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Federal prosecutors sidestepped some Justice Department rules when they seized the phone records of reporters as part of media leak investigations during the Trump administration, according to a new watchdog report being released as the aggressive practice of hunting for journalists’ sources could again be resurrected

The Justice Department has strengthened internal reviews for when it seeks certain records of members of Congress and congressional staffers.

The Justice Department is ramping up efforts to address a crisis of suicides and systemic failures in federal prisons and jails, announcing sweeping reforms aimed at overhauling how mental health care is provided behind bars

Trump's defense team leverages Biden's pardon of Hunter Biden to seek dismissal of Trump's conviction in a hush money case.

Sen. Joe Manchin said that President Joe Biden should pardon Donald Trump in order to balance out his decision to pardon his son, Hunter Biden.

Biden continues a modern trend of presidents who are stingy with the pardon pen.

As President-elect Donald Trump announces his prospective Cabinet nominations, The Conversation U.S. Politics Editor Jeff Inglis spoke with John E. Jones III about how the U.S. attorney general – the head law enforcement officer of the executive branch of government – deals with federal judges, who are part of the…

US President Joe Biden on Sunday issued an official pardon for his son Hunter, who is facing sentencing for two criminal cases, despite assurances that he would not intervene in his legal troubles.

Appointment of a loyal aide to the FBI post could end long-running tradition of keeping presidents at arm’s length.