MERRICK GARLAND

The former director of the Ohio state prison system has emerged as a leading contender to run the crisis-plagued federal Bureau of Prisons.

Attorney General Merrick Garland will welcome civic leaders to the Justice Department to shine a spotlight on new efforts to improve tracking and reporting of bias-motivated crimes.

The protections came after the leak of a Supreme Court draft opinion that would strike down constitutional abortion protections ensured by Roe v. Wade.

Attorney General Merrick Garland has been talking with civil rights leaders as his agency launches a hate-crimes probe.

The House has passed legislation that would devote more federal resources to preventing domestic terrorism in response to the racist mass shooting in Buffalo, New York.

The New York investigation will encompass Discord, Twitch, 4chan and 8chan.

The House panel investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol is rejecting a request from the Justice Department for access to the committee’s interviews, for now.

Sending "unruly mobs" to private homes is "inappropriate," DeSantis said​ in a statement Monday.

The first trial resulting from special counsel John Durham’s investigation of the early days of the Trump-Russia probe hardly seems an explosive affair.

The Republican governors are asking for federal law enforcement to take the lead in protecting the justices in the weeks and months ahead as protests continue.

Mayors, police chiefs and other local officials have visited the White House to share with President Joe Biden how they are spending money from the $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package on policing and public safety programs.

Fairfax County officials have rebuffed a request from Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin to establish a security perimeter around the neighborhoods of Supreme Court justices living in the county who have faced protests outside their homes.

Garland's order came after the leak of a draft opinion overturning Roe v. Wade stoked fierce outrage from abortion-rights supporters.

One of the two Politico reporters who obtained the draft Supreme Court opinion overturning Roe v. Wade questions whether Chief Justice John Roberts has the legal authority to order his fellow justices and their clerks to cooperate in an internal investigation into who leaked the document.

Democrats on the House Natural Resources Committee have asked the Justice Department to investigate whether a Trump administration interior secretary engaged in possible criminal conduct while helping an Arizona developer get a crucial permit for a housing project.

Democrats on the House Natural Resources Committee asked the Justice Departmen t on Wednesday to investigate whether a Trump administration interior secretary engaged in possible criminal conduct while helping an Arizona developer get a crucial permit for a housing project. The criminal referral says David Bernhardt pushed for approval of the project by developer Michael Ingram, a Republican donor and supporter of former President Donald Trump, despite a federal wildlife official's finding that it would threaten habitats for imperiled species.

The Senate has fallen far short in a vote toward enshrining Roe v.

Federal prosecutors in the U.S. have charged the leader of a notoriously violent Haitian gang with conspiracy to commit hostage taking for his alleged role in the kidnapping of 16 Americans last year.

After fighting for decades over abortion policy, Congress is about to run into the political limits of its ability to act in either direction on the issue.

Authorities in Tennessee say they have located an abandoned vehicle used by a man wanted in Alabama for murder and the jail official who disappeared with him.

President Joe Biden celebrated Cinco de Mayo Thursday by honoring the impact that Mexican Americans and other immigrant communities have had in the United States as he hosted a White House party with Mexico's first lady as the guest of honor. (May 5)

Attorney General Merrick Garland says an escaped murder suspect and jail officer who aided him are “regarded as extremely dangerous."

U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland responded to questions about the Supreme Court potentially overturning Roe v. Wade, while speaking at a press conference today. Garland argued that the department was an amicus in the Dobbs v Jackson case and that the Solicitor General argued on behalf of the United States in the case. While talking to reporters, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, criticized the leaked Supreme Court draft regarding Roe v. Wade.

Associate Attorney General Vanita Gupta said the strategy demonstrates a “commitment to ensuring that all Americans have access to clean water to drink, clean air to breath and healthy thriving communities to live, work and raise their families."

The Biden administration has announced a wide-ranging enforcement strategy aimed at holding industrial polluters accountable for damage done to poor and minority communities.

U.S. authorities say a superyacht owned by a Russian oligarch previously sanctioned for alleged money laundering has been seized by law enforcement in Fiji.

After the Virginia attorney general dismissed the state criminal case, members of Virginia's congressional delegation and others are seeking reconsideration by the Justice Department.

Vicious political disagreement is seeping into every corner of life.

An ongoing Associated Press investigation has uncovered deep, previously unreported flaws within the Justice Department’s largest law enforcement agency, the federal Bureau of Prisons.

The director of the federal Bureau of Prisons and a task force of senior agency officials traveled recently to a federal women's prison in California.

Chief Justice John Roberts, in ordering an investigation into an “egregious breach of trust” in the leak of a Supreme Court draft opinion on abortion, has tasked a relatively unknown court official to carry out what could be one of the most high-profile investigations in decades.

