Trump wants to ramp up the federal death penalty. Before he left, the former attorney general made that harder

The Justice Department employees had been involved in special counsel Jack Smith’s investigation that led to Trump's classified documents and Jan. 6 cases.

Attorney General Merrick Garland came in with a mission to calm the waters at the Justice Department and restore its reputation for independence after four turbulent years during Donald Trump's presidency WASHINGTON -- During hearings on Merrick Garland's ...

U.S. Attorney Hayden O'Byrne asked the appeals court to dismiss the classified documents case in a way it could not be appealed again.

The DOJ official argued that the firings are in line with the Trump administration’s “mission of ending the weaponization of government.”

On Monday, the defendant in four unprecedented criminal cases will be inaugurated as the 47th president of the United States. Donald Trump’s legal strategy the last two years has been to delay his cases beyond the presidential election, so that if he won the election, they would halt.

Sen. Chuck Grassley, the Iowa Republican, has been in the Senate longer than most Americans have been alive. Now he holds an important key to Donald Trump's second-term agenda.

The classified documents case presents one of the first legal tests for the Trump administration and new Department of Justice leadership.

As President Joe Biden gets ready to leave office, we consider his accomplishments, failures, and what his legacy will be.

When the Supreme Court justices first shared an inaugural stage with Donald Trump, they heard the new ... any consideration of then-Judge Merrick Garland, President Barack Obama’s choice to ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — During hearings on Merrick Garland's nomination ... protecting the Democratic president. Garland must now hand the department back to Trump, who has suggested he'll try to ...

Attorney General Merrick ... Garland came in with a mission to calm the waters and restore the department's reputation for independence after four turbulent years under Republican President Donald ...