The Latest Breaking News from the Justice Department

Report reveals bypassing of rules in seizing reporters' phone records during Trump administration. Concerns over potential policy changes under new leadership.

Federal prosecutors sidestepped some Justice Department rules when they seized the phone records of reporters as part of media leak investigations during the Trump administration, according to a new watchdog report being released as the aggressive practice of hunting for journalists’ sources could again be resurrected

The Justice Department has strengthened internal reviews for when it seeks certain records of members of Congress and congressional staffers.

Kash Patel is set to face questions during a bid to be the next FBI director about his history of fierce criticism of federal officials.

Donald Trump threatened to throw members of the House Select Committee on the January 6 Attack in jail in a new interview.

Joe Biden ran on some good ideas to reform policing and incarceration, which he mostly failed to deliver.

The scandal-plagued aerospace group has 30 days to come up with a new plan with the Justice Department.

"We're gonna come after the people in the media," the Trump stalwart warns. "Whether it's criminally or civilly, we'll figure that out."

The U.S. Justice Department announced this week that an investigation into the Memphis Police Department after the beating death of Tyre Nichols had found a pattern of unlawful use of excessive force and discrimination against the city's Black residents

Police practices in the US city came under scrutiny following the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols in January 2023.

A US judge rejected a criminal settlement with Boeing over the 737 MAX crashes on Thursday, slamming diversity policies at the aviation giant and the Justice Department that made him "skeptical" of a fair outcome.