Furious Senate Democrats are vowing to vote on legislation to protect abortion access for millions of Americans.

President Joe Biden doesn’t want to just seize the yachts, luxury homes and other assets of Russian oligarchs, he wants to sell off the pricey goods and use the money to help rebuild Ukraine.

In recent weeks, the Republican leader has repeatedly put words in the mouth of the attorney general.

The "National Law Enforcement Knowledge Lab" is the Biden administration's latest effort to help local police agencies overhaul training and public safety policies.

Vice President Harris has tested positive for COVID-19 and has exhibited no symptoms, the White House announced on Tuesday. She's not considered a close contact to President Biden or the first lady.

He appeared virtually in federal court to face drug trafficking and weapons charges after he was arrested in Honduras and extradited to the U.S.

He appeared virtually in federal court to face drug trafficking and weapons charges after he was arrested in Honduras and extradited to the U.S.

Former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández has appeared virtually in federal court in New York to face drug trafficking and weapons charges after he was arrested in Honduras and extradited to the United States.

If Trump isn't referred to the Justice Department for prosecution, we risk another Mueller report fiasco.

How much longer will airline travelers and subway riders have to wear face masks.

A government watchdog has found a “substantial likelihood” that the federal Bureau of Prisons committed wrongdoing when it ignored complaints and failed to address asbestos and mold contamination at a federal women’s prison in California.

A milestone Supreme Court confirmation that endured a flawed process.

An outbreak at Saturday's Gridiron dinner in Washington appears to be spreading through White House and Congressional circles.

Conducting secret incursions into corporate networks to stop attacks is a powerful move, but overly aggressive tactics could backfire.

Conducting secret incursions into corporate networks to stop attacks is a powerful move, but overly aggressive tactics could backfire.

Tearfully embracing a history-making moment, Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson said Friday her confirmation as the first Black woman to the Supreme Court shows the progress of America.

A congressional committee says the Justice Department is interfering with an investigation into former President Donald Trump.

A congressional oversight committee on Thursday said the Justice Department is “obstructing” its investigation into former President Donald Trump's handling of White House records by preventing the release of information from the National Archives. The House Committee on Oversight and Reform sent a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland accusing the Justice Department of impeding the panel's expanded investigation into the 15 boxes of White House records that Trump took to his Mar-a-Lago residence in Florida after leaving office last year.

NATO foreign ministers are set to meet for a second day, while the European Union could approve a ban on Russian coal.

The Senate has confirmed Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court, shattering a historic barrier by securing her place as the first Black female justice and giving President Joe Biden a bipartisan endorsement for his effort to diversify the court.

Democrats in Congress are sounding the alarm over what they claim is mounting evidence that Mexico’s chief prosecutor is assailing the nation’s independent judiciary and selectively targeting for prosecution opponents of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador.

Attorney General Merrick Garland tested positive for covid Wednesday, shortly after holding a news conference with senior law enforcement officials to announce the indictment of a Russian oligarch.

Garland, 69, is fully vaccinated and boosted.

The 69-year-old cabinet member asked to be tested after learning he may have been exposed to the virus and he is not experiencing symptoms.

Attorney General Merrick Garland has tested positive for COVID-19 and will quarantine at home for five days.

Garland attended an event with FBI Director Christopher Wray hours before the positive result. He was at a D.C. dinner with hundreds of VIPs on Saturday.

The committee investigating the deadly Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol by a pro-Trump mob has been rebuffed by former Trump aides Peter Navarro and Dan Scavino Jr.

The move was part of a series of Justice Department actions against Russia announced on Wednesday.

The indictment unsealed in the Southern District of New York accuses Russian oligarch Konstantin Malofeyev of violating U.S. sanctions.

The Justice Department has charged a Russian oligarch with sanctions violations and has taken down a cybercrime operation controlled by a Russian military intelligence agency.

The DOJ lodged charges against an alleged operator of Hydra Market on the darknet, and German police seized $25 million in bitcoin from cryptocurrency wallets.

Augusta National is the home of the Masters Tournament and Amen Corner, considered hallowed grounds in the golf world.

"Today marks our taskforce's first seizure of an asset belonging to a sanctioned individual with close ties to the Russian regime. It will not be the last," said Attorney General Merrick Garland.

President Donald Trump and his allies likely committed crimes, they say. And it’s up to you to do something about it.

With fentanyl driving fatal overdoses to record levels in the U.S., state governments are scrambling for solutions.

The lawmakers investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol are increasingly going public with critical statements, court filings and more to deliver a blunt message to Attorney General Merrick Garland and the Department of Justice:.

The Senate acquitted former President Donald Trump last year of inciting the Capitol insurrection.

Nationally, homicide rates have risen by an average of 37% in the biggest cities.

