Department of Justice

Column: How conservative activists are using Asian Americans to argue against affirmative action

By Natasha K. Warikoo

In August, the Justice Department sought lawyers to investigate whether Harvard University has discriminated against Asian Americans in favor of black and Latino applicants. In her column, Harvard professor Natasha Warikoo explains how such efforts are an attempt at a…

This is what Jeff Sessions just said about free speech

By Erica R. Hendry

Attorney General Jeff Sessions said Tuesday during a speech at Georgetown University that the Department of Justice would renew its commitment to "enforce federal law, defend free speech, and protect students’ free expression from whatever end of the political spectrum…

Benghazi trial could undercut Sessions’ push for tribunals

By Sadie Gurman, Associated Press

The trial of the suspected mastermind of the 2012 Benghazi, Libya, attacks will be one of the biggest terrorism cases yet for the U.S. Justice Department under a leader who has said it shouldn't be handling such cases.

Trump skips town, but still focus of competing rallies in D.C.

By Ashraf Khalil, Associated Press

Competing rallies in the nation's capital highlighted the stark political divisions in the United States.

Justice Department won’t allow FBI officials to speak to Senate panel in Russia probe

By Eric Tucker, Associated Press

The Senate Judiciary Committee had asked in July to interview the two officials, Jim Rybicki and Carl Ghattas, and then agreed to narrow the scope of questioning after the Justice Department initially declined to make the men available.

DOJ won’t bring federal charges against officers in Freddie Gray case

By Erica R. Hendry

Five of the officers will still face disciplinary trials within the police department, the Associated Press said. They begin Oct. 30.

DOJ says it has no records related to Trump Tower ‘wiretaps’

By Associated Press

The Justice Department says in a legal filing that it has no information about wiretaps President Donald Trump once claimed had been made of Trump Tower in New York.

WATCH: Jeff Sessions meets with law enforcement in Alabama

By News Desk

Attorney General Jeff Sessions will appear before the 30th annual Alabama Statewide Law Enforcement Coordinating Committee Conference in Orange Beach, Alabama Friday at 12 p.m. ET.

A look at the president’s pardon power and how it works

By Associated Press

A look at the president's unique power.

Trump administration pushes back against Chicago lawsuit over sanctuary city policy

By Associated Press

The new filing responds to Chicago's motion for a preliminary injunction that would halt the safety-grants policy at least until the civil case plays out.