Nation Jul 16 Justice Department won’t charge New York officer in Eric Garner’s death Federal prosecutors said Tuesday that they won't bring criminal charges against a white New York City police officer in the 2014 chokehold death of Eric Garner, a black man whose dying words — "I can't breathe" — became a rallying…
Politics Jul 08 Barr says he sees a legal pathway for citizenship question In an interview with The Associated Press, Attorney General William Barr said the Trump administration will take action in the coming days that he believes will allow the government to ask the controversial question.
Nation Jul 03 Family of Las Vegas mass shooting victim sues gun makers LAS VEGAS — The family of a woman killed by a gunman raining down gunfire from a Las Vegas high-rise hotel suite filed a wrongful death lawsuit Tuesday against eight gun makers and three dealers arguing their weapons are designed…
Nation Jun 30 Schumer: ATF should investigate Dominican Republic deaths The Senate's top Democrat said Sunday that the U.S. government should step up efforts to investigate the deaths of at least eight Americans in the Dominican Republic this year.
Politics Jun 12 Trump asserts executive privilege over documents in 2020 census fight The Justice Department says President Donald Trump is asserting executive privilege over documents in a fight over a 2020 census question that would ask about citizenship.
Nation Jun 09 Panic at DC pride parade after reports of gun, mistaken gunfire A panic after reports of a man with a gun and a mistaken belief that a gun had been fired during a pride parade in the nation's capital sent people running through the city's streets Saturday, authorities said, sending seven…
Politics May 30 WATCH: Trump calls Mueller a ‘never Trumper’ President Donald Trump's remarks come a day after special counsel Robert Mueller pointedly rejected his repeated claims that he was cleared of obstruction of justice allegations.
Politics May 29 WATCH: Robert Mueller makes 1st public statement on Russia probe Special counsel Robert Mueller, breaking a two-year silence on his investigation into ties between Russia and the Trump campaign, announced his resignation from the Justice Department on Wednesday so that he can "return to public life."…
Politics May 21 Justice Department offers to share Mueller documents to avoid House action against Barr The unusual request comes after the committee's chairman, Democratic Rep. Adam Schiff of California, warned that the committee would take an unspecified "enforcement action" against Barr or the Justice Department after they refused to hand over an unredacted version of…
Politics May 20 Trump tells ex-counsel McGahn to defy congressional subpoena Democrats have been eager to hear from McGahn, a key figure in special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation who described ways in which the president sought to curtail the probe.