The Latest Breaking News from the Justice Department

The appointment of a special counsel to oversee the Justice Department’s probe of Hunter Biden is bringing renewed attention on the role such prosecutors have played in history

President’s legal team is said to be negotiating with Robert Hur over when and where the interview would take place

An appellate court panel heard arguments Thursday about the government's ability to contact social media companies on content moderation.

Donald Trump made his third court appearance in four months last week when he was arraigned before a judge in Washington DC on charges related to his alleged attempt to subvert the 2020 election. He pleaded not guilty to all the charges.

The latest federal indictment against Donald Trump vividly illustrates the extent to which the former president’s final weeks in office were consumed by a struggle over the law, with two determined groups of attorneys fighting it out as the future of American democracy hung in the balance

The property manager of Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate and an aide to the former president are due back in federal court in Florida to face charges in the case accusing Trump of illegally hoarding classified documents at his club

Giving presidents impunity for using force and fraud to try to nullify election results is far worse than any potential risk of prosecuting Trump.

Former President Donald Trump often complains that he is being treated unfairly by the prosecutors charging him with crimes.

A federal prosecutor has told a judge that the mother of a U.S. Navy sailor charged with providing sensitive military information to China encouraged him to cooperate with a Chinese intelligence officer