The three Fort Campbell-based U.S. soldiers were indicted last year.

A federal grand jury has heard testimony in recent months about Hunter Biden’s income and payments he received while serving on the board of a Ukraine energy company.

Lawmakers investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol are increasingly going public with critical statements, court filings and more to deliver a blunt message to Attorney General Merrick Garland and the Department of Justice. President Donald Trump and his allies likely committed crimes, they say. “Attorney General Garland, do your job so we can do ours,” prodded Rep. Elaine Luria of Virginia.

Twelve people, including three U.S. Army soldiers, are accused in a large-scale gun trafficking ring that prosecutors allege supplied nearly 100 guns to gang members in Chicago.

The Senate acquitted former President Donald Trump last year of inciting the Capitol insurrection. After floating possible crimes for several months, lawmakers on the panel put it on paper for the first time in a March court filing. The filing was in response to a lawsuit from John Eastman, a lawyer and law professor who was consulting with Trump while attempting to overturn the election and who tried to withhold documents from the committee.

Grand jury subpoenas for information about planning for pro-Trump events preceding the violent breach of the Capitol show how the criminal probe has expanded beyond the riot itself.

Revelations of a roughly eight-hour gap in official records of then-President Donald Trump’s phone calls on the day of last year’s insurrection at the U.S. Capitol are raising fresh questions about the diligence — or lack thereof — of the White House’s record keeping.

The Biden administration has unveiled new procedures to handle asylum claims at the U.S. southern border, hoping to decide cases in months instead of years.

Republicans have renewed their concerns over "court packing" as they consider Supreme Court nominee Judge Ketanji Brown.

The chances that the criminal cases against the former president will be successful are slim to none, and that will only embolden him and his followers.

In this fifth annual Attorney General’s Award for Distinguished Service in Community Policing, we received nearly 350 nominations for officers, deputies and troopers across 39 states. We couldn’t be more honored to recognize their work and the work of all the officers that are receiving this year’s award. To announce all the winners for this year’s award and to personally present these three officers with their awards, I would like to introduce our 86th Attorney General Merrick Garland. Attorney General Garland is not only committed to lifting up the service and dedication of our nation’s law enforcement officers – but he has also made supporting the safety and wellness of officers a top priority at the department. Please join me in welcoming Attorney General Garland to present the honorees with their awards.

Announcing tough sanctions against Russian oligarchs over the war in Ukraine was step one.

Vice President Kamala Harris says historically Black colleges and universities that were victimized by recent bomb threats are eligible for federal grants to help improve security and mental health on campus.

People who had OxyContin addictions, and who had lost loved ones to the drug, denounced the multi-billionaire Sackler family, at a bankruptcy hearing.

Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson may not get any Republican votes.

The Justice Department is directing prosecutors to stop limiting peoples' rights to seek compassionate release from prison in plea deals, a practice that advocates called cruel.

The Justice Department has named a chief prosecutor for pandemic fraud, following through on President Joe Biden’s State of the Union promise to go after criminals who stole billions in relief money.

The Seattle-based company has previously denied that its executives misled the panel in their testimony.

The Seattle-based company has previously denied that its executives misled the panel in their testimony.

In an exclusive interview with NPR, the attorney general says he won't avoid cases related to the Capitol riot probe that are political, controversial or sensitive.

Lawmakers have made good on their threat to seek a criminal investigation of Amazon, asking the Justice Department to investigate whether Amazon and its senior executives obstructed Congress or violated other laws in testimony on its competition practices.

The group alleges Amazon has purposely sought to mislead lawmakers as they've questioned the company's private-label practices and collection of seller data.

The House panel investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the Capitol has previewed some of its findings in a federal court filing.

Eight House Democrats are demanding the Bureau of Prisons make public an audit of sexual assault reports at a federal women's prison in California where inmates say they were subjected to rampant abuse.

The wave of book bannings around the country has reached a level not seen for decades.

Federal prison employees say they're being bullied and threatened for raising concerns about serious misconduct and claim it's indicative of widespread problems in the Bureau of Prisons.

The leaders of the Senate Judiciary Committee are demanding Attorney General Merrick Garland take immediate action to reform the beleaguered federal Bureau of Prisons.

Former President Donald Trump faced one legal setback after another this week.

If President Joe Biden’s search for a nominee to the Supreme Court could be summed up by a Help Wanted ad it might read: “Seeking a well-respected liberal jurist.

Sen. Lindsey Graham is among a handful of Republicans declaring a willingness to back President Joe Biden's yet-to-be-announced Supreme Court nominee.

With the November elections creeping up and Republicans imposing new restrictions on ballot access, President Biden has no easy options for safeguarding voting rights despite rising pressure from frustrated activists.