Full Episode
Friday, Jan 15
PBS NewsHour
  • Episodes
  • Podcasts
  • Subscribe
  • The Latest
  • Politics
    Politics
    • Shields and Brooks
    • Politics Monday
    • Supreme Court
  • Arts
    Arts
    • CANVAS
    • Poetry
    • Now Read This
  • Nation
    Nation
    • Supreme Court
    • Race Matters
    • Essays
    • Brief But Spectacular
  • World
    World
    • Agents for Change
  • Economy
    Economy
    • Making Sen$e
    • Paul Solman
  • Science
    Science
    • The Leading Edge
    • ScienceScope
    • Basic Research
    • Innovation and Invention
  • Health
    Health
    • Long-Term Care
  • Education
    Education
    • Teachers' Lounge
    • Student Reporting Labs
  • For Teachers
  • About
    • Feedback
    • Funders
    • Support
    • Jobs

Educate your inbox

Subscribe to Here’s the Deal, our politics newsletter for analysis you won’t find anywhere else.

Form error message goes here.

Thank you. Please check your inbox to confirm.

Nation

WATCH TONIGHT:

American Reckoning – A PBS NewsHour Special Report

PBS NewsHour

Get news alerts from PBS NewsHour

Turn on desktop notifications?

Department of Justice

  • Full Episodes
  • Podcasts
  • Subscribe
  • Live

Oct 24

Justice Department has opened criminal investigation into Russia probe

By Michael Balsamo, Associated Press

The revelation comes as Trump is already facing scrutiny about a potential abuse of power, including a House impeachment inquiry.

Continue reading

Sep 16

Epstein accusers denied compensation in victims’ rights case

By Jim Mustian, Associated Press

A federal judge in West Palm Beach, Florida, ruled that the women were not entitled to compensation from the U.S. Justice Department, even though prosecutors violated their rights by failing to consult them about the 2008 deal to end a…

Continue reading

Sep 06

U.S. weighs whether it will release name sought in 9/11 lawsuit against Saudi government

By Eric Tucker, Associated Press

Attorney General William Barr faced a Friday deadline for deciding whether to release the name or to invoke a rarely used state secrets privilege and refuse to divulge the information. But Justice Department officials decided they needed more time and…

Continue reading

Aug 26

U.S. government to expand list of marijuana growers for research

By Michael Balsamo, Associated Press

The Justice Department said Monday it would move forward to add to the number of marijuana growers for federally-authorized cannabis research.

Continue reading

Aug 23

DOJ says immigration facility shouldn’t have to pay minimum wage

By Gene Johnson, Associated Press

A lawsuit seeks to force the detention center operator to turn over profits it gained by underpaying them — an amount that could reach into the millions.

Continue reading

Aug 12

Justice Department challenges immigration judges’ union

By Associated Press

The Department of Justice is challenging the right of the country's 440 immigration judges to be represented by a labor union in a move the judges said was aimed at silencing their criticism.

Continue reading

Aug 08

Watch 6:14
Why California is struggling to provide adequate mental health care

By Byrhonda Lyons, Jocelyn Wiener, CalMatters

With more Americans seeking treatment for mental health issues, lawmakers and the U.S. health care system are having trouble keeping up. People with severe mental illnesses who don't find adequate health care often end up on the streets or behind…

Continue watching

Aug 06

FBI and DOJ sued by Peter Strzok, agent who was fired over Trump-related texts

By Eric Tucker, Associated Press

The complaint, which names as defendants Attorney General William Barr and FBI Director Chris Wray, revisits a political drama that was seized on by conservative critics of special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia investigation as proof that the bureau was biased…

Continue reading

Aug 05

WATCH: Trump calls for death penalty for hate crimes

By Associated Press

President Donald Trump is asking the Justice Department to propose legislation so that those who commit hate crimes and mass murders face the death penalty.

Continue reading

Jul 25

Watch 5:46
Federal executions to resume, despite falling public support for death penalty

Attorney General William Barr has announced that the federal government will resume enforcement of the death penalty. No federal executions have occurred since 2003, in the face of increasing litigation over the constitutionality of the punishment. Amna Nawaz talks to…

Continue watching

Jump to the First Page Previous Page
1 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 52
Next Page Jump to the Last Page

Support Provided By: Learn more

Educate your inbox

Subscribe to Here’s the Deal, our politics newsletter for analysis you won’t find anywhere else.

Form error message goes here.

Thank you. Please check your inbox to confirm.

Full Episode
Friday, Jan 15

Additional Support Provided By:

  • BNSF Railway
  • Consumer Cellular
  • Corporation for Public Broadcasting
  • Fidelity
  • Johnson & Johnson
  • Mutual of America: Your Retirement Company
  • Raymond James
  • Viewers Like You
PBS NewsHour

© 1996 - 2021 NewsHour Productions LLC. All Rights Reserved.

Sections

  • The Latest
  • Politics
  • Arts
  • Nation
  • World
  • Economy
  • Science
  • Health
  • Education

About

  • About Us
  • TV Schedule
  • Press
  • Feedback
  • Funders
  • Support
  • Subscribe
  • NewsHour West
  • Jobs
  • Privacy

Stay Connected

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • YouTube
  • RSS

Subscribe to ‘Here's the Deal,’ our politics newsletter

Form error message goes here.

Thank you. Please check your inbox to confirm.

Support our journalism

Learn more about Friends of the NewsHour.

Support for NewsHour Provided By

  • BNSF Railway
  • Consumer Cellular
  • Corporation for Public Broadcasting
  • Fidelity
  • Johnson & Johnson
  • Mutual of America: Your Retirement Company
  • Raymond James