Todd Blanche takes over the Justice Department, where there’s no escaping the Epstein files shadow

Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche, who President Donald Trump tapped Thursday to serve as the interim head of the Justice Department, managed the day-to-day operations of the department over the past year,

Justice Department says Trump can keep his presidential records

Donald Trump does not need to turn over his presidential records to the National Archives, the Department of Justice's Office of Legal Counsel concluded in an opinion this week.

Trump’s Justice Department dropped 23,000 criminal investigations in shift to immigration

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Justice Department Drops 23,000 Cases To Make Room for Trump's Immigration Crackdown

The agency refused to prosecute alleged national security, labor, and white-collar crime while increasing immigration cases, a new report finds.

The Justice Department plans to share sensitive voter data with Homeland Security

The Justice Department has sought voter data from states. It now says it plans to share that data with the Department of Homeland Security, to run it through a controversial citizenship check tool.

Judge throws out Justice Department lawsuit challenging sanctuary laws in Colorado, Denver

A federal judge has thrown out a U.S. Department of Justice lawsuit accusing Colorado and Denver of interfering with the enforcement of immigration laws
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The U.S. Department of Justice sues Idaho for 'failure to produce voter rolls'

DOJ sues Idaho for refusing to share full voter registration lists, marking the 30th state hit with the same lawsuit.

Senate confirms Trump's pick for new role of fraud enforcement at Justice Department

The confirmation comes just days after the White House announced details of its own task force to pursue fraud in government programs.

The Department of Justice is suing states for sensitive voter data − an election law scholar explains why federal efforts are facing resistance

In May 2025, the U.S. Department of Justice began sending letters to state governments demanding copies of statewide voter registration lists. The request was unprecedented: It demanded not only publicly available voter data,

Justice Department announces federal charges in Southern California health care, hospice fraud investigation

Acting U.S. Attorney Bill Essayli said the individuals are accused of running fraudulent hospice care facilities that billed Medicare by using people without terminal illnesses as beneficiaries.