Aug 03 DOJ threatens to deny crime-fighting assistance for 4 sanctuary cities By Sadie Gurman, Associated Press The threat marks Attorny General Jeff Sessions' latest effort to force local authorities to cooperate with federal immigration authorities, part of a push to reduce crime he believes is linked to illegal immigration. Continue reading
Aug 01 Report: Justice Department plans to target affirmative action By Scott Jaschik, Inside Higher Ed The Trump administration plans to investigate and sue colleges and universities over admissions practices. Continue reading
Jul 31 Watch 7:22 What we can learn from Nixon's 'Saturday Night Massacre' By PBS News Hour Dubbed the "Saturday Night Massacre," the political drama that unfolded on October 20, 1973, pitted a president against the Justice Department and has drawn parallels to today. William Ruckelshaus is one of the officials who refused to carry out an… Continue watching
Jul 27 Jeff Sessions goes to El Salvador to learn how to eradicate the MS-13 gang By Sadie Gurman, Associated Press Trump praised Sessions when he announced his mission to eradicate the gang in April. But the attorney general has since fallen out of favor with his onetime political ally. Continue reading
Jul 20 WATCH: Sessions, Rosenstein announce international crackdown on cybercrime By Raphael Satter and Frank Bajak, Associated Press Two of the world's most notorious "darknet" marketplaces have been knocked out in a one-two punch that officials say yielded a trove of new intelligence about drugs and weapons merchants that operate from hidden corners of the internet. Continue reading
Jul 17 Justice Department to make it easier for police to seize property from crime suspects By Sadie Gurman, Kyle Potter, Associated Press The practice has been criticized because it allows law enforcement to take possessions — such as cars and money — without indictments or evidence a crime has been committed. Continue reading
Jul 07 Attorney General Sessions to visit Guantanamo Bay prison By Sadie Gurman, Associated Press WASHINGTON — Attorney General Jeff Sessions is visiting Guantanamo Bay on Friday in a show of support for the prison he has called a "perfectly acceptable" place to detain new terrorism suspects, as opposed to holding them in the U.S. Continue reading
Jun 29 WATCH: Jeff Sessions speaks at DOJ hate crimes summit By Sadie Gurman and Russell Contreras, Associated Press More than half of the 250,000 hate crimes that took place each year between 2004 and 2015 went unreported to law enforcement for a variety of reasons, according to a special report on hate crimes from the Bureau of Justice… Continue reading
Jun 28 Former Trump campaign chairman registers as foreign agent By Chad Day and Jeff Horwitz, Associated Press President Donald Trump's former campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, has registered with the Justice Department as a foreign agent for political consulting work he did for a Ukrainian political party. Continue reading
Jun 20 12 cities to receive Justice Department aid to fight crime By Associated Press BETHESDA, Md. — The Justice Department will help 12 U.S. cities develop long-term strategies to decrease violent crime, Attorney General Jeff Sessions said Tuesday. Continue reading