Department of Justice

Trump administration quietly rolls back civil rights efforts across federal government

By Jessica Huseman and Annie Waldman, ProPublica

Previously unannounced directives will limit the Department of Justice’s use of a storied civil rights enforcement tool, and loosen the Department of Education’s requirements on investigations.

WATCH LIVE: Deputy AG Rod Rosenstein testifies in budget hearings

By Associated Press

Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein is on Capitol Hill today at 10 a.m. ET, addressing the budget appropriations committees for both the House and the Senate. Watch his statements here.

Jeff Sessions wants his testimony on Tuesday open to public

By Hope Yen, Associated Press

Attorney General Jeff Sessions says he wants his testimony before the Senate intelligence committee to be open to the public.

WATCH: Comey says former AG Lynch urged him to refer to Clinton email probe as 'matter,' not 'investigation'

By Associated Press

Comey says in his Senate Intelligence Committee hearing that he was confused by the request and it was one of the reasons he felt the need to publicly announce his findings in the Clinton email case.

Michael Flynn turns over documents to panel as part of Russia investigation

By Mary Clare Jalonick, Deb Riechmann and Chad Day, Associated Press

Former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn turned over about 600 pages of documents to the Senate intelligence committee as part of its investigation into Russia's meddling in the 2016 presidential election, according to a congressional aide.

Trump again criticizes London's mayor

By Julie Pace and Catherine Lucey, Associated Press

President Donald Trump for a second day lashed out at London's mayor on Twitter in the wake of a deadly terror attack in the city.

Putin dismisses claims that Russia interfered in U.S. election

By Hope Yen and Julie Pace, Associated Press

In an interview with NBC's "Sunday Night with Megyn Kelly," Putin also dismissed the idea that Russia has damaging information on President Donald Trump as "a load of nonsense."…

Trump says DOJ should seek an 'expedited' Supreme Court hearing of travel ban

By Julie Pace and Darlene Superville, Associated Press

In a series of early morning tweets, President Donald Trump called the courts, which have blocked two versions of the travel ban, "slow and political."…

Trump administration asks judge to reconsider sanctuary cities ruling

By Sudhin Thanawala and Sadie Gurman, Associated Press

The Trump administration filed court papers aimed at getting a judge to reconsider his ruling blocking the president's executive order to cut funding from sanctuary cities.

House panel seeking documents about Comey ouster

By Associated Press

The committee said Thursday it sent a letter requesting material from the FBI and Justice Department related to its ongoing counterintelligence investigation.