The Latest Breaking News from the Justice Department

Banking group settles government lawsuit alleging fraud related to residential mortgage-backed securities in 2006 and 2007

Hunter Biden’s attorneys are pushing to keep part of a plea deal they reached with the prosecutor whose new status as special counsel intensified the tax investigation into the president’s son ahead of the 2024 election

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

David Weiss, a Trump appointee as U.S. attorney who was retained during the Biden administration, has been investigating Hunter Biden since 2019.

A protective order would bar Trump and his attorneys from improperly using any evidence that prosecutors share with the defense team.

"We wish that our clients received the advantages that prosecutors are giving Trump"

A self-proclaimed white supremacist has been arrested on charges that he made online threats toward the jury and witnesses at the trial of a man who killed 11 congregants at a Pittsburgh synagogue

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