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Paul Manafort to be moved to Alexandria jail

A federal judge Tuesday ordered former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort to be relocated to a jail in Alexandria, Virginia.

July 10, 2018

Jury reaches mixed verdict in submarine case against two defense contractors

A federal jury in Hartford, Connecticut, delivered a split verdict at the trial of two men accused of stealing trade secrets for an unmanned submarine from a defense contractor.

July 10, 2018

Decision on Trump gag order for James Wolfe case could come this month

A federal judge Monday said a decision on the motion to bar President Trump from speaking out against former Senate staffer James Wolfe could come within the next two weeks.

July 9, 2018

Justice Department seeks to terminate 19 outdated antitrust judgments

The Department of Justice filed a motion Monday to terminate 19 outdated antitrust judgments that remain on the books years after they are no longer relevant.

July 9, 2018

Peter Strzok’s public testimony rescheduled after no-show threat

Two House committees have pushed back the public testimony of Peter Strzok, the FBI agent who vowed to stop President Trump from winning the 2016 election, after his attorney threatened to ignore the subpoena.

July 6, 2018

AP meeting with FBI raises ethical questions

Associated Press reporters asked the FBI and Justice Department for a meeting in April 2017, hoping to find out whether their reporting on President Trump's former campaign chairman was on the right track.

July 4, 2018

Justice Department seeks to revoke ISIS supporter’s citizenship

The Justice Department on Tuesday filed court papers to revoke the naturalized citizenship of a man who pleaded guilty in 2009 after he traveled overseas to kill U.S. soldiers in the name of the Islamic State.

July 3, 2018

Justice Department rescinds 24 Obama-era regulations

The Department of Justice announced Tuesday it is ditching 24 guidance documents that it deems "unnecessary, outdated, inconsistent with existing law or otherwise improper."

July 3, 2018

The New York Times reassigns compromised reporter Ali Watkins

The New York Times is reassigning reporter Ali Watkins amid revelations that she had an affair with a Senate staffer at the center of a federal investigation into the leak of classified information.

July 3, 2018

Peter Strzok to publicly testify before two House committees next week

FBI agent Peter Strzok will publicly testify before two congressional committees on July 10.

July 3, 2018

State Department employee used work phone to produce child porn, say prosecutors

A State Department employee has pleaded guilty to producing thousands of child pornography videos over a two-year period, the Department of Justice announced.

July 3, 2018

Peter Strzok’s lawyer Aidan Goelman accuses Republicans of twisting testimony for ‘political games’

FBI agent Peter Strzok's lawyer on Monday accused Republicans on the House Judiciary Committee of twisting his closed-door testimony for "political games."

July 2, 2018

Demetrius Nathaniel Pitts accused of plotting terror attack on Cleveland July 4th parade

An Ohio man who converted to Islam and became radicalized in the U.S. was plotting to attack Cleveland's July Fourth fireworks celebration, hoping to hit America at its core, the FBI said Monday.

July 2, 2018

Associated Press may have tipped off FBI to Manafort storage unit

Associated Press reporters may have tipped off the FBI to a storage unit owned by former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort that the bureau later raided, an FBI agent testified Friday.

June 29, 2018

Jarrod Ramos, Capital Gazette shooting suspect, loner who played war video game

Jarrod Ramos, identified by Capital Gazette reporters as the gunman who killed five of the newspaper's staffers Thursday, lives in an apartment building in Laurel, Maryland, where neighbors say he seemed to be a loner.

June 28, 2018

Critics blame Capital shooting on Trump’s anti-press rhetoric

Critics of President Trump said Thursday he bore blame for the shooting deaths of five people at a community newspaper in Maryland, saying his tough talk toward the press created the environment for the gunman to launch his attack.

June 28, 2018

Shooting at Capital Gazette newspaper in Annapolis

A man with a shotgun and a beef against his local newspaper stalked into the offices of the Annapolis Capital Gazette Thursday and opened fire on the newsroom, killing five people and wounding two others.

June 28, 2018

Rod Rosenstein, Republicans battle over Mueller probe in tense hearing

Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein refused to say Thursday whether he read the secret surveillance warrant used to snoop on a Trump campaign figure last year, frustrating congressional Republicans who urged him to push for an end to the Russia investigation.

June 28, 2018

Rod Rosenstein denies withholding Russia documents in tense exchange with Jim Jordan

Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein and Rep. Jim Jordan, Ohio Republican, engaged in a fierce exchange Thursday over whether the Department of Justice is hiding documents related to the Russia probe.

June 28, 2018

Jerry Nadler, Bob Goodlatte spar before Christopher Wray, Rod Rosenstein testimony

House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte and Ranking Member Jerrold Nadler engaged in a war of words Thursday, prior to the testimony of Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein and FBI Director Christoper A. Wray.

June 28, 2018