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Democrats made clear after Tuesday’s stunning midterm victories that they will use their historic gains in Congress to flex their investigative...
The Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC) will gain more than 10 new members after Democrats' election night success, boosting the group to its largest...
Rep. Robert Garcia (D-Calif.), now set to be chair of the House Oversight Committee after Democrats’ Election Day sweep, warned Trump administration...
A federal constituent service office of Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) was vandalized overnight for the second time within the last two months as the...
Outside good-government groups are scrambling this month to secure the midterm results, bracing for the possibility that the Trump administration will...
Nine former FBI agents sued the Justice Department on Thursday, alleging they were wrongly fired solely because of their work investigating President...
A federal judge on Thursday agreed to toss a lawsuit from former CIA Director John Brennan, arguing he did not yet have standing to sue over an...
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) resisted a recommendation from a government watchdog to use automated body camera activation that would...
The Department of Justice apologized late Monday that a controversial ad featuring President Trump continued to run after a court sided with...
Democrats are up in arms this week after federal agents raided the home of Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.), accusing the Trump administration of weaponizing...
A push to force all migrants to await deportation from detention and other Trump administration immigration policies have pushed the number of cases...
Senate Judiciary Chair Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) defended his record after the committee's Democrats called on the GOP side of the panel to apologize to...
The Trump administration on Thursday unveiled new charges against deposed Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro and his wife, accusing the duo of ordering...
Senate Judiciary Democrats accused their GOP counterparts of violating committee rules by failing to share documents that served as the basis for a...
A new video from the FBI has spurred complaints the bureau has violated the Hatch Act by labeling Democrats – including current Michigan Senate...
Republicans are struggling with how to thread the needle on immigration ahead of what is expected to be a bruising midterm season in which many voters...
An appeals court Tuesday sided with a lower court judge who determined President Trump colluded with the Justice Department (DOJ) in bringing and...
Sen. Eric Schmitt (R-Mo.) is facing accusations he tried to launch a conspiracy tying former special counsel Jack Smith to others who prosecuted...
Apparent confusion over team names derailed a line of questioning as Sen. Eric Schmitt (R-Mo.) grilled former special counsel Jack Smith on Tuesday...
Former special counsel Jack Smith stressed in prepared remarks that it was the evidence tied to President Trump’s own actions that prompted him to...
Tensions between the U.S. and Cuba are rising once again after President Trump told world leaders gathered at the United Nations General Assembly that...
Former special counsel Jack Smith will testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday, his second appearance before Congress as they probe...
A drastically diminished Justice Department workforce is struggling to keep up with its civil side caseloads, according to documents obtained by The...
A new government report showing that the administration spent $7 billion paying staff not to work as it pushed its buyouts is sparking the latest...
Trump administration intelligence officials are pressing Congress to renew the nation’s warrantless spy powers before Thanksgiving, warning they...
The Trump administration paid outgoing employees an estimated nearly $7 billion to not work as it encouraged them to leave the federal service, a...
Maine’s two senators are urging the Senate Commerce Committee to take up and advance House-passed legislation that would extend a pause in...
It’s not a topic often discussed in the halls of Congress, but Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) grilled FBI Director Kash Patel as he said he was just...
Andrew Bower followed Rep. Robert Garcia (D-Calif.) from his personal office to the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee as Democrats...
A new report reviewing the conditions at the now-closed Alligator Alcatraz center in Florida slammed U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)...
STONINGTON, MAINE — The Maine lobster business has found itself in the crosshairs of a trade war and congressional infighting as rising costs and...
The Justice Department on Friday noted the removal of an Afghan woman in the first-ever Alien Terrorist Removal Court (ATRC) case, announcing the...
Joe DiGenova, a Trump ally tapped to lead a sprawling investigation into many of the president’s perceived enemies, resigned from the post late...
The 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks falls as the Trump administration has scaled back expanded security measures put in place at...
A federal appeals court on Tuesday upheld a lower court ruling blocking information sharing between the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and U.S....
A surge in immigration arrests is sweeping up immigrants with no criminal record whatsoever, including many who were already known by the government,...
Former U.S. pardon attorney Liz Oyer is suing the Department of Justice (DOJ) over her termination, which took place last year after she refused to...
A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) official warned the agency about cutting corners in vetting officer candidates as the agency surged...
The fifth anniversary of the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan falls as the nation’s citizens face a starkly different picture than when they first...
The Maine Lobstermen’s Association said Wednesday the escalating tariff battle between the U.S. and Canada threatens to make “collateral damage”...
A federal appeals court declined to toss the case against Rep. LaMonica McIver (D-N.J.), even as the panel split over a matter in which she is accused...
A federal judge on Tuesday declined a petition from Ghislaine Maxwell to set aside her conviction, a longshot bid that would have allowed for a new...
Lower court judges have now fully lifted certain limitations on the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in the wake of a Supreme Court decision that...
House Democrats on the Homeland Security Committee are calling for Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Markwayne Mullin to abandon plans...
The top lawyer for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is facing an ethics complaint with the Florida Bar after he launched a “Worst of the...
The Justice Department discouraged a judge from tossing a case against former FBI Director James Comey, saying it should be up to the jury to...
A new whistleblower complaint accuses the Department of Justice (DOJ) of having “predetermined” outcomes when it launched antisemitism...
Outrage is building among congressional Democrats who are alarmed by new plans from the Trump administration to buy gloves that will allow immigration...
A Massachusetts-based federal judge on Friday lifted her stay in a case brought by Somali holders of temporary protected status (TPS), clearing the...
Senate Democratic appropriators are questioning Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin over the purchase of 12 new planes, including “5...