Department of Justice

Hate crime case ends with guilty verdict for man who set Texas mosque fire

By Joshua Barajas

Marq Vincent Perez was found guilty of all counts in the Jan. 28, 2017, blaze at an Islamic center in Victoria, Texas. Perez faces up to 20 years in federal prison for destroying a religious place of worship.

WATCH: 12 Russians accused of hacking Democrats in 2016 U.S. election

By Eric Tucker, Associated Press

The Russians were accused of hacking into the computer networks of the Democratic National Committee and the presidential campaign of Hillary Clinton.

Senate narrowly confirms new head of Justice Department’s criminal division, who worked for Russian bank

By Eric Tucker, Mary Clare Jalonick, Associated Press

Democrats have strongly opposed the nomination, partly because of his work for a leading Russian bank with ties to President Vladimir Putin.

ACLU says less than half of child reunions will meet deadline

By Elliot Spagat, Associated Press

The American Civil Liberties Union said it appears the Trump administration will miss a court-ordered deadline to reunite young children who were separated at the border with their parents in more than half of the cases.

WATCH: Rod Rosenstein and Christopher Wray testify before Congress on Russia probe

By Mary Clare Jalonick, Eric Tucker, Associated Press

Republicans accused top federal law enforcement officials Thursday of withholding important documents from them and demanded details about surveillance tactics during the Russia investigation in a contentious congressional hearing that capped days of mounting partisan complaints.

DOJ gives Congress new classified documents on Russia probe

By Mary Clare Jalonick, Associated Press

The Justice Department says it has given House Republicans new classified information related to the Russia investigation after they had threatened to hold officials in contempt of Congress or even impeach them.

Administration seeks to expand immigrant family detention

By Amy Taxin, Associated Press

Immigration authorities on Friday issued a notice that they may seek up to 15,000 beds to detain families.

WATCH LIVE: Justice Department inspector general, FBI head to testify on watchdog report

By Geoffrey Lou Guray

The hearing is scheduled to begin at 2 p.m. EST. Watch it here.

What the inspector general report reveals about Comey and the Clinton probe

By Lisa Desjardins

After a 17-month investigation, the Department of Justice on Thursday released a 500-page report into how the agency, the FBI and then-director James Comey handled its investigation into Hillary Clinton’s private email server. Here's what we learned.

Comcast challenges Disney with $65 billion bid for Fox

By Mae Anderson, Associated Press

The bid comes just a day after a federal judge cleared AT&T's takeover of Time Warner and rejected the government's argument that it would hurt competition in cable and satellite TV and jack up costs to consumers for streaming TV…