The Latest Breaking News from Justice Department

Acting US attorney resigns amid pressure to drop charges against Mayor Eric Adams, raising concerns about legal system integrity.

From telling the Justice Department to stop enforcing the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act to firing the head of the Office of Government Ethics, the new president’s actions have already raised alarms, writes Andrew Feinberg

The conversations ramped up as Donald Trump’s Justice Department announced its were dropping the corruption case against Adams, according to the report

A lawyer for New York City Mayor Eric Adams expressed confidence Wednesday that the criminal case against the Democrat is finished, telling reporters that the case “will not be brought back.”

Deputy attorney general nominee Todd Blanche largely sidestepped questions about Justice Department personnel moves Wednesday.

Sen. Dick Durbin raises concerns about Kash Patel's involvement in directing FBI employee removals before confirmation as FBI leader.

Mayor Eric Adams expresses gratitude for the Justice Department dropping corruption case and vows to focus on his mayoral duties.

Sen. Richard J. Durbin accused FBI director nominee Kash Patel of acting to direct a “purge” of career officials at the agency.

The criminal case against New York City Mayor Eric Adams is hanging by a thread after the Justice Department ordered federal prosecutors to drop the charges

Federal appeals court dismisses appeal charges against Trump aides Nauta and De Oliveira in the classified documents case, following Justice Department's d...

A federal judge is likely to quickly decide whether to let Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency resume accessing Treasury Department records containing sensitive personal data for millions of Americans after lawyers in the dispute could not resolve their differences