

Nation Dec 21

The Justice Department has unsealed charges against a Libyan bombmaker in the 1988 explosion of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland.
By Eric Tucker, Michael Balsamo, Associated Press
Politics Oct 22

Some of President Donald Trump's advisers are urging him to trade his aggressive demeanor for a lower-key style, hoping Biden will get himself in trouble with verbal gaffes. There were supposed to be three debates, but the second was canceled…
By Jonathan Lemire, Bill Barrow, Steve Peoples, Associated Press
Nation Sep 21

President Donald Trump's administration in August awarded $35 million in Justice Department grants to organizations that provide safe housing for victims of human trafficking.
By Jeff Amy, Associated Press
Politics Sep 17

In remarks Wednesday night at Hillsdale College in Michigan, Barr called the lockdown orders the "greatest intrusion on civil liberties in American history" since slavery.
By Eric Tucker, Associated Press
Sep 17

By Eric Tucker, Associated Press
Attorney General William Barr took aim at his own Justice Department on Wednesday night, criticizing prosecutors for behaving as "headhunters" in their pursuit of prominent targets and for using the weight of the criminal justice system to launch what he…
Sep 17

By Michael Balsamo, Alanna Durkin Richer, Colleen Long, Associated Press
In a private call with federal prosecutors across the country, Attorney General William Barr's message was clear: Aggressively go after demonstrators who cause violence.
Sep 10

By Associated Press
The initiative Barr discussed, dubbed "Operation Crystal Shield," was announced in cooperation with DEA Acting Administrator Uttam Dhillon in February.
Sep 09

By Associated Press
Attorney General William Barr says "the Westfall Act" is the reason the Department of Justice can take over President Donald Trump's defense in a defamation lawsuit from a writer who accused him of rape.
Sep 01

By Eric Tucker, Associated Press
The Justice Department is imposing new restrictions on how it conducts any secret national security surveillance of candidates for federal offices or their staff.
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