advocates after Attorney General Pam Bondi committed to easing bureaucratic ...

Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey and other officials are reacting after the U.S. Department of Justice announced it would end its probe into the Minneapolis Police Department.