A Maryland military employee has been arrested and indicted for the production, transportation and possession of child pornography, the Department of Justice said Monday. Published April 2, 2018
The Trump administration has escalated its legal battle with California, announcing Monday the Justice Department has sued California over a state law that gives California the power to block the sale of federal land to private parties. Published April 2, 2018
The ATF's inadequate record-keeping policies creates a risk of ammunition, explosives and less-lethal devices such as smoke canisters being lost or stolen without the bureau knowing, according to a report released Monday by the Justice Department's inspector general. Published April 2, 2018
Attorney General Jeff Sessions may have declined calls to appoint a second special counsel to investigate the FBI's behavior during the 2016 campaign, but the man he has picked to lead an internal Justice Department review is a special counsel in every way but name. Published April 1, 2018
Attorney General Jeff Sessions rejected requests to name a second special counsel to probe allegations of misconduct at the FBI, saying Thursday that other investigations should be able to cover the ground already. Published March 29, 2018
The South Carolina Department of Corrections has agreed to provide assistance to hearing-impaired inmates, settling claims it had violated the Americans with Disabilities Act. Published March 29, 2018
FBI employees who failed polygraph tests to determine truthfulness still accessed classified information, making the bureau vulnerable to security breaches, Department of Justice Inspector General Michael Horowitz alleged Thursday in a report. Published March 29, 2018
Barclays Capital has agreed to pay $2 billion in civil penalties to settle a 2016 civil action alleging the bank fraudulently sold residential mortgage-backed securities between 2005 and 2006, the Justice Department said Thursday morning. Published March 29, 2018
The Justice Department's inspector general confirmed Wednesday that it is looking into how the department and the FBI handled requests to conduct secret surveillance, in what appears to be a review of how the Obama administration used the anti-Trump Steele dossier. Published March 28, 2018
Two Department of Justice officials defended the CLOUD Act, legislation buried in last week's $1.3 trillion spending bill that could upend both the tech industry and a U.S. Supreme Court case. Published March 28, 2018
Special counsel Robert Mueller's team has connected former Trump campaign aide Rick Gates to a person with ties to Russian intelligence, according to a new court filing. Published March 28, 2018
FBI Director Christopher Wray said the bureau will cooperate with a House Judiciary Committee subpoena for documents on how it handled the Hilary Clinton email investigation. Published March 27, 2018
Former FBI Director James B. Comey was truthful when he told Congress that the bureau didn't have the ability to unlock a iPhone belonging to gunman responsible for the December 2015 terror attack in San Bernardino, California, the Department of Justice's inspector general concluded in a new report. Published March 27, 2018
The Department of Justice is proposing a rule change that would effectively ban bump stocks, devices that make semi-automatic weapons fire hundreds of rounds per minute, said Attorney General Jeff Sessions. Published March 23, 2018
A Pennsylvania man was indicted for a scheme to illegally export guns into Iraq, the Justice Department announced Friday. Published March 23, 2018
A California man was sentenced to 27 months in prison followed by three years of probation for the sale of two black rhinoceros horns, the Department of Justice said. Published March 23, 2018
The Department of Justice has alleged that nine hackers with ties to the Iranian government engaged in a massive cybertheft scheme to steal scientific data and intellectual property from hundreds of U.S. and foreign universities, private companies and government agencies. Published March 23, 2018
Three individuals from the Houston area face federal drug trafficking charges after they were caught in Toledo, Ohio, with what is said to be more than three pounds of fentanyl. Published March 22, 2018
The Canadian national responsible for the attack last year on airport police officer in Flint, Michigan now faces additional terrorism charges in the United States. Published March 21, 2018
Austin serial bombing suspect Mark Anthony Conditt killed himself Wednesday morning as authorities closed in, leaving questions about why an unemployed 24-year-old with no criminal record would have killed two people and spread chaos throughout Texas. Published March 21, 2018
